nismosmama
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I put this in this board because its about a store that sells animals.
Last Saturday my husband and I walked by this store in my neighborhood that caters to farms and such, they sell feed and hay and stuff like that, BUT they also sell live animals. They have farm animals and bunnies and baby goats and ponies and things of that nature. Well as we were walking by in the back of the store where all these animals are in pens, in one of the open pens I saw a puppy. He saw me and my husband outside the gate and started going crazy, jumping barking and wanting attention. The store was already closed at this time and I Just felt horrible. This puppy who looked like 3 months old at the most, was in a dirt pen, with no shelter to cover him from the elements and it was about at least 50 degrees at that time of the early evening. He had a couple of bowls I assumed were food and water, and that was about it, no blanket or anything. I wanted to jump over that fence and resuce him, but my husband just told me to come back tomorrow if I was so worried. Well I did. On Sunday as soon as they opened I was there. I went into the store and to the back, and low and behold the puppy saw me and was jumping and barking. He did have food and clean water and had a couple of chew toys, but he was still in the dirt. I asked one of the workers if I could donate an old sheet I had in my trunk so that he could at least lay on. The guy happily said, YES! Of course. So I got the sheet and went into the pen with the little guy, he was so happy and starved for attention. I played with him for a while, he was so dirty from rolling around in the dirt. I put down the blanket and he started playing with it. I finally dragged myself away from there, as much as i didn't want to. I saw that they were selling this guy for $800
. I don't even remember what kind of dog this is, its short hair, he is black with white on his belly and paws. I asked the guy how long he'd been there and he said 4 days, and that his little brother had just been sold the previous day so he was lonely. so sadly I tore away, I petted the young baby goats in the pen next to him (who also have no shelter, but I don't know if they usually do?) and went home.
So yesterday I drove by there again to see if this little guy was still there. He was laying on the sheet I provided and he was so much calmer, when I looked at him through the fence he didn't jump and bark this time, just kind of sat there and looked at me. It was Awfully cold last night. This morning on my way to work it was 48 degrees. And I can't stop thinking about this puppy. Its supposed to rain tomorrow and he has no shelter. Today I want to find a large box and take it to him so he at least has somewhere to hide and keep warmer.
Am I doing the right thing? Or am I just enabling this place by donating these things? If so, what do I do? I am also calling the humane society today to see if what they are doing is legal, but if it is, what am I supposed to do? Is it ok to try and provide this little guy with at least a makeshift carboard house? I'm so sad....
Last Saturday my husband and I walked by this store in my neighborhood that caters to farms and such, they sell feed and hay and stuff like that, BUT they also sell live animals. They have farm animals and bunnies and baby goats and ponies and things of that nature. Well as we were walking by in the back of the store where all these animals are in pens, in one of the open pens I saw a puppy. He saw me and my husband outside the gate and started going crazy, jumping barking and wanting attention. The store was already closed at this time and I Just felt horrible. This puppy who looked like 3 months old at the most, was in a dirt pen, with no shelter to cover him from the elements and it was about at least 50 degrees at that time of the early evening. He had a couple of bowls I assumed were food and water, and that was about it, no blanket or anything. I wanted to jump over that fence and resuce him, but my husband just told me to come back tomorrow if I was so worried. Well I did. On Sunday as soon as they opened I was there. I went into the store and to the back, and low and behold the puppy saw me and was jumping and barking. He did have food and clean water and had a couple of chew toys, but he was still in the dirt. I asked one of the workers if I could donate an old sheet I had in my trunk so that he could at least lay on. The guy happily said, YES! Of course. So I got the sheet and went into the pen with the little guy, he was so happy and starved for attention. I played with him for a while, he was so dirty from rolling around in the dirt. I put down the blanket and he started playing with it. I finally dragged myself away from there, as much as i didn't want to. I saw that they were selling this guy for $800
So yesterday I drove by there again to see if this little guy was still there. He was laying on the sheet I provided and he was so much calmer, when I looked at him through the fence he didn't jump and bark this time, just kind of sat there and looked at me. It was Awfully cold last night. This morning on my way to work it was 48 degrees. And I can't stop thinking about this puppy. Its supposed to rain tomorrow and he has no shelter. Today I want to find a large box and take it to him so he at least has somewhere to hide and keep warmer.
Am I doing the right thing? Or am I just enabling this place by donating these things? If so, what do I do? I am also calling the humane society today to see if what they are doing is legal, but if it is, what am I supposed to do? Is it ok to try and provide this little guy with at least a makeshift carboard house? I'm so sad....