For All Those Who Rescue

[Ickle]

Post subject: For all who Rescue



Hello: You have reached 123-4567, Tender Hearts Rescue. Due to the high volume of calls we have been receiving, please listen closely to the following options and choose the one that best describes you or your situation:
Press 1 if you think we are veterinarians and want free medical advice.
Press 2 if you know we are a rescue organization but want to save money and have us give you free, untrained medical advice anyway.
Press 3 if you make $200,000 a year but still want us to pay to spay the "stray" in your yard (house).
Press 4 if you have a 10-year-old dog and your 15-year-old son has suddenly become allergic and you need to find the dog a new home right away.
Press 5 if you have three dogs, had a baby and want to get rid of your dogs because you are the only person in the world to have a baby and dogs at the same time.
Press 6 if your dog is sick and needs a vet but you need the money for your vacation.
Press 7 if you just got a brand new puppy and your old dog is having problems adjusting so you want to get rid of the old one right away.
Press 8 if your little puppy has grown up and is no longer small and cute and you want to trade it in for a new model.
Press 9 if you are elderly and want to adopt a cute puppy who is not active and is going to outlive you.

Press 10 if your relative has died and you don't want to care for their elderly dog because it doesn't fit your lifestyle.

Press 11 if you are moving today and need to immediately place your 150 pound, 8-year-old dog.

Press 12 if you want an unpaid volunteer to come to your home today and pick up the dog you no longer want.

Press 13 if you have been feeding and caring for a "stray" for the last three years, are moving and suddenly determine it's not your dog.

Press 14 if you are calling at 6 a.m. to make sure you wake me up before I have to go to work so you can drop a dog off on your way to work.

Press 15 to leave us an anonymous garbled message, letting us know you have left a dog in our yard in the middle of January, which is in fact, better than just leaving the dog with no message.

Press 16 if you are going to get angry because we are not going to take your dog that you have had for fifteen years, because it is not our responsibility.
Press 17 if you are going to threaten to take your ten year old dog to be euthanized because I won't take it.
Press 18 if you're going to get angry because the volunteers had the audacity to go on vacation and leave the dogs in care of a trusted volunteer who is not authorized to take your personal pet.

Press 19 if you want one of our perfectly trained, housebroken, kid and cat friendly purebred tiny dogs that we have an abundance of.

Press 20 if you want us to take your dog that has a slight aggression problem, i.e. has only bitten a few people and killed your neighbour’s cats.

Press 21 if you have already called once and been told we don't take personal surrenders but thought you would get a different person this time with a different answer.

Press 22 if you want us to use space that would go to a stray to board your personal dog while you are on vacation, free of charge, of course.

Press 23 if it is Christmas Eve or Easter morning and you want me to deliver an eight week old puppy to your house by 6:30 am before your kids wake up.
Press 24 if you have bought your children a duckling, chick or baby bunny for Easter and it is now Christmas and no longer cute.

Press 25 if you want us to take your female dog who has already had ten litters, but we can't spay her because she is pregnant again and it is against your religion.

Press 26 if you're lying to make one of our younger volunteers feel bad and take your personal pet off your hands.
Press 27 if your cat is biting and not using the litter box because it is declawed, but are not willing to accept the responsibility that the cat's behaviour is altered because of your nice furniture.

Press 28 if your two year old male dog is marking all over your house but you just haven't gotten around to having him neutered.

Press 29 if you previously had an outdoor only dog and are calling because she is suddenly pregnant.

Press 30 if you have done "everything" to housebreak your dog and have had no success but you don't want to crate the dog because it is cruel.

Press 31 if you didn't listen to the message asking for an evening phone number and you left your work number when all volunteers are also working and you are angry because no one called you back.
Press 32 if you need a puppy immediately and cannot wait because today is your daughter's birthday and you forgot when she was born.

Press 33 if your dog's coat doesn't match your new furniture and you need a different colour or breed.

Press 34 if your new love doesn't like your dog and you are too stupid to get rid of the new friend (who will dump you in the next month anyway) instead of the dog.

Press 35 if you went through all these 'presses' and didn't hear enough.
This press will connect you to the sounds of tears being shed by one of our volunteers who is holding a discarded old dog while the vet mercifully frees him from of the grief of missing his family.

WE SALUTE YOU RESCUERS AND VOLUNTEERS!!!
from another list

Ickle

[imported_Elle]

this should be mandatory reading for anyone considering a pet.

#10 tho - I'm not in that situation, have never been in that situation, & if I were in that situation would care for the animal. BUT is #10 a possible legitimate call? The caller might really not have any knowledge about animals & definitely might not be able to care for one for many reasons & might truly be in need of advice.

[abker17]

Those are great! Every animal shelter should use that. :lol: :)

Press 33 if your dog's coat doesn't match your new furniture and you need a different colour or breed.

This has actually happened! On animal planet they have that show called "Pet Story". Well they asked a shelter volunteer what the stupidest reason he had had someone give him for surrendering a dog. He said that he had a lady come in one day a drop of a apricot poodle, because she had gotten new furniture, and it didn't match. :o :roll: :evil:

[Guest Anonymous]

I was the President of a humane society for two years and even though I was :lol: , it's really sad that it's so true :cry:

[DogPaddle]

Funny. Unfortunatly too true but you have to have a sense of humour 'cause its either :lol: or :cry:

[Ickle]

You are right Tater,DogPaddle,Abker & Elle
I have been co-ordinater if the sheltie rescue in England for more years than I care to remember and we would be useless without a sense of humour, understanding & compasssion
Ref 10 Elle we do realise not everyone is able or inclined to take on their relative.s dog.and give our support & help in finding a new home for these unfortunate dogs
Good to know you all care. Thank you on behalf of all rescuers.
Ickle

[Sanvean]

I do rescue, and we have gotten many number 10s. One was a very lovely but shy Siamese cat whose elderly owner had died. She was such an angel. (She did find a home.)

It upsets me to no end when people can't bother to take care of a deceased relative or friend's pet. If something were to happen to me, I would hope the LAST thing my family or friends would do would be to give my beloved pets to strangers.

[DogPaddle]

I'm having a clause put into my will regarding this, any money left over after I'm interred goes to my brother on the condition that he cares for my dogs within certain guidelines - we have discussed this and he is in agreement.

[mouseatthebusstop]

I have seen the list before and most of the numbers have been used as excuses :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

[Rowie-the-Pooh]

It was all funny :lol: until the last one... :cry: That one made my throat tighten...it's all so true....

Once I went to the BSCPA and there was this BEAUTIFUL long haired sable GSD, and it was so friendly! And there was this guy, and he was picking him up. I asked him if this was his dog, he said it was, and that he didn't want it anymore, but the BSPCA said he might hafto be put down so he took him back. He had the nerve to ask me if I wanted the dog! I mean I would have loved to, but what kind of owner is that? :x He adopted a cat too...I couldn't believe the BSPCA let him... :cry: