Candi is a very, very senior dog and cadaverously underweight. Probably
on the shady side of 17 years, she is toothless, practically blind from
cataracts, deaf and not too terribly spry. I saw her picture on the web,
read about all her health problems and said to myself, that’s my next
foster. A wonderful organization,
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue,
saved the half-starved Chihuahua from euthanasia. POMDR tends to rescue
and re-home dogs whose humans can no longer care for them due to
illness, death or other challenging circumstances. Candi was not one of
those cases however. Candi was dumped in the night drop box at Monterey
County Animal Services. On Christmas week. Fortunately, POMDR also
rescues senior dogs from the shelter.
It seems I spend too much time bitching about how wretched people are
so I have to try really hard to look for the bright side of humanity
when I hear these stories. The bright side is that somebody at least
cared enough to drop Candi at the shelter rather than just let her out
of the car in some unfamiliar neighborhood and hope for the best. The
other bright side is that for every calloused human soul out there, I
have to believe the Universe balances it out with people like POMDR’s
founder, Carie Broecker, and all her volunteers.
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