kimbennettWI
Boxer Pal
Just have to complain to somebody who will understand. I went to my local animal shelter Friday as I am looking for another dog because Chewbacca could really use a canine companion [a pet for my pet-how nuts!]. There was a gorgeous white male boxer there. I asked the shelter staff about him and they said he had an owner that was coming to get him. A little more talking and I find out this poor dog was there because he had been running loose and somebody brought him in. The shelter found his owner who couldn't come up with proof of rabies vaccination so they wouldn't release him, so fault number 1-the poor boy wasn't even current on shots. That was on Tuesday and that pretty boy was still there Friday! Apparently the owner was trying to scrape up the cash to bail out his dog. It gets worse..the shelter lady said he definitely wanted his dog back because he was planning on breeding him!! Keep in mind this is a WHITE boxer. I about went nuts! I gave that poor shelter woman an education on the reasons why a white boxer can't be bred, I know it's not her fault but I just had to. Maybe the owner is just uneducated and doesn't know any better than to not breed a white boxer, but don't you think a person should at least know the basics about a breed before getting one? Anyway, this is going to sound just awful but the lady told me that by law where I live they have to hold a dog for seven days and then if they are not claimed by the owner they can be adopted so I told her if the owner couldn't come up with the cash to get his dog by the seven days that I wanted him. I would feel a little guilty taking a dog that I know had belonged to somebody else, but on the other hand I couldn't imagine leaving Chewbacca in the shelter that long while I was trying to find enough money to bail him out of doggie jail!
