shrap
Freelance Philosopher
Flashback to millions of years ago when the earth was still..... ok lets not go back that far. Roughly 2 weeks will actually do.
We noticed a Pit Bull running loose in our alley. Didnt really think much about it, a loose dog roaming the alley is a pretty common sight around here. 99% of the time the owners of such loose dogs are usually not far behind. Well for three straight days we noticed this dog running loose in the alley. Kinda hard not to notice when my Jack Russell goes nuts barking at the Pit Bull every time it gets near our fence line.
Saturday July 4th here was a very raining day. The fireworks celebration in downtown Indy was postponed until July 5th because the weather was so bad. The morning of July 4th was wet out the gate and I noticed my dog going nuts in the backyard. Right across the fence by my garage is a blue tarp covering some miscellaneous items. The Pit Bull had bedded down there trying to avoid the elements.
My daughter got to feeling sorry for the Pit Bull and took it out a bowl of food. She mentioned it had a collar on so I decided to go see if it had any tags. As soon as I walk up on this Pit Bull it looks up at me and...... hands me its paw to shake. That is just not fair. So needless to say I get to looking the dog over and it is cold, wet, hungry, a little on the thin side with a couple of obvious signs of being on the loose for a few days. It also looked like she had recently weaned some puppies. Yeah of course I took it in.
So we spent much of Sunday walking and driving the neighborhood trying to find an owner with no luck. Didnt think much about it being a holiday weekend. Monday we do the same thing, as well as throw up a couple of fliers in the gas station and convenient store right in front of our neighborhood. Nothing. So I take it the local vet about two miles away and have them see if there is a micro-chip in the dog. No luck.
The vet was nice enough to put up a flier as well and gave the dog a quick look over. The vet said the dog was in general good health as much as he could tell from a quick once over, but he said the Pit Bull had a pretty bad bacterial infection in her ears. He gave me a homemade solution for rinsing the ears to get the dog by until I found the owner.
Over the next several days we keep walking her all through the neighborhood and hoping for a phone call from a worried owner. To this day that call has never came. This Pit Bull is the biggest baby in the entire world. Very well trained, affectionate and LOVES kids. Truly one of the sweetest animals I have been around in my life. And I am no stranger to big powerful breeds having owned Great Danes and Rottweilers much of my life.
Well it has been almost two weeks now and I refuse to call animal control. They will put the dog down almost immediately just because of the breed she is. I refuse to let that happen to such a gentle animal. The Pit Bull (Kayla is what we are calling her now) has adapted well to our home and has been the perfect house guest. So my daughter and I decided we are going to go ahead and adopt her as we are losing hope that this Pit Bull was not just dumped or abandoned.
So yesterday I take her to the vet to get a proper physical and to get her ears properly treated as well as get her shots since we dont know the dogs history. The vet remembered me and the Pit Bull from the week before and immediately commented on how much better her coat looked and how much weight she had put on in just a weeks time.
Well as it turns out they cant give the Pit Bull her shots nor give her the antibiotics to treat her ears. I ask the vet why not and he said that the steroids in the antibiotics could kill the puppies. And I reminded him that she is a stray and dont have puppies. He said, "not for about two more weeks she dont."
Yeah thats right, she didnt just get done nursing a litter, she is about to have a litter. I was left speechless thinking what the hell have I got myself into now. So now we are preparing for puppies.
As the old saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.
We noticed a Pit Bull running loose in our alley. Didnt really think much about it, a loose dog roaming the alley is a pretty common sight around here. 99% of the time the owners of such loose dogs are usually not far behind. Well for three straight days we noticed this dog running loose in the alley. Kinda hard not to notice when my Jack Russell goes nuts barking at the Pit Bull every time it gets near our fence line.
Saturday July 4th here was a very raining day. The fireworks celebration in downtown Indy was postponed until July 5th because the weather was so bad. The morning of July 4th was wet out the gate and I noticed my dog going nuts in the backyard. Right across the fence by my garage is a blue tarp covering some miscellaneous items. The Pit Bull had bedded down there trying to avoid the elements.
My daughter got to feeling sorry for the Pit Bull and took it out a bowl of food. She mentioned it had a collar on so I decided to go see if it had any tags. As soon as I walk up on this Pit Bull it looks up at me and...... hands me its paw to shake. That is just not fair. So needless to say I get to looking the dog over and it is cold, wet, hungry, a little on the thin side with a couple of obvious signs of being on the loose for a few days. It also looked like she had recently weaned some puppies. Yeah of course I took it in.
So we spent much of Sunday walking and driving the neighborhood trying to find an owner with no luck. Didnt think much about it being a holiday weekend. Monday we do the same thing, as well as throw up a couple of fliers in the gas station and convenient store right in front of our neighborhood. Nothing. So I take it the local vet about two miles away and have them see if there is a micro-chip in the dog. No luck.
The vet was nice enough to put up a flier as well and gave the dog a quick look over. The vet said the dog was in general good health as much as he could tell from a quick once over, but he said the Pit Bull had a pretty bad bacterial infection in her ears. He gave me a homemade solution for rinsing the ears to get the dog by until I found the owner.
Over the next several days we keep walking her all through the neighborhood and hoping for a phone call from a worried owner. To this day that call has never came. This Pit Bull is the biggest baby in the entire world. Very well trained, affectionate and LOVES kids. Truly one of the sweetest animals I have been around in my life. And I am no stranger to big powerful breeds having owned Great Danes and Rottweilers much of my life.
Well it has been almost two weeks now and I refuse to call animal control. They will put the dog down almost immediately just because of the breed she is. I refuse to let that happen to such a gentle animal. The Pit Bull (Kayla is what we are calling her now) has adapted well to our home and has been the perfect house guest. So my daughter and I decided we are going to go ahead and adopt her as we are losing hope that this Pit Bull was not just dumped or abandoned.
So yesterday I take her to the vet to get a proper physical and to get her ears properly treated as well as get her shots since we dont know the dogs history. The vet remembered me and the Pit Bull from the week before and immediately commented on how much better her coat looked and how much weight she had put on in just a weeks time.
Well as it turns out they cant give the Pit Bull her shots nor give her the antibiotics to treat her ears. I ask the vet why not and he said that the steroids in the antibiotics could kill the puppies. And I reminded him that she is a stray and dont have puppies. He said, "not for about two more weeks she dont."
Yeah thats right, she didnt just get done nursing a litter, she is about to have a litter. I was left speechless thinking what the hell have I got myself into now. So now we are preparing for puppies.
As the old saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.
