a gallagher tale ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hoping for a Christmas Surprise I don't understand why "rescue" organizations put a price tag on their "rescues"... Most of them will require $100+ adoption fee, and would rather euthanize the animal than take less. That's so ridiculous. How is that rescuing an animal? If I ever open my rescue (which I intend to eventually) the animals will be free with qualifying interview and we'll ask for donations. Otherwise a lot of good homes won't even bother TRYING for the dog if they can't afford it. I sure don't see the point in paying in excess of $100 for an "unwanted" dog that is on its way to euthanasia. The reason this even comes to my attention is because I am considering adding another dog to the farm. Tucker is a great dog but he doesn't bark. This would typically be an awesome characteristic in a dog, but we need a dog that barks. Cassey is old and deaf, Max is moving to Virginia, and Kiera is being spoiled by Nana as her "guard" dog for the house. Sooo... We are left without a good barker at the farm. So, naturally, I have been looking at Petfinder.com and Petharbor.com, but the adoption fees are ridiculous. I know I couldn't convince Shane to spend any more than $50 on another dog, and he is seriously balking at even $50. He got Cassey for free, and he can't reason paying for a dog, ESPECIALLY after plunking down a grand and a half for the little yellow rodent dog that doesn't bark. Bah! The other thing is, I want a GROWN dog that is already spayed, oh, and it has to be female. So our choices are limited and we are not paying a lot for one. Period. That said, I think we also need a standard size donkey to take care of Noah. He is so little and pathetic. And cute. There is a full size donkey that I like, $200 (not bad), but she lives two hours away and I'm just not seeing Shane making that trip. He's got Peaches in there, but she picks on him and I don't think she would be much use in a pinch. If a group of coyotes got in there, I think Peaches would run and Noah would pay the price. I don't *think* coyotes would even consider it, with Peaches in there with her 1600 lbs of big horseness, but if they did... I worry now, because the other day we saw a coyote run across the road in front of us, and it was HUGE. It was like GRAY WOLF huge. So now I'm worried. But I really want our farm to be mostly mini. Mini horses and mini donkeys. Two or three dogs. I want one horse of a riding size, but not Peaches probably. She's too big. I think I want a Norwegian Fjord hose. As previously stated, more than once, things are pretty tough right now. It's good for us, we face plenty of hardship together and it brings us together and makes us stronger. But until we get to THAT point, it's not very fulfilling. Things happen slower than you think, but they also happen before you realize they are happening at all. I don't know? We have a lot to be thankful for, but it's hard to feel thankful sometimes. I think we're luckier than we think we are. We've just got to get our brains turned around. Somehow. I took a lot of pictures today, I will try to upload them tonight. The memory card reader on this computer doesn't work (never has) so I have to finnagle something. Also, Pearl Harbor Day. 1:47 p.m. - Friday, Dec. 07, 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did You SEE That? - Monday, Dec. 10, 2007 |
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