So here's the story:
Donna, my supervisor at work, has been telling me about her neighbor who is going through a divorce and is trying to get rid of her 2 dogs. It was kinda vague and in the future until today when she told me that her neighbor (Jen, I think) had taken Pepper to the shelter and kept the other dog but wanted to find a new home for him too. So, being the crazy chick I am, told Donna that if Jen could get the pup back, I'd take her in and find her a new home. Little did I know how much stress Miss Pepper would cause me.
Today was really the first day I had had any interest in Pepper. I had heard that she needed a new home, blah blah blah, for a few weeks, Today, Donna told me that Pepper had been taken to the shelter and the other was still at Jen's house but probably not for long so I told Donna to tell Jen to get Pepper. So, she contacted the shelter and they told her that they couldn't just give her back but she could re-adopt her for $80 and promise to get her spayed in the next month and if she wasn't picked up, she'd be euthanized by 12 PM the next day. What on earth?! Pepper is 2 1/2 years old, a "designer" breed (a puggle), fully housebroken and up-to-date on shots. Why on earth was she going go be euthanized?! These are my 2 answers: 1. because she isn't spayed 2. because the shelter claimed she is "aggressive" aka terrified after being thrown in a euthanasia room full of crazy angry screwed up Pits that freaked her out.
I stressed and worried so much during the day that I gave myself a migraine. Anyway, after much money and many texts, Pepper was finally rescued from the shelter and placed in the custody of Amanda, Donna's daughter. At the end of my work day, she brought Pepper to the office to hand her off to me. So now, Miss Pepper is chillin on my couch, sharing my food and watching Littledog sleep on the floor. Maybe I can't save the world, but I saved one dog.
Which leads into a whole other story on how I'd like to run my own Littledog Shelter......
another story for another time!
UPDATE - 8/6/2011
Sweet little Piggy (my nickname for her since she looks like a little pig) went to her new home this afternoon. Not 12 hours as I posted her up for adoption, I received an email from a family with 3 kids and a big yard who were just dying to meet her and take her home. They came by around 4, the kids played with her and the parents fell in love with her. She pranced out the door in her pretty new collar and leash and turned to give me one last smile before she went off with her new family. Yay for happy endings!
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