In today's edition of Rescuing Traumatized Animals

April 25, 2019, 10:39 AM

We domesticated them, we were careless in having our pets spayed or neutered, so, by God, this is the way to behave.

Watch it and let the anger about our nation's current circumstances melt away, if only for a little while.

To those who do this kind of work, I say may God bless you. I don't possess the courage to deal with the pain inherent in animal rescues, so, my hat is off to those of you who do have the courage.

Of all the aspects of human nature, caring for helpless animals is among the noblest.

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“What sickens me about left-wing people, especially the intellectuals, is their utter ignorance of the way things actually happen.” ~ George Orwell

"That's one thing about intellectuals. They've proved that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what's going on." ~ Woody Allen

April 25, 2019, 10:49 AM

Leemur

The happy dog footage at the end of these videos is incredible. I’ve got a rescue mutt snoring on the couch beside me and one under foot cleaning up any popcorn that falls on the floor.

April 25, 2019, 10:55 AM

ridewv

Tina you're a fortunate little dog!

I have to say mine is too because she along with the rest of her litter and mother were scheduled to be euthanized when our local Animal Friends learned of it and rescued them.

No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.

April 25, 2019, 11:16 AM

gearhounds

Good for Tina.

Anyone that thinks dogs don’t run the same gamut of emotions as we do isn’t looking very closely. We have evolved with them as companions for at least 16,000 years and some think much longer than that. The bond between our species is incredibly strong.

“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown

April 25, 2019, 02:40 PM

slabsides45

Statistically, black dogs and cats are the ones who suffer the most abuse/neglect at the hands of their human "owners."

People generally suck, then you see a good one like these. Sweet dog.

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"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving."
-Dr. Adrian Rogers

April 25, 2019, 03:19 PM

newtoSig765

My three rescue cats agree, it's good to live indoors again.

I can only watch a couple Howl of a Dog vids per week, though YouTube keeps sending them to me, they know I'm a sucker for rescues.

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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
-- H L Mencken

I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is.
-- JALLEN 10/18/18

April 25, 2019, 03:32 PM

Bytes

Dang Para, that video made so many of my emotions bubble up. Thanks for posting. My wife has rescued countless cats, two live with us. My son has two rescue dogs and one looks just like Tina. If that dog was abandoned (which it appears to be) I hope the person(s) that did it burn alive. I am 100% serious about what I wish for them.

April 25, 2019, 03:42 PM

just1tym

Those animals who are abandon many times end tragically, lucky for that little guy that he was found and cared for. Bless those folks. I hope that he finds a caring home and good folks to care for him the rest of his days.

April 25, 2019, 05:54 PM

RNshooter

We are currently fostering 4 kittens that were a day old when they got rescued. 3 of them are spoken for and the 4th has plenty of suitors. It's going to be hard to watch them leave but I feel lucky to have a wife that has roped me into the rescue community.
It is very rewarding.

Bruce

"The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams

“It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free."
-Niccolo Machiavelli

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken

Because son, it is what you are supposed to do.

April 25, 2019, 07:35 PM

ChicagoSigMan

Love how happy she looks now. Just wait until she finds a forever home (if she hasn't already).

How people treat animals tells me about 99% of everything I need to know about them.

April 25, 2019, 07:50 PM

Maestro

Working with our beagle rescue is one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. We have fostered and rehabilitated 15 beagles in our two years with the rescue, and "foster-failed" one of the dogs who we could not bear to part with.

To anyone who has ever considered volunteering with a rescue, DO IT. The reward is beyond words when they look into your eyes and they realize they are safe and loved. It gets me every time.

April 25, 2019, 08:45 PM

PeteF

The people that made this obviously sweet tempered dog so afraid of people, need to rot in hell.

When the rescuers finally die, there will be a long line of wagging tails waiting to greet them at the gate.