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<\/a>Beckley\u2019s stash of stuff on the playground<\/p><\/div>\n
The ladies went on to argue with me how they were on top of it and implied what I was doing was unnecessary, until I pointed out that while they were on their two week Christmas break the dog caused a car accident, the dog went down to the highway everyday and stood in the panhandler\u2019s spot and panhandled cars! She has also decided that the playground was hers and was now growling and barking at families walking by trying to use the playground. She was dropping diseased poop, mange, and trash all over their playground. It was at that time two of the teachers walked off.<\/p>\n
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One teacher stuck with me as we talked about how DAS was coming to pick the dog up because there was no way you could get her in a car safely. She replied that the dog almost got in her car that morning. We discussed that while the dog has a curiosity for the car, she has stood next to mind and put her front paws in many times, that is not everything that is needed to move her in and out of a car safely and take her into a home.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Beckley would think about getting in my car when my dog was in there, but it would inevitably stress her out and start her barking at the car in frustration and fear.<\/p><\/div>\n
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This last teacher finally seemed to start to grasp the situation but was still quietly arguing. I moved any complaint to a responsibility that she could take at any time. I explained again and again that now that the dog was caught that she or anyone could go to DAS and adopt her. She said she would call up there the next day and check on her.<\/p>\n
Now here\u2019s the thing. I get it. I understand it from all sides. I understand why those caring teachers were jerks to me. After sitting on the end of a catch pole with an aggressive dog trying to make sure she did not injure herself for 2 hours, I did not appreciate the teacher\u2019s attitude, but I understand it. I was freezing cold, my legs were numb and cramped, I had a migraine, and I was stressed out that DAS would NEVER come and the dog would injure herself on the catchpole. I had dropped my phone several times and could not use it and hold the dog at the same time. Even with all that going on, I understand that the teachers are truly caring people who were genuinely concerned about the dog.<\/p>\n
Trying to save an animal is emotional. Street dogs are complicated. The steps from the street to someone\u2019s forever home is tricky business fraught with many dangerous obstacles. Many dogs are euthanized because they don\u2019t have an advocate, or a person, or trainer who knows how to deal with unsocial street dogs.<\/p>\n
Beckley was not a fan of the leash or the catch pole. When she saw either of them she would bark at you and mean it!<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>I saw those teeth more than once.<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Saw those teeth more than twice…<\/p><\/div>\n
That doesn\u2019t mean we shouldn\u2019t try. Nor does it doesn\u2019t mean we should leave the dog on the street to suffer and to make more puppies born into the same situation. And trust me, that happens very quickly. That is passive negligence. Let me repeat that, allowing dogs to live on the street because they are \u201cbetter off than at the shelter\u201d is passive negligence and cruel. It endangers the dog and the humans in every possible way.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Skinny Beckley would pan handle and eat trash on the side of the highway. She is about 10 months old and had to cross three lanes of service road traffic to get to her favorite spot to pan handle cars.<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Beckley caused a car accident while she was pan handling next to the freeway<\/p><\/div>\n
Where did Beckley, our school dog, go during the tornado storms? Where did she go during the freezing cold nights? We know where she went to get food, down to I-35!!!!! That is not acceptable.<\/p>\n
She was also exposed to disease, dog fights, and the untrained people who were told they would be given $20 if they could catch her \u2013 so they chased her around and around and tried! It is not a life for an animal that was breed to be our domestic companion. She is not a wild dog or wolf. Domestic dogs need people. They live to serve and love people.<\/p>\n Our first meeting was 15 feet from the service road traffic<\/p><\/div>\n Life on the streets is a constant battle of predator or prey. The dogs are always assessing danger, looking for resources, and literally in a fight or flight mode their entire lives on the street. That is not better than a humane euthanasia at the shelter. Street life is not better than trying to catch them and take the chance at a new life, or to make the statistical gamble to try to rehabilitate them sooner rather than later so they have a chance to learn how to be domesticated.<\/p>\n So how can we feel better about doing what\u2019s right? We need to revamp our animal shelter system. Dallas Animal Services needs to modernize and understand it needs a balanced, healthy animal control system that exists side by side with education, compliance, services, and adoption initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>