OT - senior citizen dog issues

[bmccasland]

I am SO disheartened! I went to three different Humane Society "adoption centers" today. For some reason these adoption centers are at various pet food stores, you don't actually go to a shelter - therefore only little dogs and cats - but you can look at their photo album of possible candidates of larger dogs, then you fill out an application and they contact you with a "match". Should have seen their faces when I told them the dogs would be outside during the day. AND they want the dog crated in the house while I'm gone. Like I have the room in my 934 sq ft house for crates big enough for 30-40 lbs dogs! Frankly I think it perfectly acceptable for dogs to stay in their yard during the day so long as they have shade, fresh water, and shelter from the weather. AND that it isn't good for a dog to remain in a crate for 10-12 hours/day. At least outside they can roam around and all that. All of the HS people told me that they don't like "outside adoptions" and probably wouldn't recommend another dog for me. But meanwhile they're still aggressively shipping animals out of the New Orleans area to other Humane Societies nationwide. I did buy their arguement that Nala might teach her new friend the escape trick.

So plan B is the local pound, where I can at least see dogs up close and personal.

Then to add the aggravation, when I came home Nala was lying REAL still, and I couldn't see her breathing. But when I touched her, her head popped up, so life is still good.