{"id":655,"date":"2010-04-02T00:02:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T04:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/02\/i-rescued-a-human-today\/"},"modified":"2010-04-02T00:02:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T04:02:37","slug":"i-rescued-a-human-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/i-rescued-a-human-today\/","title":{"rendered":"I RESCUED A HUMAN TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My beloved Snoop is a rescue dog.  I joke that he came for two days and stayed nine years.  He is a big black lab mix,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

my constant shadow.  He is very obedient and smart as a whip.  His favorite illegal pastimes, though, are rooting through waste<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

baskets and garbage cans so he can eat any goodies he finds or chew up any tissues he finds.  He is an expert at clearing <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

the kitchen cabinets of anything that entices him including very recently my lovely T Bone steak.  I call him my gypsy lurcher.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

He knows that he is wrong for after he gets into the garbage, skilled as he is at opening garbage cans, or surfs the counter<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

tops as he then slinks guiltily off with guilt written on his lowered face avoiding me completely.  I was <\/strong><\/font>so mad at him one day <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

for his usual counter surfing that I chased him around the house with a fly swatter!  Snoop really knows<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

what he is doing and he knows the repercussions; I think that perhaps he should join Tiger or now Jesse James in going to<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

a rehab center for his addiction!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Having Snoop in my life has been a blessing. Totally loyal to me, I have no doubt that he would protect me if <\/strong><\/font>needed.  <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

He is a great watch dog, but sometimes gets carried away in his zeal. I will adopt another rescue when the time is <\/strong><\/font>right, <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

but do not support Peta and HSUS in their campaign to end the breeding of purebred dogs as their motto in advertising <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

now seems to <\/strong><\/font>be  \u201dbuy a purebred and sentence a shelter dog to death.\u201d  If HSUS and Peta are so concerned about the <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

fate of shelter <\/strong><\/font>animals, why are they not running shelters or supporting shelters to help dogs directly instead of using <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

all the millions in <\/strong><\/font>donations they receive on advertising their cause and big salaries.  While I am on a roll, I will stop <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

as the following vignette <\/strong><\/font>is so sweet I wanted to race to the Delaware Humane Society shelter to be rescued.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

                              <\/font>\"snoop<\/a><\/strong><\/font>                                                                   HORRORS! SNOOP AND ME ON A NO MAKE UP DAY!                           <\/strong><\/p>\n

                                                                                                            <\/p>\n

I rescued a human today. 
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Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor peering apprehensively  into the kennels. I felt her need instantly and knew I had to help her.  I wagged my tail, not too exuberantly,  so she wouldn’t be afraid. As she stopped at my kennel I blocked her view from a little accident I had in the back of my cage. I  didn’t want her to know that I hadn’t been walked  today.  <\/em><\/strong><\/font>Sometimes the shelter keepers get too busy and I didn’t want her to think poorly of them. <\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

As she read my kennel card I hoped that she wouldn’t feel sad about my past. I only have the future
to look forward to and want to make a difference in someone’s  life. She got down on her knees and made little
kissy sounds at me. I shoved my shoulder and side of my head up against the bars to comfort her. <\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Gentle fingertips caressed my neck; she was desperate for companionship. A tear fell down her cheek and I raised 
my paw to assure her that all would be well. Soon my kennel door opened and her smile was so bright that I instantly
jumped into her arms. <\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

I would promise to keep her safe. I would promise to always be by her side. I would promise to do everything I could to 
see that radiant smile and sparkle in her eyes. I was so fortunate that she came down my corridor. <\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

So many more are out there who haven’t walked the corridors. So many more to be saved. At least I could save one. 
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I rescued a human today. 
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  My beloved Snoop is a rescue dog.  I joke that he came for two days and stayed nine years.  He is a big black lab mix, my constant shadow.  He is very obedient and smart as a whip.  His favorite illegal pastimes, though, are rooting through waste baskets and garbage cans so he can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}