Why Did You Leave Me Behind?

It seems unbelievable that someone could leave their family pet behind like that.  The very least they can do it take the pet to a no kill shelter if they just absolutely can't take them with them.  Don't just leave them there to fend for themselves.

Thank you for sharing the link Sheila.  I've seem some personal items left behind, but never an animal...thank goodness.

Hi Shelia, an excellent post.  There needs to be more focus on this problem.  Pet Finders is an excellent site to locate a friend for life.

We had an very unfortunate example of this in Ocean County, NJ.  By the time it was discovered the pets were dead.  Thanks for posting this, and enabling the reblog, let's get the word out!  

Thanks for sharing this link. One of my dogs was left behind at an REO that another agent had. She was so skinny, dehydrtated, and really shy around people when I got her, but she's a sweetheart now. The sad part is the animal shelter told the agent who found her that she'd probably be put down because her age, size/breed, and needed medical care made her unadoptable (she's a large Rottweiler mix and was probably 7-8 years old when we got her).

Hi Sheila- I'm on the board of our local SPCA and come up against this all the time. This is a great post. I'm going to suggest it and reblog it.

Sheila, Thanks to Toni's re-blog I saw your post.  Thank you for getting the word out about this website that is available for people to use if they are need of help during a stressful time in their lives.

Suggesting and re-blogging.

All the best.

Gloria

Sheila- thank you for expressing my exact feelings.  It is unthinkable what  someone can do to truly "Man's best friend".  And thak Doug and Gloria for reblogging this.  I pressed the suggest button so more people can learn of this.

Thanks for posting this - I will re-blog.

Our local rescue got started when one of my agents became outraged over sellers having their dogs put to sleep because taking them on the move would be "inconvenient." Then, because she had talked with the listing agent and expressed her displeasure, he called her one day to come and get an abandoned dog.

She and I went to the abandoned rental and found the filthiest dog I'd ever seen. But no wonder - he was tied to a tree with nothing but dust to lay in. No food, no water. We couldn't decide on a breed - he had long, matted yellow hair - kind of curly.

My agent had a friend who was a groomer and she volunteered to clean him up - and when we went back we found a beautiful Cocker Spaniel. He was adopted that very day when our secretary took him along to pick up her son from day care.

That was the beginning of a group that now rescues several hundred cats and dogs each year.

About two years ago we adopted an older cat from the SPCA.  She had not been abandoned; however I still wonder how her previous owners could have just given her away.

A lot of people should not have animals. We don't own them, we are simply their "person" and we have an obligation as such to care for them. Period.

They never have conditions for their love for us, and that should apply to us as well.

And there are so many "rescue" animals to be had, there is never any need to go to a store and buy an animal.

I just thought of another point. REALTORS with listings need to be EXTRA CAREFUL about warning buyers agents if there are pets in the house.

Just today we opened the door to a house, and zip, out goes the cat. Ever tried to catch someones else's cat? Well, we did get kitty back in the house. But there should have been a notice on the MLS listing AND a sign on the door or a note in the keysafe.

Think, people. Common sense.

It's so incredibly cruel.  Thanks for highlighting this problem, it makes me crazy, and it happens everywhere.