Can't People Just be Grateful?

After awhile of doing rescue, you just get used to the naysayers, but sometimes its difficult to smile and nod and just keep plowing on. So it is plowing through some of the e-mails from differnet people asking me to take this dog or that dog, or to save this one or that one, and most of the time, I don't even bother answering. The hardest part right now is that most people know I'm empty or almost empty.... oh the powers of an active blog and facebook...

The biggest fumbling block that is overly annoying is 'why won't you take this one, doesn't this one deserve as much as a chance as whoever you have a) b) c)? Are they just not cute enough? Not young enough? Not.... blah blah blah blah...'

I'm sorry I can not help them all. But I can't. I'm one small foster home. I save who I can save without burning myself out (as, if I burn myself out, there won't be many new saves). I personally will not deal with dog-aggression, no matter how damn cute a dog is. I usually don't take big male dogs, as I have to put my own personal dogs' wellbeing into the equation first. I am loyal to my own province's rescue too and no offence, it is not my job to clean up California or Mexico or Taiwan, or whatever. I save who I save from abroad because I know I can adopt them out and/or because I've seen their videos and know they will do well here. Is it fair. No. But I didn't say it was.

I guess its just annoying sometimes that as the rescuer you are made to feel like the bad guy, because you won't take somebody on. If only people could be grateful of the contribution (however small) other dog people make. It would go a heck of a long way to making me want to save some more lives. However, I'm not too down. I have too many great rescue allies that I never stay down for too long.

END OF RANT.

For I AM doing lately.
I'm helping rescue a pup come from Mexico in the next week or two, but unless she's super horrible with cats she has a foster-to-adopt already. I'm her back-up. She'll probably land here a night or two, but we'll be empty or almost empty when she comes, so no big deal.

Meet Elsy, a 8 month old, 9 pound Papillon?x ... could be a chi mix or even a toy aussie mix, but mostly, she looks like a toy version of a border collie (anyone that knows me knows I'm a complete sucker for the look of a border collie!). So sue me, I save the ones that strike me. I did just save a Min Pin!! (total opposite of what strikes me!)

Elsy from Mexico

I'm looking forward to my TG foster(s) coming in a few weeks. Zephyr and Jasmine will head to their new home on the 15th and that'll give us about a week to be fosterless (hopefully...).

In other news, Rupee went home! She remembered the people right away. She is now in Tucker's extended family. She was such a sweet little girl. Even though she was a min-pin, I'm glad I got to spend time as her foster mum. Each one brings you something new. After Rupee, I'm a little less breedist. I'm sure once a certain Min Pin comes to daycare again I'll be breedist again though :P

We have Suhki and Veda staying the weekend, which should be fun ---yay, someone who will play fetch!- and Jasmine comes back Sunday so we can transport her the following week. Cecily bought her a thunder shirt and she no longer paces :) She's still a little 'different' than your typical dog, but considering what the poor girl has been through, it's amazing she's not so much worse.

So that's all that's on the agenda lately. I'm a little on the boring side.