For the love of the breed
TRULY
![]() Thinking about being a bully parent? Here’s a few things to consider Do you have time? Can you walk your dog daily?
![]() Ok so you now you have a bully, maybe it was free, maybe you adopted it from a local shelter, or maybe you spent top dollar for your new companion. But it doesn’t stop there, can you really afford it?
![]() Veterinarian bills
![]() Can your home accommodate a pet?
![]() If you think you could have a pet and then just get rid of it after 6 months or a year don’t get one ever! Or possibly consider fostering instead of owning. Adopting a pet is for the life of that animal. If it’s a puppy, then expect it to be around for the next 10 to 12+ years. And puppies are only puppies for a short time and can grow to be big dog! ![]() Owning a dog isn’t for everyone, but, whatever you decide please take all of this into consideration. A dog or any pet is family not a toy to get rid of when you’re tired of it. Your pet requires your attention and depends on you every single day, not once or twice a week, every single day for its life. In return you will have a loyal companion, friend, and even protector...FAMILY
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![]() So today I searched the web for ideas about what I might like my rescue to be like. I had a few Ideas but nothing solid. Would I try to go basic have a few kennels and do what I could to help a few animals? Or would I go all out? More research on my behalf needs to be done on the nonprofit end. But if I were to go all out I really liked a lot of what this place has done/ accomplished. Motley Zoo (MZ) is a rescue in Redmond WA has a very nice website very easy to navigate. They have links to everything they offer and links to solutions for what they do not. Their donate button stands out on every page as well as the buttons for MZ’s Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube accounts. They have a brick and mortar doggie daycare, they also offer training. They call themselves a rescue but they do not take in strays and need advance notice to set up fostering for surrendered animals. Their website says that they do not have open kennels or anywhere to hold a dog overnight and suggests strays be brought to humane society or veterinary clinic. They do not want to deal with the regulations that follow having permits to have a drop-in shelter or take in strays. They are listed as a nonprofit and have been successful at placing many animals. From the looks of the website and facility it looks very “for profit”. Unless maybe the daycare runs as a different entity. In the end, still a nice place seems very organized and are doing their part in finding homes for dogs and cats. http://motleyzoo.org/ The next rescue I reviewed was Emerald City Pet Rescue (ECPR) in Seattle. This looks a little friendlier maybe not so commercial. Their website is fairly easy to navigate but not quite as organized as MZ’s site. They do have a retail store as well as online sales of pet products and logo wear. They focus on saving animals from high kill shelters. They are activists for all animals, domestic and wild. ECPR fosters, trains, rehabilitates, and finds homes for “animals” in need. They seem very active in the community with presence at many community events and collaborating with other shelters and resources. ECPR seems more like an actual rescue. http://emeraldcitypetrescue.org/index.html Today I read an article from Forbes.com “Don't Follow Your Passion -- Or You Might Be Disappointed” by Liz Ryan. The title seems to be a bit opposite of what most articles might be titled that’s what caught my eye. Ok, so don’t follow your passion? Would that really be the advice to give people?
The article starts out with a letter from reader basically saying they like most of what Liz writes about but to stop telling people a fairytale! She responded because she receives hundreds of letters saying similar things…we work for money and that’s the bottom line. If you’re lucky you might like your job don’t try to sell a dream. Liz responded by letting the readers know that even if we aren’t in our job of our dreams or job of choice. There are ways to put yourself into the job, to be innovative in your work and bring your talents to the table. Liz also talked about failures, failures are opportunity to learn, opportunity to grow. She also said people fear failure, scared to try new things, resistant of change. That’s perfectly normal but if you never face your fears your basically stuck in one spot never progressing. The person that wrote the letter had the attitude that I, myself have had many times with the dreaded interview question…Why do want to work here? My uncensored response would be: “to make money” of course! But in reality, wouldn’t it be great to truly answer “because this is my dream!” or “because this is what I truly love” I believe it’s possible to follow your dreams and for some people it may just be to take the plunge and just do it! You must take risks sometimes or you could live your life never knowing if you could have succeeded in making money from your passion or dream job. Life is about difficulties without them you would never progress. Make sacrifices if you don’t you may never realize your full potential! You can read the article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2017/01/09/dont-follow-your-passion-or-you-might-be-disappointed/#398b60b628e9 ![]() I was contimplating a kitten and somehow this is what I ended up with! Meet Dragon (the brown one) & Caprice (the other one) I never even wanted a dog. and these two joys entered my life! I was only contimplating a pet because I worked 9-10 hours a day monday through friday nights. A kitten would have so much more self sufficient...8 years later these two are family and I love them to death! But it wasnt and still isnt easy. |
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