On Friday, May 6, 2005, I had a message from a concerned couple in Arlington. It seems they had been trying to find someplace to take a sweet six month old German Shepherd X puppy. Their neighbor, a 20 something young woman with a six year old little girl, had moved & left this baby tied to a tree in front of her apartment. They kept looking for her to return to pick up personal articles inside the apartment, among which was some furniture and some baby pictures that no mother would leave behind, and this puppy which she had had since he was only weeks old.  The couple finally realized that she was not returning since the manager said she had been evicted and had been informed when the locks would be changed. The "objects" she left behind inside the apartment are just things.

This puppy she tied to a tree with no food or water, is a living, breathing, heart beating, precious life. He's capable of feeling pain, fear, hunger and thirst.  These caring people couldn't stand to leave the little guy out there and took him in. They have an animal of their own but they made a place for Chico in the kitchen. He was the perfect house guest they said.

Needless to say, we took this puppy. We call him Jake now and he is just about the nicest little guy you'll ever want to meet. This sweet couple brought him to us. Without them, the manager would have called animal control Monday morning. He would have been taken to the pound and in three days he would have been killed. Yes, I said killed, not euthanized or put to sleep. Call it what it is. It's time to stop sugar coating and tell it like it is. It's not pretty but it's what happens to animals like Jake when people like this little air head decide she no longer wants to be bothered with him. If we can find this girl, make no mistake, we will report her to the authorities and she will be charged with abandonment & cruelty.

Jake was skin and bones when the couple took him in. He still can stand to put on some weight but he's looking better. Now instead of being dead in three days, Jake will be neutered on Monday and get his vaccinations. He will have food, water and shelter until such time when someone sees him on our Petfinder site or reads about him and they decide they can't live without him. He's obviously good with kids since he lived with a six year old for six months. He's also most likely already housebroken. Jake is waiting.