Like the title says, ever try to do something good only to have it turn out terribly?
I found a dog on the side of the expressway on my way to work this past week. I couldn't leave him there, he woulda been killed. Don't know how he could of gotten there, being that this was at the meeting of the two major expressways in Miami, no houses around. I was in my way to work & I put him in my truck & took him to work.
he just layed there with me, next to my desk all day. One of the nicest, most well behaved dogs I've ever met. I named him Lucky Louie. He was all beat up, looks like someone sicked another dog on him, he has scars on hid muzzle & his ears are mangled. He was also covered in tics, in 2 days I removed about 100 tics. Not very good looking, but a very, very nice dog & very well behaved. He immediately bonded to me, follows me everywhere, right by my side.
I took him home that night & left him in my back terrace. I have an American Bulldog at home & as she's gotten older she's become more aggreassive towards other dogs & I also have an inside cat, so I didn't bring him in the house. The next night, after my dog had seen him outsode & had seen me petting him & I had let her smell my hand I introduced him to her & she behaved surprisingly well. By the next day they were walking together like old pals. I let him start comming in the house a little too. he spent most of the day inside yesterday.
here's where it goes wrong: my wife has 3 outside cats, the main one, the core of that group shall I say is La Negrita. She's a little black cat that my wife had been feeding for the past 4-5yrs. Many times she has told me that she has a special bond with La Negrita, & it was evident when you would see them. La negrita wouldn't let anyone touch her, or even get near her....except my wife, she loved her & my wife really loved La Negrita.
so I worked all last night, got home about 4:30 am & had slept only a few hours when my wife wakes me up with "Louie got La Negrita & she's all messed up!!!!"
Le Negrita was in my neighbors terrace & as soon as I saw her I knew it was bad, there was no blood, but I swear I thought she was already dead when I walked up to her. She wasn't & we rushed her to an emergency vet, but she had severe internal head injuries & was basically in a coma, so we put her to sleep.
we now have to get rid of Louie, cause we can't risk him getting Choripan, my inside cat or any of the remaining outdoor cats. which is tough for me cause I really like poor Louie & being that he's not the best looking dog I think it will be hard for someone to adopt him. I don't know what to do with him, I may have to take him to a no kill shelter which is in the next county over, casue the one here in Miami will put him to sleep if no one adopts him within a week.
At the same time I feel horrible for poor little negrita. It's very difficult seeing the pain this has caused my wife & know that it was because I brough thtis dog home. I can't help but feel that I am responsible for la negritas death.
I'm sorry for the long post but I had to share this experience with someone, I'm really feelin bad here on all angles. it feels like I tried to save one life & it cost me another.
I found a dog on the side of the expressway on my way to work this past week. I couldn't leave him there, he woulda been killed. Don't know how he could of gotten there, being that this was at the meeting of the two major expressways in Miami, no houses around. I was in my way to work & I put him in my truck & took him to work.
he just layed there with me, next to my desk all day. One of the nicest, most well behaved dogs I've ever met. I named him Lucky Louie. He was all beat up, looks like someone sicked another dog on him, he has scars on hid muzzle & his ears are mangled. He was also covered in tics, in 2 days I removed about 100 tics. Not very good looking, but a very, very nice dog & very well behaved. He immediately bonded to me, follows me everywhere, right by my side.
I took him home that night & left him in my back terrace. I have an American Bulldog at home & as she's gotten older she's become more aggreassive towards other dogs & I also have an inside cat, so I didn't bring him in the house. The next night, after my dog had seen him outsode & had seen me petting him & I had let her smell my hand I introduced him to her & she behaved surprisingly well. By the next day they were walking together like old pals. I let him start comming in the house a little too. he spent most of the day inside yesterday.
here's where it goes wrong: my wife has 3 outside cats, the main one, the core of that group shall I say is La Negrita. She's a little black cat that my wife had been feeding for the past 4-5yrs. Many times she has told me that she has a special bond with La Negrita, & it was evident when you would see them. La negrita wouldn't let anyone touch her, or even get near her....except my wife, she loved her & my wife really loved La Negrita.
so I worked all last night, got home about 4:30 am & had slept only a few hours when my wife wakes me up with "Louie got La Negrita & she's all messed up!!!!"
Le Negrita was in my neighbors terrace & as soon as I saw her I knew it was bad, there was no blood, but I swear I thought she was already dead when I walked up to her. She wasn't & we rushed her to an emergency vet, but she had severe internal head injuries & was basically in a coma, so we put her to sleep.
we now have to get rid of Louie, cause we can't risk him getting Choripan, my inside cat or any of the remaining outdoor cats. which is tough for me cause I really like poor Louie & being that he's not the best looking dog I think it will be hard for someone to adopt him. I don't know what to do with him, I may have to take him to a no kill shelter which is in the next county over, casue the one here in Miami will put him to sleep if no one adopts him within a week.
At the same time I feel horrible for poor little negrita. It's very difficult seeing the pain this has caused my wife & know that it was because I brough thtis dog home. I can't help but feel that I am responsible for la negritas death.
I'm sorry for the long post but I had to share this experience with someone, I'm really feelin bad here on all angles. it feels like I tried to save one life & it cost me another.
