I died today (very sad poem)

[tavia'smom]

Dear Mom and Dad,

I died today. You got tired of me and took me to the shelter. They
were overcrowded and I drew an unlucky number. I am in a black plastic bag in a landfill now. Some other puppy will get the barely used leash you left. My collar was dirty and too small, but the lady took it off before she sent me to the Rainbow Bridge.

Would I still be at home if I hadn't chewed your shoe? I didn't know
what it was, but it was leather, and it was on the floor. I was just playing. You forgot to get puppy toys.

Would I still be at home if I had been housebroken? Rubbing my nose
in what I did only made me ashamed that I had to go at all. There are books and obedience teachers that would have taught you how to teach me to go to the door.

Would I still be at home if I hadn't brought fleas into the house?
Without anti-flea medicine, I couldn't get them off of me after you left me in the yard for days.

Would I still be at home if I hadn't barked? I was only saying, "I'm
scared, I'm lonely, I'm here, I'm here! I want to be your best friend."

Would I still be at home if I had made you happy? Hitting me didn't
make me learn how.

Would I still be at home if you had taken the time to care for me and
to teach manners to me? You didn't pay attention to me after the first week or so, but I spent all my time waiting for you to love me.

I died today.

Love,
Your Puppy

 

[coolcat]

...........you left me spechless..........

....

 

[theimp98]

yea, that is sad. but it seems to be the way the day has been going.
normally i looked forward to coming home playing with the cats a little before bed.

but today for some reason i just feel like hugging them. i wonder if they understand
sometimes. nevermind

i am just being depressing today.

 

[tigerontheprowl]

That's a sad poem but what's sadder is the fact that those kind of things happen in the real world.

 

[urbantigers]

The saddest thing about that is it's happening every day

 

[furryferals]

Thats no home I would waste my last breath on

 

[pushylady]

Wish I xould save them all.

 

[catlessgoatman]

Thats so sad. How can people do that?

 

[lokismum]

OMG - how terribly sad! And how terribly true - even sadder!

 

[ilovesiamese]

That is so sad. I've never understood how someone could just choose to put an animal down for those kind of reasons. It broke my heart to have to make that choice to put my kitten to sleep back in Febuary

That really burns me up!

 

[proudkittiemom]

that is sooo sad....people that do that make me so mad..why get an animal if you are not ready to take care of it and then you throw it out and take it to a shelter where it might possibly die....GRRRR...