To #2621 (one Of Vick's Unfortunates) Options

[Lucy1Josie2]

Dear #2621 --

I read on CNN.com that you're one of the 49 dogs seized from Michael Vick's awful sideline, and that you are the only one to be euthanized because you are just too far gone and cannot be around human beings. Not that you've been around human beings for quite a while now. You've been with monsters who look like human beings, and now you just can't tell the difference. That's not your fault. None of it is your fault.

And I don't like to read about you as just a number. I'd like to see you as the wonderful dog you could have been, and are deep inside, if you had had the care and healthy excercise and affection you should have had, and that makes you more than just "# 2621". So in my head, I'm going to call you Sammy, because I don't think I could be afraid of a dog named Sammy, and that brings out the wonderful in you.

So Sammy (or the artist formerly known as # 2621), rest in peace, my good dog. I see you as your Creator sees you -- the you that you were meant to be -- and you're beautiful beyond words.

-- Michelle K.

[Flossie's Mom]

Furkidlets' Mom,

I have "sponsored" specific dogs or donated to rescue groups but do not give money to the shelters themselves. Last year I gave a $95 sponsorship for a specific dog and in the meantime someone was visiting her as the rescue group was arriving to get her. Long story short, the rescue group talked with the prospective adopters.... they had a 50 acre place for her to enjoy.... so the sponsorship was switched around and 4 more dogs ended up making it out that day before all was said and done. Wish that kind of thing happened more often.

All of our pets would have had a tough go of it had they not found us. I think more of most animals than many, many people I know. There are HUNDREDS on line daily that people are "moving & can't take.... allergic.... having a baby.... doesn't get along with my _____"

I've moved thousands of miles wit dogs and cats both. Wouldn't move into a place that did not allow pets. Would not consider taking one to even a no kill shelter at age 8-10-12 Even the no kill shelters eventually put them down.

Maybe there is some "bail out" money available for innocent animals that need help