i used to try and rescue drug addicts, alcoholics and mentally ill people. they did not like it at all. so i knew i needed to find something to do with me and my codependent need to save somebody. so i got all these dogs out of the pound that were going to get killed there. and i fell in love with them and now i can not part with them and they are all old senior dogs that will be spending their lives with me forever til time for them to go on to heaven. and i guess that is probably the coolest thing ever. they love me so unconditionally and vice versa. they are actually grateful for me making decisions about what is good for them and what is not. you should see them take their vitamins and glucosamine and garlic pills! they love that stuff. they love being groomed and bathed and kissed and touched. they are so much cooler than any needy human i ever tried to rescue.
i started a no kill rescue group. so far i have posted my idea for no kill monroe county on facebook and myspace and 77 people in addition to me and bill and eli have joined!
this could really go somewhere!
about goals for 2009. well one goal is to make damned sure that less than 44% of the dogs and cats that go to the shelter are murdered this year. and i am going to make sure that i complete at least one semester of classe this year. and i am going to get my closet cleaned out and organized and get a top and bottom pole put in and some shelves so i can throw out these broken dressers that take up room in my bedroom, where bill and myself and 8 dogs sleep. see we need all the room we can get! i wish i could have a bed big enough for the big dogs to come up with us too, but they are happy on big sleeping bags on the floor all around bill and myself. i also have a goal to get some writing done this year. and to visit my friends in new jersey and new york.
hopefully i will be able to come closer to opening up a senior dog sanctuary so that i can get more old guys and gals off the row.
maybe a goal should be to get some sleep. it is late and i am fighting keeping my eyes open. must be time to sign off.
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Sleeping with 8 dogs sounds like fun! I wish I could have 1 or 2 but that day will come.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the no-kill rescue group. It's really admirable what you're doing and good luck with your goals!
Here's to 2009! Let's make it the best one yet.