THE SHAME OF PECOS.

I was walking the dogs this morning and 2 blocks away a female, yellow lab got up from a front porch and followed us home....grrrr. It was a young dog with alot of ticks and a sore under it's neck where a chain had been....grrrrr. Both of our cats tried to attack it....lots of hissing and yelping etc.
I had remembered seeing an ad on HOTLINE for a lost yellow lab mix....but this dog looked purebred. Anyways I called the phone number and spoke to our local rescue lady....her name is Ruth and she rescues cats and dogs and adopts them out.
We talked for a few minutes and she came right over in her car....that looks just like the Col.!!! (but it's a different color)
Ruth appears to be in her 70's, atiny lady, all bent over.... and is very nice.
She got out of the car and said "Chamois! Is that you?"
She thinks it might Bertie Slack's dog who has been missing for about 2 months. She could tell that this dog had been spayed and it wasn't thin....so somebody cared for her at one time. The neck chain sore really pissed us both off.
So, after a pretty good visit (i gave her $25. for the cause and my name and phone number) Ruth put this dog in her car and drove off to see if it belongs to Mrs. Slack....who is in her 80's.
I hope she lets me know how it turns out....she said she would.
She admired Willie and Bennie.

Ruth told me to never leave our dogs in the yard unattended. People here drive down the alley and pick up dogs like ours and steal them....they are taking dogs just the size of ours. They use them to train pit bulls! The thieves hang the little dogs from a tree, just out of reach of the pit bull and let the pit bull jump and jump and bite until the little dog is dead. YOU CAN BET YOUR BEST COWBOY BOOTS THAT I'LL ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON MY BOYS!! They're out alone...when we are out....they want out....when we go in....they want in....if we aren't home...they are inside. People here also steal dogs for reward money.

She said the mindset in this town is: a chihuahua in every living room and a pit bulll in every backyard. Ruth is very careful who she lets adopt a dog or cat. The person has to have a fenced yard....NO CHAINING THE DOG! And she drives by to check on them....and the person has to sign a paper saying that they'll vaccinate and spay/neuter the animals....and it states if they don't comply....Ruth goes and takes the dog/cat back. Then she does follow ups.

We talked about how people are so stupid and uncaring that they refuse to put flea/tick drops on the animals....jeez it's not very expensive. Alot of the strays that she gets have an illness (i forgot the name) that is caused by so much blood loss from ticks...she said some of them die...isn't that disgusting? How are we going to educate these idiots?

And of course they won't spay or neuter....not only because it costs money but because they don't believe in it....especially if it's a male....it's not macho ya see....ignorant, cruel, horrible people.

She told me about this one man who called to adopt a dog....he began complaining:
"Well, I called you to get a dog....I didn't know we had to play "20 questions".....it's JUST A DOG!!!!"
She responded that his 2 year old son was too young for a pet and that she wouldn't give him a dog now if her life depended on it.
She says she has no problem getting ugly with people and reporting them.

God forbid that people would the time and effort and money to take care of a cat!!!
And don't get us started about the cock fights!

Whew! So, now i know an animal advocate....and I'm going to help her fill out an application to get non profit status with the state so we can be eligible for state funding. She has no computer and no time to do this....I said I'd help.

The animal situation in this town is a disgrace....and very few folks seem to care....oh, they'll all admit it's a problem but that's all.

Thanks for reading this important blog that breaks my heart.

Love, Mary