Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 4:15 pm
One of my neighbours told us a story after asking her about a dog that had been wondering around our street for about 3 or 4 days. I wanted to know whom this dog belonged to, because it was clear that this female dog was pregnant and close to having its little babies. She told us that somebody stopped his car in the street with a female pregnant dog in his arms and put it onto the floor and was getting ready to leave. My neighbour asked him what was going on, and the guy told her his family and himself didn’t want this dog anymore, cos it was pregnant and was up to have his puppies. She complained against it saying that he couldn’t just leave the poor dog in front of her house and in the street, to what this idiot answered the dog had been in his house to amuse his children, and that this period had finished. She was angry and asked him for how long he have had the god, and while this insensible was leaving said 3 years.
While I was talking with her about the dog, it seemed that it could somehow intuit we were worrying about her… which is amazing… While we were talking, the dog was at about 30 meters, and was watching away, lost. Suddenly, it turns to us and start walking our way. It comes in front of us and I tell my wife: “hey, it seems it was listening our conversation”. Then she would go onto my legs, like asking something… I couldn’t resist and, despite I live in a very small place, not suitable at all to have a dog, I opened the door with the agreement of my wife, and smiling we let the future mother in.
The dog was so sad, that the only thing it would do was to stare at something with a terrible face… and would not eat even the best of foods… I could clearly see she was very sad and kind of daydreaming about its ungrateful owners. It was very obvious to us, that this dog had been mistreated as well, as she was fearful when you did certain movements or wanted to sit at the table to eat, both things were dangerous attitudes for her. Animals are very sensitive and can clearly feel what is going on so fortunately she understood we were not against her.
It was but after two days that she started to feel more comfortable and started showing some life into her face and behaviour. Then she started to eat and with lots of caress on her back, after 4 days she started moving her little tail, as every dog in the world should! We were happy to see her progression.
At about a week, she was running through the house, playing with us, eating “without putting her tail into the legs as she used to do”, and sleeping as a log. She started being sort of a friend to us as well.
We found out a very sensitive, intelligent animal with lots of good things, that had been miserably thrown away by the real animal, the human being.
After two weeks this little female dog now baptised as “Nandy”, gave birth to three absolutely gorgeous puppies… She called us for it and we were sure what was her call all about, the time had come. We said to each other with my wife: I hope we can be near her when this arrive, because a friend of us with experience, as she is a professional and works as a matron, told us Nandy was way to small and her belly way too big for her, that she would need help.
We don’t know a thing about giving birth things, but it seems that instinct works always for those kind of emergencies. We went with her to her specially prepared bed “that she herself prepared with pieces of clothes and other for the occasion”. I thought I had to be careful cos she could be in a threatening mood, as it happens with female dogs usually, when they are pregnant. Nothing farther from the truth… She stared at my face, with an incredible mature watch, and asked me to get near. I got near and put my hands into her belly and she started immediately pushing… It was amazing… The whole thing took two and a half hours. The first came with some difficulties, the second could definitely not come without help, so we actually cut the bag with an special scissor, one of those doctors use in operations, I don’t know the name in English. It was a big one, that’s way it was so difficult… the third one came to the world very fast and in one go, the opposite to the second, and it was the smallest as well, of course.
The experience was amazing… we were moved by the moment, by life, by the power of MOTHERHOOD present in this little animal… it was just awesome to see her instinct working intelligently taking care of everything, even if she was exhaust.
Right now, I can see here through the window, as I write you to, and all the three little puppies are taking some good warm milk from her mother…
But there is a sad story parallel to this as well: a tiny cat, of no more than 3 or maximum 4 weeks of life, was in the street and a big dog was up to eat it, it was a matter of life or death. Well, I got it home too. I thought, it doesn’t matter, we already have some dogs, what the heck, it would not make a big difference and once the cat is well, I’ll search for somebody to take it. Unfortunately, and despite we gave to this little cat medicines, the best cat food we could afford, etc., the animal is dying right now, at the time of writing… It is in a box we have constructed for it, he’s comfortably laying in a little bed my wife did, but some serious illness got him.
A SERIOUS THOUGHT ABOUT THIS:
Those willing to get a pet of any kind, should, at least, have a moment to consider if they are ready for it, and if they are capable of being responsible for this animal. Those bastards that get an animal to thought it away in the streets are not ready to have animals. Is that so difficult to understand such a fucking simple thing as this? Animals are pure essences and don’t deserve any bad treat, don’t deserve to be through away, they are sentient beings as you and me, they can actually be emotional. They DO miss you if you let them down… they DO feel sadness, they DO love!!!
This little cat is very probable dying for the same reason Nandy would have had its puppies in the street, and they would have been eaten by dogs, or just would have died for the cold. It is so unfair.
If you want to have and animal at home, think twice and be sure you are going to be responsible for it, in good and BAD times as well. And if you already have some, please, don’t be you yourself the animal, try to take YOUR place in life, and be a human being!ç!!
While I was talking with her about the dog, it seemed that it could somehow intuit we were worrying about her… which is amazing… While we were talking, the dog was at about 30 meters, and was watching away, lost. Suddenly, it turns to us and start walking our way. It comes in front of us and I tell my wife: “hey, it seems it was listening our conversation”. Then she would go onto my legs, like asking something… I couldn’t resist and, despite I live in a very small place, not suitable at all to have a dog, I opened the door with the agreement of my wife, and smiling we let the future mother in.
The dog was so sad, that the only thing it would do was to stare at something with a terrible face… and would not eat even the best of foods… I could clearly see she was very sad and kind of daydreaming about its ungrateful owners. It was very obvious to us, that this dog had been mistreated as well, as she was fearful when you did certain movements or wanted to sit at the table to eat, both things were dangerous attitudes for her. Animals are very sensitive and can clearly feel what is going on so fortunately she understood we were not against her.
It was but after two days that she started to feel more comfortable and started showing some life into her face and behaviour. Then she started to eat and with lots of caress on her back, after 4 days she started moving her little tail, as every dog in the world should! We were happy to see her progression.
At about a week, she was running through the house, playing with us, eating “without putting her tail into the legs as she used to do”, and sleeping as a log. She started being sort of a friend to us as well.
We found out a very sensitive, intelligent animal with lots of good things, that had been miserably thrown away by the real animal, the human being.
After two weeks this little female dog now baptised as “Nandy”, gave birth to three absolutely gorgeous puppies… She called us for it and we were sure what was her call all about, the time had come. We said to each other with my wife: I hope we can be near her when this arrive, because a friend of us with experience, as she is a professional and works as a matron, told us Nandy was way to small and her belly way too big for her, that she would need help.
We don’t know a thing about giving birth things, but it seems that instinct works always for those kind of emergencies. We went with her to her specially prepared bed “that she herself prepared with pieces of clothes and other for the occasion”. I thought I had to be careful cos she could be in a threatening mood, as it happens with female dogs usually, when they are pregnant. Nothing farther from the truth… She stared at my face, with an incredible mature watch, and asked me to get near. I got near and put my hands into her belly and she started immediately pushing… It was amazing… The whole thing took two and a half hours. The first came with some difficulties, the second could definitely not come without help, so we actually cut the bag with an special scissor, one of those doctors use in operations, I don’t know the name in English. It was a big one, that’s way it was so difficult… the third one came to the world very fast and in one go, the opposite to the second, and it was the smallest as well, of course.
The experience was amazing… we were moved by the moment, by life, by the power of MOTHERHOOD present in this little animal… it was just awesome to see her instinct working intelligently taking care of everything, even if she was exhaust.
Right now, I can see here through the window, as I write you to, and all the three little puppies are taking some good warm milk from her mother…
But there is a sad story parallel to this as well: a tiny cat, of no more than 3 or maximum 4 weeks of life, was in the street and a big dog was up to eat it, it was a matter of life or death. Well, I got it home too. I thought, it doesn’t matter, we already have some dogs, what the heck, it would not make a big difference and once the cat is well, I’ll search for somebody to take it. Unfortunately, and despite we gave to this little cat medicines, the best cat food we could afford, etc., the animal is dying right now, at the time of writing… It is in a box we have constructed for it, he’s comfortably laying in a little bed my wife did, but some serious illness got him.
A SERIOUS THOUGHT ABOUT THIS:
Those willing to get a pet of any kind, should, at least, have a moment to consider if they are ready for it, and if they are capable of being responsible for this animal. Those bastards that get an animal to thought it away in the streets are not ready to have animals. Is that so difficult to understand such a fucking simple thing as this? Animals are pure essences and don’t deserve any bad treat, don’t deserve to be through away, they are sentient beings as you and me, they can actually be emotional. They DO miss you if you let them down… they DO feel sadness, they DO love!!!
This little cat is very probable dying for the same reason Nandy would have had its puppies in the street, and they would have been eaten by dogs, or just would have died for the cold. It is so unfair.
If you want to have and animal at home, think twice and be sure you are going to be responsible for it, in good and BAD times as well. And if you already have some, please, don’t be you yourself the animal, try to take YOUR place in life, and be a human being!ç!!
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