Regrets? I've had a few ....

<$1 to Frank Sinatra>

Why didn't I think to microchip Judas?

Duh!

I was looking for him on Craiglist last Friday (something I've done obsessively several times a day since he went to his new family) and hoping I wouldn't find him there. The good news is that I didn't. The bad news is that I found the attached horror story and it damn near destroyed me. Less than two hours after I read this Jack was the proud owner of a new microchip. $25 dollars of reassurance planted subcutaneously between his shoulder blades. The only way Jack will ever need it is if he gets lost because I will never, never, never, never, EVER rehome or give up (and I've done more than my share) another animal. I'm cured forever. That's just one of the gifts Jubes gave to me.

PLEASE QUIT GIVING YOUR PITS AWAY FOR FREE--I MADE THAT MISTAKE AND I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER SIX MONTH AFTER I REHOMED HER-MY PIT HAD A MICROCHIP AND I AM NOW SO GLAD THAT SHE DID. WHEN I WENT TO GO AND PICK HER UP FROM THE SHELTER THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY FOUND HER RUNNING THE STREETS, SHE WAS COVERED IS DIRT AND MUD AND YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE SHE WAS USED FOR FIGHTING. I NEARLY DIED WHEN I SAW HER, SHE WAS SO BADLY BEATEN UP AND HAD HALF HER FACE MAULED OFF. THEY CROPPED HER EARS SO SHORT THAT YOU CANT SEE WHERE SHE EVEN HAD YEARS AND SHE WAS SO TIMID AND STAND OFFISH WHEN I APPROACHED HER. NOW MY DAUGHTER SLEEPS ON THE FLOOR WITH HER EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS SCARED AND DOES NOT WANT TO BE ALONE. I WILL NEVER GIVE ANY ANIMAL TO ANYONE EVER AGAIN BECASE IT WILL BE HARD TO TRUST. I THOUGHT I GAVE HER TO A GOOD HOME, AND I WAS WRONG. TO THE ONES THAT HURT MY BABY KARMA IS A BAD THING! I AM NOW CARING FOR HER AND TO BE HONEST I DONT THINK SHE WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN BUT I WILL LOVE HER AND HOPE THAT SHE COMES AROUND. IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS AND SHE IS FINALLY NOT AFRAID TO APPROACH THE FOOD DISH AND SHE IS ACTUALLY PUTTING ON SOME WEIGHT. WHO EVER HAD HER GOT TIRED OF HER, OR POSSIBLY SHE WAS NOT A GOOD FIGHTER ANY LONGER SO THEY DUMPED HER IN THE STREETS TO FEND FOR HERSELF.
IF YOU GIVE YOUR PIT AWAY FOR FREE PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHO THEY GO TO--YOU CANT TRUST EVERYONE!

I've gotta' mentally let Jubes go so he can become a happy memory and not a regret .... the not knowing is just so damned hard!

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