People never buy your significant other video games! My boyfriend John and I enjoy playing video games together, but the other day I bought him Madden 2011. He has been hiding in his room all day playing online. I finally got him to watch a movie with me (Death at a Funeral-- which was stupid funny, but made me laugh) and during the movie he says "Have you posted on your blog about today?" I answered, "No but will probably do it after the movie" and responds, "Good I was hoping you would say that. Now I can play a game of madden." One game generally turns into five games!!
Anyways, today was very interesting. While we were going to register for college classes there was a dog running through the streets. We got out to try and help but the dog was very scared of people. We then saw the owner running after the dog and he asked us to keep and eye on the pup. When the owner got near he yelled her name and the dog saw him and jetted off. The owner than turns around and says "What ever if she wants to come back she will." My boyfriend and I looked at each other extremely confused. Many people drive recklessly on these roads and we feared the dog would get hit. We got back in our cars to find the dog running in the streets again. This is when I said enough is enough and called the local police to try and get their help. At this point we noticed the dog was running funny. A woman outside picking weeds told us this happens all the time. Matter of fact it was the 2nd time today the dog ran away.
The dog continued to wander. We hopped back in our car and found the in a older woman's yard who had 2 dogs of her own. She saw us whistling for the dog and came down to speak with us. At first she seemed angry, but we explained it was not our dog and we were only trying to help. That is when she joined us in trying to get the pup. The pup started to warm up to us, but we did not want to pet him since it looked like he had some type of wounds on his back, his ear looked deformed and so did his leg. We tried everything we could to keep the dog in one place. That is when 2 young kids drove by sad that was their dog. He violently picked the dog up and got into his car. The older woman walked up asking what was wrong with the dog's back. The teenager had no response. She then kindly said, "If you can not care for your dog you are more than welcome to bring her to my house and I will take care of her." The teenagers did not acknowledge her and just drove off.
I was very angry at this point. I thought quickly and copied down the car make and license plate. We then got back into our cars to go home. We then got on the road where we initially saw the dog. I thought to myself the dog must live somewhere close. My boyfriend then spotted the same car that picked up the pup. I then wrote down the house address.
My immediate thought was call the ASPCA or a local shelter. When I got home I researched ASPCA to find out what I should do. It listed ways to spot animal abuse and everything I witnessed was on the list. The website continued to say what one can do if they feel an animal is in danger. I followed the website and called my local police station and was sent to Dog Control. I pray that this pup is rescued, gets treatment and is sent to a loving environment.
Something my boyfriend and I debated through this entire scenario was is it our responsibility to step in and help the dog? Is it even our place to pry into someone else life? My end thought was if we do not speak up for this pup who will? What would you have done? I for one could not even fathom the poor treatment this dog received.
