The best times I’ve had at the rescue has been watching how much Abby and Josh have grown compared to when they first started at the rescue. When the students came for the Bonner Camp and then came to volunteer at the rescue I got to see how much these two have grown. They took to their leadership positions like white on rice. I was so proud and glad to see how much work we got done that day. It was amazing! It was awesome! It was…
Everything went smoothly and I just love when we get projects done and make the rescue a little bit better than it was before. Compared to when I started there were dogs in every room. I would guess more than 20 on the property and now we have all of the adoptable dogs in one kennel room and keep the numbers manageable.
I believe my unpleasant memory would be when we had to put down a few of our elderly dogs. Two of the dogs we had to put down were Raven, a boxer, and Cowboy, a border collie. The two were inseparable and the best of friends so it wasn’t any surprise when we had to put one of them down the other one had to follow. We are no kill but we believe in quality of life. At their age no one would be interested in adopting them. They would have to spend their entire lives at the rescue until one of us found them dead.
Ej and I brought the dogs to the vet and I tried to be strong and emotionally stable, but that went out of the window when I sat down and stared at Cowboy’s big eyes. They went together and that is what I’m happy about. Every site has a dark side and this is the dark side of rescues. Sometimes the only mercy you can give a dog especially their age is to send them over the rainbow road. I have their memory and I will miss them, but I need to carry on and help the other dogs find a home so they won’t grow old at the rescue. Instead they can grow old with a family.
Sorry for the downer post guys. :( I’m fine.
Okay I’m fine for real this time. Bonner Love!
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