After 9 days Rocky is back at his “family” home. This is the hardest part of what I do. The obvious questions are…
1. Why do you put him back on the streets?
2. Why don’t you find him a home?
3. Why can’t he stay with you?
4. How is his health and can you fix his leg?
I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Why do you put him back on the streets?
There is always someone more serious. 3 minutes after Rocky left this is Chicken who checked in and took his spot. A young mother who had her puppies taken from her. She was distressed and dumped. Her blood results were so bad she was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Why don’t you get him a home?
I’m always trying. I re-homed 15 dogs in the last 5-6 weeks. The reality with Rocky is there are 1000s of dogs on the island.
Costs to re-home abroad approx $2000. The harder part though is the paperwork / vetting and time to prepare him is 4… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Why can’t he stay with you?
I could collect up 100 dogs like Rocky tomorrow. I don’t think that’s a viable solution. Building lots of space doesn’t fix anything it just moves street dogs into my care. There are 1000s of dogs on the island.
I may or may not be right but my… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
How is his health and can you fix his leg?
His general health is bouncing back quick. I have to find him daily and get him medicines for the next 45 days without missing a day and he’ll be fine. It’s an extra 15 minutes onto my day but totally worth it.
His paw has been like… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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