So, for all of you who are wondering what happened yesterday. I got a call at work from a frantic Pam (the president of the Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue group that I volunteer with). She says "some nutcase dropped off 4 puppies and a Mother at a shelter in Bloomington and I need someone to go get them by 5 o'clock today or they will probably die" I said I would see what I can do and started concocting a plan. So after talking to the shelter a few times and Pam the story was that some crazy lady had brought the 4 puppies in and left them. 2 puppies are 5 weeks old and 2 puppies are 3 weeks old. So they called the lady who surrendered them and said, "Mam these puppies are still nursing they are too young to be away from their mother" hoping that she would come take them home. She said "fine, I dont want the mother either, so Ill bring her down" So she leaves these puppies and brings the mother. The mother dog is rejecting the older 2 puppies and nursing the young ones. So someone needs to have them to take special care such as bottle feeding and then working them into kibble and whatnot and the shelter is overcrowded as it is. The dogs have fly stike (a condition that means that the dogs have been chained outside in an area where they can not escape their own feces so the flies that come to eat their feces then begin to feed on their ears and they are to the point where they are raw.) and one of the puppies has an injury to the head above its eye.
I leave work early to drive 2 hours to get the dogs. I get there and start doing paper work and while I'm waiting I said "so whats the story, you said the lady that did the surrender was crazy what do you mean?" The lady then begins to tell me how the owner dropped them off and didnt know anything about them, when they asked the name of the mother she didnt know then she said "Maybe uh... Princess" and she didnt know how the dog had been injured and she was obviously out of it. They said they thought she must have been a breeder that has gotten so out of control that she is overwhelmed or she must be mentally unstable. So we kind of giggle and I finish signing my papers and hand over the money. As Im doing this the lady asks the next person in line "how can I help you" and she says "thats my mother you are talking about, and you shouldnt be talking about her like that. And those are my dogs." So the lady apologizes and says something to the effect of "you're right we shouldnt have been discussing this out here, we are very sorry." the evil lady is very witchy and says "Thats right you should be sorry and you shouldnt have been. blah blah blah, Now those are my f*ing dogs and I came to get them, I want them back." and the shelter lady (umm her name might have been laura.) says "I'm a little confused, would you explain this to me, whats going on." so now we are going into dialogue: (Keep in mind that Mrs. Satan is just as irrate and assinine as she sounds)
Satan herself replies, "That was my mother. My mother dropped off my dogs and she didnt have any right to because they arent hers. I have a picture and her certification right here. You can even call the vet I use."
Laura says "Does your mother live with you? Why did she bring them in."
Satan herself: "I live with my mother on her property, and I don't know why she brought them in. They aren't hers. She just said that the kids kept getting into them."
Laura: "So your mother is in charge of taking care of the dogs?"
Satan: "No I do it. I was there just Monday night to feed them."
Laura" Maam, these dogs were dropped of Tuesday morning and its now Wednesday evening. Why didnt you come earlier to get them if they are yours?"
Satan: "I didnt know they were gone until I noticed when I came home from work."
Laura "So you didnt notice they were gone until 2 days later."
Satan: "No, I noticed yesterday when I came home from work to feed them. Now I just came to get my dogs back.I want my dogs back now."
Laura: "Let me see this picture of the dogs...So what do you know about them?"
Satan: " The mother's name is Kiki and there are two sets of litters one is 9 weeks and almost weened and ready to go and the other is 6 weeks old."
Laura: "Maam, they are clearly not the ages you are telling us. The oldest puppies are just now cutting teeth, there is no way they are 9 weeks old they are more like 5 weeks. And the youngest puppies still dont walk well they aren't 6 weeks"
Satan: " Well I have them marked on my calendar. You can check my calendar at home blah blah blah... well, maybe I got them confused blah blah blah whatever, but they are mine."
Laura: "Maam, how many female Shibas do you have?"
Satan: "Just the two Kiki and the other b*tch who had a litter a few weeks back"
Laura: "So if they are yours why did your mother bring them in?"
Satan: "Thats what I'm trying to figure out, she said the kids were getting into them, but that doesn't make any sense, because they are in kennels. They arent even my kids. So I dont know if one of them got bit or what, but I want my dogs back. I have permission to have them there from my father and that is his property too. I have permission to have them there untill this weekend when I have to get them out."
Laura: "So you have to get them out? Do you have a place for them to go? I mean, where are you taking these dogs."
Satan: "To the apartment. And you know they are my dogs and the other mother is going to get her shots next week and this one cant have them yet but she will and blah blah blah".
I have been holding my tongue this entire time, but at this point I am fed up and I say "so let me get this straight, you are running a day care and a puppy mill out of your mothers home?" Oh man did that get her going,
Satan says, " I am a breeder, I do not consider myself a puppy mill and I do not appreciate you insinuating something like that. You don't know anything about these dogs. They are my f*ing dogs. And you can try to take them with you, and we can go to court over it, because I know my rights blah blah blah."
I say "Maam Iam just concerned about the well being of these dogs because they obviously are not being cared for. "
Satan :"You dont know that they are my dogs blah blah blah."
Laura: "The mother dog has flea bites all over her ears and they need treated."
Satan: " I know that and I'll take her to the vet right now."
Laura: "And what happened to one of the puppies he has a wound above his eye?"
Satan: "I don't know what did you do?"
Laura: "We did nothing, they came in like that, and I asked your mother and she didnt knwo what had happened either."
Satan: "Well something and some mummbling blah blah..."
Laura: "I guess we will have to do an RTO. Sorry Jacquelin for all the trouble. Thanks for coming down here though and being so willing to help."
Me: "You know that I'm not upset because I drove two hours to get here, I am upset because this lady doesnt take care of them and I am worried about the dogs."
Laura: "Yeah and we can't help that shes a b*tch. Thanks again. Bye."
So I call Pam and explain. She says shell call the shelter and see if she can get the puppy warden to go do a visit. Well other than that we cant do anything and its very upsetting and thats why so few people do rescue. I stopped by Carolyns to complain for a while and play with Pugs. Thats life I guess. Unfair and distressing.
