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This sweet boy was Taz. Taz was a pure breed blue heeler I rescued from an abusive family. He barely weighed 20 lbs when I first got him. By the time I had to put him to sleep, he weighed about 45-which is what a healthy heeler should weigh. Putting him to sleep was the hardest thing I ever had to do, but Taz had spent to long on a short chain being beaten and neglected. If anyone other then me came near him, he'd try to attack. I tried for 4 months to teach him to accept others, but I did something I never should have done-I gave up. Taz was my best friend, and I gave up on him. I miss him very much still. I should have given him longer-but I didn't. I will always remember the look he gave me as I left him to be put to sleep. That look I will never forget. He died in an animal shelter alone, feeling abandoned. I wish I had handled that different. This site is to warn everyone of the harsh affects of abuse. If you suspect an animal is being abused-don't wait! Call your local animal control to check it out so the dog can be saved. Please don't let that dog end up like Taz! |
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This picture was taken right after Taz's first bath. It broke my heart when I bathed him. He had welts all over his back. His owner would come home drunk and beat him with his chain. You can also see in this picture that he's still a little skinny. He was in horrible shape when I got him, but his love for me never died. |
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This is probably my favorite picture of Taz. You can just look at his eyes and see how much he loved and trusted me. I loved him very much. Taz went every where with me. I still wonder if I really made the right choice, or if I gave up to soon. I'll never know. |
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Here is Taz with Smoky. Taz didn't get along with any other dogs, but for some reason, he liked Smoky. It never made any sense to me. Both where males, so if anything, I thought they would have fought, but they didn't. Taz was the first other dog Smoky had to share with, but Smoky didn't care. He was 5 when I got Taz, yet he just accepted him, and Taz accepted Smoky. I never had one fight with them. Maybe, Taz was ment to stay with me, and I made the wrong choice when I had him put to sleep. |
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Here is Taz's PET ME poise. He'd sit and nuzzle my leg until I gave up and hugged him and played with him. Taz was a champian ball fetcher. He would run slow towards the ball, and as fast as he could back. He hated leaving me, but he loved coming back to me. He never chaised cats. He was never more then 10 feet away unless he was getting a ball. He always stayed close to me. |
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This is the last picture I ever took of Taz. This was taken right before I took him to the shelter. I can see in his eyes that he knew something was about to happen, although, I doubt he knew what. When I shut the door to the kennel at the shelter as I left, I caught his eyes. I'll never forget that look. He was saying "What did I do? Don't you love me? Why are you leaving me here?" It broke my heart to see that. I should have stayed with him while he went back to heaven. At least now he will never feel the pain of abuse and neglect again. He barked alot when I first got him, because the only time he'd be feed was when they got tired of hearing him bark and would through a scrap of something out the window. He rarely had enough clean water. At least Taz knew I loved him. I was probably the only human that had ever treated him kindly. |
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Here is Taz with me and Smoky. You can see Smoky rather be a million other places, but Taz was extremly happy to be with me, wrapped in my arm. Taz loved me very much. Taz had eyes for me and me alone. When I wasn't there, Taz wouldn't do anything. He'd just sit and wait for me to come home. When I left for a week once and my mom took care of him, he wouldn't eat the whole time I was gone. He didn't want anything to do with anything, but the second I came home, he was my happy active puppy again. |
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CLICK HERE TO GO ON TO TAZ'S TRIBUTE SITE |
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