When Anne Flores went with her friend to the Harris County Animal Shelter in Houston, Texas, she was expecting to see some sad faces. What she didn’t expect to see was two women literally dragging two dogs in to surrender them.
She watched as the dogs refused to budge, threw themselves down on the ground, and basically begged their owners to not to give them up.
She was saddened by what she was seeing. Even worse, the women didn’t even seem to care about the dogs.
“He laid on his back and just rolled over. It was like he was saying, ‘Please don’t take me in here.’”
The more Flores watched, the madder she got.
She couldn’t believe how these women were treating these dogs and how much the dogs were rejected.
She continued;
“They were both pulling, but the dogs wouldn’t budge. They had to pick them up because they just would not move. They would not walk in there. They didn’t care. They were just laughing and giggling because the dogs wouldn’t move. To them, it was just like throwing trash away. There was no remorse, nothing. I was really, really angry, and I could feel my blood pressure rise. Why get an animal if you’re not going to keep it and do this to them? It’s not fair.”
She decided to take a few photos of the incident and send them to Harris County Animal Volunteers.
The group, which helps find homes for animals at the shelter, posted them on social media, and people were instantly enraged with what they were seeing and wanted to help the dogs.
The black-and-white dog named Truman was scheduled for euthanasia in a few days, so it was urgent that he find a home quickly. The other dog, Mandi, was scheduled for the next day. The shelter was full, and there simply wasn’t any room for these two dogs.
Cypress Lucky Mutt Rescue took the dogs in as rescues, but they needed to find foster homes until they could be adopted out to a lasting home.
Thankfully, the rescue group found foster homes for both dogs.
Kellie Donoghue, the director of Grace Mercy Love German Shepherd Rescue, went to get Truman from the shelter on behalf of the other rescue group. She was saddened by what she saw. She described the scene:
“First, I heard him howling. We tried to get him to walk, but he just pancaked flat on the floor and wouldn’t move. He was so terrified, and he was peeing. But he was wagging his tail the whole time, which tells me that this dog just needs love, but doesn’t understand that humans can provide love.”
Eventually, shelter workers helped her drag him to her car. The ride went a little better, and it seemed like Truman was finally starting to feel safe. Donoghue said:
“The whole time in the car, he just wanted to be near me. He was starting to warm up to me a bit in a 25-minute car ride, which you don’t often see. Sometimes it takes a really long time for dogs to open up to humans.”
When they arrived at the rescue, they tested Truman’s temperament.
Considering the way he acted around people at times, they couldn’t believe how well he did on the test.
Donoghue explained:
“In just an hour, we saw a fantastic transformation of a dog who wouldn’t even walk and being flat on the ground and shaking, to feeling safe enough to sleep in the car and get close to me. He’s going to be just a fantastic dog to live with.”
Truman is doing well at the rescue and seems to be happy and healthy.
His sister, Mandi, left the shelter the day after Truman and is being fostered by Jackie Duncan. Mandi has a lot of health problems. She tested positive for heartworms and also had some eye issues. Her eyes were almost completely swollen shut at the time she was rescued. She also has mange and is very timid.
Her foster family is helping her get the treatment she needs and trying to teach her to trust people. They said she is very loving and making a lot of progress. Hopefully, Mandi and Truman can both overcome their problems and be adopted into loving families.
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Source: The Dodo
