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Rescue does not always have a happy ending
 Rescue does not always have a happy ending.
Meet Ella. Almost Home got a call that this sweet Sheltie girl was dumped in a high rate kill shelter and had endeared herself to all the staff there. They asked us if we could take her in and put her up for adoption. Her chances of being adopted from the shelter were slim to none since she was eight years old. She is considered middle aged. Labeled as a senior and “too old” for anyone to want.
We gladly took this little girl in and made all the arrangements. We knew we could find her a forever home where she would be wanted and cherished. She settled comfortably into her foster home and was just so grateful to be safe. She was giving all the love she could right back and you could not want a nicer dog.
Rescue does not always have a happy ending.
Ella almost immediately showed signs of stress every time she had to go potty. We had our vet do a thorough work up on her. It was devastating news. Our AHDRO president sent us this email:
It is with a heavy heart that I send this email, for sweet little Ella had her ultrasound today and she does have inoperable cancer (tumor on her liver). The vet said that most likely she could have a few months……..
 Rescue does not always have a happy ending.
Ella was apparently dumped at this kill shelter because she was gravely ill. Rather than do the humane thing, her former family left her to die alone in a metal cage. Rather than do the right thing, they coldly got rid of their “problem” and walked away. They never said a word to anyone. They, and tens of thousands of others like them, are the reason there is such a thing as RESCUE. We see it every day, over and over. We see it far too often.
We RESCUE. We have hundreds of happy endings. We have too many cases like Ella. The Ellas break our hearts. We will do all we can to keep her comfortable but we will be humane. We will help her go peacefully to the Rainbow Bridge when it is her time. We will make her remaining hours full of as much love as we can pack in.
Rescue does not always have a happy ending.
We are sorry Ella. We wish we could have had you with us much sooner so you could have experienced many years of love and caring that you deserved. So you would KNOW not all people are heartless. We hope your last days with us will be peaceful and happy ones.
Be a responsible dog owner.
This means LOVE your dog. It is not a possession. It is a living, breathing creature. It is the closest thing to something that will love you unconditionally that you will ever find on Earth.
Spay or Neuter your dog.
There are millions of dogs euthanized in shelters and Humane Society’s across this country every single day. It is not “manly” to keep your dog intact. It is not “cute” to have litters of puppies whose chances of survival past the age of one are less than 50%.
Get your dog from a local shelter or rescue.
There are millions of unwanted dogs in shelters. Support your local shelter or support rescues like Almost Home who do all they can to rescue and make right the inhumanity we see all the time, one paw at a time.
Millions of happy, healthy dogs in shelters are never given a chance to show you how wonderful they are. They never make it out of their cage. Four million cats and dogs - about one every eight seconds - are put down in U.S. shelters each year. Sixty-one percent of dogs in Ohio shelters are euthanized each year. 61%!
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