All the Creatures

Our horses had been enjoying the unusual warm weather by sunbathing on the cold ground, but today the temperatures have been dropping and the next wet weather system is suppose to hit us tomorrow.  We are suppose to have snow on Sunday and Monday. When and if the snow hits I will have my camera ready for one horse’s reaction to it. You see, we have one horse who has never experienced snow and he is a highly reactive horse. I also promised to send the former owner a photo of him in the snow when it happens.

Of course during the very cold weather my dog does not want to venture outside too much either. When he needs to go out to do his business, he wants to come back it right away instead of wandering around. He tends to be just like me on these colder, fridged days…….I want to stay by the fire, except I also turn on the home theater sound system with the TV, pop in a DVD, grab a thick blanket and relax before the power goes out. Yes I live in that type of area.

Keeping my fingers crossed that the power doesn’t go out and all is well for the snow storm we are suppose to get.

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It will be soon the full blown flu season for us humans. For us pet owners that can sometimes mean struggling to take care of our pets and livestock especially if we have to venture outside several times a day to take care of them.

If you know someone who is a pet or livestock owner and they are sick, instead of taking them a get well basket of goodness, offer to help them for a few days with their pets until they feel better. It may mean a bit of time on your part but I guarantee that your actions will speak louder than a get well card any day of the week.

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When this housing crisis first began a few years ago, I kept hearing horror stories of pets being left in foreclosed homes and found either dead or close to death by realtors weeks later. Pets have taken the brunt of this bad economy.

People who lost their jobs and then their homes have no resources left for their pets that they acquired years before and expected to keep them for the pet’s entire lifespan. Most pets rescues turned them away because they were overcrowded. Then some of the rescues had to shut their doors forever due to lack of donations. Rental homes and apartments would not allow pets or if they did they added a sizable cleaning fee to the deposit that someone who just lost about everything could not afford. So abandonment seemed like the only way to handle their pet situation.

Amidst all of this, I hear on tonight’s nightly news that there is a boom in spending on dogs. Where in the creation are these people getting their information from? Certainly not from those who are in charge of animal control in this country. Although I do see ads for Cape Cod rentals pet friendly that for $1500 a week you can take your dog with you but first add at least $300 in fees. Those places are not aimed toward the middle class income families but the more wealthy among us.

There seems to such extremes with this economy right now and our pets are the victims of it.

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