Abandoned puppies, soapbox scrutiny

"That darn barn cat", raced through my mind, "getting in the trash ... again." My husband Marti eased our truck to a halt in front of the covered porch ready to scare it away .... again. But that darn cat raced up to meet us, black curly tail wagging and tiny pink tongue hanging out between a row of tiny sharp puppy teeth. "How ?? What on earth?" We live 25 miles out in the sticks off a road that only our closest friends, neighbors and a moose or two know about. So... how on earth did this tiny bundle of frolicking fur find its way to our doorstep? Before we could decode this mini-mystery his two sisters crawled out from under the porch, more timid than their slightly bigger brother but begging to join the hug-fest. They were chubby, obviously well fed, shiny coats, and not at all afraid of their newly discovered environment. They were not dirty or wet from all the rainfall and snow melt we recently had, so they didn't come via the muddy driveway or through the bushes surrounding our house.

.....There was only one answer to this query. Abandonment. Someone who knew where we lived and how to get here, had dumped this infant canine trio into our laps. It made me angry to think that an individual walking upright claiming to be human being had no sense of morality or accountability. It now became our responsibility to find homes for the defenseless threesome. A responsibility that some gutless-wonder out there could not own up to.

.....I don't know how this story ends yet. But what we are doing and what you can/should do if you find yourself in a predicament of not wanting the animals that you have, is first grow some balls then open a phone book;

.....1. Call your local humane society and let them know you have pets to giveaway.

.....2. Don't be cheap, place an ad in the local paper. There are many loving families out there who would love an adorable little puppy but cannot afford the adoption fees charged by animal shelters. The cost of someone adopting our new charges if they were at the shelter in our area would be $95.00 each. The animal shelter has them spayed/neutered, gives them all their puppy shots and now inserts a chip into them. (For tracking owners as much as pets I think, but that is a whole other soapbox for me.)

.....3. Be patient and find a loving home for them.

.....So why don't we keep them you ask? My husband and I both work 5 days a week (sometimes six). We are intelligent enough to know that at this time of our lives we are too busy for the added responsibility of a pet.

.....I will finish this saga later when I find the happy ending, and you can rest assure I will find a happy ending for Spirit, Blondie, and Cinnamon Bear. Oh crap I named them, Now I'm in big trouble.....