Bobbie blogs about dogs as she lives with mostly hounds. While no longer rescuing, she maintains Silverwalk Hounds Sanctuary for the remaining Sanctuary dogs as well as occasional fosters. She enjoys talking about dogs, including rescue, fostering and adoption.

Dumpster diving is NEVER for Puppies!

Posted Friday, September 25, 2009, at 12:41 PM

I am going to second the latest Canine Advocate entry with the story of the new puppy in my home/sanctuary. Her name is Margie. Margie is a mutt puppy, probably a hound/terrier mix according to her long ears and wiry coat with the cutest eyebrows. She is only about 8 weeks old now and small but very self confident despite being found in a DUMPSTER!

Margie was found in a St. Louis area Wal-Mart dumpster. The lids were closed. An employee named Margie heard these noises, looked all around the dumpster, behind it, around the area and finally in the dumpster. There was Margie - named after her rescuer. Insensitive? Loss of respect for life? Cruel? You bet. We will never know the circumstances which landed Margie in the dumpster but someone has no conscience...or more than someone :(.

Margie is now safe. She plays with the entire pack here at Silverwalk, even the Pit Bull, Spanky. She is an awesome puppy - and I am not normally a puppy person but those Safe Harbor puppies prepped me and then, here comes another hound mix puppy.

People who are cruel to animals grow up to be cruel to humans. Stop the madness. Teach responsible, caring attitudes to your children; better yet, MODEL them so they know you mean what you teach.

Those who dumped Margie lost a prize - and I won! Shame on them and all like them. Would we could find them and put them in a dumpster or jail.....

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Any person who intentionally harms an innocent animal should be harmed in the same manner.

I recently rescued a tabby kitten that was starving and had been attacked by another animal. We discovered the kitten belonged to a neighbor who let her unspayed cat roam the neighborhood, and then wouldn't take responsibility for the kittens. Please spay and neuter your pets! If you can't afford the vet, you can't afford the pet.

-- Posted by Pete72 on Mon, Sep 28, 2009, at 10:57 AM
Well said. Bless you and that poor tabby kitty.

-- Posted by silverwalk on Mon, Sep 28, 2009, at 2:25 PM
Thank goodness the pup was found in time.

Recently our family was adopted by a stray cat. We decided to step up and do the right thing and adopted her.

Re: dumping cruel owners in dumpsters...let's not behave like animals.

-- Posted by redpen on Mon, Sep 28, 2009, at 9:49 PM
Just remember we are the lucky ones who get to rescue them and see their personalities bloom and there is a special place for those who abuse animals.

-- Posted by hello_people on Mon, Oct 5, 2009, at 1:04 AM
There is a especially hot place in Hell reserved for those who abuse animals, of that I'm convinced.

-- Posted by voyager on Tue, Oct 13, 2009, at 8:47 AM
Wow that is just cruel. She is beautiful and looks to be spirted and fun! Hope you find her a forever home!

-- Posted by atip on Tue, Oct 13, 2009, at 8:34 PM
Margie may go up for adoption after she has her adult shots and is spayed. She would make someone a great pet, especially if they cont. her obedience work; in fact, she is too smart NOT to need to cont. working in some capacity!

-- Posted by silverwalk on Sat, Oct 17, 2009, at 7:29 PM

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