Would you rescue an animal from a shelter?

We have a wonderful dog from the shelter.
She had been badly beaten and abused by her former owner, who dumped her full of milk from having a litter of puppies. I would like to catch that person in the alley, at night.

She has been with us just over a year and is doing so well. She is still afraid of any kind of stick or brush or fly swatter. Some nightmares will be with her forever.
 
We rescue “unadoptable” cats, although over the years we’ve managed to refurbish a few and reHome them. I’ve just realized that it’s been all males we’ve successfully found homes for. Now: who wants a nearly wild Russian blue male (who sleeps on a bed in stormy weather)?
 
Between my daughter and me .. we've had..


King a German shepherd

jenny, a border collie

jess, a miniature jack russell

Rodney a pitbull who had been found on the road and rescued at 7 months suffering with the pavo virus!

Pablo..a little cross breed wire haired terrier.. aged approx 18 months who'd been badly maltreated... and with such a wonderful nature..

Pixie a miniature chihuahua ditto above (pablo)

...and also we've paid a lot of money for ''designer dogs'' from excellent breeders.. (labradoodles)
 
All my doggies have been rescues, though I did get a puppy from someone who lived nearby and whose two labs had had puppies -- dunno if that counts as a "rescue" or not. I'll have to sit down and list them all to see how many. In the past, I always had multiple dogs; nowdays just the one. At one time I had SIX lab crosses, because I could not bear to see the previous owners of the last two take them to the pound, which at that time had a high kill rate. Amazingly enough, all those dogs got along very well, for the most part. I couldn't have taken in any more because I was running out of couch space.
 
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