Animals

Hello,

My name is Four. I used to have a nice warm home that I lived in but my people had to move and their new landlord wouldn’t allow me to go with them. So after 12 years of having a cozy bed to sleep in each night I have now found myself behind an unfamiliar, cold steel cage at a high-kill city shelter.

I need a new home...

I am about 55 pounds, creme colored, completely, utterly housebroken and get along great with dogs and cats. In fact, I could really give a rats-ass about cats! I am currently in the New York City area but if you are not, then I am sure I can hitch a ride to where you are, just ask!

Is someone out there who will kindly let me live out my twilight years with them? I will show you love, respect and a loyalty that will stay in your heart forever… even after I am gone, I promise.

Yours,
Four

P.S. PLEASE don’t write asking me to take your pet. Being a dog and all I am a bit technically challenged and will just delete your email. And think about it, why would I be helping my competition anyway?

Fifa’s foster mom, Saleena and I made the very painful and difficult decision of putting Fifa to sleep in the middle of the night. Her condition had deteriorated drastically between when I picked Fifa up Saturday and took her to Saleena’s home in Queens, to last night. Since Saturday night she had been having constant watery stool, wouldn’t eat much and drank profusely while becoming incontinent in the house. She could walk Saturday but was restless, taking two steps and falling down since yesterday.

The vet who put her down concurred with our second opinion that choosing not to mess around with an eight year old dog’s liver was the right thing – that the biopsy and surgery would have been highly invasive and risky. So it is almost a blessing that we were not able to come up with the $4,000 estimate.

It is my belief that Fifa had no idea what was going on and was already half gone before they administered the injection. Saleena held her and I spoke gently to her. As heavy and sad as it was, we’ve at least been able to find solace in the fact that unlike millions of other animals that die in shelters every year, Fifa had love and quality end of life care.

Thank you to the few individual donors that came through as well as the generous donation from Friends of Animal Rescue. It is a shame that everyone’s vital contribution ended this way, but I wanted to say thank you nonetheless.