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Were you expecting the main stream media to post a positive story when it is much easier for them to lie???......

Hi Dave, I prefer a female mutt about the size of Darby and Kasey. Anything bigger or to small can't use the doggie door! I'm not a pure bred person. My daughter has Bassett Hounds and she offered to buy me a Bassett Hound puppy as she is planning on getting one more from her breeder and said she would just get 2 but I declined her offer. I'm not into puppies at my age. If I was 50 maybe but at 72 and underlying issues a puppy is the last thing I need. This is the right size for me and something between 2 and 6 years. Thanks for helping as it is always appreciated.

Hi Dave and thank you for the links and yes I have checked into both facilities. The top one is closed as the owner passed away and they are sending everyone to Smith County Humane site. I have glanced through that one but going to try it again. I have not been able to get the dog picture section open yet but will keep trying. I have friends and family with their ears to the ground to see if they can hear of anyone that might have a female mutt about Darby's size and not to old. I did have one facility that had a dog they were hoping I would adopt and I really gave it some serious thought. The things that I had to think of was the dog was already 8 years old and had a thyroid issue and will have to be on medicine for the rest of her life. The medicine was affordable but I finally decided against her because I can't deal with possibly becoming attached to a dog that already has underlying issues and most likely a ticking timebomb. They listed that her problem was not life threatening as long as she got her medication but I went and researched what other things it could cause and what they didn't post in her description was the 9 other side effects that could likely result from her problem. Again thank you for the links as never know when someone will send me the link of my new companion!!

Your opinions are always welcome and valued my friend. I have heard of that being done a few times in the past and what happened in several of the arrangements is family always wants to get involved and many times they mess it up and end up driving the person off that is offering to adopt the pet. I'm not going to get involved with family. If they really cared about the loved one they would be willing to take care of the animal for the relative. That is why when my family told me to get another companion after Darby was put down I said only if you are willing to care for her if anything should happen to me and I got commitments from them before I said I would consider it. I had done that before I got Darby and I had friends and family willing to care for her. About a week after getting Darby I suffered a heart attack and was in the hospital and rehab for 17 days and a friend of mine(Tommy's father) took great care of her and even brought her to the hospital to visit me and my rehab nurse would take me down to the parking lot to visit with her. She didn't really have much choice cause when I asked her the first time she said she would check with the doctor and I told her she could take me or I would go without her but I was going. She went and got a wheel chair to take me down with........lol

Yea, I know and that is why I won't be looking there for my next furry companion. Another issue I have run into is many of the centers really want you to have a fenced yard which I don't have but we live on 6 acres of land in the country and I never had any issues with Darby wandering away. She would go out her door and do business and maybe run around some with the Bassett hound up front a few minutes if he was out and then come back inside. Never left sight of the house. I never once had to go outside and call her to come home. I had one person tell me that if my dog went out at night alone she might not be able to find her door to come back in!! I thought that was kind of stupid but I didn't say so to the person. When a dog lives inside a house they know how to come back inside. If and when I adopt another I will leash walk her till I know I can trust her and she knows how to go in and out the Doggie door and then we will walk without the leash and she will learn were she is allowed to go and what her range is before I will let her out without me. I also have people up front to keep an eye on her too. Dogs are just smarter than some people!!

Well, my quest for my next furry Companion is not moving forth very well. I have learned a few things that I am very disappointed to learn. Many of the Rescue centers have doubled or tripled their adoption fees since so many people have began rescuing dogs while they are stuck working at home. Most of the middle size and smaller size dogs are gone to homes which I am thrilled to know they have homes. I also know that many of these adoptions will end when people begin going back to work and that is not fair to the dog. I figure that as people begin to go back to work dogs will be coming back to many of the Rescues and I will have a chance to find my new friend then. I am very disappointed in the rescue center I got Darby from. I learned that is was sold in 2019 and they quit adopting out dogs. They have hooked up with a Dog Rescue adoption center. One takes all the dogs in and does all the vet work getting them ready to adopt and then as the other one that adopts them out gets them from the intake shelter the adoption fee is $350.00 for a rescue dog that was free to the intake center. I do realize that the vet work cost and the food they are fed costs money but the centers that have $75.00 fees also have those same expenses!! I have found some centers that still have the $75.00 fees but they don't have anything except big dogs. I will just bide my time and when the right best friend is returned to a center I'm sure we will get put together.

Well, I have began a quest to find my next furry companion and have contacted 3 different rescue centers about dogs I have seen on their web site. I have not made any commitment but I am learning that all the rescue centers I have spoke with have made it possible to adopt a human child easier than it is to adopt a dog. The place were I adopted Darby changed hands in 2019 and they have changed the entire format from what it was back then. I don't plan on giving up till I have a new friend in my home.

They say a dogs love for a person is unconditional, well that goes both ways with me. I have loved all of my best friends equally as much! I have had dogs since I was 6 years old and now I am at a crossroad in my life on trying to decide if I am too old to have another. I am wrestling with it and just can't decide!!

Back when I lost Kasey someone sent me a link about the Rainbow Bridge for dogs and I told Darby to find Kasey at the bridge and you and her will have a lot in common. I will go see if I can find that link and post it. https://www.rainbowsbridge.com/poem.htm

Yes for sure!! She was a great teacher and trained me well.....lol. I was hoping she would out live me but it didn't happen and it broke my heart to lose her but I have always said I will do my best to not allow them to suffer regardless of how bad I know it's going to hurt me!!! My Daughter and Tommy have already promised me they will care for it I get another room mate. I'm just not even looking yet and won't till Darby is back home next to Kasey on the TV console. I thought at one time we had a husband and wife that operated a Dog Rescue Center but I have not seen them on here for sometime.

I just wanted to write and let folks know I lost Darby on Monday and had to have her laid to rest due to Kidney failure and a Liver issue. It broke my heart but I was not going to have her suffer. She took the trip to the Rainbow Bridge at 1:30 pm on Monday and I was prepared this time. I learned my lesson last time when I had many friends from here help me have Kasey Cremated. When I adopted Darby I began a savings account to have her cremated if the time ever came to need it. I should have her back home in about 5-7 more days and she will be put up on TV console next to Kasey. My house is empty except for me and all my friends and family have already told me to adopt another but I'm not sure yet. I'm considering my age in it this time. I'm 72 and I will have to make sure if I have another one that should I pass away that there will be a family member or friend willing to care for my pet. I am not leaving anything out of future care just in case.

I only have 1 question to ask and I would like someone to tell me when it happened that ALL LIVES quit mattering?? I myself have thought no one life was any more important than another. We all have loved ones that mourn the loss of a family member killed!! Has anyone ever seen anyone shot, cut, or injured in any other way that bled any color blood except red? I damn sure haven't!!!

If Trump gets re-elected lets hope and pray that The House turns Red in November and the Senate remains Red and maybe this time Trump will be able to focus on the country and the peoples needs instead for fighting the House Democrats every day about something!!! ....JMHO

Thanks David, I want to keep my Benefactor level and also keep supporting the site and I know it might be close to expiring so I need to renew it!!!

Well, I'm not going to get involved in all of the above stuff involving what took place. The only thing I wish was that there is some kind of warning sent to the benefactor prior to his Benefactor Option is about to expire so I can pay it before it terminates.....JMHO!!

Yea I do realize that but it's not enough to stop the Libs from voting democrats into political positions such as Governor and mayors of the major cities so there is not enough to make the states worth saving!...…..jmho

I would just settle for that big quake that they been expecting to just take Washington, Oregon and California and send them into The Pacific Ocean!!!

Well 2020 Is not going to be a good year overall, but the Southern Gulf Coast has 3 more major storms baring down on it and should hit early next week. California is burning down again. You would think with as long as that state has been burning it should have run out the things to burn by now????

I have to agree with Dirtshooter on a lot of the things he says. I have two flat screen TV's. The one in my bedroom I watch at night when I did a channel search was able find 52 channels even though many of them are not something I would watch there are about 15 I do watch. In my living room I have a flat screen Smart TV and when I did a channel search on it the smart TV could only find 12 channels on the same antenna the one in the bedroom is on. I have done a channel search about 10 times and the most it has found is 14 and the two it found didn't have a reception available. When my son in law extended his Wi-Fi from their house to mine he installed it on the smart TV and I now have Hulu and Amazon Primes and tons of movies plus local channels. I have ben wanting to see the program Picard and I began watching it and got through chapter 1 and part of Chapter 2 and paused it and can go back when I feel like it and pick up where I was. Without Wi-Fi the TV was junk. So smart is only when you add a bunch of programs to it to make it smart!! I have already said I had a smart phone till it turned out to be smarter than me and I gave it to grandson and still using a 15 year old Cricket flip phone.

That is why I still use a 15 year old Cricket Phone and I can talk on it and text on it just fine for $25.00 a month unlimited!! I had one of those smart phones for about a month on Sprint and when I realized it was smarter than me I gave it to my grandson and he is still using it I guess!!!

Sounds pretty much similar to the same type service I have now!!!

I have been fighting with AT&T about my internet service for the last 2 weeks about turning on computer and not having internet service nd having to call them an get put on hold for as long as 30 minutes before someone comes on line and in 1 minute or less I have internet service. Well those days are over and I have told AT&T to take a hike. I now have Fiber-optic unlimited internet and it costs less then AT&T. I found out that I had a Hot Spot unit that plugged into my tower to give me internet service and I learned that when the state began giving out all those free lap tops to the low income families for their children's schooling AT&T began providing all of them an AT&T Hot Spot internet access device which is what was causing my issue. They were all getting free internet and I was paying for mine and I was the one whose service was having the issues but not any more!!!!!

I heard them report on it Tuesday thru yesterday evening.

According to reports the 2 we neighbors and the shooter had dinner at the victim's home the day before the shooting. They still have not figured out a motive for the shooting. Pure evil is all I can figure. I hope justice is swift and he is given death sentence and it is carried out quick!!!

I joined the GOA back years ago and have not renewed my NRA in about 3 years. Won't be till Wayne L is gone!!