Life with Forty Dogs

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Joseph Robertia. Life with Forty Dogs

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Life with Forty Dogs

MISADVENTURES WITH RUNTS, REJECTS, RETIREES, AND RESCUES

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This number weighs on me, my conscience and my soul, till I feel like a dead man under six feet of soil. I dwell on this loss of dog life to the point I can’t sleep at night, and when I do I have nightmares. My days are also filled with depression, which turns to cynicism and judgment, not just of those causing the suffering and their capacity to be so cruel and callous, but also of those who turn a blind eye to the hurt and dog deaths. If only people acted altruistically, if only those who aren’t providing for dogs properly or adopting those without homes could be moved to act, if only more people would simply care. If only …

Then, just as my thought pattern of how humans could be so inhumane reaches near-obsessive proportions, others will come forward—as with adopting Delp’s dogs—and show they too care. Suddenly, there is someone else who understands sacrifices—like eating chips and salsa for dinner for weeks to afford premium-grade kibble—because they have also surrendered similar staples to provide for a dog in need.

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