Safe Haven Furever

[forazzurri2axz]

Originally Posted by robkas68

I want to personally thank Bob Donaldson for his generous bid on my auction of old commons to benefit Safe Haven Furever. I would also like thank Sean Bassik for a very generous bid as well. And of course Leon for providing the forum to make it all possible. As I thought the lot would maybe bring $100 for the dogs and we raised more than 3x that, it was clear that Sean and Bob's bids were more about heart than head. So successful that I will have to try it again.

Rob

And a big thanks from me and the doggies--got 11 out of death's door last week and a story about 1 will follow soon--unique with good ending. Also have pics of 7 with before and after, the after being on a "farm" in Alabama...As a Georgia Bulldog fan, it's the only good thing out of the state of Alabama!!

[buymycards]

As a long time letter carrier, I have dealt with a lot of dog situations, and I was bit twice while carrying mail. As a long time Postmaster, I have dealt with dozens of dog bites and hundreds of dog problems. It took me a while to come to this conclusion, but what I discovered is that dog's are rarely the problem.

The problem is always with the dog owners. The reasons vary - lack of supervision of the dogs, letting them run loose in residential areas, training the dogs to be aggressive, physical abuse of the dogs, and a failure to train the dogs properly.

In addition, some of the problem usually lies with the person who was attacked by the dog. Again, it took me a while to discover that I was part of the problem by the way that I was reacting to aggressive dogs. After I learned the proper techniques for calming these dogs down, (and for calming myself down), and the proper way to remove myself from the vicinity of the dog, I had very few problems. This not only helped me with problems while delivering mail, but it always made running and biking much less stressful.

One thing that I did notice, and I know some of you won't agree with me, is that there are many more problems with pit bulls and rotweilers than there are with other breeds, but again, these problems are not dog problems, they are owner problems, especially with the huge increase in meth labs and drug houses in this area of Wisconsin.

For those of you who are providing shelter and providing new homes for dogs, I wish you the best, and you have my respect and admiration, even though I am a cat person.

Rick