A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANIMAL ADVOCATES: Bernies happy ending after his sad start... (Please SHARE - it really does help!) SPCA promotional material sounded right - A pet is not for Christmas a pet is forever.But on one night before Christmas the Vancouver SPCA, through its partner, Petcetera, sold Bernie, only just 8 weeks old, into a nightmare of beatings, kicking, fear, pain, and misery. They sold him, for $130.00, to a family of many young children. The family was clearly dysfunctional (a neighbour told AAS that the parents were drinking heavily at the time they bought Bernie), but the family had its pup for Christmas, and Bernie had to bear all this cruel self-interest as best a tiny, defenseless, voiceless, pup could. He was soon so fearful, he trusted no one, and ran from humans. But there was no safe place for Bernie; he was always found, and viciously kicked in his tiny tummy, and thrown against the wall. A neighbour appealed to the SPCA but heard nothing back. He was bought out of this misery by Animal Advocates Society, and given to an animal-loving foster-family who were screened by three different AAS volunteers, a home visit made, and several follow-ups visits The foster family saw all the signs of the abuse hed suffered: he was so afraid of having a puppy accident that he would run and hide, and then peek out to see if hed been found, his whole little body quaking in fear. Like all AAS dogs, Bernie has our promise, to always be there for him. But hes not likely to need us - AAS does adoptions - not sales. We wont sell him to the first person to pay the cash. Bernies happy ending... After six months, Bernie was in his new home - the home that was meant just for him. His foster person realized that Bernie was a natural-born water baby. There was no hesitation the first time he saw water, he just jumped in with a big grin on his face. Soon he was trolling up and down like an otter, looking for anything floating on the surface to play with. So AAS waited until a home with water nearby came along - and it did, of course. We learned long ago that there is just the right home for every dog, even the old, sick, blind, and bad-tempered, if youre willing to wait. A letter from home... Dear AAS, Bernie celebrated his 1st Birthday with us yesterday (although Brent says everyday is his birthday!!!) He weighs in at 80lbs and still growing. He loves George the black cat, and they can often be found curled up on his bed together and he absolutely respects the old cat Thai, who is definitely the boss. He learnt the hard way with a few scratches along the way...He spends as much time as he can swimming, and he loves boat rides, standing at the front of the boat with his nose in the air!!! He will walk for miles and never seem to get tired.(I do!). He is a wonderful companion and has lots of friends. We love him to bits. If you are able, please consider donating to Animal Advocates so that we can continue rescuing dogs just like Bernie: animaladvocates/donate/ Note: Over the years, the BC SPCA, under pressure from critics, the media, and the internet, made some improvements to its anti-animal-welfare practices and policies (read: animaladvocates/spca/bcspca-now.php). But the present BC SPCA still ignores suffering animals and kills too many animals in its care“. AAS posts these stories to show the historical context of our present criticism of the BC SPCA.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:00:01 +0000
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