Be caring, observant and vigilant, just angry today :-(

                As I sit here thinking of all the things that have past me by, all the things that came into my life, all the things that I saw, all the things that I witnessed, all the things that I ignored, all the things that I could have spoke up about, all the things that I could have stood up too, all the things that did nothing about, and now because of people like me I have to stand guard 24 hours a day and every waking second of the day.

                Because now I can see the damage that ignoring things can do, the damage that ignorance can do, the damage that cannot be taken back, I see the world through clearer eyes and a softer and stronger heart. It took a very special dog to open my eyes to the abuse that they suffer, the abuse that they endure, only to suffer more and more, because of blind spots in the minds of ignorance. Ignoring the issue means that you will continue to be ignorant on those issues, open your eyes and see what the world has to offer.

               

                My beautiful dog asked and taught me to always forgive, even when I am still mad. She taught me to please be patient with her internal issues. She taught me to be mindful and observant of her internal scars. She taught me to read her looks and body language, so I would not hurt her and she would not mistakenly hurt me. She taught me to know and feel her sadness and pain and what she was thinking and feeling. She taught me something that no one other than my children have ever giving me could come from another living being, unconditional love.

                In time she showed me that all my patience and love would be returned a thousand times over. It took a few years and she is almost a normal dog, a dog that was not beat with a gun, a dog that did not have to hear the gunfire close by hear ears, a dog that was not battered with paper or tortured with a closed fist. I can only imagine what else my baby went though, I dare not think on it too long or my chin will quiver like a rumbling thunder cloud and I will cry like the rain falls in the monsoon season, my face will swell like the flooded rivers and only God and my furry will be able to ease my sorrow.

                After saving one dog from the evils of the world, you will not want to ever pay retail for another. Living creatures should not be for sale and bread for profit. Saving a tortured soul will bring happiness, not right away of course because it takes time and work. Nothing in this life is easy and my end result was so WORTH IT!

                Now nine years later, I adopted another. Again who knows what is in his tortured soul, but again I am seeing the signs and listening to the warnings. Again I see small baby steps of a happy furry baby creeping out of his shell. Right now I call him my special needs baby, only because not everyone will listen and watch for the signs of hurt that could lead to danger.  But we will, we can speak for him and protect him from ignorance and we will teach and speak for him. I look for the signs and I have found a few, but nothing will stop me from protecting them. Even if it takes ten years, I will always protect him from others who want to all like him DOWN.

                Now two of the three are asleep on my bed, one on the floor beside me, they lay there sleeping while I air out my angry and hurt heart. Sometimes I feel a volcano rumbling in my body, like a stampede of wild animals running for their lives. Innocent, caring, sweet, and full of love to share will us and all we need to do is to become knowledgeable about the animals that we choose as pets. I am Puertorrican and I have been told that I am of violent people who love to slice and cut others with a knife. That my friend is not true, I will use whatever is handy to protect my family, but I am not violent and I do not want to protect myself or family with a knife. There are much better ways to protect my home and those in it.

               

                If it is morally wrong and politically incorrect to profile humans, then why in God’s name to we allow humans to profile animals? Not all Puertorrican’s are knife throwing maniacs and not all Pit Bulls are killers. Read more and learn; there are so many places to go that will FREELY give the information that you seek. They will tell you about all dogs and about the so called vicious breeds. Each and every dog deserves a chance, STOP reading a book by its cover. STOP breed discrimination and STOP being IGNORANT! Knowledge is power!