Waiting for the laughs: June 2011

I have always been vocal about adopting my pets. One dog came from the Humane Society in Nebraska, and I was fostering another dog and decided to keep him. I'm called a 'Foster Flunky.' I'm perfectly alright with that. My cat came from a shoe box in a covered mail box in Kansas City. Imagine my surprise when I made this my Facebook status

Put this dog on
.//^ ^\\ your page
(/(_•_)\) to show
._/''*''\_that you have
(/_)^(_\) rescued a dog

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Lisa, Crystal and Julie like this.
- Jennifer And we ♥ your rescue dog!!!
  
  22 hours ago ·
- Alyssa Thank you! I have two now. Milo has a little brother, Brody.
  
  21 hours ago · · 1 person
- Len A "rescue" dog? Its not like you charged into a burning building and saved its life, you were just too cheap to go to the pet store in the mall & buy one, you went to the pound and got one for free.
  
  21 hours ago ·
- Alyssa Not true, Len. While I did not get my dogs from burning buildings, rescuing indicates they would have been destroyed in the pounds. And Milo was not free. Don't get me started.
  
  21 hours ago ·
- Len
  
  ‎"You ever see one of those movies from the fifties where every guy is wearing a hat and the same gray suit, and every woman has her hair styled the same way? That was back when we had something called a society. Now we have individuals. Th...See more
  
  20 hours ago ·
- Alyssa Spout your crap somewhere else, Len. Seriously.
  
  20 hours ago ·
- Len pound dog
  
  20 hours ago ·
- Travis ‎^^^^.... what a dick!
  
  19 hours ago · · 1 person
- Len i may be a dick but I'm not a pretentious fuck full of smugness & moral superiority trying to make myself appear as though I'm some fucking hero. Whats wrong with saying you got your dog at the pound? I'll tell you what, it's not trendy enough. "Rescue" lets us feel better about ourselves & sounds better when we tell others. Now get back in your fuckin' prius, go home and shut up you fuckin' hippie.
  
  19 hours ago ·
- Alyssa Stop. Seriously.
  
  19 hours ago ·
- Len ‎:D
  
  19 hours ago ·
- Len Riojas fuckin liberals
  
  19 hours ago ·
- Christopher Thanks for rescuing your wonderful animals, Alyssa. You always were the one with the biggest heart!
  
  19 hours ago ·
- Collin
  
  You're a jackass Len. Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean you can force it down everybody's throats. Shut your face if you can't be more respectful. Who cares what people call their dogs? Rescue, pound, dinner? It's just a word. I...See more
  
  10 hours ago · · 2 people
- Len everyone's a tough guy on the internet
  
  9 hours ago ·
- Collin Nobody's talking tougher than you. I hate being an ass to people on FB but you crossed the line when you started disrespecting my family.
  
  8 hours ago · · 1 person
  And all of this happened. My friend Travis has since sent Len a racially motivated sort of insulting letter. I called him to apologize for that, and wrote him quite a letter about I didn't expect to be chastised on my Wall just because he didn't like my choice of words. Len does not have any pets, so he is not passionate in any sense about where one should get their pets. I see now that he has unfriended me. I imagine I will live.
  
  I'm disgusted that I was judged by Len just because he doesn't know any more about what people do that adopt or rescue their pets.
  
  On the other hand, I am pleased that I was at work the other night, actually working in the kitchen. (I need those hours!) One of the cooks and I were discussing the love we have for our pets, and another was saying how much he loved his German Shepherd and couldn't wait to breed her because he wanted another puppy. I started in on him as respectfully as possible about all the dogs that need homes in our zip code. I opened up petfinder.com to show him that there are 67 German Shepherds that needs homes, and there are 1907 dogs in general need homes in our zip code. I explained that spayed and neutered dogs are happier and healthier, and they live longer as well. I told him, if you love her, her you would spay her and let her be happy and healthy. He was stunned. He had no idea that there were so many dogs that need a place of their own. By the end of the shift, he was positive that he would adopt his next dog. I was jumping for joy! It just goes to show that people really don't know how many options there are for people looking to add a pet to their family.