Dog Chained For A Decade Has The Sweetest Reaction To Being Set Free
Rusty didn't seem sweet or playful at all when Jared Piper first met him. He was chained up in a yard in Phoenix, Arizona, barking at passersby all day. But one day Jared decided to stop and say hello.
But Rusty's conditions were deplorable: Jared had never seen him off the chain, he had flies all over his body and a tumor on his belly. Jared knew he had to get Rusty somewhere safe.
One day as Jared was stopping to hang out with Rusty, his owner came out of the house. She casually told Jared that Rusty had been chained up for 10-15 years ... it was all he knew.
Jared told her he wasn't leaving without Rusty. At first she resisted, telling Jared that Rusty would bite or attack him, but he was insistent.
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They are Working Country Cats (mousers)
Both have been neutered (one big male, one female), and have all their shots.
They have 24/7 access to outside or inside through a Cat Door.
Aside from fleas and ticks during the Bad Season, they are both extremely health and happy,
and we use the appropriate medicines to control the ticks & fleas (they DO sleep on our beds)
The female is Queen of the Roost, and even though she is 1/2 the size of the male, he does what she tells him to do.
We live in The Woods, and both of our Mousers have developed the skills to take care of themselves,
and at the same time, have good House Manners when they come inside, though the male can get carried away playing and draw blood. He doesn't like to lose games and gets revenge with his teeth.
It is heartbreaking, but some soulless people seem to believe that when they don't want their pet anymore,
they can drive them out to the country, take their collar off, and their "pet" will find a good "country home"
with plenty of food and love. Far from the truth.
Most people that live in the Country have ALL the pets and stock they can afford, and will see your pet as a "threat" and don't have the money to spend on some else's "pet". It costs several hundred dollars to have a female neutered and shots. These former "pets" are usually removed unless extremely lucky.
Very few find this New Home, many are eaten the first night by coyotes or dogs.
If you want to see even cuter pix, try these:
A few years back, we raised a Rescue Fawn,
and the big male bonded with her.
They were Best Buds for a year.
After staying with us for a year and a half,
Blossom joined the herd of Does that run around here in the Fall....as Does do to prepare to have their babies.
Sometimes we think we see her.....but how do you really tell?
We decided that ALL does are now our very loved SweeTea.
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You never know what you may find growing here,
but maybe you do.
BTW: We came here from Minneapolis.
some people 
some people... 
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Therefore, I'm crying my eyes out.
Good dog.
Thanks Jared
He deserves the best. He's such a gentle angel, especially after having put up with all that he's been through.
I honestly don't understand why people get pets in the first place if they are just going to neglect and abuse them! 
But then again look at all the people who bring children in the world only to do the same thing to them. So many people are just so selfish and sick.
His teeth are worn from chewing on his chain.
Chaining a dog like that is against the law here so he ended up in the shelter. Animal control took him.
He's not been one of our better shelter death-row dogs, but he's always loved people no matter the past abuse. All people. Even bad people. Humans are his friends. He can't see it any other way.
This is him with dingo:
They are best friends forever, my wife adopted him as a big gentle chew toy for adopted most difficult shelter dog ever dingo, and it's worked out well.
