No Sleep ‘Til…

by John Flores

September 02, 2014

in Main, THE GUNS 'N ROSES CREW

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These pups have tested positive for parvo. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. We will be working around the clock to make sure they’re better and any help is appreciated. You can donate at www.pricelesspetrescue.org. Every dollar counts.

So maybe a little more than 24 hours after the super hero puppies got adopted, my next litter made their way to, “Foster Farms”. Last Thursday, Priceless Pets, sent me to pick up a litter of 7 pittie pups. When I picked them up, they looked a little on the skinny side, were covered in fleas but seemed pretty energetic. I would have taken them in that day but I still had the super hero pups at my house. Somehow I knew they would end up at my house, though. And luckily, all 9 super hero pups got adopted out on Saturday.

A few days later, one of the puppies became really sick. They took her to the vet and poor thing didn’t make it. She was severely anemic, had worms and had way too many fleas and ticks on her. This is when Ashlee asked me if I could foster them. These 8 week old pups needed somewhere to be where they could pretty much be tended to at all hours of the day. I was actually in the middle of helping a friend move that day and thank goodness she’s a Pittie Crew member and understood why I needed to leave early. Plus, she had plenty of help and let’s face it; you don’t REALLY want a guy with 6 concussions helping you move anything!

When I went and got the puppies, the rest of them did not look good. Their ears were bleeding from flies and fleas biting them and they looked extra skinny. Obviously they had not been eating. How I didn’t notice their ears the other day is beyond me. We de-wormed them and Lisa Price (the queen bee of Priceless Pets) gave me everything I needed to help them get better.

Once again, another challenge has presented itself to me and I’ve accepted it with open arms. I know a lot of you are thinking that I should take a break and maybe you’re all right. A break would be nice. However, my entire 20’s and part of my 30’s were a “break”. I know this may sound crazy to some of you but this is EXACTLY what I should be doing. Everything in my life has led me to this. My entire living situation, my past experiences, the house I live in, Penny, Elvis, Wally, and the fact that I have the flexibility in my life to be able to do this proves that. The fact that my neighbors have gone from not wanting to step foot in my house because of my vicious “pit bulls” now bring their kids and come talk to me to see who the new foster is and to say hi to Penny, Elvis and now Wally. I’m sure life will present me with that much needed “break” but obviously that time is not now.

Animal rescue is not “sexy”. It’s not glamorous. I spend most of my days smelling like dog pee. There’s no money in it and it seriously feels like you’re fighting a battle you’re never going to win but at the end of the day, this is what drives me and it’s what I love. I know I haven’t been doing this that long but this is my passion. It’s hard to imagine you’re missing out on anything when you’re doing something you love.