Okay so last night I was picking up my little brother and sister from school and there were two stray puppies running around outside the school. It was on a MAJOR street and they almost got ran over twice so I couldn't just leave them there. So i brought them home and kept them in the garage thinking ill just go to the local vets tomorrow and try to find their owners and then take them to a shelter. So this morning I go to all the local vets and noone knows who they are so I post flyers. They have no collars and no microchips. They both are EXTREMLY dirty and one of them is pretty darn skinny.So I take them to the shelter downtown so they can get adopted. I had already called the only No kill shelter I knew of and noone had responded and I had NO place to keep these dogs. So I ask how long they will be able to stay up for adoption before they get euthanized and they tell me FOUR DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOURRRR DAYSSS!!!!!!!!!And that their is only a 50% chance they will get adopted. So I walked out... thats just UGH!!!! And I go to another shelter that isn't as crowded where they tell me the exact same thing, but these people are ALOT nicer. So they go up for adoption on Sunday and I will be calling everyday and if they get put on the euthanization list then i will be picking them back up and my friend has offered to foster them. I tried so hard to keep them out of a shelter, I have called furever friends and am waiting for them to call me back and they can also pick them up from the shelter. They are both about 10 months old and look like they have been roaming for a while. Did I do the right thing?!? Should I have left them running around??? I feel horrible now and im so afraid that they are having a horrible time at this place. My heart is broken in half, I couldn't drive home i was crying so hard. The people at the shelter must have thought I was a nut. I couldn't just let them run around with no food or water. But now I feel like I have sent them to their death. But im not gonna let them get euthanized, im going to pick them up before then. I never even realized that this was such a problem. I was never really truly informed about kill and no kill shelters and how important it is to spay and neuter I never understood. Im so angry at myself and all these other people! I just dont understand... Im so confused! I didn't know that it was like this... Did I hurt these dogs by picking them up? I was just trying to help.... =[
Danielle