Ha! After years of college and 10 years working as a chemist, I think I made the wrong decision!
After my emotional fiasco with the pet store this weekend, I just started wishing there was something I could
do for animals in need/strays, etc. Then today, I'm outside chatting with a guy I work with, and he's saying something about another guy that works here that brought his dog in to work.
Well, after getting the whole story, turns out this other guy brought a dog into work - the dog apparently came out of nowhere, running into his yard one night - he thought it was a wolf at first and almost reached for a gun!!! But it was some kind of malamute/husky type dog. After he did some poking around, he found the owners, who said they no longer wanted the dog and this guy should just take him.
So he did. But he can't keep him (already has several dogs at home, not enough room, etc). So he didn't know what to do with him, so he brought him into work... there's a guy here that's very involved with sled dogs that can find him a good home.
Anyway, after all that rambling... I went up to see the dog today... OMG, that is the
sweetest, most gentle dog I've ever seen. He was content to just lean up against my legs and be pet. He knew how to sit, shake, lay down, stay - I mean, someone took some time to train him! It makes me so angry that his owners would just cast him off like that. He was skinny - he seemed like he was all hair... but so beautiful and sweet. Again, my heart is breaking for this poor dog!
I seriously think I need to change careers - I mean, my job doesn't affect me like that, I really don't get any satisfaction out of my job - but if I could just make a living out of helping animals, I think I'd be a lot happier!!!
Thanks for letting me ramble on - I hope I made sense - just doing some stream-of-consciousness type rambling at this point...
Joanne
