When a person adopts a dog or cat from a rescue, who rescues who?

In response to last week’s question, "When a person adopts a dog or cat from a rescue, who rescues who?," my social media friend Mark concluded, "We rescue the pet. The pet rescues everyone around," to which my dad's beach buddy Bob advised, "The owner of course.  The owner is the dog.  Ever see who leads who going down the street?"

My feline-rescuing (in a big way) friend Tracey shared, "I guess the obvious answer is that they rescue each other. We were perilously close to adopting a 10 year old dog from PetsMart on Saturday. Rescuing an animal is the best feeling in the world."   To this, my project mgmt friend KJ added, "It all depends on the needs of the pets and their humans. I have 2 doggie rescues. In my case, we rescued each other before any of us really knew what was happening. It just all worked out in the end."

My business collaboration friend Paul concurred, "It can go both ways.  When we rescued Sonny, he was older, diabetic, funky looking. We truly rescued that dog, and in the process, came to love him dearly.  When Sonny passed away, we picked up Minnie, a cute little puppy - she has rescued us from the grief over the loss of Sonny."   

Then my friend Bruce shared an entirely different perspective, "It is neither the product (dog or cat) nor the purchaser (you) that is rescued.  The dog or cat is being cared for; you are purchasing a product for which you will be imprisoned to time and physical debt.  The place that you purchased to dog or cat from is being rescued from further debt."

Please share your thoughts about this week's "things that make you go 'Hmmm' “: '

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not  make just one?

Never miss an opportunity to do something that makes you smile!

Hal

Thanks to my dog rescue friends Ken & Nancy for organizing another fun dog hike and allowing Sarah to spend the afternoon with their 3-pack.

Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm.

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