Ban Puppy Mills

Last Saturday on our way home from Bark in the Park we spotted a rat terrier in the interstate median. Someone dumped it out there with a bag of puppy food. Every day since we have been trying to catch him. We stop to give him water and check on him several times a day. He won't let us near him. When he sees us he takes off running down the shoulder of the highway. We have been unsucessful with our live trap as well but I am HOPING that was because of the bag of puppy food. Right now he is sleeping and sheltering from the sun in a bush. Last week IDOT began mowing the medians. This holiday weekend is buying us some extra time but the mowers will come and his hiding place will be gone. We called animal control for this county but they must have looked for him once and gave up. We are running out of ideas for catching him. My girl friend Teresa will give him a good home if we can just get our hands on him. I took his bag of food away from him Friday afternoon so lets hope today is the day he decides he REALLY wants the hamburger that is in the cage. Just a little bit of luck and we can save him.

I hope the heartless bastard who dumped him out someday finds themselves homeless and hungry. This is a terrible thing to do to a dog. Most dogs would be dead on the highway within the first day. They are scared and in a panic and run out into traffic. At least have enough compassion to take your dog to the shelter so that if it must die, it can be done painlessly. How this little guy has managed to survive is amazing.