Ona sent this report and a bunch of additional photos:
I started taking pictures and then she took my water bottle. She came back and took my keys. Then she heard Jon and her tail started wagging. He came in and sat down and she absolutely smothered him with kisses. Jon told her to get the keys and she picked them up and dropped them in his hand. Next we had a bath in the driveway and then Jon and Jane went for a small walk. She said hello to a neighborhood cat. I put her back in the sideyard and gave her compressed rawhide bone. I left her and watched her through the garage window. She buried the bone! It took her a long time but she did a remarkable job.
She is SUPER sweet. She already looks different.
Thank you Ona for all the photos and for keeping us updated.
Looking at the photos, it appears clear to me that Jane is a good dog. Despite whatever wrongs may have been done to her by humans in the past, she has lots of love to give to humans in the present. We have heard repeatedly from Matt Pepper and Memphis killing defenders that most of the dogs in the stray area at MAS are Pitbulls and that they would not make good pets. This is the justification used to keep them behind closed doors, not allowing adopters to see them and not posting them online. They get held for 3 days and then mostly, they get killed.
I saw Jane being brought in on a webcam. I saw her being shown a few minutes of kindness by a caring ACO. I wanted to help her. I didn’t know anything about her beyond what was visible in the webcam shots but I wanted to help her. I’m just a damn Yankee sitting at my keyboard in SC and Jane is just a plain old Pitbull. Thanks to caring people in Memphis and lots of other compassionate individuals who sit at their keyboards and want to help pets in need, we were able to give Jane a chance.
I ask you Matt Pepper, Mayor Wharton and all those who defend the policies which deny the public access to the vast majority of MAS dogs and defend the practice of killing more than 7 out of 10 pets who come through the doors: Is this a fluke? Does MAS normally house only BAD strays and we just got super lucky when we happened to see Jane? And are all those who helped her deviants? Are you really sure that if you posted all your pets online upon intake and opened up your stray area that some other caring person might not find another good dog in there? Because if there is that chance – that there are more caring people in this world and more good dogs in your stray area – how can you deny them that opportunity? Every dog deserves a chance.
If you would like to foster or adopt Jane, please contact Meows and BowWows or leave a comment here.