Re: Oh Gawd Grand-dogs Had to be Left!!!



"CatNipped" <lcrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3nep28Fvna7U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I finally got in touch with my daughter - they're probably safe, but
they're
> still on the spillway (a miles-long bridge over the swamp just north of
> Baton Rouge).
>
> But I forgot they no longer had their Suburban (it finally gave up the
ghost
> and they were left with only an extended cab truck)! They didn't have
room
> to take their two dogs with them when they evacuated - their three
children
> *had* to come first, of course!
>
> But their dogs are like children to them. Gypsie (the golden retriever)
has
> been with them for 13 years now and their Rottweiller is still a puppy!!!
>
> They left the doggie door to the back yard open and left them plenty of
food
> in the timed feeder and plenty of water. But ohmygawd - they had to leave
> members of their family and they may not be able to get back home for
> *months*! There's nobody left in the neighborhood to look in on them and
if
> disaster strikes the emergency personnel are going to be too busy trying
to
> save people to worry about pets left behind.
>
> Again, please send purrs for this horrible, horrible situation that is
> effecting *so* many people and pets!
>
> Hugs,
>
> CatNipped

Purrs and purrayers for everybody affected, both two- and four-legged. I'm
glad your daughter and her family are apparently safe, but so sorry about
the dogs. That must have been so hard on all of them!

Joy


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