Parrot's Story
In January, Parrot sat hopelessly in a Baltimore shelter on the day he was scheduled to be euthanized. The employees at the shelter had deemed Parrot a favorite and reached out to rescues to save him from his pending death.
His face and wiggles just said it all!
Parrot first owner discarded him like a piece of trash in the shelter with little chance of survival.
Lucky Dog saw his charm and sprang Parrot from the shelter to help him find a new loving life. He was placed with an experienced foster that worked with Parrot on his manners and training and received lots of love in return.
Parrot had wiggles, kisses and hugs for every person that met him. His favorite was snuggling up with his chin on his humans shoulder while sleeping. Well that.... and the belly rubs!
The TRAGEDY ON SEPTEMBER 12th
It started out as a nice, normal day for Parrot with a stroll down 18th street with his foster heading for an adoption event. Parrot was happily attending a Family oriented, Community Street Festival in Adams Morgan that day. Tragically, Parrot would meet his unforseen and unwarranted tragic death this day.
Who knew that dogs getting into a scruffle warranted instant death?
As we all know, it is difficult to convince people who fear "bully breeds" otherwise, but we know that Parrot will tell his own story in time... a story of being misunderstood, being the victim of the breed label, and one that will torture our hearts forever.
Parrot was a wonderful dog, just looking for a home....now a life taken away by a single cruel action.
We at Lucky Dog Animal Rescue are greatly saddened by the sudden loss of Parrot who was shot by a DC police officer in Adams Morgan on September 12th. Eye witnesses on the scene feel that the police overreacted, causing the unneccessary loss of a wonderful dog. While this is a very sad time for all of us here at Lucky Dog, we are proud in the fact that our dedicated fosters and volunteers managed the situation in the best way possible, appreciate all of the support and well-wishes from the community and will continue to work to provide safe homes for dogs in Parrot's memory.
Shana - An Emotional Arrival!
Shana flew in first class on her own private plane this Saturday, the 18th. She got off like a movie star and was happy to just have her feet on the ground, I think! What a sweetheart! She welcomed all the hugs the pilots and Lucky Dog volunteers gave her. She sniffed and wagged at all the dogs of all sizes. As members of the Lucky Dog team, we were all proud that she was finally here and it took the edge off of the weeks events missing Parrot.
Please come out and see her at the adoption events!
How great it is for those of you who work with these "unwanted" animals. All of our dogs (3) were shelter animals, and one is a pit mix. He is the absolute sweetest thing! God Bless you for your work!!
ReplyDeleteI had the pleasure of meeting Shana last Sunday. She cleaned me out of my treat supply and filled my treat pouch with slobber! but other than that ;) she is a wonderful, beautiful girl. She was already turning heads at Petco.
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