Debbie Herot arrived at the veterinary clinic she managed last week to find a dog and a note on the doorstep.
The note continued, describing the life Kaiser led with the homeless disabled veteran who wrote the letter, and how close they were. Herot could not euthanize this dog. The rest of Kaiser's story involves a deceased clinic worker, veterinary staff, a Los Angeles newspaper and TV station, and Bob Mikolasko, who was reunited with Kaiser. http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-vet-dog-reunited,0,5137067.story (with video) -via Simply Left Behind
"Dear Drs., please forgive me for this horrible transgression. I have no where else to turn so I ask you to mercifully, gently and lovingly please help him sleep. His name is Kaiser and he's 16-and-a half years old. He's been my friend, my teacher, my pupil, my lifelong loving and loyal companion," the letter said.
On the envelope, the author of the letter said that he thought Kaiser had two strokes the night before.
"Be good to him as you would your own child, for he's been mine for a loving lifetime," the envelope read.
The note continued, describing the life Kaiser led with the homeless disabled veteran who wrote the letter, and how close they were. Herot could not euthanize this dog. The rest of Kaiser's story involves a deceased clinic worker, veterinary staff, a Los Angeles newspaper and TV station, and Bob Mikolasko, who was reunited with Kaiser. http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-vet-dog-reunited,0,5137067.story (with video) -via Simply Left Behind
I can't help but wonder, however, what's going to happen to the homeless veteran and his beloved dog. Did any veteran groups get involved to try to help him find housing?
How awesome that they saved the doggie!
They are a charity, asshole, why do you care? It's not coming out of your lint-filled, moth-eaten pocket.
What rock do you live under? I mean, with the mortgage crisis in USA, all I hear about on the news are people who are living in their cars because they can't afford their homes - to the point where some cities are reserving parking lots as safe places to park/sleep at night. Let alone, the long standing use of a car as a primary place to sleep/live amongst homeless people for ages...
Just because you have a car, doesn't mean you have a home.
As a matter of fact, it is coming out of my pocket. As a charity, they receive taxpayer dollars to do their work. If they wanted to do something nice for the guy, they could have given him a new dog. Except for the fact, of course, that as a homeless person he can't possibly take proper care of any animal, and could probably grab himself a replacement stray off the street without involving them. The job of shelters like that is to REDUCE the number of stray pets on the streets.
What a sweet story. That letter just makes me turn in to a blubbering mess.
Nice that they took care of the dog, but why give it back to an owner who does not have the means to maintain its health?
16 years is pretty old for a dog, too.
bean may be callous and insensitive, but those are valid points.
On a Kaiser Roll.