Try not to be surprised

Yesterday was my day off from my paying job (for those of you that don't know PetRescue is not the highly paid lucrative career that you may imagine it may be). Anyway I received a call from the receptionist. "Vix, I've done something really stupid and I need your help". Lana had been particularly hungover on Sunday morning, walked passed the Pet Shop and done exactly what we all spend our time preaching against, she had bought a spur of the moment Border Collie puppy. Obviously, you can imagine my thoughts, 'this is exactly the kind of thing that leads to more unwanted pets, how could you be so stupid, what the hell are we working for if even my close acquaintances don't know better blah blah blah blah'. But that's just not helpful; The puppy was already at home with Lana and rather than condemn her (and the pup) we talked about the needs of the puppy and what she had to do to raise a happy healthy dog. Back at work the next day Lana took me aside and said that she realised that she had made a mistake, that she just couldn't properly care for a puppy. Now I know what you are thinking, but I was really proud of Lana. Who of us haven't made a stupid mistake when you were 19yrs? And the fact that she realised this before the this puppy was six months old, living in the back yard undesexed, untrained and miserable (which is the usual way it happens), I think was pretty mature. Lana rang the pet shop, explained that she couldn't care for the puppy and that she felt she should return him. And guess what? The caring wonderful staff that had sold a 8 week puppy to a clearly hungover 19 year old girl the day before, suddenly became a lot less caring and wonderful and point blank refused to take the puppy back. This is the same puppy that someone was saying they could not look after, the puppy that had spent one night at a new home, the puppy that they could resell for another $400+. This was now the puppy they could wash their hands of the moment it was taken out the door. I know I shouldn't be surprised ... but I honestly was. Vix PS: Toby is happily living with his new older brother Border Collie and a loving family :)