I TALK TO A FEW RESCUED FARM ANIMALS
I GET BIT BY A GOOSE & THEN MAKE FRIENDS.

Lindie Lou was burned terribly by some type of acid that burned down to the bone. Lindie Lou asked me, "Am I going to get new legs and will people ever stop noticing them?"

"I was hit by a car and when I was on the side of the road these big birds kept flying down to me and poking me. They were going to kill me. It was really scary. Then you came. You are nice, but you are strange. I have never seen one of you up close before."

This sweet little bird died from the car trauma. May her spirit soar!

THIS WAS WRITTEN BY MOSS'S PERSON:

Moss was adopted into his forever home in Aug 2008 from a Border Collie rescue... Here is part of his reading in Nov 2008 - There is soo much to this story but these are some exerpts:
Laura asked him "why are you down and not joyful?"
Moss; I don’t know how to be joyful. I wonder when I will go to my next home. I am afraid of doing something wrong and being punished again.

Laura said Moss had always been out doors, never a family pet. He is still trying to grasp the concept of being out of the elements and being a family dog.

Laura asked him why doesn’t he play?
Moss: I don’t play because I got hit for playing and chewing a stick. I was also grabbed by his collar and hit with the stick. They also threw a can of coins at me when he was bad. (He still plays with himself - but likes to race around the back yard with me now - his Mom)

M: you mean they are going to keep me forever?
L; Yes
M: And I’ll never see sheep again? (was formerly being trained as a sheep herder before rescue)
L: No
M: Can they give me cheese?
L: Yes (And he loves it as a training aid - or just because)

"Get away from me or I will get you back!" I ran over this rattlesnake on a back country road. My friend (who drove a different car) helped me get the snake off the road. This rattlesnake knew that I was the driver of the car. When I would come close to him he would get angrier and tell me he was going to get me back.

Georgia is a 2 yr. old spayed female blond Shepherd mix, 59 lbs. She is great with dogs and very shy with people. Her first owner was a dog hoarder. There were over a hundred dogs at her home. Georgia is now awaiting a person and home at DAWG in Santa Barbara. Their website is http://www.sbdawg.net. They are located at 5480 Overpass Rd. 
Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Please take a trip and go and meet her.

Here is an interview that I have done with Georgia. She is a very special dog. She is smart, attentive, and comes to people for safety. If you decide to give Georgia a try she comes with a free dog training/pet psychic session. She needs someone who is patient and is willing to give her time to settle in.

Laura, pet psychic: Can you tell me a little bit about where you came from?

Georgia: There were a lot of dogs. They would die often and we never knew when it was our time to die. We knew that death started with a terrible pain in the stomach. Sometimes a dog would think it was dying and then it would have babies.

L: How did you handle living with so many dogs?

G: All the mean dogs slept in the middle of the day so that was the best time to play. At night and in the early morning I had a really good place to hide. When they would feed us. A man would fling an open big bag of kibble over his head. I would wait until the kibble slid under a chair and in a corner. I would eat there.

L: How do you feel about people now?

G: I love people. Though I am really scared they are going to pull me close and hurt me. I know that some people would never do that. I love to be stroked. It makes me feel like I am safe. I liked to be scratched behind my ears. I love it when people tell me I am good. I want to learn more, but I am scared. I always had to learn myself. It would be nice if a person could teach me something. I also want to learn to play with a ball. I would love a person who doesn’t get upset if I get scared. I think they need patience. Oh and I don’t want them to get scared of me because I am scared. It is funny how that happens.

L: Anything else you want to say?

G: Sometimes other dogs bark and I do not agree with it. Sometimes they bark to be mean and that is inappropriate. It is time for me to leave the shelter. It is not that I don’t like it here. I just don’t feel like I belong here anymore. I can feel there is a very special person that will love me and understand me. If you tell people about me, tell them I want to change and be brave. Tell them I know that having the desire to be a companion is important. I am ready to have a home.

Storm said to me one morning, "Mom, I had the scariest dream. I was a man on a sailboat and I harpooned a big whale. It was so sad. It made an eerie noise and dropped into the sea. Mom, I didn't even know there were such big creatures in the sea."

Booradley asked about his new home, "Is this a real home? Do I get to stay here or do I have to go back to the scary pound?"

I lived in the hills of Montecito before I lived in Ojai. It was in those hills where I learned how to study canine pack behavior. I had a professional dog walking business, which consists of filling my Jeep Cherokee with six to eight dogs for a three-hour hike in the mountains. I did this twice a day six days a week. I have a dog and cat buried in those hills. Now I am there every Tuesday & Thursday morning talking to client’s pets before I head north on the 101. I know those backcountry / Riviera roads like I know the streets of downtown Ojai. The Thursday afternoon the fire broke out, I got lost in those Montecito hills. I cursed at myself. Ten, twenty, thirty minutes and I was still scanning mailboxes for the number of my clients home. No cell service. I pulled over, took a breath and admired the oaks, pines, and the spectacular view of Montecito, Santa Barbara Harbor, the ocean and the islands. I thought at the time that Spirit wanted me to savor that moment and not be so concerned about time. Two hours later as I drove home on the 150 the fire broke out. Most of the road I was lost on is devastated to charred ruins. Amidst burnt homes and land is 27-acre estate that has been in my friend’s family for close to 90 years. Her land was not even slightly singed by the fire. She has two German Shepherds. Here is their (Sierra and Major’s) view of the fire.

Sierra: "Mom was gone far away getting her eye surgery and I started to smell anger in the air. It frightened me so I went outside. There was a flock of crows that flew over me. They were scared. I started to see the smoke before I smelled it. I heard sirens and then my caretaker came. I had never seen him so worried. He was looking around and wandering what he should take. He couldn’t think straight. Normally he is very together. The smoke started to burn my eyes and he got Major and me in the car. There were other men turning on the sprinklers. I didn’t understand why they wanted to water the plants. Watering is on a strict schedule. Days went by. People thought our house burnt down, but every time I thought about it I saw it standing. I asked the bobcat if he was ok and he said that he was but the property was filled with all types of animals that he had never seen on the property before. He said there was a no chasing or hunting rule. Which was hard for him because he didn’t eat for days."

Major: "I knew something bad was going to happen when my mom left us for her surgery. I didn’t know it was going to be the fire. I saw the smoke and I thought someone better call mom and tell her not to come home. I was trying to speak to her from a distance to warn her. You know I wasn’t that scared because Mitch (human) was there with us and I was so worried before the fire broke out that when it did I thought this is what was making me nervous. I never thought our house would burn down because our property is the home of many angels and the Buddha (larger than life wooden statue). He comes alive at night and takes bathes in our ponds. Many people pray to him. I knew he would take care of us. This property is what makes my mom’s heart strong. I want to say that I am so sorry for all those people and animals that lost their homes. They should come and put flowers on our Buddha’s lap and he will help them feel strong. I feel their sorrow and their devastation in the wind. I can smell it like Sierra. It makes you feel really sad and really grateful at the same time."

Moss has a sad story before his present people. He said to me, "How long are these people going to keep me? I have never had anyone love me like them before."

Jaque lives in the best fowl home you can possible imagine. He is free to move around during the day and in a pen at night. He says, "Every since I was little I knew about this place in my dreams. It is like I have come home."

Sophie says, "Can we adopt a human so there is a human per dog?"

Rose has one of the most sorrowful stories I have ever heard. She has withstood a huge amount of brutal torture and neglect. I will tell more of a story in another post. Here she says, "I have a new friend who is a chicken. She keeps me company and we kind of look a like." Do you see her chicken friend here? She is under Rose's head.

"I would like to do something with my mom (person). Maybe she could make a needle point of me. She is very careful with her hands....When I was on the streets I was so hungry I even ate lettuce....When we are at the cabin I dream I am a wild cat...daddy smells nice at night."

He was rescued out of a house that had over 24 cats. He says, "It is better to have one cat than many so you can pay attention to the one." At home he would like, "A bird feeder up high." I met Milo in the office of the pet store Noah's Apothecary. He says about the office, "This room is fascinating. It needs some color in it."

Sabur's name means patience. He says, "I don't believe in patience because patience is waiting." He also says, "This is my third home. I have found that if you run away you can always find a better one. I could stay here forever."

"Before I thought I knew everything and I didn't know anything. Now things make a lot more sense. Before I was confused."

This is Bee and Leo. They have recently been rescued from poor situations. Bee tells about a situation she had with her shoer, "I kicked him in the thigh and I thought it was funny. We both thought he was hurt really bad, but he was OK."
Leo talks about why he has nightmares, "People tied my legs when they first put a saddle on me. I know it was a long time ago, but I still think about it."

This rooster got hurt by his new people by accident. He can be very aggressive. He says, "Here I have learned that when people hurt you they are very sorry. They don't laugh. This is very unusual. Before people thrived on hurting roosters. Right now I kind of like being hurt because I am learning that my new people love me and what it means to have human friends."

"It is important to foster other dogs because sometimes they get sick just because there is a lack of love in their lives. It is an important job to be a good friend."

Oreo's person lost her previous dog, Malley, in a house fire. She rescued Oreo after the fire. Oreo explains, "The fire happened from heaven so that Malley can be with mom from heaven and so that I can be with mom on earth."

This is Bean. I found her hopping down the sidewalk of a main road. I was unable to locate her owners so Bean traveled cross country on an airplane to live with my friend.

Laura: What was your life like before your present home?

Bean: I use to live in a cage. It was a hutch in the yard. Many days and nights would go by before I would see my people. When my people came to see me they were nice to me. They would hug me and kiss me. I loved them.
My hutch was always dirty. It was hard on my feet because I would have to walk on wire and pee and poop through the wire. The wire was always disgusting. Sometimes my people would forget to give me water, but other times they would bring me carrots and lettuce.
One day, I opened the latch to my hutch with my teeth...

What is it like being a Pit Bull?

"I truly like being a pit bull, but not always. When I was in the shelter, I heard someone saying that all dogs like me will bite. I would never bite. They also say that shelters put us to death more than any other breed. I don’t know if that is true but that scared me.

I like my body because I feel strong even when I am shy inside."

Do you think people treat you differently because you are a Pit Bull?

“Oh, yes. Most people have fearful eyes when they look at me. I use to get scared when

Suraco this little mustang explained, "When I was a baby I was frightened by a turkey vulture flying out of a tree. My mother laughed at me. When the helicopter came to capture us I was reminded of that big bird, but the helicopter was even more terrifying"

Michael and Micah were rescued from Beirut, Lebanon. http://animals.beirut.com They are survivors of war. Here are what they have to say:

Laura: Michael and Micah what was war like?

Michael: The hardest part of where I came from was loosing my family and smelling burning flesh. Everything I knew to be safe became dangerous. Peoples’ eyes turn cold and the birds go silent.

Micah: I miss my children and the smell of my Lebanese mom cooking. I miss the smell of the earth and the laughter of my family.

Laura: How did you survive?

May you find wisdom and humor in the thoughts and feelings of these animals.

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