Older dog cries at shelter when owners leave with younger pup

[trueblue2007]

1. SO SAD. here is correct link and update on COOKIE

https://www.facebook.com/OC-Small-Paws-So-UT-669232903193731/?fref=ts

OC Small Paws So UT
February 3 at 7:35pm ·

We are re posting this again as we keep getting calls and emails. The main thing is that we are not formally adopting Cookie out. She is under our forever foster program where she stays in a hospice foster. She has cancer and we do not know how long she has so we are not adopting her out. She will stay local under the care of her vet and the rescue. She still has another large tumor that needs to be removed which will be done soon under the same vet that did her mammary tumor removal. Also, please read below as we are getting emails asking us why we gave them a new dog (which we did not). Please read this. Calls and emails are literally coming in quicker than we can answer. At this point we cannot answer all calls and emails. We are trying but its becoming a major job that we do not have enough time for. We honestly appreciate everyone's love and support for Cookie, but we are a small foster home based rescue and volunteers and we cannot answer every message/email. We will continue to try but please do not be offended if we do not call or email back. Back to the other point on this. Below are the facts on how she ended up at the shelter. Also the shelter did nothing wrong. This shelter is actually very rescue friendly and that is why they reached out as soon as she was owner surrendered. Legally they had to give back the the other dog as they had proof that she belonged to them and paid the reclaim fee. Thank you for your understanding. We have always had a positive relationship with this shelter and they do the best they can on a very limited city budget. Thank you for reading and support us and Cookie. Below is a repost of what happened.

"With all of the misinformation going around on Cookie we are going to clarify a few things.

1) Cookie and another dog, a young lab, were picked up as strays and impounded on 12/30 at San Bernadino shelter.

2) The owner came to the shelter and claimed the lab and left her behind. They owner surrendered her which means that she did not have to wait a full 7 days on a stray hold. She was deemed rescue only due to medical (tumors and age).

3) A wonderful foster stepped up and we offered to help.

4) We have made the collective decision to not adopt her out. She will stay under the care of the rescue for the rest of her life in a local forever foster. She also will be under the care of our vet who has already done her first surgery. She is covered and we will be updating as we go along with her.

FACT: We have had no contact with the owner and neither us nor the shelter gave them a new dog. They just claimed their own dog and left her behind.

We appreciate the outpouring of help on her. At this point she is covered. Please if you are able consider helping a local dog that may not be as lucky as Cookie to have an army of people looking out for her."