I was reading online to see if there were any rescue groups around here. I can’t afford to get a dog yet, nor do I have the room at my house (big house, tiny yard), but I like to know these things. I found this listing on Petfinder.com:

I’d like to introduce you to Lucy, a 2 year old spayed female African Boerboel/Mastiff mix that I rescued from the Manhattan Shelter. She was surrendered there by her previous family because they said she was too big. I know….did they NOT understand the term “mastiff”?? Sometimes I just bang my head against the wall in utter frustration. Feel free to join me. ANYWAY, despite what they said about her size, Lucy is actually fairly typical female Boerboel size at 95-100 pounds, although she needs to develop some muscle mass to fill her out more. Lucy is currently being fostered by a trainer that I use in west of Albany, NY. Not only is she loving and affectionate to people that she knows, she is very well mannered, in their home, knowing all her basic commands including Sit, Down, Stay, Paw and Come. She also heals well on a leash and does great in the car. Lucy is 100% housebroken. She sleeps each night on a dog bed in their bedroom. Lucy is fine with dog savvy cats. She is a dominant female so would do best as an only dog or with a large submissive male. Lucy is not good with small dogs so will need a home without them. Lucy is very true to the Boerboel breed characteristics (please read thoroughly about them.) She is protective of her home and devoted to her family. Because of that, she needs a home that is not high traffic with strange people coming and going, and she needs a strong leader to manage her natural instincts. She would do best with a home that has a fenced in backyard so that she can play and exercise freely while staying safe. We have not yet had the opportunity to interact Lucy with children, so at this point we feel children over 10 are the best match. I would like to place Lucy into a home with mastiff experience, as she is not for the first time mastiff owner. If you would like to make Lucy a member of your family and home, then please visit our website and fill out an application, making it to my attention (Nanette.) Lucy is spayed, has been updated on her vaccinations and heartworm tested (neg) as well as microchipped.

It’s animal snobs like this who just piss me off. Yes, the original family should have done more research, but maybe they knew how big the dog was going to get, they just overestimated their ability to care for a dog that size. Maybe they got laid off and had to move from a 3 bedroom house in the suburbs to a small apartment in the city, to save on their commute. It’s not always ignorance.

I just get frustrated with these animal shelter people. They are always mean, whether you’re surrendering an animal or adopting one. They assume they know everything there is to know about everything. Ugh.

Glad I got home when I did because I got to see something I’ve never seen before! Cher was shedding her skin just as I walked through the door! She was about halfway done so I did not get to see her do her head, and in the process of it she went under her cave so I did not get to see the tip of her tail, but still, very cool! I wish I’d remembered where my camera was in time to snag a video, but unfortunately I did not.

I sat there for a few minutes after she was done because she was “swimming” around her cage (not sure what the correct verb is there, since pacing seems to indicate the presence of legs), and she’s very pretty in the light when she’s moving around. Very iridescent. She isn’t usually very active, so this was another treat. She then positioned herself so that her cloaca was right in front of me, let out a huge dump, then flipped her tail in the air like, “Fuck you!”

Ha. That is what I get for watching what I’m sure would be quite private, if snakes had social structures and feelings :)

Dreamed I died, then was reincarnated. Remembered everything from my previous life, even though I was just a baby. Remember dreaming about being born. That was weird. Then jumped ahead to being about 5. Realized that my new mother was actually related to me in my old life … a neice, maybe? She appeared to me to be about 4 or 5, as that was the age I knew her as when I died. Knew I couldn’t tell her that I knew her as her aunt, as it would freak her out. Also lost a tooth and was mad she wouldn’t let me put it under my pillow. Eveyone saw me as a little kid but if I looked at myself, I saw me as the age I was when I died.

Ugh. I’ve already lost so much of this dream. It totally freaked me out. Didn’t even want to drive today. I think that was how I died in my dream.