DC - Really?????

In the 32 years I have been doing rescue, I never ever think I have 'heard it all'... Because just when you think you have, something comes along that makes you scratch your head and wonder (once again) is it a full moon and/or what in the heck goes on in peoples' minds!

Yesterday at the shop, we had someone come in and browse through our dogs and puppies up for adoption... The questions started like routine... 

"How does this process work to adopt one of your dogs?".... (and explained that we do a meet & greet if you are adopting an adult dog and you already have one to insure the energy levels are the same... that the dogs will get along with each other...)

So far, pretty normal huh?

And then the next question....

"Would you adopt to someone who had a mountain lion hanging out in their backyard?"...

HUH???  Double "HUH???" in fact... 

I'm not sure what our volunteer answered and at first, we all thought he was joking when he reported the conversation... But when I heard about it, I wasn't so sure...

Apparently this woman lives on Yosemite Avenue here in Simi Valley and there is a mountain lion who likes to hang out around her backyard... She went on to explain her second dog went missing recently and she has not been able to find it (or a carcass), so she was looking to adopt a second dog...

WTH?... We are not 'Mountain-Lion-Food-R-Us' here...

So, in answer to the lady's question - "No, we do not adopt our little ones to people who have mountain lions hanging out in their backyards".

It must be a full moon!

As Always,
Linda, Director