There are those moments in Sanctuary when you doubt what you do simply because others donāt believe these lives matter as much as others.
There are moments in Sanctuary when you feel like closing your doors due to the lack of public support and understanding about what it is you specifically do. Sometimes we personally go without so a dog can have a second chance at life, no matter how long or short that life may be.
After being surrendered at the age of 18 to a shelter for being ātoo oldā, Dice gained his angel wings here in Sanctuary after just 20 days. That equals 0.05 years, 480 hours, 28,800 minutes or 1,728,000 seconds. No matter how you add it up, for Dice it was clearly a lifetime of love.
Not only is quality of life important here at Paws Give Me Purpose, quality of death matters too. When the shelter reached out with a request for Sanctuary the answer was immediately a yes – we were not going to allow this precious senior soulās life to end in a shelter simply because of his age.
During his brief stay with us here in Sanctuary, Dice received some much needed medical care, enjoyed warm meals, cozy beds, cuddling with friends and taking turns on every human lap that was around. He was a sweetheart of a dog that deserved so much better than what he received from those who promised to love him forever.
The fact that we are all born to die is something we can not change, but we do have a choice for these animals and how they die. Dice left this world peacefully in his sleep with dignity, knowing kindness and with someone beside him that was not afraid to give him what he needed even though it breaks our hearts in the process.
Sometimes, Paws Give Me Purpose is that special place where dogs come to cross that bridge with dignity and loveā¦
This is what we do here at Paws Give Me Purpose.
