Ow.
I just got stabbed right in the heart by a commercial.
Made me burst into tears and now, I can't stop thinking about it and crying. Goddamn Alpo... First off, I hate Alpo.I'd never use any of their products because (just) one time, I saw a dog food can label that listed "horsemeat".
I know they do that, but... I don't wanna KNOW it.
Know what I mean? So, when I saw that, all Alpo products went on my "DO NOT USE" list, along with Hartz Mountain products.
(HM shit will absolutely POISON your pets. It's happened to mine. Once. That was all it took. Now, I won't even buy their animal TOYS.) Anyway, this commercial is for Alpo's "Shelter Dogs" program, which could possibly make up for that blatant "horsemeat" shit, IF I knew they were really doing the dogs any REAL good. And, if the stupid commercials didn't make me feel like my heart was shattered, like this one just did. I had the TV muted, like I always do when asshole commercials are on, but, I glanced at it and saw a series of shots of dogs behind wire fences, so I un-muted it to see what it was. There was a man's voice, speaking as if for the dogs. I didn't catch everything he said, but what I heard will haunt me forever...
ah, shit, here I go again.... The man, as a dog, was saying something about, "I know how to sit, lay down, fetch and roll over. What I don't know is how I ended up in here [a dog pound]. I do know I'm a good dog and... [and I can't even see to type] and, I want to go home." Oh my God... I bet they do.
I bet they do wanna go home.
I've known that feeling.
And, I'm also intimately familiar with the reality that there is no "home" to go to.
For them, or me. Damn it, damn it, damn it.
I want to give all those dogs (and cats and guinea pigs and gerbils and snakes and bats and opposums and every other species of animal) a "home" to go to.
I want to give them that.
Somehow.
If I only could... But, all I can do is sit here and wish I could die instead of feeling so fuckin' USELESS. Yeah, I know, I have more animals than any "sane" person ever would.
It costs a lot, takes a lot of my time, and most people don't understand why I do it.
(What they NEED to wonder is why THEY don't do it...) But, for all that I do, it doesn't amount to a spit in the ocean when you think about all the thousands and thousands of animals that are right now locked up in a strange place with no familiar bed to sleep on, strange food, strange people, fear, uncertainty, and ultimately nothing but death in their futures just because some total waste of humanity couldn't be bothered with them anymore. I know EXACTLY how they feel and it fuckin' kills me.
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If you want to read about an animal shelter that wont leave you feeling blue, check out this one, founded and supported by the manager of the ST LOUIS CARDINALS, Tony LaRussa.
This is a state of the art place....and he decided to start this facility when a stray cat ran out onto the field when he was the manager of the Oakland A's.....
He rescued the cat (who was frightened by the noise of the crowd) and the rest, as they is history.
He has a bunch of cats himself (and dogs too, I think)
Anyway, check it out....I promise you will become a St Louis Cardinals fan, you wont be able to help it.
http://www.arf.net/
Click on the "about ARF" link....it will give you an idea of the work they do
This is a state of the art place....and he decided to start this facility when a stray cat ran out onto the field when he was the manager of the Oakland A's.....
He rescued the cat (who was frightened by the noise of the crowd) and the rest, as they is history.
He has a bunch of cats himself (and dogs too, I think)
Anyway, check it out....I promise you will become a St Louis Cardinals fan, you wont be able to help it.
http://www.arf.net/
Click on the "about ARF" link....it will give you an idea of the work they do
Posted by: Ruth at January 31, 2007 12:05 PM (Z+Upq)
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That commercial kills me too. I think it's for Pedigree dog food. It made me want to go out and buy a bag and I don't even have any dogs LOL.
Posted by: Chablis at January 31, 2007 03:37 PM (tMoUV)
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Ruth, I'll do that.
Chablis... my first thought was, "Oooo, Pedigree? Cool." I'm goin' to the store soon and now I'm gonna see if there's anything "Pedigree" that I need/can get instead of the usual stuff.
And, Alpo is officially back on my "total shit list" since it's not them doing this...
Chablis... my first thought was, "Oooo, Pedigree? Cool." I'm goin' to the store soon and now I'm gonna see if there's anything "Pedigree" that I need/can get instead of the usual stuff.
And, Alpo is officially back on my "total shit list" since it's not them doing this...
Posted by: Stevie at January 31, 2007 03:57 PM (Ojerf)
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Here's a link to the commercial. Someone posted it on Youtube LOL. I'm so glad I thought to search for it because I found out that it was David Duchovny (from the X-Files) doing the narration and it was driving me NUTS because I couldn't quite place the voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ_vcv5I_KA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ_vcv5I_KA
Posted by: Chablis at January 31, 2007 05:49 PM (tMoUV)
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