I cannot believe this shit.

[pacificpikachu]

God-FUCKING-damn it. I am so upset and filled with anger and regret and sadness right now.

I called yesterday in the late afternoon before the shelter closed. The corgi was still there. I was so excited because I figured that meant, unless someone else was more extreme than me, I'd almost certainly get her.

I got up this morning at 5:30 AM and headed immediately down to Yuba City. Showed up at the shelter at 6:10 AM. I even took a picture of my cell phone with the time and date in front of the shelter entrance in case there was any dispute.

Ryan and I sat around for two entire hours waiting for the shelter to open. Played DS, sat around, whatever. Well, five minutes before the shelter opens, a truck pulls up and a father and two kids make a beeline for the door. I decide to go to the door, too. I ask if they mind if I cut because I had been waiting there for two hours. They said no, they got to the door first. I explained that I got up at 5:30 AM to get there. Didn't care. The sign on the door has, in tiny print, that if there's a dispute over a dog, the first person to get in the doorway gets the dog.

I asked them what dog they wanted. They said the corgi.

I managed to sneak in the door ahead of them when the shelter opened and declare that I was going to adopt the corgi. They said they were at the door first.

I explained to all the people in the room how long we had been waiting outside the shelter, that I had left at 5:30 AM to guarantee I would get the dog. I showed them the photo I had taken of the time I had arrived outside the shelter. I explained (and they SAW) that I got through the door first without pushing or anything (though I did creep ahead). I explained how I've been stressing myself sick over this dog, how I had hardly gotten any sleep the last few nights, how I have been doing animal rescue work for years and I've wanted a corgi for a decade. One of the shelter workers even pointed out that she had seen my car outside the shelter when she came in.

They awarded the asshole man and his two bratty children the corgi. I argued about it, sometimes passionately and emotionally, and sometimes calmly and rationally.

They gave the fucking man the dog. The dog that I had woken up at 5:30 AM, driven forty minutes, and waited two hours for. The dog that I had stressed myself nearly sick over and lost sleep over.

I am so pissed off I can't even begin to tell you. And I know that if I had gone and stood outside the FUCKING DOOR a few minutes beforehand I would be petting her and introducing her to the house by now.

It is completely unfair.

I know that the right dog is out there for me somewhere, but she was my dream dog and I am so tired of being repeatedly disappointed. I can't even fucking believe this happened. I've been sobbing ever since I got home and I was in hysterics talking to my mom over the phone outside the shelter. The man and his kids just smiled at me like "HAHA, WE WIN" when they left with the dog and saw me sobbing outside the shelter.

Sometimes, I just feel like my life is falling apart.

Comments

[vitani]

I'm so sorry.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's hard. :(

[loika.livejournal.com]

I ... god, I'm so sorry. That is beyond unfair. I can't believe it.

I'm so, so sorry.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It really, really is unfair and I'm still shocked that the shelter workers sided with them. Possibly because he had kids. Everyone sucks up to people with kids, even though herding dogs typically don't do well with kids and I'm probably ten times more qualified to give that dog an excellent home (not the mention the sheer unfairness of the fact that I was there TWO HOURS before them). It's just...incredibly sad and disappointing.

[ionneos.livejournal.com]

I bet if you could find a place to hide the bodies, nobody would miss those people...*cough*

I'm truly sorry. I have no idea what to say. I was going to milk the "fate wants you to have another dog" thing, but you already beat me to it.

I can't help you very much. However, if you'd ever like to slander this guy's name, give death threats, etc., hit me up. My misanthropy's at a pretty good high these days, so I'm up for venting about this guy whenever you want to.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I was kind of wishing that they could have blinked out of existence this morning because I was/am so upset. It's so unfair to rush to the door when someone has been waiting a few feet away in a car for hours. I know if someone had gotten there at 4:30 AM or something and had been waiting in their car, even if I had gotten to the door first I would have allowed them to have the dog.

Heh, I'm the queen of misanthropy. I like a lot of people as individuals, but I have more hatred and frustration toward our species than most people can imagine.

Thanks for understanding my frustration.

[kirarakim.livejournal.com]

I am really sorry and I very angry for you. Seriously that is totally unfair.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :( It's really unfair and I'm having a hard time with that... It would have been one thing if someone had arrived way before me and waited for her, but this whole situation was just a nightmare. I really and truly deserved that dog.

[cosseting.livejournal.com]

i'm sorry :(. that's unimaginably shitty.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It definitely was and I'm pissed at them about it. I hope the dog puts puncture wounds in both of the children and they have to bring her back to the shelter, because I get first dibs on her if they do.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I hate to admit that I wish harm on people because that's really not cool, but to be completely honest I'm hoping it turns out she's not good with kids and bites one of the brats and they bring her back to the shelter. Or she makes a mess in their house. Or she acts extremely shy and withdrawn and they decide she's not for them. I'm not betting it's going to happen and she seemed very sweet, but MAN would I be happy if that happened. It just seems incredibly unfair that I waited so long and yet they got the dog simply because they happened to be in front of the door when the shelter worker went to get the newspaper.

Thanks for your sympathy... I'm really having a hard time with this, between the regret that I didn't go to the door when I so easily could have, the anger at the man and children for being assholes when I waited that long, anger at the shelter workers for awarding them the dog when I WAS THERE TWO HOURS BEFORE THEY WERE and GOT IN THE DOOR BEFORE THEY DID, and the plain and simple sadness that this was my dream dog and now I can't have her. Finding a rescued purebred young female corgi is like a needle in a haystack.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It really was unfair. :( And I agree. They didn't seem like a bad home necessarily, but the fact that they had no sympathy for me getting up at 5:30 AM to get the dog and waiting two hours for her doesn't bode well. Also, herding dogs and children aren't a good combination a lot of the time, as they're nippy and very sensitive, and considering that this dog was picked up as a stray it makes me wonder if she may have behavior problems. To me this is fine, but for most people it would be difficult to handle.

I check PetFinder.com about three to five times a day. :) There's just...not the right dog there for me now. And finding rescue purebred corgis is incredibly hard, unfortunately.

Thank you--you're definitely right. I'll bet if I wait I'll find a dog that was just meant for me and look back on the dogs that haven't worked out and feel okay that they didn't. But for now the emotions and disappointment and anger are so overwhelming that it's hard.

I am so sorry about your loss when you were eleven. That is so horrible and sad. :(

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is definitely true. I do believe that it's best for children to be raised around animals so they understand them and have sympathy and love towards them, but at the same time I wish people would take more time researching their breeds and get a dog breed that does well with and likes children--like a lab, a golden retriever, hell, pit bulls are known as the nanny breed. Some herding dogs like children, but they generally just...don't do well with them. If you go on any herding dog rescue site at least around seventy percent of the dogs say they should go to a home without children.

That is wonderful that your right dog appeared for you like that. :) That's what I'm hoping will happen to me. It's just hard to wait, and really hard (as you know) losing a dog that you had your heart set on, especially under tragic or completely unfair circumstances.

I know this is a hurdle I'll get over, but I really appreciate you saying that because it is good to be reminded. If she's really, truly meant to be my dog, she will be, and she'll be returned to the shelter in the next week for [doing whatever undesirable behavior]. If not, there are thousands upon thousands of dogs out there who need help, and there's one out there who I will love more than I can imagine right now.

I'll spend a bit of time being emotional and upset about this, but it'll be okay if I keep looking and moving forward. In the meantime, I'll just continue driving my current dog insane by fawning over her constantly (LOL, she actually doesn't mind, but I'm being ridiculously clingy to her) and going to shelters and refreshing PetFinder until that one special dog ends up with me like they should.

Thanks again for your understanding, Gare. It's much appreciated and helpful. ♥

[astralvulpes.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is really infuriating - I am angry and upset right there along with you. >:(

I hate it when they choose people with kids.

Herding dogs aren't even particularly good in homes with kids, but perhaps they weren't thinking about that? Oi.

I'm sorry things are going sour in your life right now. :(

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The more I think about it, the more I feel that it was incredibly unfair of them. I mean, regardless of who was at the door, it really isn't fair to give a dog to someone who was only there for ten minutes versus someone who was there for two hours, especially considering that I was the first one in the door regardless. Ugh.

And yes--in fact one of the most common reasons people give up their herding dogs is because they're not great with kids. They're sensitive, high energy, and have a drive to nip at the heels of kids. If they don't get the amount of exercise they need they become neurotic and sometimes very aggressive, so in general I try to discourage families from adopting them unless the kids are older and the people are very, very devoted to making sure they get enough exercise.

[ensuing.livejournal.com]

WHAT

THE

FUCK.

That's the sort of retarded stuff that drives me insane and makes me shake in fury. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this shit, I wish I could do something to help you make it better. like rub them out

[sammywhatammy]

That is such shit. I'm so sorry.

[kneesocks.livejournal.com]

..Oh my god. I am so, so SO sorry... That is so horribly and completely unfair.... UGH, I AM RAGING JUST THINKING ABOUT IT SKDJGHDKJH I would have thrown a major bitchfit.... They got to the door first? YOU WERE THERE FIRST. THERE WAITING = THE DOOR, BASICALLY. What the fuck was wrong with the people there? There is absolutely NO REASON that asshole should have gotten the dog over you! YOU were there LONG BEFORE him... sdfghjhgfd THIS MAKES ME SO MAD.

That's just..so unfair... Can you talk to the manager of the shelter or something? I mean... The situation is just so horrible. You deserved the dog. She should be yours, and I can't understand why they didn't give her to you. I feel like you should fight it, I don't know if they could get the dog from the man but...idk.... It's just so unfair.

I've had so much experience with losing dogs that I know how you must feel, and that makes me get all passionate about this dfghgf on top of that, you shouldn't have lost her...AHH I WANT TO PUNCH ALL OF THEM.

I'm so sorry... I wish you the best of luck with finding a new dog.... I feel like you should try to complain to that shelter though. They handled that the wrong way.

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[slashaddict.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for you ;_; The right dog is out there for you, for sure. Hang in there ;_;

Why did they give the dog to that guy? Did they give you a reason?

[slashaddict.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see, because they were "at the door" first. What jerks.

I would call the shelter and let them know that if the corgi comes back for whatever reason, you want him ;_;

I'm so sorry for you. ;_;

[crimson-angel02.livejournal.com]

God that is really horrid. What an ass that guy is. How old were the kids? If they were young they might even tire of the dog (as they usually do. -_-;) and bring her back.

I am so very sorry. :/ <33 I actually didn't know there were rules like that. I know the one shelter that I helped around at in Pittsburgh has waiting lists if you were interested in a dog that was still in it's waiting period. :(

[pdutogepi.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I'm so so sorry that happened to you ;o; That was really unfair of them. I had been hoping so much for you to get her *hugs*

[ylmik-wisty.livejournal.com]

D<
THAT IS SO UNFAIR! Horrible horrible horrible. You are completely justified in being so furious. That sucks! I mean, just because you weren't at the door! And the workers even saw you there so early! Can't they give it a break?
I'm sorry it ended so horribly for you :( That's not the karma you deserve. Another chance will come around, someday... :(

[mei-san.livejournal.com]

So unfair. I don't get it, didn't you get to the door first (when you sneaked around)? They should totally have a ticket system. WHO THE FUCK WANTS TO STAND IN FRONT OF THE DOOR FOR TWO HOURS? Do they have a camera that shows who was actually in front of the door?? And the man is just an asshole because he knew that you got there first. And really it's a stupid loophole in the rule.

I'm so sorry that you did get your dream dog. It's rather unfortunate that you had to get into a dispute like this. You'll get right dog in the end. In the mean time, feel free to vent.

[galenchia.livejournal.com]

FUCKING BULLSHIT PIECES OF SHIT.

That's RIDICULOUS. I just swore a STORM when I read this. What douche bags. And they didn't even give three shits that you were so, SO devoted to this dog.

Seriously, dude, give me names. ALL OF YOUR LJ FRIENDS APPEAR TO BE MORE THAN WILLING TO FORM A GODDAMNED MOB AT THIS DICK'S HOUSE. I'm furious FOR YOU.

But I'm a big fatalist -- even more so in recent years -- and believe me when everything works out for a reason. Things will get better; tomorrow is always a better day. ♥
(I wish so badly that I would have been there with you. Assault charges and shit would've gone down. ;3 )

[headcrabs.livejournal.com]

i added you if that's okay !

also i am so sorry about the corgi :(((((( that sucks so bad ahhhhhhhhhhh. i want a corgi so bad too. i feel your pain. have you tried looking around at corgi rescues? you can try petfinder too. my friend found a really sweet corgi boy on there that she adopted from someone.

[ethersol.livejournal.com]

omg that sucks hardcore :(

i'm sorry about that. that man is a total asshole, as if he didn't say you deserved the dog. i don't understand why he got it, if most of the people at the shelter agreed with you though..

i would've take that guys license plate down, or followed him home>.> and then stolen the dog when he least expected it...

[wao.livejournal.com]

So this is ridiculously stupidly belated and I didn't comment on all your previous dog-related posts cos I didn't know what to say, but I couldn't stop thinking, the whole day, about what complete fucktards the guys laughing at you were. And so if it's worth anything, I'll send all the positive thoughts I have towards you getting a great dog like you deserve. And so that you won't ever have to deal with such complete asses. (And also that hopefully the poor corgi won't get tossed away like a toy, please I hope not...)

Sounds shallow coming from me but hang in there, I am SURE this cannot go on for so long. I'm damn sure you WILL find a fantastic dog no matter how many stupidly crap omens might pop up.

But at least one definite thing worth doing is telling the dog shelter to change their rules. Gawd that is one of the most ass-backward loopholes I have ever seen. Completely. *spits*

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

HOW the HELL...?!

That's just infuriating. What kind of people act like that? What kind of people side with those kind of people?

I am really quite angry on your behalf right now...is there anyone from the shelter you can speak to? Not necessarily to uproot the corgi now that she's gone to this home, but just to make a complaint about how they handled the situation?

If it's any consolation, I'm sure you'll still find a wonderful dog. ♥

[lakilarian.livejournal.com]

This better not be the dog shelter I drive past every time on the way to town or someone is asking for some serious hell >:(.

I don't think it's about the fact that they were kids to base whether or not they should have the dog, because my brother and I were perfectly decent children and were taught to treat animals with respect and love since we were born. Rather it is the behavior of the father, which I would say reflects how his children likely are. I HATE it when people use their children as a psychological way to slip through the cracks, like this one girl whose mom told her to cut to the front of the line at the theater, when we had been standing there since the line opened. If she had taken the seats we wanted, oh man.. hell would have sincerely come crashing down around the manager's ears until something happened.
Other things like that have tried to occur to me/my family... maybe it helps that my mother has taught me to carry a very cold demeanor of "Try it, just try it. I have no problems taking your entire universe to court," when something like that starts to happen. Stories like this make the vicious wheels of my mind start to turn, but I really do believe everything will come together fluidly for you somehow. Something Will happen, they will get theirs in one way or another, and everything will work out amazing for you.

*hugs* I hope you feel better soon. I'm so sorry this happened to you :(

[bjango.livejournal.com]

I know this is way after the fact but... shit... I read this a couple days ago and got so infuriated, that I frankly had no words to say. I am so sorry this happened. It's the fucking worst. You should really complain, or talk to the managers, or whatever, because people shouldn't be able to get away with this kind of shit. Seriously.

[placetohide.livejournal.com]

I feel so angry just reading this. I can't believe people would be such assholes to you, and I'm really sorry.