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I volunteer for my local shelter and when the weather's good, we do a free vaccine clinic every Friday. Free distemper, free rabies, cats and dogs. We hand out free food from the pet pantry, we give people leashes and collars, we do whatever we can to keep people's animals at home and healthy. Every animal that can stay home and be fed and be vaccinated is an animal that we can keep out of the shelter.

We get all kinds of folks, sometimes we even get backyard breeders but we don't do any judgment, because we want people to come and get their dogs vaccinated, because one parvo case costs $7000+ and the whole year of Parvo vaccines for hundreds of dogs costs less. It's just harm reduction, everything we do is harm reduction.

So anyway, this one day this woman comes up to the vax clinic and she is high as fuckin' hell, just obliterated fucked up, smoking a joint in line, and she has this TINY pibble puppy with her, maaaaybe four weeks old. This thing is so fuckin tiny and wormy and lethargic, and she's like, "Hey I heard I can get her shots." and we're like, oh fuck this puppy is gonna die. Like straight up, we were all like, fuck that dog is gonna die. So we gave her wormer, we gave the first distemper shot, and I put together a whole care package: wormer to take home, puppy milk replacer, puppy wet food, a leash, a harness, some blankets, toys, we gave her instructions on how to get the puppy eating food, and we told her to come back in 3 weeks for the follow up vaccine. And we were all like, well fuck, that puppy's gonna die, goddamnit, that's so fucked up. But you know, we did our best, and we hoped we'd see her again.

And in three weeks, you guys, she showed up. And she was still high, but like, half-high this time. Smoking a cigartte in line but like, could focus, could ask and answer questions. And she'd taught that tiny puppy how to SIT and had her walking on a leash. We found out that it took her three buses to get to the clinic, and she told us all about how she got the puppy eating right, got her stool solid, she was taking her on walks... The puppy looked so good, you guys. I almost cried, it was so big. Really happy puppy. At the end of the visit, we were like, ok, see you in three more weeks for the next distemper.

So three weeks later, she shows up, and she's sober, and she told us, "You know, I was really fucked up the day I bought that puppy, I wasn't sure I was going to live, and I bought that puppy and she was too young, and I didn't know what I was doing but y'all were so nice to me, and you helped me so much, and I knew that I had to give this puppy the best life I could, so I moved back in with my grandma, and I'm getting clean, and I'm on methadone, and I'm going to rehab next week, and when I get back, I'll come back and visit you guys again."

So I just wanna say. Sometimes it's hard to find a reason to get clean for yourself. Sometimes you gotta do it for a little critter that depends on you.

awwww i feel bad cause you’re being so sweet about it (´∀｀; ) sorry for dunking on you dear. i love you too<3

Rating: Cute

It is very common and safe for truckers to keep pets with them on the road. Having a pet helps truckers with stress and loneliness. I looked into this account and from my understanding these kittens were born feral and rescued by this man. He has gotten them medical treatment, and is helping care for their eye infections. His set up in the truck is good, having a little box, kennel, bed and toys.

Is there any risk of them getting down in the pedal area while the truck is in motion? Do they get put in the crate while he drives, or is there a solution I'm not seeing here?

Hello, a different trucker with a cat here:

When I rescued my little calico cat and took her with me in my truck, I was worried about the same thing. A tiny kitten can squeeze into the most unlikely of places in a truck! However, very rarely did I ever need to lock her in her crate while I drove. I had her crate tucked into a space behind my seat where it couldn't move, and she would usually sleep there because it was a dark, safe space and she wasn't used to the motion of the tank truck.

Later on, when she got more used to the truck moving, she would play a bit, but due to where the gear shift was located (I drove a manual transmission truck), it was easy while I had the cruise control on to set my foot where it would block her from getting underfoot and where I could feel her trying and nudge her out of the way. She learned pretty quickly that underfoot was not a place for her.

The more pressing problem I had in my new Freightliner was that when I had the truck's Smart Idle feature on (battery powered AC that gets charged by the truck turning itself on and off) the window buttons also worked. As you can see from one of my pics, my solution was a loop of duct tape over the window button, sticky side up. I could still use the window button, but she did not like stepping on the tape.

(I was not worried about her getting out, she did NOT like the outdoors. I was more worried about my window being wide open while I was sleeping. The tape worked!)

Rating: Cute

It is very common and safe for truckers to keep pets with them on the road. Having a pet helps truckers with stress and loneliness. I looked into this account and from my understanding these kittens were born feral and rescued by this man. He has gotten them medical treatment, and is helping care for their eye infections. His set up in the truck is good, having a little box, kennel, bed and toys.

Is there any risk of them getting down in the pedal area while the truck is in motion? Do they get put in the crate while he drives, or is there a solution I'm not seeing here?

Hello, a different trucker with a cat here:

When I rescued my little calico cat and took her with me in my truck, I was worried about the same thing. A tiny kitten can squeeze into the most unlikely of places in a truck! However, very rarely did I ever need to lock her in her crate while I drove. I had her crate tucked into a space behind my seat where it couldn't move, and she would usually sleep there because it was a dark, safe space and she wasn't used to the motion of the tank truck.

Later on, when she got more used to the truck moving, she would play a bit, but due to where the gear shift was located (I drove a manual transmission truck), it was easy while I had the cruise control on to set my foot where it would block her from getting underfoot and where I could feel her trying and nudge her out of the way. She learned pretty quickly that underfoot was not a place for her.

The more pressing problem I had in my new Freightliner was that when I had the truck's Smart Idle feature on (battery powered AC that gets charged by the truck turning itself on and off) the window buttons also worked. As you can see from one of my pics, my solution was a loop of duct tape over the window button, sticky side up. I could still use the window button, but she did not like stepping on the tape.

(I was not worried about her getting out, she did NOT like the outdoors. I was more worried about my window being wide open while I was sleeping. The tape worked!)

I like how this post implies there is some unspoken job of truckers to rescue cats they find on their journeys

put a cucumber treat in his mouth pls

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It’s been scientifically proven that they do in fact understand that we love them and they love us back.

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