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I wish we didn't have to kill aggressive dogs but there are no other options for shelter workers . And those animals are included in our reported save rates. We don't play games with the numbers here in Fremont. We don't limit our reports to . There are no games of any kind. We report 1. 00% of the animals in divided by 1. ![]() No animals are removed from that equation. EVERY animal that comes through our front door is included in our save rate. And to be highly transparent, we report two sets of numbers; one set includes . As a private agency, contracted to perform animal services throughout Fremont County, Canon City, the City of Florence, Wiliamsburg, and the Towns of Coal Creek, Rockvale and Westlcliffe, CO, Animal Control Officers bring in animals of all shapes and sizes and in every condition imaginable. Some animals are healthy. Some need help behaviorally. But in Fremont County, we believe all animals deserve life. When we have a growling dog, a loudly barking dog, a dog showing teeth, a dog staring us down from inside of his kennel. Unlike tiny, growling, teeth- showing Duncan, this dog was a rather large dog. As soon as Forest saw me walk in front of his kennel, he charged the kennel door and showed me a great set of teeth. It was too late in the day for me to go further with Forest, so I asked Kelly to move him to a double- sided kennel. If I was going to work with Forest he would need more space to feel secure, and, for safety reasons, I would need more space as well. Many shelter directors would have taken a quick glance at Forest and thought, . Because killing is an easy way to create cage space and killing is the only option some consider when a dog is growling at them and won. The following day, Kelly asked me, not once, not twice, not three times, but four times, if I had looked at Forest yet. So I stopped what I was doing, grabbed my dog leash and went to Forest. When Kelly left the kennel area, Forest looked at me standing outside of his kennel, and, like the first time we met, he charged the kennel door. So I sat on the floor . Forest paced the double- sided kennel the entire time I sat on the floor. Back and forth, he never stopped. He seemed to have one eye on me at all times. If our eyes locked, even for a second, he showed me his great set of teeth again. It was time to enter the kennel. I stood up and tried to open the kennel door, but when I did, Forest charged the gate. I quickly closed the door and sat on the floor outside of his kennel again. Eleven minutes later, I stood up and slowly opened the kennel door for a second time. This time, though, Forest didn't charge. He stood stiff as a board and stared me down. He did allow me to put one leg inside of the kennel while the other leg remained outside (in case I needed to make a quick escape). I stood in this position for about 5 minutes and did not move a muscle. But his life was at stake. So I took a deep breath and stepped completely into the kennel closing the door behind me. Forest then moved around the large kennel like a lion stalking his prey in the wild. Crystal, my office manager, found me in Forest. Forest was pacing the kennel with a low head. Crystal quietly, and ever so slowly, tiptoed away from his kennel, stopped, and softly said, . Being just seven feet away from him, I knelt down to match his body language. So I also laid on the floor. Old guy wins round one! Forest lifted his head off of the floor looking concerned that I was touching his bed. I slowly pulled the bed close to me, waited until he was fully looking at me, patted the bed two times (saying come sit next to me). Less than 6. 0 minutes after Forest was charging the door not allowing me into his kennel; it happened .. Just like it has happened hundreds of other times. Forest slowly raised his body and gently walked toward me. It took him about 2. He then stepped onto the bed right next to me, stood very stiff for a long three seconds, probably second- guessing his decision to trust me. So I reached out and gently stroked the top of his head twice, and then he moved his large head close to my face, since I was sitting on the floor. Though I should have been focused on Forest at this point, I was also taking pictures of him. My concerned face in one picture tells the story of how scared I was feeling at this moment. I then petted his head several times since he was right next to me. Then I rubbed his left ear. Unlike Duncan who kissed me for the first time and then ran away from me to hide after the kiss, Forest paused for a brief second, looked at me and started licking my face like I was a cold Popsicle in the middle of an Arizona summer. He licked me so hard and for so long that my glasses popped off my head. The text message I sent out was a simple . It is a conscious decision to choose death over life for an animal in a shelter. It is also a conscious decision to choose life over death for an animal in a shelter. There is no middle ground. Here in Fremont County, we chose life. I like to think we all would want this for our own animals. Forest and so many other animals are safe and alive today because we do what we need to do to get animals past the anxiety of being dropped off in a terrifying building like an animal shelter. For those who still question why we do this, the ultimate reason is simple.
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