Stray dog struggles

[GenuineRisk]

Hey guys; it's just a vent post.

I'm in Akron until February, doing a play (with my husband, which is great) and yesterday we found a stray pit bull puppy wandering in the street. We slowed the car so as not to hit him and he ran to the car and whined and whimpered until we let him in. I'm now trying very hard to find a rescue place to take him, as Akron's ASPCA is not allowed to adopt out pit bulls and if he goes there he'll be euthanized. He's a really sweet dog and it tears me apart to think if I can't find something by Tuesday night we'll have to take him there, since the cleaning crew for the housing I'm in comes in on Wednesday and we have no place to hide him.

The best I've found yet is that if I can find someone in NYC to take him in temporarily, a rescue lady there will come get him once she gets the pit bull she's currently adopting out to a new home, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed one of my friends there can find someone. I'd adopt him if my apartment building allowed pets, but it doesn't. Driving from Akron to NYC on my day off will be no fun, but he deserves a chance if I can get him one. I thought I might have had a place found for him in Philly, but it fell through.

Anyway, those of you who are dog lovers, send good thoughts that I can find this fella a place.

I've sent out over a hundred emails and dozens of phone calls- I have serious respect now for what rescue people do- this just seems such an exercise in futility I can hardly bear it.

Akron, from what one lady told me, has a large dog fighting ring and hundreds of pit bulls get put down here each year. Nice, huh?