An animal shelter in a busy town somewhere in Colorado has received a lot of dogs lately. Strays, puppies, abandoned, etc. But these are not ordinary dogs. They have human (or at least semi-human) forms. However, no one knows of this. Not even the dogs themselves. Because they are only able to finally transform when they find someone they truly love--and who truly loves them back.
The room the dogs are kept in is filled with barks, growls, whines, and howls. Side by side, on both sides of the room, cages stand, locked up so that without a key, they cannot be opened.
The cages aren't small; they are approximately 5 ft by 7 ft...but they are cold and the tile floor is hard and unforgiving. The side and back walls are cement...the sides extending at least five feet up, and higher than that, a fence-like gate extends another 3 feet or so higher. The dogs cannot see their next-door cage mate...only those across the hall from them; the front of their cage is a chain-link fence 8 feet tall. Their bowls for food and are attached to the bottom of the gate of their cage. They're given a bed, but it is only a small blanket.
They're only walked once a day, but they're given food when they need it and they constantly have water available. They aren't treated cruelly, but it is lonely and scary in the cages. When the shelter closes for the night the light is turned off, and the barks and whines die down to a sad silence.
Will these dogs find good homes? And what will happen when they do?
The room the dogs are kept in is filled with barks, growls, whines, and howls. Side by side, on both sides of the room, cages stand, locked up so that without a key, they cannot be opened.
The cages aren't small; they are approximately 5 ft by 7 ft...but they are cold and the tile floor is hard and unforgiving. The side and back walls are cement...the sides extending at least five feet up, and higher than that, a fence-like gate extends another 3 feet or so higher. The dogs cannot see their next-door cage mate...only those across the hall from them; the front of their cage is a chain-link fence 8 feet tall. Their bowls for food and are attached to the bottom of the gate of their cage. They're given a bed, but it is only a small blanket.
They're only walked once a day, but they're given food when they need it and they constantly have water available. They aren't treated cruelly, but it is lonely and scary in the cages. When the shelter closes for the night the light is turned off, and the barks and whines die down to a sad silence.
Will these dogs find good homes? And what will happen when they do?
