Dog Abandoned, OWNERS THOUGHT HE WAS GAY!

[no1novice]

FEZCO
Abandoned At Animal Shelter ...
OWNERS THOUGHT HE WAS GAY


This is actually a really sad story so hold the chuckles ... a North Carolina dog was abandoned and sent to an animal shelter because its owner thought the pooch was gay.

Fezco is held up at the shelter in Stanly County after his owners caught him humping another male hound.

Of course, the owners' reaction is absurd ... dogs do this for dominance, and even if Fezco was gay, so what?


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The shelter has posted Fezco's story on Facebook, assuring prospective owners he's a good boy and kind to people and his peers alike.

The 5-year-old doggie will almost certainly get a home ... and according to WCCB TV, applications are apparently flooding in.

As for Fezco's former owners, maybe try a turtle ... then again, that hump on their shell may be alarming to them.

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[greysfang]

I hope these idiots are placed on a "do not adopt" list.

[tulip]

Oh come on. How can people be so stupid?

That is just cruel to surrender the dog for such a ridiculous reason.

[Sarzy]

The dog had a lucky escape from that whacko owner.
I hope he finds a nice new home 

[ravenna]

SMDH. That's taking homophobia to new heights.

[constancespry]

I really hope a gay couple adopts him.  As for the idiots who dumped him, I sincerely hope they don’t breed and spread their moron genes. 

[trixie]

Yes, there's a happy ending... 


North Carolina: Dog abandoned for being ‘gay’ gets adopted by a gay couple

Jhanvi MehtaliaMarch 24, 2022



There is no end to homophobia. It was only limited to people but now it has also paved its way for the housing of animals. On Tuesday, an openly gay couple adopted a dog abandoned at a North Carolina animal shelter after his owners mistook him for gay.



Fezco, a 4-year-old dog, was handed to Stanly County Animal Protective Services. According to the shelter’s Facebook page, Fezco gets along well with both humans and other dogs.



The owner said he didn’t want a ‘gay’ dog and left him in the shelter’s care, according to workers.





Fezco’s previous owners discovered him sexually dominating another male dog, causing them to believe he was gay. However, veterinarian Tahl Rozycki told USA TODAY that one of the reasons why dogs may engage in such behavior is that they may have a high level of testosterone. It drives the dog to breed.



“It could just be he’s trying to assert dominance over the other dog,” said Rozycki.



In a multi-dog context, the behavior could also be explained by dogs having a pecking order and knowing where their pecking order is, according to Rozycki.



Steve Nichols and his partner John have been married for more than 30 years and live in Charlotte. According to the pair, they adopted Fezco and called him Oscar after famous gay writer Oscar Wilde.


“It’s just such a silly reason to turn in a dog,” Nichols told WCCB Charlotte. “We just thought it would make sense for the gay dog to be adopted by a loving gay family.”



Dr. William Pressly, who is treating Oscar, says all dogs deserve a forever home.



“You just don’t throw ’em away,” the veterinarian said. “When you get an animal, he’s there for the lifetime.”

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[holly]

Aww! So glad he's in a happy home now! I knew this story would have a happy ending.

Does anyone else find it odd that the original owners named the dog Fezco? It sounds like they're Euphoria fans, but that show has so many gay & bi characters that if they're that homophobic would they watch that show? Or are they closeted & full of self-hatred & are overcompensating in some way?
Strange folks.

I have 2 female dogs & the one I owned first is such a dom, she tries to hump her sister at least once a week. When we first got the 2nd doggo, my dom was trying to hump her all the time. Brat.

[no1novice]

Mar 25, 2022 19:02:59 GMT trixie said:

Yes, there's a happy ending... 

Steve Nichols and his partner John have been married for more than 30 years and live in Charlotte. According to the pair, they adopted Fezco and called him Oscar after famous gay writer Oscar Wilde.


“It’s just such a silly reason to turn in a dog,” Nichols told WCCB Charlotte. “We just thought it would make sense for the gay dog to be adopted by a loving gay family.

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Good!



what a lovely couple

“We’ve been together for 33 years, and in 33 years, we’ve faced the same ignorance, bigotry, but we talked about it, and we thought, ‘This time we’re going to do something about it.’”

Nichols called the TV station, and the reporter who covered the story helped put him in touch with the shelter. The couple signed adoption papers for Fezco less than 48 hours later.

But it wasn’t long before Nichols noticed the pup needed medical attention.

“I spent about an hour with him in the car, and it was obvious to me by being with him that he was in really bad health,” he told NBC News.

Following his adoption, Fezco was admitted to Pressly Animal Hospital, in Matthews, North Carolina, where he was treated for heartworms, neutered and given a health check.



In an interview, Nichols joked, “We’re pretty certain he’s not gay, because he hates having his picture taken. What gay person doesn’t want their picture taken?”

“We named him after Oscar Wilde, who is one of the most notoriously gay people in history,” Nichols said of the late Irish poet and playwright. “We like to give our pets animal, human names. We don’t like to call them Fluffy and Sparky or any of that.”

The couple has another dog, a small rescue named Harry that they adopted about 10 years ago. Harry was a groomsman at the couple’s wedding.