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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 406783" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>There is in my opinion and not a HUMBLE one at that......because my dogs are my kids......that when you come to adopt a puppy.......that you should not take into consideration---</p><p> </p><p>1.) IS THIS A LIFETIME COMMITTMENT FOR YOU?.......Because it is for her.....look at her eyes. She thinks she is getting a home, family and love and all that goes with it just like a child. I think how you treat a dog says a great deal about how you treat your family. Few circumstances would make me think otherwise. VERY FEW. I have fingers in my ears to most. (We're moving).......really? Do they not have houses where you are going - "well we have to move to a smaller apartment." Oh well thank GOD your Mother doesn't live with you or they don't allow CHILDREN.....GAWD....think of what that would entail if you HAD to move and you moved to an apartment complex where they DID NOT allow CHILDREN?.....I mean you couldn't find an apartment where they took your dog? BULLONEY! You didn't want the dog. Plain and simple. </p><p> </p><p>2.) We can't afford her anymore. Here is one where I teeter - What if you had a child? You would what? FOSTER CARE? RELATIVE? How much can a bag of Ol Roy cost? What couldn't you give up in YOUR lifestyle to off-set the cost of this little life YOU CHOSE TO HAVE IN YOURS? How do you tell her that cigarettes and cheetos each week were more important than keeping her? I dont' get it. I would scrub toilets to keep my kids. Maybe not in flea treatment and biscuits - but I'd do everything in my power. We'd make it somehow - NO WAY could I look at those eyes, that soul and say "See ya." I'd rather die and would. </p><p> </p><p>3.) Short of being too sick, elderly, or something along those lines - I dont' get it - and even then - WHERE is YOUR family? Don't you get that a dog and it's people KNOW when someone is sick or hurting and they need each other? Unless that person is just a totally awful person and has been to the dog they are BETTER together and it's been proven animals (dogs or cats) help people heal. You take most peoples pets from them? It depresses them. </p><p> </p><p>4.) Hoarders. - Nuf sed. </p><p> </p><p>My point with spay and neuter is this - IF you aren't going to breed - to improve the breed then there IS a chance that there COULD be puppies. If there is that chance? Then you are increasing the population - and it may not be YOU that is irresponsible (although if your dog has puppies and you never meant for her to - ) Then those puppies go off to WHO? What do THEY do? Get the puppy spayed or neutered and then what? MORE unwanted puppies. So sometimes it is not YOU....it's the people that get your puppies....and thus the cycle continues. Spayed and neutered animals make better pets because they are not constantly looking for a mate, or sex. Proven fact. That's why the vets, the ASPCA and even breeders preach Spay and Neuter. You can't predict a breeding - and dogs can breed THROUGH a chain link fence....so even if you have your dog in a yard, in a kennel? They aren't safe. A yard, in a kennel, inside another kennel or in the house - maybe. It's unreal. </p><p> </p><p>I just don't get people MWM.....but I am glad that you made this post. Again - You totally ROCK! And thanks for speaking up for the beagle - You are right. He needs love too! You have a good heart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 406783, member: 4964"] There is in my opinion and not a HUMBLE one at that......because my dogs are my kids......that when you come to adopt a puppy.......that you should not take into consideration--- 1.) IS THIS A LIFETIME COMMITTMENT FOR YOU?.......Because it is for her.....look at her eyes. She thinks she is getting a home, family and love and all that goes with it just like a child. I think how you treat a dog says a great deal about how you treat your family. Few circumstances would make me think otherwise. VERY FEW. I have fingers in my ears to most. (We're moving).......really? Do they not have houses where you are going - "well we have to move to a smaller apartment." Oh well thank GOD your Mother doesn't live with you or they don't allow CHILDREN.....GAWD....think of what that would entail if you HAD to move and you moved to an apartment complex where they DID NOT allow CHILDREN?.....I mean you couldn't find an apartment where they took your dog? BULLONEY! You didn't want the dog. Plain and simple. 2.) We can't afford her anymore. Here is one where I teeter - What if you had a child? You would what? FOSTER CARE? RELATIVE? How much can a bag of Ol Roy cost? What couldn't you give up in YOUR lifestyle to off-set the cost of this little life YOU CHOSE TO HAVE IN YOURS? How do you tell her that cigarettes and cheetos each week were more important than keeping her? I dont' get it. I would scrub toilets to keep my kids. Maybe not in flea treatment and biscuits - but I'd do everything in my power. We'd make it somehow - NO WAY could I look at those eyes, that soul and say "See ya." I'd rather die and would. 3.) Short of being too sick, elderly, or something along those lines - I dont' get it - and even then - WHERE is YOUR family? Don't you get that a dog and it's people KNOW when someone is sick or hurting and they need each other? Unless that person is just a totally awful person and has been to the dog they are BETTER together and it's been proven animals (dogs or cats) help people heal. You take most peoples pets from them? It depresses them. 4.) Hoarders. - Nuf sed. My point with spay and neuter is this - IF you aren't going to breed - to improve the breed then there IS a chance that there COULD be puppies. If there is that chance? Then you are increasing the population - and it may not be YOU that is irresponsible (although if your dog has puppies and you never meant for her to - ) Then those puppies go off to WHO? What do THEY do? Get the puppy spayed or neutered and then what? MORE unwanted puppies. So sometimes it is not YOU....it's the people that get your puppies....and thus the cycle continues. Spayed and neutered animals make better pets because they are not constantly looking for a mate, or sex. Proven fact. That's why the vets, the ASPCA and even breeders preach Spay and Neuter. You can't predict a breeding - and dogs can breed THROUGH a chain link fence....so even if you have your dog in a yard, in a kennel? They aren't safe. A yard, in a kennel, inside another kennel or in the house - maybe. It's unreal. I just don't get people MWM.....but I am glad that you made this post. Again - You totally ROCK! And thanks for speaking up for the beagle - You are right. He needs love too! You have a good heart. [/QUOTE]
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