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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 406201" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I am a big pet sympathizer, especially for dogs, but unfortunately, I think sometimes putting them down just isn't much choice. If the dog can't be socialized or is unadoptable and there's a line mile long, what else can be done? I think there are some agencies that are great about making every effort they can and some that look for any excuse- and I'm not so sure it has to do with the "big agency" as it does with what is actually happening at the specific place in your location. Where I used to live, the SPCA really did a great job and there were a couple of private rescue groups that went to any lengths they could. The humane society and others were horrible. I heard that their conditions for the pets were even worse than the pound. That's why when I felt like I couldn't take care of my dogs anymore the way they had been used to and didn't know how long it would last so I called various places trying to find options because I couldn't stand the thought of just giving them to a private citizen that I knew absolutely nothing about, then I heard how many of them are treated and how older dogs even if they are in good health and still social are unlikely to be adopted and I'd be listed as unable to care for a dog FOREVER- I decided I'd keep them and we'd just have to work thru it. I still can't care for them at the level they were used to. It hurts me but they know they are loved, they are fed, let outside, get attention, etc, and I have just resolved that they had to make sacrafices thru all our hardships, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 406201, member: 3699"] I am a big pet sympathizer, especially for dogs, but unfortunately, I think sometimes putting them down just isn't much choice. If the dog can't be socialized or is unadoptable and there's a line mile long, what else can be done? I think there are some agencies that are great about making every effort they can and some that look for any excuse- and I'm not so sure it has to do with the "big agency" as it does with what is actually happening at the specific place in your location. Where I used to live, the SPCA really did a great job and there were a couple of private rescue groups that went to any lengths they could. The humane society and others were horrible. I heard that their conditions for the pets were even worse than the pound. That's why when I felt like I couldn't take care of my dogs anymore the way they had been used to and didn't know how long it would last so I called various places trying to find options because I couldn't stand the thought of just giving them to a private citizen that I knew absolutely nothing about, then I heard how many of them are treated and how older dogs even if they are in good health and still social are unlikely to be adopted and I'd be listed as unable to care for a dog FOREVER- I decided I'd keep them and we'd just have to work thru it. I still can't care for them at the level they were used to. It hurts me but they know they are loved, they are fed, let outside, get attention, etc, and I have just resolved that they had to make sacrafices thru all our hardships, too. [/QUOTE]
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