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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 406346" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>I try not to jump in on this because I get so passionate and because I have volunteered at shelters and the Humane Society for years. We also foster at our house. 2010 we Fostered 107 animals. I don't count snakes, terrapins, opossums, bunnies - they are rehabbed and returned to the wild..</p><p> </p><p>HOWEVER -- "I want to breed her before I spay her so she knows what it's like to be a Mother.",</p><p> "If I neuter him, he won't be a good guard dog." </p><p>"We want puppies.",</p><p> "We're going to breed them and make money, John lost his job." </p><p>"We cant' afford to keep this dog." (opens the door or takes Rover for a ride out in the country -unneutered or spayed) </p><p> </p><p>This is the mentality that you are dealing with every day in the kennel. You can't fix stupid. </p><p>First of all - Poopsie - doesn't need a litter of puppies to experience Motherhood - she'd be happier if you never allowed her to have puppies, saggie boobies, and have all her offspring ripped away from her to go off and breed at will and make more unwanted puppies. </p><p>Next - Samson will be just as wonderful of a guard dog if not MORE attentive to you if he's not sniffing the air for a breeding female all the time.</p><p>YOU want puppies? -Oh the comments kennel workers have for that are not printable. </p><p>And the backyard breeder - Really you want to breed Puppies? What are the breed standards? Are you showing? Are you improving the breed? What are the lines and the temperments going back three generations? Idiots. You aren't breeding for good lines and temperments - you are breeding to make money - and that's no reason to breed dogs. Rover and Rovina look good - WOW. You are an idiot. Maybe Rovina's GGma was a killer. You have no idea. This is why Pit bulls all get a bad rap. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>And there IS a syndrome called black dog syndrome - where it's a mental block that people think (isn't this crazy) but it's been proven that people associate the color black with evil, bad - so black dogs and cats especially have a harder time getting adopted than any other color. Crazy huh? </p><p>So then you have the people that are down on their luck and just CAN'T BARE to take them into the pound - NO of course not. Just let them loose on some country road - USUALLY MINE. Maybe he'll get hit by a car. Maybe he'll starve to death because he can't find a trash can or scavenge enough to survive, maybe he'll get heartworms from being outdoors unprotected. But SALLY SUE wanted a puppy for her 4th birthday. IDIOT. My first adoption question is WHO will be taking care of this dog? Who will feed it, walk it, brush it? If the answer is 4 year old Sally Sue - ADOPTION OVER. Unless that kid is ULTRA responsible and at least nine - it hardly ever happens that the kid remembers to feed the dog let alone walk it. Mom ends up doing it, regrets it and then uses the dog as a tool. Idiot. Yet people get angry when they are put down. </p><p> </p><p>I am too - boiling angry - But I'm not sure which is better. A life being chained to a dog house - outside, unloved, untouched, in the heat, in the cold, with minimal contact, dirty water, and cheap kibble and left overs ......or euthanized. Hard call. </p><p> </p><p>I've taken dogs right out of yards......Right off chains......I've knocked on doors - and angrily said ''''HEY will you come out here and stand in the sun please?" Then as the person tried to move to the shade....I've said "OH NO, please stand over here in the sun - like your DOG." and then waited while the owner got some shade or offered to help move the dog pen under a tree." IDIOT. </p><p> </p><p>Dogs are like furry children.....not idiots. </p><p> </p><p>Those commercials ONLY bother US......people like us and the sad thing? THOSE dogs are already SAVED if they are filming them. And the only people that send money are people like US. </p><p> </p><p>And those people that are on that animal planet show that starve and abuse their animals? OMG.....O.M.G. (words fail me but you can bet I feel that the ONLY fair treatment in court for THEM would be to have the exact same thing done to them) a fine and jail time is not NOT good enough. </p><p> </p><p>And I guess that's all I have to say about it ----here. </p><p> </p><p>MWM - YOU ROCK! Thanks for the thread. And for exposing this farce. Support your local independent animal shelters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 406346, member: 4964"] I try not to jump in on this because I get so passionate and because I have volunteered at shelters and the Humane Society for years. We also foster at our house. 2010 we Fostered 107 animals. I don't count snakes, terrapins, opossums, bunnies - they are rehabbed and returned to the wild.. HOWEVER -- "I want to breed her before I spay her so she knows what it's like to be a Mother.", "If I neuter him, he won't be a good guard dog." "We want puppies.", "We're going to breed them and make money, John lost his job." "We cant' afford to keep this dog." (opens the door or takes Rover for a ride out in the country -unneutered or spayed) This is the mentality that you are dealing with every day in the kennel. You can't fix stupid. First of all - Poopsie - doesn't need a litter of puppies to experience Motherhood - she'd be happier if you never allowed her to have puppies, saggie boobies, and have all her offspring ripped away from her to go off and breed at will and make more unwanted puppies. Next - Samson will be just as wonderful of a guard dog if not MORE attentive to you if he's not sniffing the air for a breeding female all the time. YOU want puppies? -Oh the comments kennel workers have for that are not printable. And the backyard breeder - Really you want to breed Puppies? What are the breed standards? Are you showing? Are you improving the breed? What are the lines and the temperments going back three generations? Idiots. You aren't breeding for good lines and temperments - you are breeding to make money - and that's no reason to breed dogs. Rover and Rovina look good - WOW. You are an idiot. Maybe Rovina's GGma was a killer. You have no idea. This is why Pit bulls all get a bad rap. And there IS a syndrome called black dog syndrome - where it's a mental block that people think (isn't this crazy) but it's been proven that people associate the color black with evil, bad - so black dogs and cats especially have a harder time getting adopted than any other color. Crazy huh? So then you have the people that are down on their luck and just CAN'T BARE to take them into the pound - NO of course not. Just let them loose on some country road - USUALLY MINE. Maybe he'll get hit by a car. Maybe he'll starve to death because he can't find a trash can or scavenge enough to survive, maybe he'll get heartworms from being outdoors unprotected. But SALLY SUE wanted a puppy for her 4th birthday. IDIOT. My first adoption question is WHO will be taking care of this dog? Who will feed it, walk it, brush it? If the answer is 4 year old Sally Sue - ADOPTION OVER. Unless that kid is ULTRA responsible and at least nine - it hardly ever happens that the kid remembers to feed the dog let alone walk it. Mom ends up doing it, regrets it and then uses the dog as a tool. Idiot. Yet people get angry when they are put down. I am too - boiling angry - But I'm not sure which is better. A life being chained to a dog house - outside, unloved, untouched, in the heat, in the cold, with minimal contact, dirty water, and cheap kibble and left overs ......or euthanized. Hard call. I've taken dogs right out of yards......Right off chains......I've knocked on doors - and angrily said ''''HEY will you come out here and stand in the sun please?" Then as the person tried to move to the shade....I've said "OH NO, please stand over here in the sun - like your DOG." and then waited while the owner got some shade or offered to help move the dog pen under a tree." IDIOT. Dogs are like furry children.....not idiots. Those commercials ONLY bother US......people like us and the sad thing? THOSE dogs are already SAVED if they are filming them. And the only people that send money are people like US. And those people that are on that animal planet show that starve and abuse their animals? OMG.....O.M.G. (words fail me but you can bet I feel that the ONLY fair treatment in court for THEM would be to have the exact same thing done to them) a fine and jail time is not NOT good enough. And I guess that's all I have to say about it ----here. MWM - YOU ROCK! Thanks for the thread. And for exposing this farce. Support your local independent animal shelters. [/QUOTE]
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