Ranting about stupid dog ownership

[crazycanuck]

We've just started searching for a new friend for our lovely doggie & am heartbroken each time i visit a few of the dog refuge websites. I want to bring all of the doggies home but we don't have a big enough house/yard.

I really do wish humans would treat thier animals much better than they do . There was one good woman mentioned on one of the sites-she had the heart to give her fluffy friend to a refuge as it was being beaten by her partner .

[tulip]

Last week, when I was walking my dog, I noticed a couple of teenage girls walking a pitbull puppy. I didn't take much notice because there are lots of people who walk dogs in my neighborhood.

A few hours later, I heard this sad howling out back in the alley. I thought that my neighbors across the alley had gotten a puppy or something. I went out to take a peek, and that same pitbull puppy was tied up to my back fence. The girls had left her there. I like to think they figured I was a good bet to take care of the dog.

She was mangey and skinny and very hungry. And very sweet and cute. A friend down the street and I got it to a PB rescue org. She'll be adopted in no time, they said, because she's sweet and a puppy.

[sfa]

When we were in NYC last weekend, DD and I saw a ghost bike on the street and I explained to her what it was and why it was there.

This morning she came up to me and told me she wanted to start a "ghost dog collar" program to memorialize dogs who are hit by cars, to remind people to take good care of their pets.

[Norse]

A friend down the street and I got it to a PB rescue org. She'll be adopted in no time, they said, because she's sweet and a puppy.

Good for you tulip! Our humane society doggy rescue is a black lab/border collie mix. We got her when she was 2 and the agency said she had been dropped off in the middle of the night by a family. My thought is that family just wanted cute, adorable puppy and had no clue what to do with a full grown 55 lb. dog. Some people should not be allowed to have pets any more than they should be allowed to have children.

[Trek420]

Last week, when I was walking my dog, I noticed a couple of teenage girls walking a pitbull puppy. I didn't take much notice because there are lots of people who walk dogs in my neighborhood.

A few hours later, I heard this sad howling out back in the alley. I thought that my neighbors across the alley had gotten a puppy or something. I went out to take a peek, and that same pitbull puppy was tied up to my back fence. The girls had left her there. I like to think they figured I was a good bet to take care of the dog.

She was mangey and skinny and very hungry. And very sweet and cute. A friend down the street and I got it to a PB rescue org. She'll be adopted in no time, they said, because she's sweet and a puppy.

Good for you! You seem to be right there when a doggie needs rescue.