Pet owning rant

[Kiwi Stoker]

Sorry- just wanted to get this out of my system.

Why oh why do people get pets and then treat them as a thing that can be given away just because it doesn't suit them anymore?

The number of times I have seen "just had a new baby and cannot give enough time to XYZ?"

Just that someone I know got a dog and has had it for 13 years so dog is getting old. She had one baby and fostered the dog off to her parents. Baby two comes along and her brother who was at parent's house looking after dog is moving out so guess what? Dog get passed onto someone else.

Yes I suppose at least they found the dog a loving home but why oh why did you not honor the committment you made when you first got the dog. What was wrong with you having the baby and the dog? You are at home most of the day and go for walks right with your baby? Dog is very small.

Don't get a pet in the first place if you cannot multi task.

Feeling better now. Thanks!

[Koronin]

I agree with you.

[salsabike]

Me too.

[sgtiger]

I had to re-home my adopted furbaby, Leela, because my asthmatic son developed a severe allergy to her. It broke my heart to have to let her go, so it makes me upset to hear that people give up their pets so easily.

I have some friends who don't want their dogs because they don't feel they have the space anymore. They moved into a four bedroom house with a decent sized yard that backs to a huge park with trails and green spaces not too long ago. Our mutual friends, who were staying with them with two dogs of their own, just moved out. Not enough space??? We all think the real reason is they are tired of their dogs misbehaving, which is not the dogs' fault. They are given conflicting info. from the couple all the time. Fortunately another mutual friend, S, is taking them in. I think the doggies will be a lot happier with S, and they will have five acres to explore with goats to perhaps learn how to herd.

[Trek-chick]

When I volunteered at the Humane Society, I saw people do this many times. It broke my heart, and this one I worked at, was NOT a no kill shelter . I had to stop working there after a while, because I could not handle it any more.

[Giulianna23]

I know the feeling. I own 2 Jack Russell Terries male and female..they are not as good behaved as I would like to..but they are not bad either. I took care of a friends dog the other day (7 year old Beagle) for 5 days....OMG that dog is so good...so well behaved...so gentle and cute...

Well she have a 10 month old baby and she told me the day she came to pick him up that she was giving him away because she couldn't take care of him nor her husband because of the baby. And I was like... Jeesh...I wish my dogs were as good as him. If I didn't have 2 dogs already I would have kept him. SHe already gave him away who knows to who. I just don't understand how can people do that after that pet loves you to death.. its like giving away your child....

[Eden]

When I volunteered at the Humane Society, I saw people do this many times. It broke my heart, and this one I worked at, was NOT a no kill shelter . I had to stop working there after a while, because I could not handle it any more.

+1 Trek-chick.... I volunteered for a time at a Humane Society too. I thought most of the reasons for dropping pets off were rather thin....(I didn't work in admissions.... don't think I could have handled that) I could never, never have worked at a shelter where I knew the animals would be put down.