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Originally Posted by samt2008  So I'm reading through the forums at the advertisements for dogs and cats, lost and found etc, and I find so many ads about dogs that are so good and so well behaved, good with kids etc, but people are selling them or giving them away for various reasons. Ads for puppies, purebred, designer, or mutts. Ad's for whatever different reason for people getting rid of animals. I don't think that people nowadays realise that animals are not just indespensible objects that you can just get rid of when you feel like. I work in a local shelter and I see so many animals come and go for different reasons and it pains me to see the ones where people just didn't think before they went ahead and bought that cute little puppy, or people that "just don't have the time to work with" the young dog that won't listen to them, or people that believe that getting their dog spayed or neutered is mean or taking away their manhood or not fair or whatever pathetic reason you give. The over population of animals is not going to stop until people realise that there doesn't need to be any more puppies or kittens coming from dogs or cats that shouldn't be bred in the first place, either because of health or temperament issues, not to mention they are just adding to the over population. millions of animals are euthanized every year due to overpopulation, shelters can't keep animals forever, there should be some sort of laws on breeding, and spaying and neutering and animal ownership.
Please share your views on the subject of animal ownership, spaying and neutering. |
I, along with Bob Barker, am all about spay and neuter your pet. I'm not huge on designer mutts (see my thread about "chugs" and "puggles"), I'm not huge on puppy mills. What pains me is what I had to do with my beloved JRT that I rescued. This little man was my saving grace when my ex went out to sea. I had him and a 1 year old and suprisingly it was no trouble balancing the both, they loved eachother.
Marital problems arose 3 years later. We sepatared. During that time I spent a lot away from my ex and my pup as I couldn't bring a dog to the place I was staying. There are no shelters in this area that alow animals so I along with pup suffered, I had no other choice, I had to give him up. It was the worst day and now, as I type tears are streaming down my face. I saved him, he saved my life and now we are apart. It kills me. I don't know where he is, if he is cold, if he is happy but the time I have given him as he has given me was priceless. Running through the woods with him, throwing sticks or balls, he was relentless.
I have heard of women's shelters in California that allow dogs and have donated to them. I wish that we had something here because pup would be right by my side as I type this.
I do know that he was adopted and not euthanized so I feel better about that but just like mom knows best I know what he needs and what he wants and how that little bugger made me smile everyday just by looking at me and that little bark, he loved my child and I so much. He kept me from certain death, yes its true, he knew when I was down and he knew how to protect me even though he was little he was tenacious, such as a JRT.
Thanks for bringing me down.