So, tonight I have to vent some frustration......most of you know I am passionate about my dogs (and cats when I had them). It frustrates me so when people get pets for the wrong reasons, at the wrong time and do not make the commitment to care for them properly....
The other day while on facebook, I was on a local group browsing around, and the chat bar popped open-it was a chat going on within the group. And, if I recall correctly it was a rental connection site-where people post rentals available and other people can look at them. Anyway, these 2 women are chatting about school districts etc. The one woman has 6 kids and has to move out of her current rental because the landlord won't fix the heat. So, she is looking for a new rental for her, her husband and 6 kids and can't afford to pay more than $700 a month (seems like a tall order to fill). So, then she talks about getting a dog! GRRRRRRR.....she was mentioning about how hard it is to have 6 kids keeping up with everything! So why the H-E-(double hockey sticks) would you get a dog????? It was all for me to do to not get into the conversation, but I decided not to-BUT it has been bothering me ever since!
Vent #2-someone is looking for a puppy on a 'for free' facebook group-some people are telling her to go to a pet store! GRRRRRR These are PUPPY MILL dogs-no respectable breeder would give their precious puppies over to a pet store for them to be sold to just anyone! Yes, I feel bad for puppy mill puppies-but as long as there is a demand for them, the a$$es will keep breeding them. Which brings up another issue-when you buy a puppy mill puppy-you probably will not go to the breeding grounds-they have 'fronts'-a nice family, a friendly Amish farmer, etc, etc-I am embarrassed to be from a state that is ranked one of the highest for puppy mill breeders-just terrible. So, then I post about local shelters and rescue groups-someone tells the would be puppy wanter to check craigslist! Then another tells about how she got her puppy off of EBAY!!! OMG are you serious? I can hardly handle this-I don't know how rescue volunteers keep going-
When you get a dog or a cat, you must have a real idea of what that entails (pun here-entails-get it???). Just because you have a fenced in yard, doesn't mean you can let the dog out there and expect them to get exercise! You must deal with accidents, chewed things, vet bills, walking (yes folks, dogs need to be walked for exercise and sanity every day-rain, sleet, sun, heat etc). If you want to purchase the cheapest food you can-because 'they are just a dog', you are being foolish-feed the best you can afford-give them love, direction and attention and boundaries! I waited for YEARS before I got a dog as an adult. It's not because I didn't want one-but I was gone from home 12 hours a day-and couldn't keep any commitment I made to a dog-then I had children-and I couldn't keep any commitment I made to a dog-then, when I was ready and able to keep that commitment we got a puppy, and folks, it is ALOT of work-and things don't always turn out the way you want them to......
Anyway, that's my 2 cents, you can keep the change.....
The other day while on facebook, I was on a local group browsing around, and the chat bar popped open-it was a chat going on within the group. And, if I recall correctly it was a rental connection site-where people post rentals available and other people can look at them. Anyway, these 2 women are chatting about school districts etc. The one woman has 6 kids and has to move out of her current rental because the landlord won't fix the heat. So, she is looking for a new rental for her, her husband and 6 kids and can't afford to pay more than $700 a month (seems like a tall order to fill). So, then she talks about getting a dog! GRRRRRRR.....she was mentioning about how hard it is to have 6 kids keeping up with everything! So why the H-E-(double hockey sticks) would you get a dog????? It was all for me to do to not get into the conversation, but I decided not to-BUT it has been bothering me ever since!
Vent #2-someone is looking for a puppy on a 'for free' facebook group-some people are telling her to go to a pet store! GRRRRRR These are PUPPY MILL dogs-no respectable breeder would give their precious puppies over to a pet store for them to be sold to just anyone! Yes, I feel bad for puppy mill puppies-but as long as there is a demand for them, the a$$es will keep breeding them. Which brings up another issue-when you buy a puppy mill puppy-you probably will not go to the breeding grounds-they have 'fronts'-a nice family, a friendly Amish farmer, etc, etc-I am embarrassed to be from a state that is ranked one of the highest for puppy mill breeders-just terrible. So, then I post about local shelters and rescue groups-someone tells the would be puppy wanter to check craigslist! Then another tells about how she got her puppy off of EBAY!!! OMG are you serious? I can hardly handle this-I don't know how rescue volunteers keep going-
When you get a dog or a cat, you must have a real idea of what that entails (pun here-entails-get it???). Just because you have a fenced in yard, doesn't mean you can let the dog out there and expect them to get exercise! You must deal with accidents, chewed things, vet bills, walking (yes folks, dogs need to be walked for exercise and sanity every day-rain, sleet, sun, heat etc). If you want to purchase the cheapest food you can-because 'they are just a dog', you are being foolish-feed the best you can afford-give them love, direction and attention and boundaries! I waited for YEARS before I got a dog as an adult. It's not because I didn't want one-but I was gone from home 12 hours a day-and couldn't keep any commitment I made to a dog-then I had children-and I couldn't keep any commitment I made to a dog-then, when I was ready and able to keep that commitment we got a puppy, and folks, it is ALOT of work-and things don't always turn out the way you want them to......
Anyway, that's my 2 cents, you can keep the change.....
Kim
Well said my friend! Oh....and we keep going because SOMEONE has to be their voice....someone has to show them all Humans are not trash.......SOMEONE has too care! Thank YOU....for beung one of the SOMEONES!
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