I'm glad there are others who feel as strongly as I do. Everyone always tells me I love my dogs too much and that I'm nuts for viewing them as family.
I just found out today that the girl my friend was talking about knew she was moving into an apartment that didn't allow dogs and that she had plenty of time to re-home the dog. Instead she decided to wait until the day she moved, asked a few people she knew if they'd take the foxhound and then after they said no she gave the dog to my friend and said, "Take it to the Humane Society or I'm leaving it outside alone".
We're in Ontario, Canada. It's snowing right now and she knew the dog wouldn't survive the week outside alone but she was honestly going to abandon it. I'm going to be perfectly honest - I never thought that actually happened. I thought it was a movie and sad story thing. This gorgeous female foxhound she raised up from a pup and spent two years of her life with was like trash to her. I hate to imagine how that dog was living and how it feels now that it's locked up at the Humane Society.
I was beyond furious when I found out. I told him that I said I couldn't keep the dog because I already have two. If he'd told me it was a last minute attempt to keep her from a shelter instead of me assuming he was just helping a friend find a good home I would have taken her and re-homed her myself.
I don't even have words for people like that. How do you abandon another living creature like that? Especially one who's loved you unconditionally and who's been so close to you... ?
EDIT: I liked that video. Lol
I just found out today that the girl my friend was talking about knew she was moving into an apartment that didn't allow dogs and that she had plenty of time to re-home the dog. Instead she decided to wait until the day she moved, asked a few people she knew if they'd take the foxhound and then after they said no she gave the dog to my friend and said, "Take it to the Humane Society or I'm leaving it outside alone".
We're in Ontario, Canada. It's snowing right now and she knew the dog wouldn't survive the week outside alone but she was honestly going to abandon it. I'm going to be perfectly honest - I never thought that actually happened. I thought it was a movie and sad story thing. This gorgeous female foxhound she raised up from a pup and spent two years of her life with was like trash to her. I hate to imagine how that dog was living and how it feels now that it's locked up at the Humane Society.
I was beyond furious when I found out. I told him that I said I couldn't keep the dog because I already have two. If he'd told me it was a last minute attempt to keep her from a shelter instead of me assuming he was just helping a friend find a good home I would have taken her and re-homed her myself.
I don't even have words for people like that. How do you abandon another living creature like that? Especially one who's loved you unconditionally and who's been so close to you... ?
EDIT: I liked that video. Lol
~Forbidden Snowflake~