I never said it was my business. I said it was my opinion. And if you do a little online research about this incident, you'll find she was returning home from work when she found the business card; presumably the dog was tied up outside all day.
"As to far fetched ideas of dogs burning up in houses I have actually known it to happen twice."
And I can't begin to count the number of times I'm personally aware of where some ill has befallen a dog that was left tied and unsupervised. I'd bet if you ask around the employees and volunteers at your local shelters and animal rescue organizations, they'll know of far more dogs that have been killed or suffered great harm while tied up outside than have been killed in housefires of floods because they couldn't get out of a house.
I never said a dog would be "perfectly safe" in a house. Just that all things being equal, the dog will be safer inside. It seems to me that a responsible dog owner would want the safer of the two options. Maye you can think of a reason a responsible dog owner would want his dog in the more perilous situation. I can't.
You never keep dogs, horses or children inside. Safety first! Plain buildings, with adequate cover, water and feed- is all they need. Maybe some hay & blankies, around winter.
During Katrina, the dogs left in houses generally made it to top floors and survived.
None of the dogs on chains could beat the flood waters.
To this day, the memory of those images horrify me.
I cannot imagine the terror they felt.
[then again, when I leave the house, I can monitor my dogs via network cams on my iPhone..yeah, I’m that crazy]
You say it is only your opinion; but I wonder if you would support a law against tying dogs up...that is why we have so many laws. It is wrong to abuse dogs or any other animal, after that it is up to the owner how to keep their dog. I am tired of well meaning people thinking they have the answer for everyone else. You said you didn’t tell anyone what to do but you zeroed in on the dog being tied up and it really isn’t any of your business. I know bad things happen to many dogs that are tied up, also to dogs that are kenneled and even in the house. It is called responsibility and some people just don’t have it.
You assume this lady ties her dog up 24/7 and neglects it. I look at the dog and it looks well cared for, too slick and shiny to be missing shelter, be too hot, no water, etc. In other words I don’t see a problem with her dog so I don’t care how she keeps him. You have no way of knowing if the lady works part-time or anything else about her and jumped to conclusion after conclusion about how she cares for her dog. The only thing I noticed about her dog is it seems a tad overweight...likely from people food but that is not my business and I notice you didn’t comment on that part of how she cares for her dog, though obesity is a problem for dogs too.