If you think Americans don’t treat dogs well, take a trip to Europe. There, dying dogs wander the streets and empty lots, missing legs, with terrible wounds, afraid of people. It would make you cry. Here at home my sister-in-law and I saw a dog chained to a stake in a front yard, actually covered in ice, shivering. She stole it and it was the most loving, thankful doggie until it died a ripe old age. If you want a dog or cat, please adopt one from a shelter.
I used to get pets from the pound. Last dozen or so times there was really nothing there except for bait and mistrained pitbulls. No way in hell.