You’re absolutely right, dogs don’t need much to be content. Ours is low maintenance in that regard. Play time, walk time, feeding time.
Our current “pup” is a 3x rescue so to speak. She was dumped in the desert and rescued. Adopted out and then we “rescued” her from going back to the “shelter” and a possible death sentence by adopting her when her owners moved. She’s an absolute sweetheart. Extremely social towards humans and other dogs.
There’s been a lot of dumping going on in my area. So much so that the shelters have reduced the wait times to about half what they used to be. Now instead of about 10 days, it’s less than 5 for an animal to be adopted out before they’re euthanized.
It’s quite infuriating and sad at the time.
The worse the economy gets, the more pets get dumped.
I have two rescues. One from a no kill shelter and one from the dog pound. The one from the dog pound was on death row.
I am for mandatory spay and neuter to own a dog or cat with strict enforcement. I know I have been flamed for suggesting this, but I can’t stand the thought of so many of our wonderful friends being killed every day. There should be licenses to breed and stiffer penalaties for animal abuse.
As a staunch conservative, this is one area where I believe in stricter government—to protect those that can’t protect themselves. I feel the same way about the abuse of innocent children and the unborn.
I’ve got four dogs. They’re the best friends a human being can ever have...
This article is heartbreaking. Absolutely...
I have 18 dogs, all but 3 I rescued some way or another. I gave the first rescue the name Lucky mostly because I didn’t think I would get anymore like that. They are all well fed, get proper medical treatment and have room to run and be dogs.
As for loyalty, I had a German Shorthaired Pointer back in the 80’s & 90’s. Everytime I needed to cross the country for work my folks would take her. Finally my folks moved up to be closer and told me to bring Lucy home to them and she lived with them about a year an half before my father passed away. When I got that call, she was right there by his side in the room with him. When the funeral home came to pick him up Lucy led them out the door and walked him to the car why we all just stood on the porch. I had to call her back when she went to get in the car with him...