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The dead dog posts are really harshing my mellow
WARNING - completely selfish vent ahead:
I care a lot about animals. I am a volunteer for a rescue organization, we also support homeless pets financially through several organizations. All 3 of my pets are rescued, and sometimes it scares me how much I love them and how much they mean to our family.
But really, these "This dog is going to be put down TOMORROW" posts are pissing me off. I'm weak... I can't help but open them, then I sit here and cry. I have opened the one with the whole list of dogs 3 times today and sat and cried every time.
I'm not saying this type of post shouldn't be posted on the local board. If posts like that save even one dog, or even just increase awareness in current pet owners that it's highly likely their pet will be put down if they ever surrender it, then the posts are doing something good.
I just hate them, they really put me in a bad mood, and now all I can think about are those poor dogs being put down today, and I have lots of other things I need to be thinking about.
Vent over.
Re: The dead dog posts are really harshing my mellow
Oh my gosh...I agree.
As I was clicking on the links, I was telling myself "don't open it, don't open it, don't open it." It makes me so sad, and I can't imagine how anyone can feel good about dumping their pets off at a strange shelter somewhere. It makes me so mad at humanity, more than anything else. My two are both rescues, and they bring so much happiness and love to me and my husband. They are PITAs sometimes, and I know some people couldn't handle either of them for one reason or another, but they're our family.
That being said...I wish I could help them, and maybe someone on this board can help one of the dogs. I don't wish that the posts weren't on this board, because it's a reality check for me. I just wish that it wasn't reality, and there was no need for the posts (that's my pie in the sky puppies and rainbows dream world vision).
I know, I wish I could save them all, but we simply can't. Our house literally feels like it's bursting at the seems with critters right now. I guess most of my frustration is with my own inability, or maybe unwillingness to take in more animals. DH and I have agreed though, we just can't handle more than 3 pets.
So while I was looking at the pictures I just kept telling myself maybe someone would see that post or one that someone posted elsewhere and CAN take in some of the animals. I found it SHOCKING how many animals were set to be put down in Greenville today.
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Well I did it too, I opened the link about the dogs. My "favorite reasons" for surrendering the dogs were:
Owner moving- Hmm one would think that you would move someplace you could take your dog. If your dog is a member of your family shouldn't they go to the new house too? I understand that people move to places that aren't pet-friendly, but maybe the pet owner should think "hey I can't take my dog/cat here to live-so I should find someplace that will allow me to have a pet.
Someone else reason was "Not enough time". Maybe you should have thought of that before actually owning the animal. Pets take time. Geez!
Oh and the other doozy was "Didn't know what to do with him". ????? what does that mean?! "Um my dog is boring so I'll bring it to the shelter". Oy vey!
Seriously! I would love another dog-someday when we are done having kids and the kids are older (like 6) and can help with the responsibilty. I just have visions of Nicholas being 3 and him opening the front door and letting our new dog run out- never to be seen again. Right now is not the time for us.
It's reality, though.
Can you imagine what it is like to get 150-plus of those emails every day? Or going into one of those shelters, where 45-50 dogs a day are killed and knowing you can only leave with ONE to foster? Those days suck for me. Looking into every single pair of eyes and having to choose which dog to take home and get healthy again- fully knowing the other 49 will be killed by sunset.
It sucks. The South sucks for shelter funding and these dogs need all the help they can get.
I don't get this either! We moved from Boston-Chas with a pit bull. No problems at all securing housing or finding a place good for her. People are stupid.
Another really popular reason for dumping pets is having a baby, actually.
Sorry, I'm late to the party, but I still wanted to comment. I didn't open the post that you are talking about, but I know how it would make me feel. There are SO MANY abandoned dogs in the Upstate (many more than I saw when I was living in PA/NJ), and I come to tears each time we see one. My husband and I have stopped so many times to pick them up and take them to a safe place, but sometimes it is just not feasible to do so. We even took one- our beautiful Boxer, Sadie!- in this past spring. Two of our dogs are rescues, and 2 are from breeders, and I can honestly say that I will never again have a dog that is not a rescue. I wish we could help them all, but like you, Mrs.Z, we know that we cannot handle more than 4. Three was pushing it, but we knew that we had to take Sadie in when we found her.
The whole moving thing kills me, too. I have heard stories where people have moved and left their dog in the house with a bag of dog food. It was enraging to hear- that dog would have no chance to get out of that house to survive. We have moved >500 miles twice with 3 dogs, and it wasn't even a thought that we wouldn't take them. They are our family, and I can't imagine living without them.