OH MY WORD! I have spent a good hour of my time reading through this thread AGAIN. up until now I have been too afraid to offer any words of advice or my opinions in case I too was shot down in a blaze of glory.
I fully understand that people on this site are passionate about the breed, so am I, that's why we are members in the first place. But I would love to know this:
Mammaofmia put the dog into a different home for reasons that make sense to me. It was someone who was willing to spend her own money on the dog to get it checked out and fed and back to health. Mammofmia had to work on monday like most of us do...And she has checked up on her all the time, almost like a bit of a team effort between the 2 of them. She didnt just leave the dog there and leave it at that and never check up on it again. If she is out all day and could not care for the dog then it's best to put it in a different home until the owners can be found. What difference is there between her putting it in this loving home or it being "rescued" by others on this site who offered that in the very beginning? In fact, if anything it would mean that the dog might possibly be even further from home after that and never find it's real owners.
She did a good thing helping this dog. I once stopped my car to help a German Shepherd that was on death's door. In his desperation to eat he accidently bit my finger (a tiny scratch only) and I ended up in hospital being treated for rabies and it cost me over R5000 to have done. The dog was put down immediately (the same day) by the SPCA and was not given a chance at all. This world is inundated with an excess of animals, both strays and lost pets and shelters often resort to euthansia. I was told I did the wrong thing and I must turn a blind eye to animals in the street to avoid it happening again but that would mean i wasnt being true to myself. And when i took it to the SPCA I was given 100 million accusations that I had abused my OWN dog and was now dumping him with them. Yet still I continue to help an animal in need to matter what people say. I know how rotten I felt after that, as if I HAD done something wrong...so imagine how these posts are making the poster feel...Ive seen it in another post...people want every little detail in order of occurence and Lord help you if you miss out somethng or contridict yourself in some little way.
I just feel (and I have said this before) that YT is supposed to be a COMMUNITY whether you live in America, South Africa, Asia or some remote island in the middle of the Atlantic. the BITCHINESS that goes on here, back and forth, is just too much. Yes, we all have opinions and concerns, but perhaps people should just give some thought to what they say and how they say it. Just because you are sitting on the other end of an internet line and not talking face to face does not give anyone the right to be rude. Would you speak like that to people you meet in day to day life? If so, maybe some soul searching is in need.
I will also say that when this thread started I was a little startled that she had put the dog in a new home before seeing the vet, but as I read on I could see the benefits. Yes, it sounded like the new older lady had found a "new dog" to keep forever but she has done everything in her power to find the owner and she is still trying. Reality is that there are people out there who dump animals or abondon them and then there are others who never stop searching for them.
The only thing threads like this do for most members is inspire them to shut it down. They then come back to look for help and get treatment like this.
If you have noticed that this thread has gone from being concern over the dog to a battle of opinions. Very few people are asking how the dog is and Mammaofmia is trying desperately to defend her actions. the rest of it is others fighting each other over comments they made and why etc etc etc. "I'm right, You're wrong" kind of comments. have you all forgotten to even ask how the little dog even is???
So Mammaofmia, how is the little girl doing? If she is someone's lost pet I hope they find her. like it was pointed out, so many different circumstances could be in play and they might be unaware she is missing altogether. If she was dumped or abused in any way, then I really hope she settles in to her new TEMPORARY home and her life is healthy and filled with lots of love and joy
Nancy, You do a great job and some of your words were misconstrued. I have only ever known you to say things out of genuine concern so thank you for that.
I am a firm believe in constructive critisism...perhaps if you feel the writer is doing something wrong in future, stop for a moment, gather your thoughts and then write.