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Originally Posted by Ladymom  My first post was speaking about college students in general. Of course not everyone who gets a puppy in college has to give them up. I was just agreeing with Cindy who wondered about statistics.
Hopefully you will never have to give Jackson up. My point was that life after college is a big unknown so a college student would have to be able to look into the future to be certain that her after college life could include pets.
The only way to know if you have fulfilled a commitment is at the end, not the beginning. That is not a criticism of you or anyone else, just a fact.
Hopefully you can come back to YT in 13 years and tell me "I told you so!"  |
Oh, I agree, the statistics are probably staggering when it comes to dogs & college students. Statistics are pretty sad when it comes to dogs in general.
Isn't it something like 50% of dogs don't live the rest of their lives with their original owner? I know only 15% of dogs that enter shelters are actually reunited with their owners. Cindy probably knows better than I do, since she's involved in rescue. I totally get and understand your point, but there's always someone out there to prove the statistics wrong!
I just never like to say 'never' ya know?