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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I beg to differ. I have had the occasional person who really had a terrible life circumstance and lovingly surrendered their pet; but, the vast majority of people who surrender their pets are irresponsible. The reasons and the numbers speak for themselves. Have you ever stood in a shelter or volunteered for a shelter or rescue for a period of time and seen/heard the reasons? They defy logic.
There may have been a day I "might" have bought what you are saying, but oh no, no can do now. |
You're probably right...I'm probably too naive and want to believe the good in people too much. Actually, my daughters and I have volunteered at various animals shelters and I think that's where I got my feelings on the matter, the usual response was someone in tears, discussing their unexpected financial situation, begging their dog (& cat) be found a good home, begging them to not euthuanize them before calling them to come take them back so they can try elsewhere. In fact, I never met someone that said, "Jeesh, what a pain this dog has become, take it off my hands, would ya?" But maybe all those tears at shelters are just crocodile tears and those that are really callous to get out from under a pain-in-the-rear dog are the ones dumping them on the roadside.
I'm just thankful we have shelters for dogs that can no longer be cared for, whatever the reason and equally thankful for those that at least take them that far. And thankful for people like you that give so much to the shelters and these rejected animals.
Kendra