Thank you guys all for the input! I really appreciate it! The real problem here is that I have tried discussing these issues with her, very calmly, but her boyfriend sees the treatment of animals very very differently and she tends to believe he is an expert in everything. The poor little guy has not been outside in the fresh air in 3 days, because their theory is that if he never goes outside he can never get sick and they will never have to pay for a vet...Essentially they are more concerned about $ than the dog's care, I do not really think they seem him as a companion afterall he was purchased on a whim after a local radio station held wiener dog races...I do believe he is actually hurt from his handling, and they refuse to take him to the vet, but he squeals when held normally and seems to have a very odd gate when he walks, so even if I just sort of got him the treatment he may need you guys really think that would be wrong (I did try to talk to them about it, and they think he is "being a baby")? I guess I won't ...
And perhaps crap was not the best word to use regarding Purina, what I should have said was I would never feed it to Bruce, and the pup is having issues that appear to be dietary...The reasons I would not feed this food are (1) it contains nonhuman grade ingredients and even though we are talking about dogs I feel they should not be given things like: chicken by-product meat, animal digest (which is there to breakdown things like horns or hair that may have "accidentally made there way into the food", or pure lard; (2) it contains things that are known allergens to many animals: ground corn, corn meal, and corn gluten meal, (3) dogs on a wholistic pet food eliminates much less and in smaller quantities. Sorry if I offended you however, my focus should have been on the fact the dog is not eating the food well and appears to be having common food related problems like the itchies in the absence of fleas or any visible skin issue...
Thanks again guys, I guess my question should have been what would you do if you felt your good friend was abusing an animal? |