[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by Deadbug

If you foster a dog for a week, would you buy it some bowls to eat out of or dump the food on the floor? You have no idea what this lady's intentions were and I don't think it's respectable to jump to conclusions like that. Especially when nothing more can be done for the dog.

It would be nice to see a little more support around here and a little less condemning.

I know everyone thinks I'm new, but trust me, I'm not. I had an account on here a few years back when I was in my researching phase of getting a yorkie. I didn't post much, but I did make some friends behind the scenes. One of those friends was bullied to death by some of members of this forum. (gosh she couldn't have been more than maybe 25)

What do I mean by "to death?"
I mean several members here pushed this young gal into doing what they thought was "the right thing to do". There was a bit of a financial loss involved in her doing what everyone was so convinced was "right". About $3000 if I recall correctly. (I'm getting old).
Long story short, this "right thing to do" spiraled this gal's life out of control. Her husband left her over this decision (mind you - after he had beaten her) and took their children with him. What happened you asked? She killed herself. The stress and the tension mounted to a point where she couldn't handle it and she took her own life. All because of a dog and everyone else's perception of "the right thing to do".

So just because you think something is the "right thing to do" doesn't mean it's the right thing for them to do. You have no knowledge of extenuating circumstances that may have a greater impact. We try to do what's right for the dog, but in the end, we must do what's right for us first.

So forgive me for busting your chops, Taylor. I do not mean to offend you in any form. But when I come here and read the knee jerk reactions you've delivered people over the past few days, who have come here asking for help, it reminds me of this situation and what happened. A situation that could have been prevented had some people shown a little more understanding.

OP: I'm sure you did all you could do. Thank you for being selfless enough to take the little dog to a vet.

It is no one else's fault when some one kills them self and its not fair to say it is. I am 24 I have been there I attempted suicide twice when I was 13 and I self injured myself for many years as well as was diagnosed with depression at 8 but its was no ones fault persay when I attempted suicide or injured myself it was the chemicals in my brain as well as my low self esteem and other things not any ones fault. This may not be right but I care for dogs probably more then people they love you even when you treat them like crap and they forgive unlike people. Many times I have been hurt by people but never a dog. My best friend when I was having such a hard time was a lab mix she never gave up on me and never saw the bad in me. I have nothing in my life but my dog and other dogs that I will fight for. What is right is whats right not matter the circumstances and this dog I believe was a lot sicker then it came of that she was and might could have been saved if taken to the vet early and that is a big deal. If you pick up a dog on the side of the road or any where it does need to go to the vet right away or give it to a rescue (rescues care). If I picked up a dog on the street and it had no tag first stop would be the vet to one scan for a chip and two to make sure its not ill or going to give my dog anything and three that is not in some kind of pain. Everyone makes there own choices and to say this board made a women so upset she killed her self is wrong and untrue. I think some people tend to take what I say out of the way its said one because I tend to say things that are to the point and I think after they do that they put it in there mind I am a bad person and I am not and you do not know me enough to judge me and how I am by a few things typed on a message board. I am a good person and I have a lot of information on dogs some I have learned here or other places and some I know from personal experiences and its worth just as much as anyone else's. If you don't like it here you don't have to be here or read anything that's here its a choice and I have helped many people.