[gracielove]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

I finally got the courage to click on that link with all the strangely groomed dogs and painted or dyes ones - some really are works of art - don't agree myself with doing it to dogs or cats but it's fascinating - and then I saw that pug with the nose ring in! Couldn't look anymore. Now, unless that is light plastic and just barely hanging in there for a photo op, you KNOW that hurt that poor dog really bad to pierce it and put that thing in there the first and many subsequent times, if it's real. When I had my ears pierced, dang things were sore forever, festered up, wept and oozed and putting the studs, etc., in were like pulling teeth!!!! Poor puggy baby.

I hope if that ring is real they stop there and don't poke him anywhere else for their enjoyment and attention-craving need. And I pray he never comes across another dog or anything that tugs on it! That would hurt and bleed like anything. If these piercings are real, and I'm too squeamish to look further, who does them?????? Would a licensed vet do this to a dog for money? If not, wouldn't it be practicing veterinary medicine without a license to do this for the public and charge? How would you get a dog to lie still through it without anesthesia? You can't even clean their teeth without anesthesia, let alone stick something through it's skin and out another side!

It's hard in a way to think anyone would try to pierce a dog's body - that would take a lot of antisocial, psychotic skills in my mind - but then I remember the thread on here about the starving dogs and things I've seen about animal cruelty and thought, yes, a few people would pierce a dog.

I know that for humans some use a kind of punch device to poke holes. Not sure about dogs. If they are fake I would also be concerned about the dog pulling it off and swallowing the jewelry. I know that dogs learn to submit to grooming but making them sit through a total body dye is just pushing it. This may sound weird but I have always taught my kids and my grand kids never to laugh at or make fun of an animal. Pet's know when they are being disrespected. I don't mean you can't laugh when you are playing with them but to make them an object of a sick sense of humor is wrong. It is for the owners enjoyment not the dog's and that is what bothers me. Owners are already making irresponsible decisions about their pets. This is just one more step.