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Originally Posted by gemy  Taylor I believe that not to be true. I do so hope you find a way to believe that about yourself.
Already you contribute much to this board.
But the thrust or point of this article in my opinion is not to denigrate those owners who have had to surrender their dogs, but to focus on the dogs themselves. It is not to focus on the terrible conditons they found the dogs in, for does that really in the long term and for the right reasons attract would be adopters?
Adopting a dog is a long term commitment, and should not be done from pulling at the heart strings of would be owners. There is no easy answer in my opinion. And yes I am pretty emotional about this topic, as I have posted elsewhere. |
I think some info is needed for adopters if possible like if the dog was kept in a crate for the first couple of years the adopter might need to know this so they don't put the dog in a crate instead use a different method and so on. I actually wish we knew my moms adopted yorkie Sammy's history because it might explain a few things and help in the "fixing process". All we know is he was very matted and I guess the people tried to comb him out and hurt him because if you brush him now and hit even the smallest little tangle he jumps and used to nip. The scars all over his body can't help but make me hate whoever put them there.