Some people simply shouldn’t be allowed to have pets.
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Must be hard work hovering for an hour a day though.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
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- Cambridgeshire alps
Hopefully they'll find a better life once rehomed. Ours did.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
They were the lucky ones. I got short range stuff from a flatulent pointer a few days ago. I'd send her back without hesitation.
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[QUOTE 5096622, member: 9609"]In a way these are the good guys, some don't even try to seek help they just abandon them or even worse just lock em up in an out house and ignore them for 99% of the time. there are some deeply unpleasant incidents I know of. 
[/QUOTE]Yes this is sadly true, at least they have the decency to take them somewhere, local woman to us, went on holiday for a week & locked hers in a cupboard, her family found it on day 5 & took it off her.
[/QUOTE]Yes this is sadly true, at least they have the decency to take them somewhere, local woman to us, went on holiday for a week & locked hers in a cupboard, her family found it on day 5 & took it off her.
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User32269
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THIS 100%.
When my kids emotionally blackmail me to get a puppy, I point out that our lifestyle and housing is totally unsuitable to owning a dog.
Unfortunately many of our neighbours, who can't seem to look after themselves or their children properly, show no such restraint.
oldfatfool
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As a passionate advocate for hound welfare I agree 100 % on this subject.
I’ve had dogs all my life also, but when my labrador passed I said no more.
We now have a Boston Terrier. She was advertised as a family pet that needed rehoming due to unforeseen circumstances for the family that kept her at the time. Once we’d seen the conditions she was kept in and her situation there was no way she was staying where she was.
She had been used for breeding and in my opinion had never been a pet. Over the last 15 months or so we have succeeded with some training, taught her how to play (I’ve never had a dog that didn’t play at all) and how to be loved (this took forever and was heartbreaking, she had clearly never been given any real attention).
We had her spayed fairly early on recommendation from our vet after some other slight medical issues. When we collected her he told us with tears in his eyes about the mess he found inside her and the difficulties he had completing the procedure due to problems created by the number of ceasarian proc3dures she had endured.
Despite all this over time she has learnt to love and play to such an extent you would think she’s trying to make up for lost time.
I can’t describe how I feel or what I would like to do to the peanut that we rescued her from but am glad we did.
We don’t always have the perfect scenario for dog ownership and this means that as a family we have all had to make sacrifices at one time or another to cater to her needs but a pet is a family member and that is something you need to understand when you take a dog into your home.
We now have a Boston Terrier. She was advertised as a family pet that needed rehoming due to unforeseen circumstances for the family that kept her at the time. Once we’d seen the conditions she was kept in and her situation there was no way she was staying where she was.
She had been used for breeding and in my opinion had never been a pet. Over the last 15 months or so we have succeeded with some training, taught her how to play (I’ve never had a dog that didn’t play at all) and how to be loved (this took forever and was heartbreaking, she had clearly never been given any real attention).
We had her spayed fairly early on recommendation from our vet after some other slight medical issues. When we collected her he told us with tears in his eyes about the mess he found inside her and the difficulties he had completing the procedure due to problems created by the number of ceasarian proc3dures she had endured.
Despite all this over time she has learnt to love and play to such an extent you would think she’s trying to make up for lost time.
I can’t describe how I feel or what I would like to do to the peanut that we rescued her from but am glad we did.
We don’t always have the perfect scenario for dog ownership and this means that as a family we have all had to make sacrifices at one time or another to cater to her needs but a pet is a family member and that is something you need to understand when you take a dog into your home.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Yeah, some pets shouldn’t be able to own one...
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
We had ours put down about 7 years ago. The life we are living now just wouldn't suit having a dog in it, though we'd all quite like it. It just wouldn't be fair.
On the plus side, there IS less hoovering!
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
A dog as a secret santa present?! WTAF is that about?
I'd love a dog but SophRM isn't keen so that's a no, currently. If I was to get one it would have to match me: devastatingly handsome but scruffy.
I'd love a dog but SophRM isn't keen so that's a no, currently. If I was to get one it would have to match me: devastatingly handsome but scruffy.
cosmicbike
Perhaps This One.....
- Location
- Egham
Sad really. My Ridley was a Christmas dog, given to Battersea because he got bigger than expected and started biting. Well what did you expect with a shepherd X huskie who was 5 months old? He's turned out wonderful. Scruffy was 1 of 28 dogs removed, and used for breeding fighting dogs. She has here ways, but is also a wonderful dog.
