"throwing away" pets
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No I don't. I was banned once for calling you out over the SAME issue that you commented on in this thread. I want breeders and rescues alike to know about your habitual dog dumping habit. If you are somehere I am and comment on a thread like this, you **** RIGHT I will say something, if it saves ONE dog, I will be happy!
Red Chrome, it's obvious you feel a lot of necessity to say what means a lot to you. But really, we have the "No other forum drama" rule because it's confusing for the rest of us who don't know what you're talking about, and we have enough drama over here, lol. I'm no mod, so you don't have to listen to me, but could this stay in PMs or something?
I am pretty horrified at people abandoning animals at shelters or giving them away to bad homes.. that whole "oh well. I hope everything turns out ok for him/her" or the idea of just leaving the fate of the animal you love up to chance.. it's something I could never do.
Ya, that is throwing your animal away, because we do throw our garbage out and not look back/care what happens to it.
but I don't think all rehomings are created equal. at all.
that said, I have re-homed two dogs and I wouldn't wish the experience on anyone.. BOTH animals live much happier lives than they would have with me.
but coming to that conclusion, knowing that a dog isn't happy with you and finding him/her a home and letting go. it's heart wrenching as a dog owner. and it sure doesn't help to ALSO have that added pressure of being part of the dog world where "rehoming" is probably as dirty a word as any of the four letter ones.
and to say "oh but the poor animals" in many cases.. frankly..isn't true. Dogs are much more adaptable than we give them credit for and especially in the case of younger animals, well at least in my case, there was hardly even a "adjustment" time many times. The right home just..fit. and they blended in without much effort or stress.
At the end of the day I know that I do what is best for myself and the animals I agree to take in and know that every animal that I have called mine is healthy, happy and loved right now.. and I think that's all any of us can do.
I don't make a habit of acquiring animals or rehoming them for the fun of it.. it's far too painful an experience to ever be called "fun". Kenya and Romeo both walked into my life and I fully expected them to be "mine" forever.. it didn't work out and that's sad but I don't look back for a minute and regret getting them or regret the lives they are leading now thanks to being mine
People will judge I'm sure, as with any situation.. but as they say, there is a price to pay for being part of a community like this and it is kind of airing your dirty laundry outside lol and with the support comes judgement..
but as long as you are happy with yourself and the animals in your life are now better off thanks to knowing you and being a part of your home, than I think that honestly, re-homing isn't such a shameful word.
Life happens.. and sometimes, the stress of trying to force an animal to adjust to a life you can't change just isn't worth how unhappy they are in the name of them being "yours".
I actually considered, Service dog prospect puppy and all, dragging Romeo along with me to Boston. and the fact that the thought even crossed my mind kind of makes me ill. In the name of what?.. saving face? avoiding judgement?.. the fact that I would even consider something like dragging a now happy, healthy well-adjusted dog out of a home that he LOVES and a girl who loves him so he could sit in a city with another dog that he HATES and must be crate/rotated away from and get 1/3 of the attention he is getting now all in the name of saving face on an internet forum.. kind of makes me 1. kind of hate myself and 2. think twice about jumping on the shame band wagon when it comes to these kinds of threads.
I don't think there is any shame in rehoming a dog to a place where they are happier and better suited. As with most things.. it's how you do it and why you do it that matters. and of course.. if the dog is better off because of it.
By all means..I'm not saying rehoming should be the first option or the "easy way out" of dog ownership, as with any relationship.. relationships with pets can be tough! but like relationships.. sometimes things just don't work out the way you planned them to.
Ya, that is throwing your animal away, because we do throw our garbage out and not look back/care what happens to it.
but I don't think all rehomings are created equal. at all.
that said, I have re-homed two dogs and I wouldn't wish the experience on anyone.. BOTH animals live much happier lives than they would have with me.
but coming to that conclusion, knowing that a dog isn't happy with you and finding him/her a home and letting go. it's heart wrenching as a dog owner. and it sure doesn't help to ALSO have that added pressure of being part of the dog world where "rehoming" is probably as dirty a word as any of the four letter ones.
and to say "oh but the poor animals" in many cases.. frankly..isn't true. Dogs are much more adaptable than we give them credit for and especially in the case of younger animals, well at least in my case, there was hardly even a "adjustment" time many times. The right home just..fit. and they blended in without much effort or stress.
At the end of the day I know that I do what is best for myself and the animals I agree to take in and know that every animal that I have called mine is healthy, happy and loved right now.. and I think that's all any of us can do.
I don't make a habit of acquiring animals or rehoming them for the fun of it.. it's far too painful an experience to ever be called "fun". Kenya and Romeo both walked into my life and I fully expected them to be "mine" forever.. it didn't work out and that's sad but I don't look back for a minute and regret getting them or regret the lives they are leading now thanks to being mine
People will judge I'm sure, as with any situation.. but as they say, there is a price to pay for being part of a community like this and it is kind of airing your dirty laundry outside lol and with the support comes judgement..
but as long as you are happy with yourself and the animals in your life are now better off thanks to knowing you and being a part of your home, than I think that honestly, re-homing isn't such a shameful word.
Life happens.. and sometimes, the stress of trying to force an animal to adjust to a life you can't change just isn't worth how unhappy they are in the name of them being "yours".
I actually considered, Service dog prospect puppy and all, dragging Romeo along with me to Boston. and the fact that the thought even crossed my mind kind of makes me ill. In the name of what?.. saving face? avoiding judgement?.. the fact that I would even consider something like dragging a now happy, healthy well-adjusted dog out of a home that he LOVES and a girl who loves him so he could sit in a city with another dog that he HATES and must be crate/rotated away from and get 1/3 of the attention he is getting now all in the name of saving face on an internet forum.. kind of makes me 1. kind of hate myself and 2. think twice about jumping on the shame band wagon when it comes to these kinds of threads.
I don't think there is any shame in rehoming a dog to a place where they are happier and better suited. As with most things.. it's how you do it and why you do it that matters. and of course.. if the dog is better off because of it.
By all means..I'm not saying rehoming should be the first option or the "easy way out" of dog ownership, as with any relationship.. relationships with pets can be tough! but like relationships.. sometimes things just don't work out the way you planned them to.
I've been looking at GSDs on Craigslist and similar sites (Not in the market for another now, though, no way! 
Just browsing) and I'm astonished at the amount of senior GSDs for sale. Some from $0- $200, some for up to $10k because of the training in their past. SO. MANY. SENIORS. I don't understand it. Some are "younger seniors" between 8 and 10 years, and some of them are already 13 or 14 years old. "He's been a great family dog and good with our son, but with a second child we can't keep him anymore," etc. I just don't get it.
Just browsing) and I'm astonished at the amount of senior GSDs for sale. Some from $0- $200, some for up to $10k because of the training in their past. SO. MANY. SENIORS. I don't understand it. Some are "younger seniors" between 8 and 10 years, and some of them are already 13 or 14 years old. "He's been a great family dog and good with our son, but with a second child we can't keep him anymore," etc. I just don't get it.I have zero problem with humane transference of ownership.
Leaving your nice dog at a high kill shelter because you can't be bothered is pretty lacking in compassion.
Giving your pet to someone else who is going to look after it well, and where the pet will be happy, even if your reasoning is the novelty wore off or he's annoying as hell... that's fine by me. (exception being if you're breeding animals of an overpopulated species, then dispensing them... that is bad. But )
Giving your pet to someone else where it will live a better life, is an A+ good thing in my books.
Leaving your nice dog at a high kill shelter because you can't be bothered is pretty lacking in compassion.
Giving your pet to someone else who is going to look after it well, and where the pet will be happy, even if your reasoning is the novelty wore off or he's annoying as hell... that's fine by me. (exception being if you're breeding animals of an overpopulated species, then dispensing them... that is bad. But )
Giving your pet to someone else where it will live a better life, is an A+ good thing in my books.