I am furious

[Dichotomy]

I want blood!!  I want suffering!!!  I want souls!!

Squid comes in and says there are two dogs running around the neighborhood so I go have a look.  Spot dog a cheerfully sniffing the fluff ball that one of my neighbors walks every night.  Along comes the neighborhood busybody 'there's two dogs running loose around here' 'are they friendly?' 'yes but they're getting up in peoples faces, trying to get in houses and scaring kids and they won't come when you call them'

So I head towards dog a, convince him to go into my back yard, and lock the gate.  Squid gets water and a doggie treat and all is well.

'wont come huh?' Yaright.

'I've called animal control and they're on their way'

Oh great... pronounce a potential death sentence on a non aggressive dog.  Put the Twinkies and the binoculars down lardo.

So I go looking for dog b.  Find him.  In the back of a patrol car with another one blocking the street.  I tell the cop I have dog a.  So they follow me to my house (cops at my house on a Friday night?  Nobody is shocked I'm sure) and we coax him into the car (against everything in my soul).

Both of these dogs were friendly, clean, and not bad looking for mutts, but were devoid of tags.

So, who am I mad at?

THE !#$%TARDS THAT DUMPED THEIR DOGS!!!!  DIE, PAINFULLY, SLOWLY, AND SCREAMING ON YOUR TRIP TO HELL.

The neighborhood busybody not so much but, if she'd given me a half hour, I'd have corralled them for at least a weekend and tried to find their owners or a good home.

I can't take both but I'm considering adopting one  when they get to the kennel.  Just don't know how Kojak is going to like that.

I still want blood.
   

[sluggish]

Yup.  People need to take responsibility for their animals and keep them on their own property.

[skorpion]

i say people need to prove their responsibility to the pet stores before they let them take the pet home. that was definately enough proof for me to say that without hesitation.

[eagl]

It's just a dog.  Well, it could be dinner to some folks...

I also hate animal abuse and I think that there is a special place in hell for people who abandon pets (especially kittens), but get a grip man.  Some people actually ACT on the feelings you're having, and when that happens you get the UK.  The bloody UK where an American pilot got a $1000 fine and a criminal record because he drove over a nest that had fallen behind his car sometime during the night, and the animal cruelty cops saw the flat nest and charged him with torturing and killing nesting animals, which can apparently get you jail time in the UK.  He was lucky to get a mere criminal record and a huge fine.

So take a chill pill before someone "does something" about it.  Seriously.  I've seen the alternative during 2 years I lived in the UK, and it isn't pretty.

[Dichotomy]

bro I've got a firm grip.  There's a major difference between a wild animal and a domesticated one.  Those dogs didn't know wtf was going on.  They were scared because they were raised in a life of comfort and security.  Wild animals aren't and toejam happens. 

The issue I have is if you take the responsibility for taking care of another life and that being puts their trust in you it's  not something you can just casually say '@#$$ it.... no can do anymore' and walk away without me thinking you're the scum of the earth. 

Betraying the kind of trust that a pet, which these obviously were, will give you is the basest form of cowardice in my opinion. 

Wild animals deal with the life of 'S$#% happens' and I'm okay with that.  Domesticated animals.  You asked for it then deal with it or be considered a POS in my book.

[kilo2]

How people get so upset over dogs or cats is beyond me. At the end of the day they are just animals.

I am sure some of the same people who get so upset also enjoy a fine steak or a nice pork chop.

[AAJagerX]

How people get so upset over dogs or cats is beyond me. At the end of the day they are just animals.

I am sure some of the same people who get so upset also enjoy a fine steak or a nice pork chop.

How can you compare a domesticated pet to livestock?  You're a bit off base here.

EDIT:  I agree Dicho.  People that take a pet in and then abandon it are on par with the lowest forms of humanity.  I hope that the dogs that you were dealing with were just escape artists that happened to get out and will return to their homes to find a worried and relieved owner.

[Dichotomy]

Well Kilo it's kind of like this.

We domesticated certain animals as pets and taught them to be dependent on us.  

When somebody takes the responsibility to take care of said animal be it a dog, cat, gerbil, or goldfish, they made a vow to that animal to protect them and care for them to the best of their abilities.  We teach them to be dependent on us for food, shelter, and quality of life.  Turning a domesticated animal out because you can't deal with or take care of them is pretty much a death sentence for most of them.  Preceded by a period of confusion, angst, and wtf ever that animals feel. If you don't think animals have emotions you haven't been around a lot of animals.  They do.  

Animals and children dude.  Abuse them and my blood boils.  

[F22RaptorDude]

People who abandon and leave their pets for dead should really be slaughtered painfully, I have no respect for animal Abusers, and further question why they live to begin with to just do that

[Raphael]

you are a good man dicho, for adopting that dog. I have done it myself together with my girlriend, we adopted a dog that was ran over once as a puppy, he is happy as a clown here.

If you can start the day without caffeine, if you can get along without pep pills, if you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, if you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it, if you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, if you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you when, though no fault of yours, something goes wrong,

If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, if you can ignore a friend's limited education and never correct him/her, if you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,
If you can face the world without lies and deceit, if you can conquer tension without medical help, if you can relax without liquor, if you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

If you can honestly say that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, color, religion or politics,

Then, my friend, you are ALMOST as good as your dog.

http://franciskong.com/inspiration/almost-as-good-as-your-dog/

[kilo2]

How can you compare a domesticated pet to livestock?  You're a bit off base here.

Easy. How can you separate the two? They both feel they both have some semblance of emotion. We just eat one and pet the other.


Not to sound hippie because I eat red meat and love it.

Well Kilo it's kind of like this.

We domesticated certain animals as pets and taught them to be dependent on us.  

When somebody takes the responsibility to take care of said animal be it a dog, cat, gerbil, or goldfish, they made a vow to that animal to protect them and care for them to the best of their abilities.  We teach them to be dependent on us for food, shelter, and quality of life.  Turning a domesticated animal out because you can't deal with or take care of them is pretty much a death sentence for most of them.  Preceded by a period of confusion, angst, and wtf ever that animals feel. If you don't think animals have emotions you haven't been around a lot of animals.  They do.  

Animals and children dude.  Abuse them and my blood boils.  

You could say that cattle are dependent on us to live and we kill them D-E-A-D and then eat them. Animals are animals. I don't think we should abuse them but when I see some dude getting 5 years in prison for abusing a animal I just shake my head.

[Dichotomy]

Just an aside.. Kojak was a rescue..

The day I picked him up

two weeks ago


He's dumb as a brick.  Squirrels outsmart him all of the time.  And I could care less.  He's a good dog.  And a good dog is a great thing.  

[SIK1]

Just an aside.. Kojak was a rescue..

The day I picked him up
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two weeks ago
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He's dumb as a brick.  Squirrels outsmart him all of the time.  And I could care less.  He's a good dog.  And a good dog is a great thing.  

Irish setter and Dalmatian I'm guessing. Pretty dog, and +1 a good dog is a great thing.

[Dichotomy]

I don't think we should abuse them but when I see some dude getting 5 years in prison for abusing a animal I just shake my head.

There's quite a bit of difference between a cow that has been turned out to graze and a cow that has been raised as an FAA project.  Grazing cows depend on their ability to find forage.  Cows that are raised as trophies and breeding stock are treated substantially differently.

Dogs, in my country, are not raised to be food.  

But let's disconnect.  

I HATE cats.  I loathe them, despise them, and consider them to be one step above rats.  

But if I saw somebody throw a domesticated cat out to fend for themselves after years of being cared for by humans I'd be equally livid.  Let's take it to the next level.  If I saw somebody throw and FFA cow out in my neighborhood that was just a 'dumb' animal that didn't know she was trashing my lawn I'd still want their blood.  

Actually it would be much more fun to drop their owner in Afghanistan without a phrase book and see how well they fared.  

[eagl]

People who abandon and leave their pets for dead should really be slaughtered painfully, I have no respect for animal Abusers, and further question why they live to begin with to just do that

Really?  You value the life of an animal, ANY animal, above that of a human (ANY human)?

That's sick.  Really sick.  You ought to examine what you really think about some things before you go spouting off stuff like this.