Sooo some girl at my work, was rambling about how she just bought a pomeranian and its 13 weeks old. And she is going away for xmas. And she's like im gonna put it in pet motel. And it made me sad, just why would you want to leave a baby like that. That's when you bond most with your pets. And I just said I wouldn't do that, and she would be better if she left it with a friend or whatever. And she's like don't tell me how to take care of my dog and fully snapped at me. I realllly don't think she is the kind of person who should have a dog.
Cos I explained to her that I don't really like the idea of pets. But I have a dog because he's a rescue animal, and I spend alll my free time with him. And I don't refer to any animals in my care as 'MY PETS' cos I don't think of them as property. But anyway I don't quite remember what happened cos she's a crazy bitch. She was just fully yelling at me. And because I didn't want to get into a full blown fight I ended up crying cos if I don't yell at someone I cry.
So now im a sad panda. It just annoys me people get animals and don't consider the actual animal when doing things in everyday life.. I don't even know what im trying to say really just upset.
Just because you leave your pet in a kennel/motel, doesn't mean you don't love them. Yes it's unfortunate that she is going on holidays and the dog isn't going however.
I personally would never leave my dogs with friends. That's just me. Basically I couldn't trust anyone enough, and I want to remain friends with them afterwards LOL (my dogs are brats!!). And I know when they go to a kennel they have awesome fun. They get to socialise with other dogs, play and wrestle, and they are looked after by someone who cares and knows/understands their needs. But each person is different. If I had small dogs, I prob would leave them with friends (my pair are 35kg each... not small dogs).
Sorry about that girl! She sounded like a real bi-atch!
My b/f got a dog from the pound, it's great but he got it for the wrong reasons. What happened was Simon's brother bought a beagle (he works in the city and stupidly got a dog while knowing that he wouldn't be around all the time). I occasionally had to baby sit the poor pup as he cried and cried and cried all day long.
Anyway, he asked Simon to buy a dog so that it could keep his beagle company....sigh! So Simon actually does it despite me telling him over and over not to do it (at least he got it from the pound). The dog wasn't for Simon, it was for his brother's beagle. It was such a stupid reason to get an animal. The beagle would get over the loneliness eventually.
Sadly, Simon's dog was hit by a car. On the same day that he had to bury his dog, his brother asks him when he will get another dog. ARGH! I told Simon over and over and over NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I tried to convince him that he would have problems when we plan to get an apartment, what would we do with the dog then?
Simon goes to the pound and gets another dog. Yes, it's great that he gets them from the pound but still, for very stupid reasons!
The dogs are getting along but Simon's brother seems to dislike the new dog. Simon's brother had specific instructions too on which dog to get and Simon couldn't find a dog to meet the requirements, so his brother doesn't like the dog.
The other reason she was annoying me. Was she's like well I put it ina really expensive one blah blah. And I KNOW she is never home, she works 5 nights a week. That would mean she sleeps most of the day and then she goes the the gym and stuff. It was just her whole attitude. She's not very nice. Just obsessed with money. When she was fully yelling at me she wasn't even yelling about the dog thing. It was just a personal attack. Cos of the things she said was 'im at work way more than you' that would be because im not obsessed with money, im at work as little as possible. I can't think of better things to do with my time than make money
And I know if people put their pets in kennels it doesn't mean they don't love them. I just thought its stupuid she's going to have the dog for 4 days before she pays someone else to take care of it. It just reminds me of people who give their children everything but their time and attention.
Hopefully more ads like the rspca one and the pedigree ones will make people think more.
I think the best thing for a lonely dog is another dog though. Dogs are social animals and whilst some might be okay being home alone for a bit, others just wont. It is nice for them to have a friend with. But yea, it is still a serous decision and shouldn't be taken lightly.
It is my dream to open a doggy daycare and have a delux kennel set up at my house when/if I get one suitable one day. I love working at kennels and I'd love to be able to personally make sure that dogs in care are having a great time and treated right.
Gosh. I could never go away and leave a puppy. Especially a pom, it will need so much socialisation at that age. But, hopefully wherever she puts it up is a decent place and the puppy wont even blink at it. If it isn't a scary one, then the experience might be good. Get the puppy used to all new people, dogs and environments. But yea, it all depends on the owners, I can imagine half those places just stick the dogs inthe pens and collect the money.
At least its a lot better than surrenering their pet to a shelter. A lot of pet owners wouldn't be willing to pay the costs of a pet motel 'just for a dog' if they can't find anyone to look after their pet for free.
Personally if I was getting a puppy I would be spending as much time as I possibly could with it while it was young, teaching it right from wrong. I would certainly be too selfish to let someone else enjoy puppy play and kisses and go on a holiday.
if more people considered animals as equals or their children, the world would be a better place.
tersh I know how you feel. I've had these discussion-turn-arguments with 'friends' before and they are just misery. You try to tactfully reach the best outcome for the animal by helping your friend understand but they are too shut off and stubborn to what they want and what they feel they deserve so they turn on you. Ugh
