People who support irresponsible activist “causes,” like this one, are the reason dog attacks keep happening.

The idiots who neglect their animals do it in many ways, not JUST leaving them chained. Chaining up an animal that might otherwise wander off and hurt itself or others is called RESPONSIBLE pet ownership. The problem is not the chain it’s the neglectful owner.

This is a waste of time, except for the organizer who obviously profits from it.

Don’t have a dog if you can’t give it the life it needs and deserves. Even if it’s a ‘working dog’, it can still live inside with it’s pack, I see it every day with a farmer near me. His dog goes out and works the fields with him, and then goes home with him at night. They are awesome to watch.

http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org

Tammy S. Grimes, Dogs Deserve Better

in reality some people have dogs purely for hunting or property protection-in many ways these aren’t pets. they are called ‘work dogs’ for a reason. i don’t see anything wrong with this. the government has no tight telling people they can’t have dogs that aren’t in- the- house pets. that said, it’s cruel and unacceptable for such animals to be chained, nearly immobile, with dirty water and filthy eating conditions-forced to ‘go’ where they eat- and poor or no shelter.

this event should focus on showing people the options ,if they really want to make a difference, rather than trying to humiliate/chastise/taunt people into being humane. not everyone engages in the anthropomorphism of domestic animals and sees them as infantalized non-human children or animated stuffed toys. they are dogs and some dogs do indeed need to be leashed or chained in some manner-a manner that’s not cruel.

of course if i had a dog it would be like a big baby and part of the family… if the cats were ok with that.

Cruelty was my first siberian who constanly escaped from the house because he loved to run and hated being inside, and as a result was shot by a neighbor for fun.

Now you have heard the “rest of the story.”

As his life was changing, he found a new home for one of them but kept the other. He went on a long trip overseas and left me to take care of the dog. This dog was also known to get loose and roam the neighborhood, sometimes being a bit aggressive. I called all around to find out what could be done. None of the “official” channels would do anything. Finally, a lady stopped by to talk to me. She ran her own rescue group and knew about the dog. Between the two of us, we created a rescue scenario. She found a new good home for the dog and one day while I was at work the dog just “disappeared”.

When the landlord returned I was duly apologetic. He just ran away one day and never came back. Landlord appeared to be upset but it didn’t last.