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BPO General Forum => General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws => : The Brindle Pack June 02, 2006, 08:56:51 AM
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you have heard for surrendering a pet?
We've all heard....
moving
new baby
chews things
digs
jumps the fence
barks
not house broken
The list is never ending. Here is a new one I heard this week....
we're remodeling
WTF does that have to do with why you are abandoning YOUR family member??? I swear I really want to smack some sense into these people.
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I think I would have replied, "and...?"
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Well, I volunteer at the HS and used to work at another. So, I've heard it all. I can't really think of any worse than remodeling, though. How about, "I got it as a gift and don't like it"? And people wonder why we won't adopt pets as gifts. I got into an argument with a lady at the HS this week about that, actually...
I'm an adoption counselor at our local HS. This woman came in, and was awesome! She totally bonded with this super scared shy little puppy we've got. It was super impressive and I was totally ready to adopt to her. So, she starts filling out the app (YAAAAAAAAAAY!) and half-way though is like, "Oh, BTW. I'm adopting for my sister who lives in Boston, that's OK, right?" AAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAGH!
NO LADY! IT IS NOT OK!
UGH! I'm going..you know? You just spent all of this time getting this little puppy that is terrified of everything to come out of her kennel and trust you...I would adopt to YOU! But, I haven't even met your sister! UGH!
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We *WERE* beginning to remodel, and then Jesse came along, and we just put it off for a bit longer. I too used to work and volunteer a lot of hours at HS and local rescues, and I actually heard from a few that they were getting new furniture, and the hair clashed with their new choices!
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The absolute worst I've ever seen was a blind 1/2 deaf 13 yr. old miniture Poodle in the shelter & the sign on his cage said the owners surrendered him because they got new carpet. :'(
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All these are so sad to hear and really stupid reasons. B/c your renovating...t hats really Lame :P
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It's just so frustrating to hear. >:( People who surrender animals for those reasons are also the very ones who got the animal in the first place for the wrong reason.
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Renovating? What the h*ll does that have to do with it? I don't even have to renovate. Badger does all that for us. He 'changes the color of our carpet', 're-arranges the furniture', and 'adjusts our curtains'...
I HATE PEOPLE
I think anyone who does this should die an instant and painful death. The humane society should have a trap door in the floor that opens up and morons fall in there, where abandoned mean dogs eat them up for dinner!
>:(
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I saw a 10 month saint for $50 not too long ago - because he got too big. Some people just don't think.
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He has fleas~
When outside he barks at the wildlife around our house and scares them off~
One that really gets me going is...Well he's 10 now and his hunting days are over so I want a younger dog.
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I've heard of people getting rid of their Pyrs because they won't listen, bark alot, shed enormously, & dig holes....HHHEE EEEEEELLLLLLLL LLLLLLLOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOO!!!!...Here is reason to RESEARCH YOUR BREED BEFORE YOU BUY, ADOPT, RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I feel sorry for people who think they can improve their lives by renovating the house -- and getting rid of their pet. Obviously they haven't ever taken any interest in their pet before and now poor dog has become part of their demolition.
If I was to renovate my house (after 5 months with Einstein), I'd add a doggie door, opening onto 10 acres with a few sheep to chase around, install some kind of really soft, flexible flooring, so when he throws himself down on the floor, I don't have to wince, thinking he's killing his bones! Six months ago I was contemplating silk drapes, and new comfy chairs for the living room. Now all I can think about is how to make the floor more comfortable for my sweetheart!
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I think remodeling really takes the cake. I believe I would give up my kids before I would give up my dogs. I know that's horrible but my kids could take care of themselves.... Ok,so it would be a tough decision. I'm one of those that at one point actually thought I might want furniture that matches, paint on the walls and real floors. HAHAHAHAHAHA Bella came along and took care of that...then I think that the pups are over that sort of thing so I can do it now...HAHAHAHA Now I'm breeding Bella in the fall so I'll have more puppies. I guess someday...
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The worst I ever heard was this. I was talking to this woman at the dog park about her adorable bullmastiff puppy. He was so cute, running all around, tipping over and being normal puppy cute. I asked her why she chose a mastiff and she said, "we had a five year old bullmastiff, and we wanted a puppy because they are so cute, then once we got the puppy, it was too much work to keep them both, so before they got attached to eachother, we 'rehomed' the older dog"
I kind of stared at her and just walked away shaking my head. What an evil person.
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OMG! I think I would have decked her, taken the puppy, told her she did not deserve to even have a dog, and left!
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OMG! I think I would have decked her, taken the puppy, told her she did not deserve to even have a dog, and left!
I think thats called 'grand theft dog-o'
HEH I wanted to!
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OMG! I think I would have decked her, taken the puppy, told her she did not deserve to even have a dog, and left!
I think thats called 'grand theft dog-o'
HEH I wanted to!
That's funny!...I don't care who you are right there!...That's some funny s**t!!! :D
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I have one for you that I heard today. A lady called my work wanting to donate a cockatiel. She said he was a year old and she didn't want him because he woke up too early. He woke up every morning at 5am when the sun rose adn the day started. Who knew birds got up when the day started?
Kat
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OMG! I think I would have decked her, taken the puppy, told her she did not deserve to even have a dog, and left!
I think thats called 'grand theft dog-o'
HEH I wanted to!
That's funny!...I don't care who you are right there!...That's some funny s**t!!! :D
HEH I'm such a child, I will do anything for a laugh!
:D
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I was an Animal Control officer, the worst I heard was a woman who brought in (on December 20th)the most beautiful black cat with amber eyes. He was huge, and silky, and such a love!
When she told the desk she wanted to surrender him, they explained that we didn't take "owner turnovers" except for IMMEDIATE EUTHANASIA as it was a County facility, funded to reunite lost pets with their owners, and care for homeless animals. We then gave her directions to the Humane Society shelter, which was on the other side of town. "I don't have time to go there" she said "I have Christmas shopping to do-let me sign the papers." The receptionist again told her that if she signed the papers the cat would immediately be killed. "OK" the woman said. On the form is a "reason for surrender" and the woman stated she was giving up the cat because "he climbed her designer Christmas tree and broke several valuable Gucci ornaments." For this she was giving him a DEATH SENTENCE?
She left- but nobody killed that cat- he went home with me.
My last 3 Danes were all 18 month to 2 year-old puppies, who "got too big". GRRRR!
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To me the worst excuse is because they are getting old and the owner can't bear to put them to sleep. So the dog has loved you unconditionall y for x years and you can't bring yourself to see him/her through to the end. What loyalty! I just wish people would learn from their dogs about love and loyalty.
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They put in brand new wood floors for $1,500 and didn't want the dogs nails to scratch it up. ::)
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...the dog has too many 'problems'. So you 'rehome' it or dump it at a shelter so someone else gets it, the dog bonds again, and then it is 'rehomed' because it has too many problems...
If a dog has real problems, it's the owners responsibility to do the hard thing and put the animal down if they have tried every other avenue. If the dog doesn't have huge problems, you keep the dog. I had a friend years ago who did this, and I was angry enough at her that I ended the friendship.
Oh and that woman who killed her cat because it broke her Gucci ornament ought to have had a Gucci ornament wedged firmly up her....
I'll go get some coffee, maybe that will help.
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I have one for you that I heard today. A lady called my work wanting to donate a cockatiel. She said he was a year old and she didn't want him because he woke up too early. He woke up every morning at 5am when the sun rose adn the day started. Who knew birds got up when the day started?
Kat
Did it ever occur to her to cover the windows?
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I've heard of people getting rid of their Pyrs because they won't listen, bark alot, shed enormously, & dig holes....HHHEE EEEEEELLLLLLLL LLLLLLLOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOO!!!!...Here is reason to RESEARCH YOUR BREED BEFORE YOU BUY, ADOPT, RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know how you feel. I used to foster for our local Great Pyrenees rescue and time after time we would hear "He got too big," or "he sheds too much". I would always ask, "You know you got a Pyr right". Grrrrrrrr. People.
Stacie
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I think the cat with the Christmas death sentence is the worst, but here's mine...
My sister-in-law didn't want her Golden Retriever anymore because the dog pooped......in the yard :o
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To me the worst excuse is because they are getting old and the owner can't bear to put them to sleep. So the dog has loved you unconditionall y for x years and you can't bring yourself to see him/her through to the end. What loyalty! I just wish people would learn from their dogs about love and loyalty.Â
My cousin did this with her 13 yr. old, sometimes incontinant cat...Her hubby had the cat since it was a kitten...They moved to Tennessee from Iowa & jsut dumped the cat at the Humane Society...I haven't spoken one word to her since & the whole family knows why!...I have two words for people like that HEARTLESS COWARDS!
Oh that gets me too!!! That reminds me of this situation I saw last year ... before I got Kiden, there was a Dane on Petfinder who was eight years old. Her owners were moving, and thought the move would be too hard on her, so they dropped her off at the shelter. Yeah, shelters are SO much easier on a dog than a move. ::)