@dragonfly46 such a pretty girl!

@glossyheart Thank you for the sweet comment and for BC.

@dragonfly46 She is beautiful.

@WanderingHelplessly love that!!

@glossyheart I was telling the vet once about him, and she said we are bonded. If I did leave him he might get depressed. Not eat, etc. I couldn't live without him either.

@HikingMan i understand what you’re saying, but i also stand by what i said. i wasn’t talking about someone being literally homeless with nowhere to go and having no choice in the matter. i’m talking about people who simply decide their pets are the easiest thing to leave behind when life gets inconvenient.

for me, my girl is my family. i would exhaust every possible option before ever considering giving her up, even if that meant making sacrifices, choosing a different home, or completely changing my plans. i genuinely cannot imagine looking at my dog and deciding she’s disposable because my circumstances changed. that’s not something i could ever personally do, and i don’t think i should have to apologize for feeling strongly about that.

i can have compassion for people who are truly forced into impossible situations while still believing that pets deserve to be treated like family and not like possessions you can just leave behind when things get hard. both things can be true.

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@glossyheart My bad, I guess.
Perhaps the post just struck me wrong.
Or maybe I just know too many people that have fallen on very hard times and the only option for them was to surrender or rehome very integral parts of them families.

I've watched grown men cry for hours after leaving their dogs with people they trust and then coming to me saying how they failed and were failures and felt like dying.

I apologize for assuming you were judging and I'm sorry for being judgmental in my own way.
I should have just scrolled by and assumed better things .

@HikingMan It was a pretty safe assumption, since that thought could've easily been added to the original judgement. Don't be so hard on yourself.

@TheHammer Indeed I can; I even recall that if axx+bx+c = 0, then x = -b+/- (the root of (bb-4ac) .... can you finish it? That's from about 75 years ago. I genuinely hope you'll be as lucky in the long run.
Hugs, really.

@Really
I can understand why your thinking might be a little foggy, but I'm quite sure the quadratic formula, as we know it today, was codified a couple centuries ago. But like I said, I can understand your thinking not being as clear as it was a couple centuries ago when you were a young man.

@TheHammer Haha, good one.

May you have the good luck to keep your health long enough for your brain to keep on getting foggier.

Did you ever know what it was like being able to walk into a store when you could be shown the merchandise you want, by someone who knew everything about it; when you could just hand over the cash and walk out with the goods. I know you think of that as an ancient era; but many of the people who taught you life's basics lived it. Their knowledge & abilities were built on those who went before; as yours are on them. Belittling them or their times is foolishness.

"The past is in us,and not behind us. Things are never over." TIm Winton; The Turning

@HootyTheNightOwl i understand that the streets are rough, but that’s exactly why i said what i said. i’m not saying every situation is black and white, but i personally would never look at my animal and decide that giving them away is the first or easiest option. i would find somewhere else to stay, ask family, reach out to rescues, look for pet-friendly housing, do whatever i possibly could before giving up a member of my family.

my dog isn’t something i’d abandon just because my circumstances got hard. she’s family, and i’d fight like hell to keep her with me. i know everyone’s situation is different, but i’m allowed to have strong feelings about what i would and wouldn’t do with my own animals.

@glossyheart Every situation is not black and white - but the rules at some of these night shelters are. Generally, they expect your pet to be crated for the duration of your stay there. Maybe you're lucky and got to keep the car when you were evicted/came to be unhoused... but, if not, who realistically thinks "I'd love to haul a massive dog crate from place to place with me until I find a shelter".

As someone who often takes in pets before they go to the pound, I often find that those who surrender to me don't do so easily. I've had three request to maintain contact with their former pet - which I have to politely decline because it reaches the point where it's not beneficial to the animal. It sucks to have to help the pet through that bummed stage because they saw their former owner... and they didn't want them back.

My latest dog came to me in July. She practically threw the lead at me and walked away when she was ready (yes, she was upset that she had to do this). The poor dog stood there barking in his confusion and I had to bring him in pretty quickly to avoid upsetting her further. She knew that she was doing the right thing by him, though because he was at the point where he was attacking her other dogs. She knows me personally, so she knows that he is in his forever home now and he will get the care and rehabilitation that he needs.

I've already identified some of his problem areas and I'm working on them with him. Honestly, if I had the space, I'd rather people surrender to me, who will keep them for the rest of their lives than signing them over to te pound, who will kill them once space becomes an issue.

I'm aware that this lady also has the mother to the dog I currently have - and she needs a new home, too (for the same issues). I have a move coming up, and after that is completed, I'm thinking of telling the lady to bring her to me, too. My life should settle down a lot after that move.

@moonlightlullaby already gave best comment to the sweet @dragonfly46 and her sweet baby BC LOOK HOW PRECIOUS SHE IS, but wish i could give u best comment as welll🩷 love ittttt

@glossyheart No problem, but hers is more deserving. Plus her baby is most definitely precious 🤗 I usually say way more because it's a touchy subject with me. Awesome post for sure. 👏🌸

@moonlightlullaby thank you! and yes omg her comment made me so happy just look at her precious baby girl. 😭🩷