Huey Driver Loc: Texas

Simply said

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I provide better for my animal roomie than I do for myself. I can understand that. He can't.
--Bob

exakta56 Loc: Orford,New Hampshire

Dilemma: My neighbors treat their dog like family. They treat their family members like dogs. Sad, but true.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Amen! Well said.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

To much of this sort of treatment happening around our country. Somehow it's got to stop!!

Don

Rec36 Loc: Grifton,NC

So true.

dancers Loc: melbourne.victoria, australia

keep 'em safe and love them!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

We had a dog "Sniffy" that was my son's when he was little. We had to keep her on a long light weight chain when we were not around because she proved she could slid through the bars of the driveway gate and could jump high enough to clear the wrought iron fence around the yard and the chain link to the backyard next door. We didn't want her getting excited and taking off, or worse "not quite" clear the phony spear points on the fence (6' fence, like I said, she could jump). The chain was long enough she could go to the gate to greet her friend the mailman etc. She was smart enough not to wrap it around the rose bushes. A new neighbor called the sheriff and animal control on us and when they came I explained why then took them on a tour of her "cruel" conditions: water dish under the hose bib with a sloooooooooow drip nozzle to keep it filled with fresh water, doggy door into the corner of the garage where she had a walled off 4x4 "bedroom" with doggy bed, dish of dry food in case she got hungry, her favorite toys and a ceramic heater mounted to heat her bedroom in cold weather. They got there early and found me giving her food to her - high end dog food mixed with "gravy train" made with warm water - Sniffy liked her food warm thank you.

Sniffy was also very smart and protective. We had three cats, an older one named Sierra whose previous owner let her be an outdoor cat, she could take care of herself; Smook, a Russian Blue who walked into our yard one day and claimed our place as home; and a small a female calico my son got as a tiny kitten from one of the kids at school as a present to his Mom, Snowball was an "everybody is my friend type gentle little cuddler" who was not rough tough outdoor material. Until she was two she "beeped", then she learned to meow. The front screen would sometimes not catch when the auto closer pulled it shut after you went through. If the cats pushed it would open enough for them to get out. If it was Sierra or Smokey then Sniffy would just bark to let us know she/he was out and let her/him go do what ever they were doing. If it was Snowball then Sniffy would herd her back onto the step and lie down to keep her there until we came to let her back in.

DavidPhares Loc: Chandler, Arizona

The human that chained that dog outside should replace the dog on the chain. Period.

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

Agree 100%

Transbuff1985 Loc: east central Iowa

berchman Loc: South Central PA

What was the reason you didn't just keep Sniffy in your house when you weren't home?

bedouin Loc: Big Bend area, Texas

Or fed feet first through a tree shredder-

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Every time I feed my dogs, I realize that they eat better than most people on earth.