Why do people sometimes seem to have more compassion for dawgs than people? There is an old saying that goes something like this. Put you wife and your dawg in the trunk of your car and ride around for three hours. Then open the trunk up and see which one is glad to see you.
(03-28-2016 05:14 PM)dawgitall Wrote: I had to have our dawg of 10 years put down a couple of weeks ago. It was his third bout with cancer and he was bleeding to death internally. It has been hard on me and my daughter but it has been excruciating for my wife. She is home bound pretty much 24/7 and he was her constant loyal companion. Caring so much for dawgs is a natural thing and when we stop doing that we lose some of our humanity. When the wife is emotionally ready we will be welcoming in a new member to our family via one of the rescue groups.
Sorry for the loss of your furrbaby. It has to be very hard on your family and especially your wife. I'm glad you'll get another. Loving deeply, letting go and learning to love again are part of what makes us human.
: )
We lost our senior dog that we'd had for three years in July (we found him wandering, abandoned three years prior). Miss him every single day.
I feel so sorry for people who have never opened their homes and hearts to a dog. There is nothing more loyal and loving.
I believe dogs are an example of God's unconditional love while we are here on earth. Afterall DOG is GOD spelled backwards...
(03-28-2016 01:46 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote: One of the leading stories on the local news this morning was about an abused pit bull being rehabilitated. The news anchors where all "animal abuse is terrible, I hope they catch the creep who abused the dog" and everyone else on the desk nodding and tut-tuting...
That exchange followed their report on the bombing in Pakistan. No after report concern from the news desk on that one......
I remember this because it was such a striking dichotomy between the actions after the two stories.
was it wcco?
(This post was last modified: 03-28-2016 08:58 PM by Bull_In_Exile.)
(03-28-2016 05:14 PM)dawgitall Wrote: I had to have our dawg of 10 years put down a couple of weeks ago. It was his third bout with cancer and he was bleeding to death internally. It has been hard on me and my daughter but it has been excruciating for my wife. She is home bound pretty much 24/7 and he was her constant loyal companion. Caring so much for dawgs is a natural thing and when we stop doing that we lose some of our humanity. When the wife is emotionally ready we will be welcoming in a new member to our family via one of the rescue groups.
Sorry for the loss of your furrbaby. It has to be very hard on your family and especially your wife. I'm glad you'll get another. Loving deeply, letting go and learning to love again are part of what makes us human.
: )
We lost our senior dog that we'd had for three years in July (we found him wandering, abandoned three years prior). Miss him every single day.
I feel so sorry for people who have never opened their homes and hearts to a dog. There is nothing more loyal and loving.
I believe dogs are an example of God's unconditional love while we are here on earth. Afterall DOG is GOD spelled backwards...
(03-28-2016 05:14 PM)dawgitall Wrote: I had to have our dawg of 10 years put down a couple of weeks ago. It was his third bout with cancer and he was bleeding to death internally. It has been hard on me and my daughter but it has been excruciating for my wife. She is home bound pretty much 24/7 and he was her constant loyal companion. Caring so much for dawgs is a natural thing and when we stop doing that we lose some of our humanity. When the wife is emotionally ready we will be welcoming in a new member to our family via one of the rescue groups.
a former acquaintance had to do that with one of her boxers.....it's never easy to have to go through that....ol' girl was 14 yrs old (the boxer)
Re: RE: Can we stop caring so much about dog abuse?
(03-28-2016 07:06 PM)_C2_ Wrote:
(03-28-2016 02:07 PM)ark30inf Wrote: Not sure how dog abuse, conventionally farmed meat, and Pakistan are so interrelated.
The abuse that factory farmed animals go through is equal to any dog fighting abuse that's trumped up by the media. The difference is people are emotionally bound to their domesticated pets and are conditioned to think their food is grown on Ol' McDonald's Farm, so they don't even realize they should be outraged the way they are for dog food.
Not equal by any measure. Finding examples of deliberate abuse of cattle, hogs, chickens, turkeys, or any other domesticated animals raised for slaughter is not something easy to do. It is not in the best interest for a farm to abuse their animals, and it's certainly not a deliberate act that a large corporate farm would engage in considering the consequences to the bottom line.
(03-28-2016 08:58 PM)stinkfist Wrote: just fyi......had a pit/shepherd mix (her name was "BG") stolen from my backyard one hr before last year's super bowl.....is no bullshite....
I'm a huge dog fan....
I like dogs OK. They are just animals that do what their species does. They have no real choice in the matter. It's dog OWNERS that I can't stand. Many of them have zero respect for those around them that really would rather not have to deal with their dog schitting in and digging up their yard or listening to them bark all fcking night.
By the way...Is it really necessary to take the damn dog everywhere you go? I have a cousin that thought it was cool to bring his "little darling" with him to visit for the day without asking. Needless to say...I pissed him off when I told him "Precious" had to stay outside.
(03-28-2016 08:58 PM)stinkfist Wrote: just fyi......had a pit/shepherd mix (her name was "BG") stolen from my backyard one hr before last year's super bowl.....is no bullshite....
I'm a huge dog fan....
I like dogs OK. They are just animals that do what their species does. They have no real choice in the matter. It's dog OWNERS that I can't stand. Many of them have zero respect for those around them that really would rather not have to deal with their dog schitting in and digging up their yard or listening to them bark all fcking night.
By the way...Is it really necessary to take the damn dog everywhere you go? I have a cousin that thought it was cool to bring his "little darling" with him to visit for the day without asking. Needless to say...I pissed him off when I told him "Precious" had to stay outside.
I can't begin to tell you what I now see in the 'field'....it's disgusting.....
(03-28-2016 08:58 PM)stinkfist Wrote: just fyi......had a pit/shepherd mix (her name was "BG") stolen from my backyard one hr before last year's super bowl.....is no bullshite....
I'm a huge dog fan....
I like dogs OK. They are just animals that do what their species does. They have no real choice in the matter. It's dog OWNERS that I can't stand. Many of them have zero respect for those around them that really would rather not have to deal with their dog schitting in and digging up their yard or listening to them bark all fcking night.
By the way...Is it really necessary to take the damn dog everywhere you go? I have a cousin that thought it was cool to bring his "little darling" with him to visit for the day without asking. Needless to say...I pissed him off when I told him "Precious" had to stay outside.
I can't begin to tell you what I now see in the 'field'....it's disgusting.....
fk'n humans man.....
Call me a dick..but...I had a next door neighbor that had a big ass dog that shicht rolling pin sized turds in my yard. He gave me a nasty look when I shovel-tossed those logs back into his yard. I said..."sorry man.. Im not going to pick up your dogs schit. That is YOUR job." He didn't speak to me again. Thank God he moved away. He was an annoying Yankee Liberal dipshit anyway.
(03-28-2016 08:58 PM)stinkfist Wrote: just fyi......had a pit/shepherd mix (her name was "BG") stolen from my backyard one hr before last year's super bowl.....is no bullshite....
I'm a huge dog fan....
I like dogs OK. They are just animals that do what their species does. They have no real choice in the matter. It's dog OWNERS that I can't stand. Many of them have zero respect for those around them that really would rather not have to deal with their dog schitting in and digging up their yard or listening to them bark all fcking night.
By the way...Is it really necessary to take the damn dog everywhere you go? I have a cousin that thought it was cool to bring his "little darling" with him to visit for the day without asking. Needless to say...I pissed him off when I told him "Precious" had to stay outside.
I can't begin to tell you what I now see in the 'field'....it's disgusting.....
fk'n humans man.....
Call me a dick..but...I had a next door neighbor that had a big ass dog that shicht rolling pin sized turds in my yard. He gave me a nasty look when I shovel-tossed those logs back into his yard. I said..."sorry man.. Im not going to pick up your dogs schit. That is YOUR job." He didn't speak to me again. Thank God he moved away. He was an annoying Yankee Liberal dipshit anyway.
I wish I could tell you the story about my brother and his 'incidents'....let me just say, they went to court.....
(03-28-2016 09:08 PM)200yrs2late Wrote: Not equal by any measure. Finding examples of deliberate abuse of cattle, hogs, chickens, turkeys, or any other domesticated animals raised for slaughter is not something easy to do. It is not in the best interest for a farm to abuse their animals, and it's certainly not a deliberate act that a large corporate farm would engage in considering the consequences to the bottom line.
It's actually a quick Youtube search away. The food companies and slaughterhouses are officially against it but that's merely to save public face, they don't care as long as the work gets done, food processed and delivered, everything's profitable, etc... Plus anyone whose worked a job of any kind knows that just because rules are laid out doesn't mean they are followed by employees, meaning animal abuse/neglect is pretty common at factory farms and slaughterhouses.
(03-28-2016 09:08 PM)200yrs2late Wrote: Not equal by any measure. Finding examples of deliberate abuse of cattle, hogs, chickens, turkeys, or any other domesticated animals raised for slaughter is not something easy to do. It is not in the best interest for a farm to abuse their animals, and it's certainly not a deliberate act that a large corporate farm would engage in considering the consequences to the bottom line.
It's actually a quick Youtube search away. The food companies and slaughterhouses are officially against it but that's merely to save public face, they don't care as long as the work gets done, food processed and delivered, everything's profitable, etc... Plus anyone whose worked a job of any kind knows that just because rules are laid out doesn't mean they are followed by employees, meaning animal abuse/neglect is pretty common at factory farms and slaughterhouses.
and why should it be any fk'n different....
oh yeah....it's the food ****** prevention chain gang.....
edit: ol' boy finally got out of the closet and starry'd the word.....lol.....dem po' feelin's.....
(This post was last modified: 03-28-2016 11:33 PM by stinkfist.)
My overall point is that animal abuse goes farther than what's done to domesticated pets. It's why I sometimes shake my head at the major moral outrage people have over dog abuse, which is not a good thing by itself to be fair.
(03-28-2016 11:59 PM)_C2_ Wrote: My overall point is that animal abuse goes farther than what's done to domesticated pets. It's why I sometimes shake my head at the major moral outrage people have over dog abuse, which is not a good thing by itself to be fair.
at some point humans eat humans....
I have not a clue what your overall point is....
I eat meat.....
humans will eat whatever they can if they have to....
there is a shiteload of humans that now manufacture and engineer meat....
you weirdos with that crapola.....
y'all have fun with that thinking and see how that lib shite falls back into that trough.....
LOL, liberal? I'm as extremely moderate (and non-political) as it gets. There's no general interest board on this board that isn't dead (e.g. the Sports Bar) which is why I posted it on the political forum.
(03-29-2016 12:35 AM)_C2_ Wrote: LOL, liberal? I'm as extremely moderate (and non-political) as it gets. There's no general interest board on this board that isn't dead (e.g. the Sports Bar) which is why I posted it on the political forum.
if you worry about chickens or any of the bs....you're a lib.....and also, why even post if not political...
(03-28-2016 09:08 PM)200yrs2late Wrote: Not equal by any measure. Finding examples of deliberate abuse of cattle, hogs, chickens, turkeys, or any other domesticated animals raised for slaughter is not something easy to do. It is not in the best interest for a farm to abuse their animals, and it's certainly not a deliberate act that a large corporate farm would engage in considering the consequences to the bottom line.
It's actually a quick Youtube search away. The food companies and slaughterhouses are officially against it but that's merely to save public face, they don't care as long as the work gets done, food processed and delivered, everything's profitable, etc... Plus anyone whose worked a job of any kind knows that just because rules are laid out doesn't mean they are followed by employees, meaning animal abuse/neglect is pretty common at factory farms and slaughterhouses.
Sorted by relevance the first page contains one video less than two years old. Many of the videos include language like "may be painful" or "not meant to" designed to create feelings of sympathy and evoke an emotional rather than a logical response. Are there some cases of farms abusing animals? Of course, but it's not rampant abuse like groups such as peta and mercyforanimals and such would have you believe.
(03-29-2016 12:35 AM)_C2_ Wrote: LOL, liberal? I'm as extremely moderate (and non-political) as it gets. There's no general interest board on this board that isn't dead (e.g. the Sports Bar) which is why I posted it on the political forum.
if you worry about chickens or any of the bs....you're a lib.....and also, why even post if not political...
there is zero centrist in ya.....
Based on previous posts from him I wouldn't consider him a "liberal". And I think it's a valid question - sure, punish somebody that mistreats animals, but it shouldn't be a worse punishment than for someone that mistreats humans, at least those that can't defend themselves.
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Can we stop caring so much about dog abuse?
