A Rant and then some...
Jul. 25th, 2002 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geminigirl1. I wish the giant zit that is about to pop out on my forehead would appear already. It's at that annoying tender stage when I know it's coming and it hasn't show up yet.
2. I'm craving odd things-fish sticks, apple pie, tootsie rolls. I don't know why. And onion rings. Today, I have an incredible craving for onion rings. And chocolate, which I rarely crave, even close to my period. I'm not being very good about eating either, so I'm not feeding the cravings.
3. Fairfax County (where I live) is voting tonight on whether or not to include sexual orientation in it's nondiscrimination policy. I'm planning on attending the meeting of course, in support of the change. But, I posted about it to the local bi-list. I've seen my post show up on the local poly list and a local sm list, with my info removed, even though I had asked people to contact me for further information. I'm glad that the word is getting out, but I hope it's also not going out with misinformation.
Irresponsible pet owners really piss me off. Domesticated animals are just that-dependent on their humans to care for them. So this morning, I found out that somone's daschund puppy was nearly killed by zir 6 year old son trying to give the dog a bath, and overfilling the tub. This is the same person who got the puppy and left her crated in the house for a weekend with food and water within about two weeks of getting the dog. A new puppy. I wouldn't even consider that appropriate for an adult dog, but especially not a new puppy. A six year old should not be unsupervised with the dog and the bathtub. I didn't bathe our dogs alone until I was a teenager; we had bigger dogs, of course, which was part of it-I needed to be physically strong enough to restrain the dog, but until I could clearly be trusted with the dog-as in, knowing when the dog wanted to be left alone, and could physically handle the dog on the leash and all of those sorts of things, I wasn't left alone.
So zie's home today with the dog, who is now going to be quite ill, who will probably learn to fear children and therefore may end up aggressive around them, who will probably be a terribly difficult dog to bathe and so on. I'm sure this person has done no obedience work with the dog yet and to the best of my knowledge isn't planning to.
Hrm, poorly behaved, possibly aggressive dog? Guess what happens to these dogs? The owners can't keep them, even though the owners create the situation.
Here I am, worrying about whether or not it's a good idea to bring a second cat into my home because I don't want to create problems for my cat (who is deaf and in near constant need of human attention when there is one in the house) and people are out there creating situations like this for pets to live in.
I don't understand how people can be irresponsible like this. These are animals...they depend on their humans.
2. I'm craving odd things-fish sticks, apple pie, tootsie rolls. I don't know why. And onion rings. Today, I have an incredible craving for onion rings. And chocolate, which I rarely crave, even close to my period. I'm not being very good about eating either, so I'm not feeding the cravings.
3. Fairfax County (where I live) is voting tonight on whether or not to include sexual orientation in it's nondiscrimination policy. I'm planning on attending the meeting of course, in support of the change. But, I posted about it to the local bi-list. I've seen my post show up on the local poly list and a local sm list, with my info removed, even though I had asked people to contact me for further information. I'm glad that the word is getting out, but I hope it's also not going out with misinformation.
Irresponsible pet owners really piss me off. Domesticated animals are just that-dependent on their humans to care for them. So this morning, I found out that somone's daschund puppy was nearly killed by zir 6 year old son trying to give the dog a bath, and overfilling the tub. This is the same person who got the puppy and left her crated in the house for a weekend with food and water within about two weeks of getting the dog. A new puppy. I wouldn't even consider that appropriate for an adult dog, but especially not a new puppy. A six year old should not be unsupervised with the dog and the bathtub. I didn't bathe our dogs alone until I was a teenager; we had bigger dogs, of course, which was part of it-I needed to be physically strong enough to restrain the dog, but until I could clearly be trusted with the dog-as in, knowing when the dog wanted to be left alone, and could physically handle the dog on the leash and all of those sorts of things, I wasn't left alone.
So zie's home today with the dog, who is now going to be quite ill, who will probably learn to fear children and therefore may end up aggressive around them, who will probably be a terribly difficult dog to bathe and so on. I'm sure this person has done no obedience work with the dog yet and to the best of my knowledge isn't planning to.
Hrm, poorly behaved, possibly aggressive dog? Guess what happens to these dogs? The owners can't keep them, even though the owners create the situation.
Here I am, worrying about whether or not it's a good idea to bring a second cat into my home because I don't want to create problems for my cat (who is deaf and in near constant need of human attention when there is one in the house) and people are out there creating situations like this for pets to live in.
I don't understand how people can be irresponsible like this. These are animals...they depend on their humans.
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Irresponsible Pet Owners
Date: 2002-07-25 02:27 pm (UTC)This cat was clearly a domestic cat, but had no collar or tags.
How in the blazes was I supposed to return it to its rightful owner?
I was seriously tempted to take it to the local shelter, but instead, I let it go.
Re: Irresponsible Pet Owners
Date: 2002-07-25 02:38 pm (UTC)Cats often manage to find their way home, even without tags or collars...I know my parents have no collars on their cats because they had a past experience with a cat getting the collar caught on a fence and injuring herself pretty severely. Oblivion has a collar and a tag because she's an indoor cat and because she, being clawless (sigh, another rant, another time) and deaf would potentially be in a lot of trouble out in the world. If she went out, I'd probably get her chipped, which I think is a great idea.
But you're right. No tags, no collars can be a big problem.