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Sweet girl - may you always run free in heaven...Aug 06 '11 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line You got a pet. Be responsible. That dog's only purpose in life is to love you.
It is always been hard for me to tell other people how to care for their dogs. Heck, I have a 4 year old vizsla and work on training myself to do right by him every day. So for over five years living in my neighborhood and seeing my neighbor's dog running loose at least 3 times per week on a busy street, I, like the rest of my neighbors never said anything to him or reported him. We would race down the street to get her, put her in a neighbor's yard when we went to work, everything possible to avoid confronting him face-to-face and heavens forbid reporting him to animal control. After all, none of us had any trust in him at this point to protect her. But we all loved her. In spite of her being a dog, "Born to Run" and by one neighbor's account, a "juvenile delinquent". What I remember is of her gentle demeanor and how she would lean up against me, blocking my own dog from getting to me. How I would be gardening and would feel hot breathe on the back of my neck, and turn around to a big lick. Then I would yell at her for crossing the busy street but could not resist giving her a big hug and kiss. God, I hope my lack of control in loving her instead of disciplining her did not end up killing her. Bottom line, one eventful morning when I was walking my dog...Out of no where here came my neighbor's dog, running to see us. The last thing I saw was her smiling face, wagging her tail, before a fast-driving black SUV crashed into her, hitting her first flat in the front of his car, then she got up to race away, hit her again, then the third time driving over her as she was dragged under his car. Looking at her looking up at me with her big, dark eyes, we gently put a towel under her and a kind lady that had been driving by to go to work, helped me get her to my vet. She had a severed spine so the vet said it was best to send her to heaven. Here are some things to consider. Every situation is different but here are some possible ideas to help you decide what is best for your pet... 1. Slow down through 25 mile/hour neighborhoods. Who knows what is going to run out in front of you, dog, child, etc. What is more important, that garage door that you left open or an animal's or person's life that has been destroyed. 2. If you have a broken fence and your pet keeps getting out, don't procrastinate, fix it. Don't wait for your neighbor to help pay $20k for that ridiculously expensive fence that you can't live without. 3. If your neighbor seems to have a problem keeping their dog in their yard, call animal control. My understanding is that neighbor will get a warning. They will not take the dog away. Maybe that will drive them to action to help the dog. 4. If you want to go spend the night with someone, get a pet sitter. Don't leave your dog alone in the back yard all night. Then you won't have to wonder where your dog is when you get home, wondering why that dog would rather stay at a neighbor's than your house.  |
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