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June 18th, 2009, 06:58 PM
OK, I just have to get this off my chest to people that will actually care and think the same as me, instead of my friends biting their tongues and rolling their eyes...
First me next door neighbors.. Nice people really, nothing actually wrong with them and I actually like having them as neighbors, as I have sure had my share of really BAD neighbors.. I have not lived in the city long and this is all kinda weird to me.. They own a golden a nice one, and a saint brenard, a very nice one, cannot imagine what they paid for these dogs but a lot. They NEVER EVER EVER leave the yard, never seen them ever. They are very lonely, my kids go over and visit and the wife usually calls the dog inside, even though she is enjoying it. I have asked for permission to give harley, the saint cookies and that is ok, but when we visit they usually call the dog away. We only have a 3' tall fence between our properties although they have a solid 6' around the other sides, so she can put her front paws up on the fence and visit as she towers above it. Each night the husband goes out in the front yard to play ball with his son as they cannot around the dogs without interruption.. the dog would love that but they would rather not. They do allow the dogs in the house so kudos for that, but they don't get attention outside. Once Harley the saint got out, jumped into our yard when she was excited to see us, so I grabbed a leash and tried to walk her home, YIKES!! she was PANICKED she had never been on a leash or out of the yard she was SO FEARFUL! it was sad to see such a beautiful and should be majestic dog so frightened of everything, I could not hold on, it took 2 adults to walk her the 50 feet home.
Across the road, kiddie corner a family with a cat, they too have moved from the country and say the cat does not like it in the house, so she roams. I went to talk to them when I saw a cat trap on the next street as I was worried, this cat had already been to the pound, has no i.d. on her. I told them to get her microshipped, but that fell on deaf ears. they have a kitty door so she can go into the garage when she likes, but they have a little girl, and every cat deserves a little girl to cuddle in bed and sleep with, my daughter's heart breaks for that cat. her coat is in terrible shape and she is thin, these people are also good people and don't think there is anything wrong. At night when I walk my dogs we can often hear a cat fight so we walk over so my dog will chase them and break up the fight, that poor cat. She is spayed.
The worst one.. There are friends of mine, they own a large reptile zoo, and breed rodents for pet stores and zoos ect, winnipeg zoo, petland ect, buy from them. They have 2 huskies in bad shape, they live outside 24/7 with almost no attention, it took me convincng them that they could be out on a leash, they are fine, but he went on and on telling me it was impossible till I showed them. They used to have 12 dogs, I was in LOVE with a german shepard they had once, and I promised him that when I moved to the country I would take him, the day I moved I picked shadow up, the man told me that he would run away, eat cats, could NOT be in the house, well from the minute we got home that dog NEVER left our property, never had an accident in the house, was FINE with my cats, that was the best most faithful loving animal anyone could ever ask for, he just does not get it! One husky has a bad mouth and one has a sore back, they will not call the vet or do anything. They have a 5 gallon pail that they sometimes fill with water, but dont wash it, they leave food out until it is gone, even if it is rained on, they don't brush out the shedding hair, and when it was +5 a week ago and now is +30 there is A LOT of it. He feeds them whatever he gets from the zoo when he drops stuff off, the zoo in winnipeg gets donated food and what they cannot use they give him, lots of science diet stuff, like k/d i/d ect.. whatever doesn't matter.. In the winter, no water, they must eat snow. There are horses that do not always have water, have little hay, never seen a vet, colts are not gelded they are not trained, there are 4 of them, no shots, no feet work, the land is very sandy and there are sand cracks on their hooves.
The last thing on my very long rant is killing gophers.. Cuz that is what people do.. they see them as a nusince and so they go out and poison them or shoot them so no one falls into their holes. OK I have lived on a farm for years and not had trouble, I had kids and horses and no one broke a leg. I had dogs that enjoyed chasing them so they preferred to live elsewhere I guess. This is a big problem at my kids school, gophers EVERYWHERE, the soccer field is covered in holes, I get the concern, kids could get hurt, but what should be done? Should they be killed? Or left alone and risk hurting a kid, there must be 1000 of them in the school yard, it is on the edge of the city, and is a private school so the city doesn't have anything to do with it, so close to the city though that there are no coyotes to keep them down, any ideas on what we can do?? They usually kill them but I have been very vocal and people are rolling their eyes at me. I said I don't get senseless killing when there must be another solution. If something must be done to control the numbers I will understand but no poisoning, that is too cruel to cause them to die by internal bleeding, please help with suggestions...
Sorry that was so long!!!!!!!!!! But was jsut some things I REALLY needed to say.... I don't know if anyone will make it to the end of it.. thanks all!! You are the BEST! and L4H, thank you for this, you know a lot of what I have to deal with living here.
First me next door neighbors.. Nice people really, nothing actually wrong with them and I actually like having them as neighbors, as I have sure had my share of really BAD neighbors.. I have not lived in the city long and this is all kinda weird to me.. They own a golden a nice one, and a saint brenard, a very nice one, cannot imagine what they paid for these dogs but a lot. They NEVER EVER EVER leave the yard, never seen them ever. They are very lonely, my kids go over and visit and the wife usually calls the dog inside, even though she is enjoying it. I have asked for permission to give harley, the saint cookies and that is ok, but when we visit they usually call the dog away. We only have a 3' tall fence between our properties although they have a solid 6' around the other sides, so she can put her front paws up on the fence and visit as she towers above it. Each night the husband goes out in the front yard to play ball with his son as they cannot around the dogs without interruption.. the dog would love that but they would rather not. They do allow the dogs in the house so kudos for that, but they don't get attention outside. Once Harley the saint got out, jumped into our yard when she was excited to see us, so I grabbed a leash and tried to walk her home, YIKES!! she was PANICKED she had never been on a leash or out of the yard she was SO FEARFUL! it was sad to see such a beautiful and should be majestic dog so frightened of everything, I could not hold on, it took 2 adults to walk her the 50 feet home.
Across the road, kiddie corner a family with a cat, they too have moved from the country and say the cat does not like it in the house, so she roams. I went to talk to them when I saw a cat trap on the next street as I was worried, this cat had already been to the pound, has no i.d. on her. I told them to get her microshipped, but that fell on deaf ears. they have a kitty door so she can go into the garage when she likes, but they have a little girl, and every cat deserves a little girl to cuddle in bed and sleep with, my daughter's heart breaks for that cat. her coat is in terrible shape and she is thin, these people are also good people and don't think there is anything wrong. At night when I walk my dogs we can often hear a cat fight so we walk over so my dog will chase them and break up the fight, that poor cat. She is spayed.
The worst one.. There are friends of mine, they own a large reptile zoo, and breed rodents for pet stores and zoos ect, winnipeg zoo, petland ect, buy from them. They have 2 huskies in bad shape, they live outside 24/7 with almost no attention, it took me convincng them that they could be out on a leash, they are fine, but he went on and on telling me it was impossible till I showed them. They used to have 12 dogs, I was in LOVE with a german shepard they had once, and I promised him that when I moved to the country I would take him, the day I moved I picked shadow up, the man told me that he would run away, eat cats, could NOT be in the house, well from the minute we got home that dog NEVER left our property, never had an accident in the house, was FINE with my cats, that was the best most faithful loving animal anyone could ever ask for, he just does not get it! One husky has a bad mouth and one has a sore back, they will not call the vet or do anything. They have a 5 gallon pail that they sometimes fill with water, but dont wash it, they leave food out until it is gone, even if it is rained on, they don't brush out the shedding hair, and when it was +5 a week ago and now is +30 there is A LOT of it. He feeds them whatever he gets from the zoo when he drops stuff off, the zoo in winnipeg gets donated food and what they cannot use they give him, lots of science diet stuff, like k/d i/d ect.. whatever doesn't matter.. In the winter, no water, they must eat snow. There are horses that do not always have water, have little hay, never seen a vet, colts are not gelded they are not trained, there are 4 of them, no shots, no feet work, the land is very sandy and there are sand cracks on their hooves.
The last thing on my very long rant is killing gophers.. Cuz that is what people do.. they see them as a nusince and so they go out and poison them or shoot them so no one falls into their holes. OK I have lived on a farm for years and not had trouble, I had kids and horses and no one broke a leg. I had dogs that enjoyed chasing them so they preferred to live elsewhere I guess. This is a big problem at my kids school, gophers EVERYWHERE, the soccer field is covered in holes, I get the concern, kids could get hurt, but what should be done? Should they be killed? Or left alone and risk hurting a kid, there must be 1000 of them in the school yard, it is on the edge of the city, and is a private school so the city doesn't have anything to do with it, so close to the city though that there are no coyotes to keep them down, any ideas on what we can do?? They usually kill them but I have been very vocal and people are rolling their eyes at me. I said I don't get senseless killing when there must be another solution. If something must be done to control the numbers I will understand but no poisoning, that is too cruel to cause them to die by internal bleeding, please help with suggestions...
Sorry that was so long!!!!!!!!!! But was jsut some things I REALLY needed to say.... I don't know if anyone will make it to the end of it.. thanks all!! You are the BEST! and L4H, thank you for this, you know a lot of what I have to deal with living here.