Do you think some of the pet owners on the board go a little over board?
Sweetseve asked:
I notice the pet responses are overwhelmingly critical. One lady was asking what adult breed she should adopt (from a shelter) and she mentioned that 5 days a week she was out or 9 hours and almost everyone told her not to get a dog. Well.. does that mean any single person with a full time job shouldn’t get a pet? And, even if we’re not working aren’t we all gone for gaps through out the day? Surely adoption and crate training is better than death.. or even adopting a house broken dog?
Has anyone else found the pet answers to be less than reasonable or helpfull?
rather hold it than be put to sleep. Honestly, they didn’t even ask her if it was an indoor dog. But, a dog can re raised to be healthy on your schedule. Also there are breed of dogs you can litter train. There are doggy daycare services. There are so many options other than telling the woman that she shouldn’t adopt an ADULT dog from a kill shelter.
I mean isn’t that a little.. well contridicting?
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7 Responses to “Do you think some of the pet owners on the board go a little over board?”
I think people here can be slightly judgemental about peoples pet care abilities. I think though lots of those people base their comments on a “perfect world” scenario. There is still a lot of useful information here, you just have to be a bit thick skinned about some of the responses.
I agree these people need to get the greyhound rescue dogs they sleep all the time and love to be taken for a walk.
“Has anyone else found the pet answers to be less than reasonable or helpfull?”
No, not really.
But then I probably am one of those “overboard” people:
I think you should spay/neuter your pets, keep them inside, take them to a VET when they’re sick, feed them a good-quality food, and not expect a 9-week-old puppy to be able to “hold it” for nine hours … really no dog should be asked regularly to hold it for that long; people should come home for lunch or make other arrangements.
EDIT: Yeah, notice I said OR MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS. Also, as far as puppies are concerned, they are generally physiologically incapable of holding it for nine hours. I have no idea what specific Yahoo question you are asking about; I answered your question about Yahoo users going “overboard.”
I have to agree. I try to answer the question that is asked rather than pass judgment on the asker. For example, if someone asks “should I have a pet dog?” then it would be an appropriate time to voice their opinion. But, if a person asks what sort of dog is suitable to a specific lifestyle, rather than all that rubbish, perhaps they could list the less active, more sedentary breeds. It would be a lot more helpful. I find that those critical sort of answers are more likely to alienate the person rather than help them make an educated decision. In the bird category, the stock standard answer to half the questions is “take it to an avian vet”, when more often than not, the bird in question does not need a vet, the owner just needs a little bit of advice.
Unfortunately what this lady was trying to say was that some breeds of dogs are just not suitable for ownership at all. Most dogs who are not “mutts” were bred to do certain jobs. That is how “breeding” started…most people want a certain type of breed because they like the way it looks, however, they completely forget that the dog is going to have special needs because of how it is bred and what it is bred for. There are some dogs, such as Dalmatians, that people find are very destructive when there owner is gone for more then 5 hours a day. Dalmatians are VERY VERY active dogs and can go hundreds of miles a day. If they don’t get a lot of stimulation they will destroy your house. This is a perfect example of a dog who should not be left alone for long periods of time.
Possibly this is all she meant?
I agree with you, heck I don’t think those same people get up every night after 4 hours to take their dogs outside to pee and poo, so what is the difference most dogs sleep when you are gone away, providing quality time is far better than quantity.
THere are a lot of people that work from home that have their dogs chain up outside to live, or keep dogs dogs forcing them to breed litter after litter with minimal health , does that make a better home that someone who works but have their dog as indoor pets and considers them members of their family?
I have raised puppies while I worked fulltime, it does require doing things differently and providing a potty area for them and a bigger confined area to keep them safe so they can have a seperate area for sleeping playing and pottying, and accepting that housetraining will take longer but if you are ready for the inconvenience and accept that as part of being an owner than there is no reason you should not have a pup.
Heck I have even been critisized for being a foster parent to dogs for working fulltime, but interestingly enough those were directed by people not willing to step up to the plate themselves to foster dogs, there is a severe shortage of foster homes, I agree there are some dogs that need more attention and need to be in a foster home where someone is home most of the day, but a healthy adult should be okay with being left alone for a few hours, I still working fulltime suceeding in meeting the goals required in trainng and assessing the dog for temperment and behaviour , getting them housetrained and teaching them house manners, learning how to walk on leash properly teachihng them to use stairs, making sure they got all their vetting done, ensuring they were cat and small dog safe and knew haow to behave around them before they went to their new home in the same block of time as the foster parent that was home all day and the dogs wer just as healthy and well adjusted, new owner often had less problems, because the dog had learned to become comfortable being alone, so the new owner could go grocery shopping and not come home to a dog that is panicking and stressed.
Do I become critical at times??? yes, when I see questions that can result in physical harm or about totally irresponsible breeding.
it would depend ont the dog’s breed. there are some breeds like the shar pei that can’t be left alone. but as long as you know what you are going to have to give your specific breed of dog then it should be fine.