this is almost always true, but I know of one or two cases where friends of mine adopted a shelter dog who turned out to be pretty problematic. I'm glad it wasn't me because I feel like once you adopt a dog, you're making an implicit contract to keep that dog, no matter what. one of my first dog dyad had intractable glaucoma, so we had…
this is almost always true, but I know of one or two cases where friends of mine adopted a shelter dog who turned out to be pretty problematic. I'm glad it wasn't me because I feel like once you adopt a dog, you're making an implicit contract to keep that dog, no matter what. one of my first dog dyad had intractable glaucoma, so we had to remove her eyes. both of the second dyad--mother and daughter--had the gene for degenerative myelopathy, which is basically ALS, and it was a nightmare (in the middle of which, I was diagnosed with lung cancer for the second time, which has nothing to do with anything except to make very trying times a little more trying).
but I've also had six amazingly sweet dogs, so it's really easy for me to talk. and I'm partial to herders because I love all those herding behaviors that are all about accounting for things, protecting them, making sure everything's correctly organized...in general, taking RESPONSIBILITY.
so I assume that TFF would, if he knew anything about it, ESPECIALLY hate herding dogs. more reason to despise him, as if any of us required yet ANOTHER reason to do so.
in the meantime, it's very hard not to turn the television on, but impossible to watch it....
this is almost always true, but I know of one or two cases where friends of mine adopted a shelter dog who turned out to be pretty problematic. I'm glad it wasn't me because I feel like once you adopt a dog, you're making an implicit contract to keep that dog, no matter what. one of my first dog dyad had intractable glaucoma, so we had to remove her eyes. both of the second dyad--mother and daughter--had the gene for degenerative myelopathy, which is basically ALS, and it was a nightmare (in the middle of which, I was diagnosed with lung cancer for the second time, which has nothing to do with anything except to make very trying times a little more trying).
but I've also had six amazingly sweet dogs, so it's really easy for me to talk. and I'm partial to herders because I love all those herding behaviors that are all about accounting for things, protecting them, making sure everything's correctly organized...in general, taking RESPONSIBILITY.
so I assume that TFF would, if he knew anything about it, ESPECIALLY hate herding dogs. more reason to despise him, as if any of us required yet ANOTHER reason to do so.
in the meantime, it's very hard not to turn the television on, but impossible to watch it....
Dogs can indeed endure so much trauma that they become permanently broken. Any mammal can.