QUOTE (pml @ Oct 30 2008, 01:19 PM)
However the other mentality is if your dog DOES have an illness you can just put it down. This is also wrong since we don;t put unhealthy children down, why would you adopt a family member of the kanine variety and the minute it costs you money be able to kill it.
It all comes down to responsibility and unfortunately people value children more than dogs or cats. It is o.k. in some people's minds to stop treatment on a child if insurance won;t cover it. I think this is also wrong.
We all want the perfect children and the perfect pet. Unfortunately when children are less than perfect taxpayers pay to treat them. When a dog is less than perfect it's owner has the right to kill it.
STOP RIGHT THERE. You should have worded it, we don't put unhealthy
live children down. What about abortion, especially late-term abortion. We can now take blood tests and other tests of unborn children, to determine if they have any disease or other problems, and if they do, we allow the doctors to get people to abort them. If the above is how you believe, I wouldn't be surprised if you'll tell us you are going to vote for Obama.
This was posted by caninegroomer.
Most people, if not everyone, is NOT asking for dogs to be treated above people. They want common sense treatment. Including cages that don't deform thier feet, exercise areas available where they can be in the sunshine and fresh air. Health care when they are sick and injured, and cages big enough they can strech out in. It isn't much by any means.
We need to vote Gordon Denlinger out of office for one thing. He has no interests in what the general public wants, only special interests.
State Dog Law is also at fault. As we have seen repeatedly, they have passed kennels, only to have the SPCA go in and find horrific conditions ( Almost Heaven Kennel, case in point). These people are either chonicaly incompetent or paid off.
The point everyone is missing is what happens to those puppys that produced in the mills. They usually end up in the shelters. They are not socialized, frequently the kennel operators have no knowledge of hereditary health conditions, and who cares if they have bad temperatment, as long as they reproduce. Then it your tax dollars that pay to house these dogs and if necessary destroy them. So, if you want to talk about money, maybe you need to look into this.
How many 'puppy mill' kennels have you been in? Obviously only the ones that are targeted by the animal rightists. Probably not in any.
People, people, people. Open your ears and eyes and start doing a total research into this subject. It appears that you get only half of the truth and you call it a whole truth. Remember, there are three sides to a story. It is your side, which is slanted to favor you. Then it is my story, which is slanted to favor me. Then it is the TRUE side. Let's get honest with everybody. You people want change? Start at home and in your own heart. Not where you see the bottom of your heart, but where God sees it.
