Am I overreacting?

[areias]

Aww those stories are so sad. Poor husky.. it probably escapes the fence and they don't know how to deal with it. Or they don't want poop all over their yard.

My Uncle had some property out in South Carolina-had a Rottie in a chain link kennel, and a Malamute on a chain. The rottie would come out once in a while, but the malamute had never been off the chain in 7 years. It got real mean-we were having a family reunion type thing over there and my grandma, being her typical self was teasing the dog. When my uncle went over to feed it, it grabbed his arm and tore it to shreds. They killed the dog and it came back positive for rabies . Poor thing..live all that time on a chain and you get a horrible festering disease and just end up getting killed at the end. The rottie eventually got poisioned by some neighborhood kids, but its probably better that way.

[poofy]

I never had a dog of my own..We had a few family dogs when i was young, but they really belonged to dad..MY kids had some, but I was never home and worked all the time..said I didnt want a dog till I could spend time with it, and wanted one I could keep inside and it be part of my family..so Sammyj is really my second dog.The first got stolen ,many years ago and so I waited to get another..and im glad I did..I dont like dogs on chains..their are 2 on the other side of me that have a big chain link fence and and a large covered pourch and their owner takes them in all the time..and he comes out and plays with them..Hes a local truck driver, but takes a lot of time for his dogs..that makes me happy to see that.