I'm going to comment once more since it was my post that initiated some tension this time. No post of mine was ever intentionally made to personally attack anyone, and this post is no exception. I am not personally attacking her in any way, but I did open the thread, did see the pictures, and had to speak my heart, just once. I hadn't said anything before, I didn't want to get involved in the threads that had gotten so nasty, but I had to speak my thoughts on this. In my eyes, the way this dog is living is wrong, and I cannot just keep that in and pretend I feel otherwise, so it comes to either never replying at all, or posting and saying how I feel at least once, because I can't just close my eyes to it. Yes she looks well fed, certainly she looks happy to see Briana and that's great. Dogs are social animals and are always thrilled to see members of their "pack." I also like that I don't see any waste laying around (hopefully it's cleaned up and not out of the picture to the side). But I do see a severely trampled ground that tells me the dog spends the vast majority of her time on the end of a chain. I see holes dug around, probably from boredom. That just is not right, not for any creature.

I realize that my words will not make a difference in this situation, and I realized it when I posted it, but I had to post it for me. It is not posted with the intention of being hurtful, but because I wouldn't feel right if I saw something going on that I felt was wrong, and never said a word. My thoughts are free to be ignored, there's no need to reply with defensiveness, anger, or arguments. I simply had to get something off my chest, and I did and it's done.

All that said, I certainly will happily look at pictures of Roxy and be glad to reply as well if I see pictures without her sitting on a chain. The chain part takes my joy away at seeing her. So I honestly would be thrilled to see her if she were free from her chain in the pictures. The fact that every picture shows her chained gives the impression that she never is let off, and that is what so many find upsetting.