I wasnt going to tell you guys but cant keep it in.

[Alysser]

I doubt people were going to listen to you when you said no fighting. This IS a controversal thread. What did you expect people to say? CONGRATS ON TEDDY?

[I_luv_rusty]

Were telling your our opinion, because on the last board you got all mad when people said don't give Roxy away!! You said "I'm NOT giving Roxy away, so stop!!" So if you really want to know why everyone is giving you their opinions.... I wonder why!


Edit- You said "For the last time im NOT getting rid of her now!"

[My Peanuts]

I'm less mad at what happened to Roxy and more concerned with the pets you have now. What’s done is done. If you realize what we say is only to help the animals and not to attack you then things would be better. I'm telling you this to stop the cycle of leaving unwanted pets at a shelter. I don't hate you at all, but I hate the choices you made in the past few days. If you could just realize that it was wrong and never do it again then this is a victory for you and your pets.

[Alysser]

I'm less mad at what happened to Roxy and more concerned with the pets you have now. What’s done is done. If you realize what we say is only to help the animals and not to attack you then things would be better. I'm telling you this to stop the cycle of leaving unwanted pets at a shelter. I don't hate you at all, but I hate the choices you made in the past few days. If you could just realize that it was wrong and never do it again then this is a victory for you and your pets.

I TOTALLY agree.

[dab_20]

Same here.

[carole]

My peanuts everything you have said makes so much sense and is very well written, i could not have said it better myself, Buttercup if you thought you could post this and expect no opinions or controversy , sorry but you are living in la la land sweetie.

I agree what is done is done now, and there is no point going on about it as clearly you are comfortable with your decision, and believe you did the right thing, well let us all hope so, are you ever going to know if Roxy was PTS? do you actually care?

Worst case scenario that happens I just hope you can live with it.

My major problem with it all is that you purposely bred Roxy and when the going got tough you dumped her at the shelter, who are already struggling with finding homes for unwanted pets,that is NOT what shelters are for, I feel you just did not want to put the effort in that was required to work with Roxy, and took the easy road out,I also find it hard to believe you could dress up an aggressive bunny, personally i would never dream of dressing a bunny up, but each to their own.

BC maybe it would have been better to keep it to yourself, it has only upset most people on PT, some things are better left unsaid from my experience.

[racing_gurl07]

My major problem with it all is that you purposely bred Roxy and when the going got tough you dumped her at the shelter, who are already struggling with finding homes for unwanted pets,that is NOT what shelters are for.

Thats not what shelters are for? at the shelter i vounlteer at..we get alot of cats in that are serendered. For example this week we got in two cats that were serendered from their owners beacuse they have allergies (arent there pills for that?) and these cats were rasied by them. (they are about 2 months old) And another person dropped off their cat after 5-6 years because they had a new baby and they couldnt deal with the jelously. (couldnt you work with the cat?) but that is what shelters are for finding homes for animals, stray or serendered by their owners. We people atthe shelter dont bash anyone who serendered their animals. So why should anyone else bash these people, like Buttercup?

[carole]

First I would like to say I was not bashing her, if you consider my opinion that well so be it, i am guilty, but i offer no apologies all the same and secondly OK maybe shelters are for taking in pets who are surrended, and it is just as well for the poor animals sake isn't it, but i can tell you in my country people are not given a warm reception at a shelter for handing in their pets for reasons which are not ok,our shelters are so full, more than often they probably get turned away it really annoys me when people just take the easy option out and wipe it from their minds,IMO her family should have tried every other option open to them first and the shelter should have been the last resort, as it was like only two days since she first posted her problems, i hardly consider two days a lengthy period to work with an animal do you?,

Honestly if she can live with her decision then so be it, what is done is done, i just hope if there is another situation in the future they will work a lot harder at resolving it next time.

If more people tryed to work with their pets instead of oh well lets just take them back to the shelter, we would not have near as bad a problem as we do today, but yes it is a fact of life sadly,and my point is that she purposely bred this rabbit, so IMO she should be finding it a new home or taking time to work with it, not taking the easy road out and making it someone elses problem.

Shelters have enough on their plate as it is, and i too have been involved with cat shelters and rescuing so i don't comment with no knowledge whatso ever.

[Kfamr]

And by the way, not all shelters are kill shelters and in fact the shelter in my area (South Burlington) is wonderful, clean, organized and fully staffed. Any pet would have a good chance of moving on, if they ended up there. I think most people think of shelters as being miserable places. They are often not, and are much better than the streets.

This is true, however - Aggression in shelters is often a completely different subject. Most animals are put to death for aggression because
A.) A lot shelters either don't have the money/training/experience/etc (choose one) to work with the animal.
B.) They are often overlooked for their aggression problems (such as the problem BC said Roxy had - When she stuck her hands IN the cage she attacked (atleast that is what I got, I'm not sure as she changed the story plenty of times) - how many people do you think stick their fingers in the cages at shelters... almost everyone!!
When they are overlooked for months and months, they often become worse, and yes miserable. I've seen it many times with animals I've visited at our local shelter. When they first come in they are so spunk and happy. Months go by, they get overlooked, everyone passes their cages because they're now slinked away back in the corner.

I think my local Humane Society is wonderful! Hence the reason I raise money and donate supplies to them every chance I get. Whenever someone is looking for an animal, I lead them on their way to my HS. They wouldn't let something like this happen.

I'm so sick of people using someone's age as an excuse. We are all human beings and we all have a way to voice ourselves.

That said, I'm not trying to argue with you, I just happen to have a differing opinion.

NOT saying that this happened to Roxy - it could've even been her previous home. But, just a few scary experiences could have definitely caused her aggression.

From what I understand, Roxy was hand-raised by BC. I could be wrong though because a few different stories were posted about that, too.

Thats not what shelters are for?

I believe what Carole meant is that shelters aren't a disposal, when you can't handle one animal to drop it off and get another. They are for animals in dyer need of homes.


Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing we can do now and it's obvious that the OP doesn't see this as something wrong to do, sadly. Hopefully there is still time for her to learn.

[dab_20]

For example this week we got in two cats that were serendered from their owners beacuse they have allergies (arent there pills for that?)

I take pills because I am allergic to ALL animals with fur. It controls my allergies with my dogs, but I get horrible allergies everytime I go to my dad's because he's got a cat. I acctually got asthma from my cat... so we are spaying her and she's got to be a barn cat now. But I agree... they should have NEVER taken the cat to a shelter.