No time for Fido?

[chocolatepuppy]

I too believe in many cases, it's just an excuse. I can remember working a lot of overtime and feeling quilty that the dogs weren't getting enough exercise/quality time. I did the best I could. I'll never believe they'd be happier rehomed. There may be cases where a persons circumstances have changed and the dog really isn't getting enough exercise and/or attention. Then maybe it could be for the best, especially if the dog is younger. I just feel a lot of people don't try hard enough to keep their dogs. Maybe they don't feel the way some of us feel about our dogs.

[Vette]

Its not something i could do an i always feel sad when i see ads like those but dont mind it really. i feel that if the right person comes along an takes the dog then its life will be changed for the better an kept so busy an happy that the dog wont grief for its previous owner/s much or at all.

beats living a life of living on a chain or in a cage.
or in pain due owner/s not being able to afford surgery an what nots.

[robinh]

Last week I saw an ad on Craigslist for a dachshund. The guy said his landlord wouldn't let him bring the dog inside and he would be outside this winter in Iowa if he couldn't find a new home. I simply could not keep quiet and when I told my SO about it, his first reaction was call the guy. I called and talked to him, got some of the story and to make a long story short, Dick drove an hour the next morning to pick up Shamus (yeah, I know nice Irish name for a German dog). We were going to foster him until we found him a new loving home. Well, we've had him in the house for almost a week and we are officially "foster failures". We now have 3 dachshunds, a bichon and a yorkie. We are completely crazy.

How could someone give up such a WONDERFUL dog is beyond me. I would have found a home that would let me keep my dog - I'd have slept in my car with the dog. I'll never leave my dogs.