Originally posted by guster girl
I don't think we should be giving MariaM too much crap for this, though. It's her parents that are dooming this dog. Not her. What kid isn't going to feel the way she does? For the most part, kids don't see the big picture. I feel terrible for the dog, though. It's really sad to see such a tiny thing tied up already. Is he like that at night, too?

Honestly, this is a form of abuse and MariaM is not a little kid. If she is old enough to post on this board then she is old enough to see that this is wrong. A dog shouldn't suffer just because she never had a dog before; maybe there's a reason she never did. No, it's not her fault, but she does have the ability to change this pup’s fate. If you had to live next door to this dog, I'm sure you would have called the SPCA by now. I lived next to a pup in the same situation and we took care of it. This is no life for a dog. I'm sorry but it's true.