#shelter dog problems

[marxalittle]

The thing is, if you ask me "can i keep you," and i say yes?

You have to actually keep me

[stinkybrowndogs]

I mean I get that’s it’s not the only contributing factor, but I’m curious exactly how much of the shelter dog over-population problem is actually due to poor dog ownership/management vs the housing crisis and economical stress. I’d be willing to bet by investing in social programs that give people the resources they need to care for their pets (cough cough affordable and free housing cough cough) that the amount of pets in shelters would dramatically drop. We can all sit here pointing fingers and screaming at each other until we are blue in the face, but if the owners basic needs are not being met, how can we hold them to a basic standard for their pets?

[darkwood-sleddog]

What the fuuuuck:

I’m sorry but comparing force free dog training to neglect because you aren’t willing to accept that not all dogs are behaviorally stable enough to live with people is so asinine.

The “balanced” folk will literally say anything negative against R+, force free, and other positive reinforcement heavy training methods but always they fail to do anything about actual abuse, heavy handedness, and actual aversive trainers parading themselves around as “balanced” (like I cannot take these folks seriously as balanced until they are actively doing something and speaking up).

My dogs aren’t “force free”, I’m LIMA (Least Invasive Minimally Aversive) trained but I believe heavily in R+ and that if R+ methods are what animal behaviorists are using for tigers, hyenas, and other dangerous non-domestic animals for cooperative care behaviors that this can AND should apply to dogs as well.

Dogs do not languish in shelters because of R+ and/or force free training methods. They languish there because many rescues are hoarding situations, because “adopt don’t shop” has done irreparable damage to people’s perception of ethical dog breeders, because so many dogs in shelters are BEHAVIORALLY UNSAFE for the average person, because we view euthanasia as a cruelty instead of a necessity to reduce behaviorally unstable dogs from society or a kindness from a cruel and scary life. There are worst things than dying. All the “balanced” training methods in the world will not change those things.

[despazito]

"are you a slow paced person? you'll love this insane dog"

[wiremotherofficial]

I was about to tag you in the “bought a dog at the dollar store and it is a low quality animal” post until I realized it was you that reblogged it lol

Anyway how did you end up stuck with Beau for a dog?

something is wrong with me, so i was literally looking for the worst dog i could find. i knew i wanted a heeler or a kelpie, and that i wanted a project dog, and my best friend saw an ad from her local shelter that had him on it and she just sent it to me like come get your mans

so i did

[ssruis]

Future rks au where tsukasa gets a role as a divorce guy & to method act he and rui break up for like 5 weeks and during those 5 weeks they are genuinely the most irritating people to be around ever

[fruitless-vain]

I would 100% respect Certain Rescues a whole lot more if they started being clear about their dogs’ behaviour problems instead of skirting around the subject and dolling it up with sentences like “he just needs someone who really loves him!😌” *dog is a walking bite risk to anything that moves*

Getting dogs in to homes as fast as possible is Not Worth It when you’re putting dangerous dogs in homes not equipped to handle the problems you’re disguising.

[bluebellwren]

Dog vs. cat adoptions at shelters are hilarious to me. Oh you want a cat? Oh yeah, just go right ahead. We don't want it. Give us $10 and take your freak home, adios.

But you want a dog? No criminal record, must have a minimum of five billion acres of fenced yard, a minimum monthly income of 500 million dollars (BUT you can't work a job, because you have to be around the dog 24/7/365), two entire 5,000 square feet houses (one for you and one for the dog), fifty references, of which you must have a personal recommendation from a MINIMUM of two presidents, a $1000, non-refundable application fee, and maybe, MAYBE we'll think about considering you for a dog, but probably not, you deadbeat loser. Get out of here. Who do you think you are, thinking you're even fit to be considered?

[toadsrbutch]

me when my manual labor job leaves me tired and sore after work

[aldieb]

i just switched my browser to firefox (from brave bc i’m a freak and they were kind of changing the game tracking protection wise like 4 years ago) and it took a mere 15 minutes to port everything over perfectly ✨ i sound like an ad sorry lmao but i’ve been wanting to do this forever and was prevented by needing chromium’s ability to use different profiles in the same browser for my old job. which apparently already got fixed by firefox getting containers. whatever i’m a new man now

[darkwood-sleddog]

dog id subreddits are so funny. thousands of people that can't recognize a garden variety pit bull.

[aleatoryw]

the shelter: this cat is very timid and quiet. she spends a lot of time hiding, and we have never heard her make any noise

the cat after being in my home for a few months: *meowing because I'm not paying attention to her* *meowing because she entered a room* *meowing because she ate the last of her food* *meowing because I came home from work* *purring*

[satans-knitwear]

If this chair tips either way... A pupper will get squished. I must stay very still. For a long time. What a shame.

[whippetcrimes]

When Misty came to work with me last weekend, a man came in to collect the money for a local dog rescue. And he asked me if she was a rescue then continued the conversation into older people should adopt old rescue dogs because if they get a young dog from a breeder, the dog will have nowhere to go if they pass before the dog and the family can't take the dog/doesn't want it... And I was just like. If I weren't on the clock right now, I'd at the very least have said that any good breeder would take the dog back... He even directly asked me, "what would happen to your beautiful designer dog if something happened to you and your partner?" I had to bite my tongue so hard.

[blindchandelure]

Both of my friends got pets in July. One was given a kitten as a birthday gift and the other (coincidentally) adopted a dog the day before my birthday.

Now I’ve got the urge to adopt something too

[gooddogbestfriend]

anyways if you breed your dogs because the ones you have are good companions for you without like. Knowing what you're doing. Fuck you.