Is this poster in the lounge serious? To "end" dog's suffering in field?

[peacebuzzard]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5695174

I rarely go to the lounge, and I don't know if this poster is for real or what. Anyone?

[LeftyMom]

1. Poster is in the Phillipines

Depending on where at, vet care may not be a realistic expectation. :(

[peacebuzzard]

2. (sigh) oh, no. You are right.

poor animals everywhere.

Sad.:(

[Solitaire]

3. you know what?

I can't even respond to the person. How could she not have taken the dog to a vet? She has a computer, she has electricity, she can get to a vet!

[LeftyMom]

4. The animal was humanely euthanized by a vet.

Sad, but the best thing under the circumstances.

[Solitaire]

5. I agree, leftymom

thank you for the update.

Sol :)

[peacebuzzard]

6. I hope Phrogman spays the dog he wants to breed again.

I have a friend (well, less of a friend since he did this) that bred his cocker spaniel and has a litter on his hands now. He knows I am into animals, but I guess he just doesn't get the welfare aspect yet. I responded to his email and pictures by asking if he was going to keep all the pups.

I know it is a learning curve on animal overpopulation/sustainability, I myself failed a test years and years ago. I had a Great Dane couple I had acquired from throw aways and a wasteful life I was leading in my first marriage. I let them breed, I had a huge farm in Memphis at the time. I thought I would find the pups good homes. Right. Thank god I had my first revelations when I tried to find good homes, no one was qualified enough according to my standards. Soooo, I kept all 4 pups. I had 6 Great Danes at one time!!!

But they all lived out their lives naturally and traveled the world with me! (I was married to a rich husband at the time)

Since then, I have totally become aware of the plight of animal overpopulation. (and, I am a poor working girl now) I still have 6 dogs, but these were all throw aways from dire circumstances, and much much smaller that the giant breed I was responsible for bringing into the world.

[LeftyMom]

7. A friend of mine really wants to breed her wolf hybrid

I know she really would have no trouble placing all the puppies, but I'm more than a little glad she can't seem to find anybody who will sell her an unspayed female.

A few years back somebody did, and another friend got the other two pups in the litter, but they has some sort of congenital defect and all three died. At least in that instance the people who bred them did the right thing and had both of the parents altered since they couldn't be sure it wouldn't happen again with another litter.

She's wierd. One minute she wants to breed him and have a litter, the next she wants to get a big chink of land (not an expensive thing to do since she lives in Okiehoma) and do hybrid rescue. I've explained to her a gazillion times how the reason there's so many in need of competent homes is that too many are bred, but she just. does. not. get. it. It's a pity, she really does an amazing job with dogs who've been previously abused or have had behavior problems in anther home, it'd be nice to see her take a few more in.

[peacebuzzard]

8. I have become a radical in my relations with the human species.

In my life, I guess I have:

co-workers
my virtual friends, (like here)
and my "animal" friends, people who feel as intensely as I do about the critters and their welfare. (and not enough of those in the last category)

for the rest of the world I have basically become robotic primarily because of the crowds I work with and our political/environmental disasters is provoking me to just "hide" on my days off.

[Elad]

9. Locking

Please don't use this forum to call out other members of DU.

Thanks.