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Originally Posted by fanaudical

I see almost non-stop requests on other social media sites for "have to rehome my dog/cat". Many people seem to get pets on a whim without consideration that the pet needs to be treated like family or they find they don't have the patience to properly train a pet. Sounds like Sadie was super lucky (and deserves it!). I'm glad that instance turned out well; most don't.

I wonder how many of those requests to rehome a pet are also the result of heartbreak.
I have no doubt that there are folks that just don't care about pets the way that a lot of us do, maybe most of them. I don't understand what drives some folks to get pets.

I saw a comedian the other day (maybe Taylor Tomlinson) saying that a friend had said something like "in the next year, I think I either want to get a dog or have a baby." The comedian, whoever it was realized right away that the friend shouldn't be allowed to have either because they 1 weren't ready, and 2 should have realized that comparing having a child to having a pet dog is crazy, because the two things are not remotely similar.

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I think some owners get a dog thinking me me me. How great will I look while out walking with the dog. But it doesn't occur to them that it makes even going away for the weekend difficult.

So when reality soaks in they dump the dog at the shelter because it's too much effort.

Speaking of effort. The dogs are lobbying me to take them for their morning walk.

It's shocking to me how many folks can't perform any amount of anticipation about the responsibility involved in pets or kids. It bugs me when young folks that work long days, and then are always out doing things on the weekends get pets. I've seen plenty of kids that would get dogs and then the dogs are mostly left to themselves at least 5-6 days a week like they are goldfish in a bowl or something.

I've seen the same thing where a young couple has a kid and is then shocked by how much work a baby is.