dog euthanized, owner changes mind

[clairabean]

This dog was set up for tragedy when she first came to that woman's house. 8hours a day alone for a puppy? No surprise it has issues.

My heart breaks for our world that has way too many dogs in it. The shelter was probably overloaded.
And I shake my head that in our society you can sign multiple forms and still have no responsibility. Maybe that is the decline of our society?


ETA: I feel that while this dog had minimal chances to succeed, she did get a humane end. Better than being dumped or abused... or being left for 8hours+ a day....

 

[chickened]

This woman's' lack of responsibility as seen at the Humane Society is proof enough along with her feeble excuses and unsubstantiated blame are reason enough for me to determine she was a poor dog owner as well and should never be allowed to have a dog again. She is still not accepting responsibility.

Probably lived in an apartment too.

 

[dainerra]

The problem is that shelters only have so much space for dogs. If the dog DID have separation anxiety, putting him in a shelter would be very cruel.
As it is, you h ave one of the most colmon breeds of dogs, dumped at the most common age. Every sh elter h as dozens of them. Most have no or very minor issues, why take space from them to h ouse a dog wh o has at least major training issues, if not a serious behavior problem
The woman didn't talk about steps she took to keep h er dog, only how hard she tried to get rid of her.
Friends and family - hey Aunt Sally, Fluffy just ate a hole through ther wall. Can he come live with you?
Rescue - hey I know you get these calls all the time and you are probably away right now working at your real job to pay the bills, but I'm taking this dog to the shelter if you don't want him. Opps, it's been 2 hours, off to the shelter I go.

Shelter, they have 2 options with this dog. Be h onest about what the owner told him and decrease the chances of him getting adopted. Lie about his past and increase the chances that the new owners will be bringing him back to the shelter. Sure there are people who could deal with this dog, but will they be at the sh elter in the short time before the dog is euthanized?

 

[dainerra]

The dog was euthanized quickly. Maybe that is because it just happned to be the day that the tech was there.
More likely, the shelter made the decision on the dog's behavior. With separation anxiety, a dog in the shelter is basically tortured. Even the most stable of dogs have trouble adjusting to the stress, noise, and fear. This dog was described as having a severe behavior disorder by the owner. To make it worse, the owner had a tearful long-drawn out goodbye. Another thing she did to pleaseherself at the dog's expense. So, when the dog went to the back, it was most likely in a near-panic. The staff was right to feel that immediate euthanasia was best for the dog.

Better a quick humane death than sitting fearful in an over-crowded cage surrounded by strange people and animals and jsust waiting your turn to die

 

[dainerra]

Another thought. My one fear is that instead of waking people up to take responsibity for their actions, they will choose to dump their animals along the road instead.

Personally, I think that they should have made the woman go in the back with her dog and watch while it was put down.

 

[redhen]

It says they made it clear to her that her dog wasn't a canadate for adopting out..
What exactly did she think was going to happen to her dog? At least the dog wasn't stuck in a small cage to be scared and stressed for hours before he died...
Poor guy...

i would have my dog put down before I EVER subjected them to living in a shelter

 

[redhen]

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I agree, why wasn't it adoptable?

 

[HEChicken]

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Since this is my local shelter (and is in fact just minutes from where I work, my daughter volunteers there, and I have adopted from there), I can answer that question this way: in our area, there are many more animals needing homes than there are homes to take them. Therefore, the rescues and shelters have no choice but to be selective. If you have a well-behaved dog that you can't find a home for, how are you going to find a home for one that is not? So, it is not that this dog could not have been retrained and made adoptable - it is just that the resources aren't there to allow for that.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

Read up on separation anxiety, especially the more severe cases and I don't think most people would be so hard on the shelter. It's been easier for me to rehabilitate dogs with aggression issues than dogs with separation anxiety. In extreme cases, dogs have even been known to break teeth off, trying to get out of their crate or gone through a window to get out of the house. Rehoming them usually just makes it worse and some of these dogs have histories of multiple homes. It would have been better for her owner to work with someone when it started and have her stay in one home. Letting it go without treatment and then dumping her at the shelter didn't give that dog much of a chance. Especially in an area with so many dogs being dumped there and so few people willing to adopt. Did that dog deserve better? Sure she did. I wouldn't kill a healthy dog without problems in her place, to give her a chance, if I had to make the choice. They don't have enough homes for the easy dogs.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

The local shelter is not a doggy day care where you can leave your pet while you decide whether you want it or not. Shelters are beyond overcrowded anymore and yes i could see them having no space and having to put down dogs as they come in. I do not in any way feel sorry for this woman. I feel terribly sorry for the dog, though. Even if it was a good dog, where do you think the shelters come up with the time and money to work with its issues? Its not free training. There are volunteers but usually these places are tremendously short staffed. I think the dogs behavior issues are irrelivant. The woman knew what was going to happen. She pressed the big red button and then was shocked when the world blew up. I hate her.