Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Security Dogs

Hmmmm this one's a tough one. Today I got an email from a very good friend of mine, talking about the German Shepherd her company has at their offices as part of their security force. Firstly she and her company are the exception rather than the rule I think , in that she made sure the dog had a suitable kennel and safe area. Now considering this dog is "security" you would imagine that he gets to work and parole the perimeter so at least he gets some stimulation right? wrong he is locked up in a small area where he then went on to chew at the kennel brought in for him out of boredom :( The security company then took him away and replaced him with another dog.
Firstly my question is where do they get these dogs from ? Who is responsible for the basic care these dogs deserve ? The SPCA have warned us about some of the dangers of giving your dogs away, here is another. Dogs are being taken as pets and handed over to security companies as guard dogs, this is wrong, what happens when these dogs "don't work out" the SPCA is then given the horrible task of trying to rehome these dogs :( I called the SPCA as my friend told me
" I am really concerned for this dog’s welfare. I still firmly believe he was so bored and was not being worked at night – not being able to patrol and do his job that is why he was so wide awake and trying to find something to occupy his boredom."
I applaud the SPCA as the very next day they were on the case investigating these people, I await their report.
I think the SPCA has the hardest task of the shelters they NEVER turn a dog away and there are constantly dogs being dumped at SPCA's all over the country. They help get animals their due rights and monitor situations that are suspicious. Sure there is the upsetting factor that animals are euthanised :( but is that the SPCA'S fault NO it's the IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE who dump their dogs FAULT. We are going overseas and can't take our dogs with us - WHY NOT !!!! are you taking your 2 legged kids with ? Well then say it as it is, we cant be bothered to pay the money, our dogs aren't worth the cost to ship them overseas with us. Firstly if we each committed ourselves to our dogs for their lifespan as any caring human being would, then the SPCA would not have the huge task of caring for thousands of dumped dogs and if people stopped supporting the breeding industry we would not have more dogs than homes available.
Please think about these poor dogs now working for these security companies and ask yourself did I in anyway contribute to this ? How can I help ?
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

What can we do

In today's paper, we read about a guy who hit a boerboel with the handle of a pick axe till he was unconscious. Apart from the obvious thought of what possesses a person to be so inhumane and then try and justify it. I know Im going to get a roar of dissaproval for my next comment. If he had done this to another human he would be jailed for life. WHY do humans have a better punishment dished out for their suffering? Surely a cruel and barbaric act should be punished the same no matter what? If a person can do this to an animal and feel no remorse its not long before that kind of unattached attitude moves onto human abuse. The FBI have linked animal abuse to all serial killers, its just the beginning of the end. If these people had realised just how wrong their behaviour was, whenthey were being cruel to animals, they probably would not have developed into the psychotic murderers they became. The sad thing is if he had done this to someones car he would probably receive a harsher punishment than what he will no doubtly get for this disgusting act. My website was created to try and find homes for shelter and abandoned dogs and I will tell you, there are days where I am so overwhelmed with the amount of dogs neglected or dumped because their owners are off to greener pastures and it would COST them financially to take their dog with them. Here again why accept to care for an animal if you are not going to follow through. What would people do if it was TOO EXPENSIVE to take their human children with them, would our local orphanages be filled to the brim. NO, why because sadly we do not respect our fellow animals and we are a bunch of selfish, self centred, ignorant group of mammals. Not only have we selfishly destroyed our planet but WE domesticated the dog, he didnt ask for it. Im pretty sure he was incredibly happy out in the wild but in all our wisdom we decided we would like them to be our pets and we bred them to have some of the most horriffic defects because we think its cute. Now that we have managed to mess their natural lives up, we disgard them like wasted food as shown in a recent article showing euthanised dogs dumped in a bin :( So sad, surely there is something we can do to stop this madness. We need a voice and a legal standing to help these defenceless animals. They can no longer fend for themselves in the wild we took that away from them. Its our time to stand up for them and accept the mess we created. I love my dogs like my children and could NEVER dump or hurt them, they are the reason I get up and go out to work, so I can provide them with the best life I can provide. This was what I agreed to do when they came into my life and I will honour this to the end. Will you?

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Today I found out some wonderful news an old GSD Max who was looking for a new home at the ripe old age of 11.5 years found one. This gives me soooo much hope for our doggies. It takes a very special person to take on an old dog, but then again true animal lovers are very special people :)
Hi Doggie Defenders
I have started to notice something since I set on my journey to help abandoned animals. It's a very sad state of affairs when people phone you looking for a dog and you can no longer fully trust what they are telling you. Unfortunately due to the number of bad people out there, it makes us weary to trust true loving and caring people. The last thing we want to do is give a dog that has already had a rough start to life another bad experience. So my question to you is how do we seperate the bad from the good without upsetting those many good people out there.
Tracy