Originally Posted by miss_zelda:
“Yep, I think that's exactly it. I would absolutely love a dog but with both my boyfriend and I working full time it would be unfair to leave it home alone all day. Not everyone takes things like that into consideration though and they get a puppy only to leave it sitting on its own in the house with no interaction with anything until they get back from work.
Few people seem to do background research into the animal's needs before going ahead and getting it.
I've known people to get rid of their pets as soon as their circumstances change (e.g. baby on the way, animal too messy etc.) and to me it seems really silly because surely these things should have been foreseen as potentially happening in the future before they got the animal and they therefore should never have collected it in the first place.”
“Yep, I think that's exactly it. I would absolutely love a dog but with both my boyfriend and I working full time it would be unfair to leave it home alone all day. Not everyone takes things like that into consideration though and they get a puppy only to leave it sitting on its own in the house with no interaction with anything until they get back from work.
Few people seem to do background research into the animal's needs before going ahead and getting it. I've known people to get rid of their pets as soon as their circumstances change (e.g. baby on the way, animal too messy etc.) and to me it seems really silly because surely these things should have been foreseen as potentially happening in the future before they got the animal and they therefore should never have collected it in the first place.”
Yes, it would be good if people thought of the cons, as well as the pros and how their lives might predictably change (as in having children). (Which doesn't mean to say that no one makes mistakes or thinks aren't as anticipated. Stuff happens!).
Sounds to me like a hard decision and she is doing her best to make sure kitty finds a loving home. I could never ever do it, but we are all different.”
