Just come back from walking the dogs. Met a teenage girl, about 15, walking two Shih Tzu Puppies. No leads, only 40 foot from the gate to the road - and yes - they were only 9 weeks old and had no jabs :( :( :(

Now whether her parents knew that she was out with them I don't know. She just looked at me blankly when I suggested that perhaps they shouldn't be on the ground at that age :( One took a look at my dogs and started to race back towards the gate - she just caught it in time :(

Why do some people have dogs ?

Daisy

Just come back from another walk and the girl is still in the fields, this time with two other children. Her puppies are getting plenty of socialisation with other dogs :( :(

Daisy

I'm constantly amazed at the casual way many people buy a dog, and how many parents get puppies for their children and then let the children get on with it as best they can, no info needed - after all its only a lively toy :(    Hopefully a couple of vets bills will soon put them right, but I won't hold my breath.   Its very depressing, when the pup becomes a handful/ill/too expensive to keep or just too boring they shunt them off to rescue.  I actually know of one woman who always had a GSD puppy - once it got to a year old she would get rid of it.  Some got lucky and ended up in the forces, but most just went into rescue with a 'story'.  Thankfully she doesn't have dogs any more.

I know a woman like that!!! she is very odd, hardly anyone in the village talks to her. she has loads of different dogs over the years, she always has a puppy and then when it gets to 6 months to a year it vanishes, and a short while later, another pup takes its place :-(
Over the last couple of years she has had a black longcoat GSD, a jack russell, a great dane, a springer spaniel, and an akita.
goodnes knows what the deal is with her? :-(

New people moved in next door about 3 months ago, they had a  JR, then after a couple if weeks a new puppy arrived the chap was always out in the garden with it , they were very noisy dogs always yapping early morning and late at night, just  recently I realised that I hadnt heard the dogs and found out that they have got rid of them and got a cat whose not allowed out and yesterday my westie was scratching at the fence and on peering over i see that they have rabbits now, iI wonder how long they will last.

My family spent ages trying to get through to the woman that a dog is for life :rolleyes: but she didn't like them once they got to adults   Personally I think there's something missing there!   I prefer living with the adults to the puppies ;)  pups, tho adorable are really hard work with toilet training, manners, obedience training, recall, socialisation etc. Not to mention the worry of them doing something silly and getting hurt/lost.  The adult is the result of all that hard work and a joy to live with.  I can't imagine permanent toilet training   I also think its very strange that people can live with an animal and not get attached/grow to love it :(

But if you think of the way some people bring up (or not) their children, it's not surprising that they can be this way with animals :( :(

Daisy

As Dill said a couple of vet bills will bring them down to earth......but I feel sorry for the pups and hope that they don't pick anything up.    One of my dogs had parvo and I wouldn't wish that on any dog!!