“Crying”? It doesn’t seem like the dog cared for the human one bit — I didn’t hear a peep out of him when he took off. I expected to see a distraught animal.
I think the guy said it was his son’s dog, so maybe he was like a stranger to the dog. Pretty bad that his son didn’t drop him off or even come to the shelter.
Pretty crappy people to abandon a nine year old dog like that, but they probably knew they were facing extraordinary vet bills for the spinal problem. Maybe they simply couldn’t afford the bills.
We just spent $4500 on our dog. I know a lot of people won’t do that but we could afford it and she’s part of the family.
[Pretty crappy people to abandon a nine year old dog like that]
There are legitimate reasons why older dogs are surrendered to a shelter. It doesn’t mean those owners are cruel and heartless.
Yup. People should have vet insurance to cover big bills.
Or take their pet to vet that serves low income patients.
There is always an alternative before going to the extremity of having to surrender your dog.
I think that the dogs vet bills were probably the reason it was taken to the shelter. vets don’t treat animals for free and if you don’t have the money to care for the animal the best thing you can do is take them to a shelter. at least the guy did not take the dog out into a rural area and abandon it. where I live that is common. both my dogs are rescues and that word rescue does not mean free dog.I have a teacup Pomeranian that was abandoned the vet bills was 1500 dollars to get her all healthy,fat and sassy.
His son was overseas in the military.
The human parasite could have just taken the dog and paid to have him euthanized, too. Thought he’d just drive the animal somewhere, abandon it, and let someone else pay for it.