B.C. dog found starving, emaciated

That is just awful. People who do this to animals are the worst form of scumb and IMO are on par with rapists and pedophiles. It's just so unnecessary to put that dog through that.

My dog has 5 pups that are almost ready for adoption, and I am petrified that something like this could happen to them. You can only screen a person so much.

Come to Bosnia, you see this on a daily basis in almost every neighbourhood.

They found the dog wandering around. So how do they come to the conclusion someone 'did' something to it?

We once gave our dog away to a farmer in Chilliwack, and the damn thing was found hanging around the dump, starved in Langley, just down the street a few months later. Damn thing had run away from him and found it's way back, still had it's old Langley tag on the collar.
Of course we took the dog back, came with us up north an got to live on acreage. Died fat and happy 10-12 years later.

Okay the owner should be charged with animal cruelty, if in fact they have located the owner of this poor animal I couldn't agree more. But what would the charges be? Another slap on the wrist no doubt. It's time that the consequences for animal abuse get tougher. Far too often it's a meager fine and no jail time...sickening!

Well maybe don't let our dog breed then. There are plenty of dogs in the shelters people can adopt, the last thing we need is people breeding more of them.

Well maybe don't let our dog breed then. There are plenty of dogs in the shelters people can adopt, the last thing we need is people breeding more of them.

I have to agree with Andyt. With the overpopulation of dogs/cats and shelters usually running at maximum it seems a little irresponsible to allow dogs to get pregnant. And I too would have a hard time giving the puppies away, you just never know who your handing them over to so 2 reasons to get dogs spayed and or neutered.

Lisa and I found a chicken that was starving and emaciated and instead of making a publicity event out of it we took the critter home and took care of her. She'll have been with us 3 years in July and has turned out to be a wonderful pet.

They said they found the dog matted with it's own feces and soaked in it's urine. I don't think the dog would do that willingly if it was wondering around. If it's strong enough to be wandering around, it is strong enough to stay out of it's own shit.

Well maybe don't let our dog breed then. There are plenty of dogs in the shelters people can adopt, the last thing we need is people breeding more of them.

I don't want to compare dogs with humans here (dogs do become "part of the family"), but thats like saying people shouldn't have babies because there are so many kids who need to be adopted. Not everyone wants an adopted pet, just like not everyone wants an adopted child. It is just as big of a responsibility as bringing up a puppy, especially if the dog has had a history.

I'm all for adopting animals though. After I get my own German Shep, I will absolutely be adopting my second dog.

Well maybe don't let our dog breed then. There are plenty of dogs in the shelters people can adopt, the last thing we need is people breeding more of them.

I don't want to compare dogs with humans here (dogs do become "part of the family"), but thats like saying people shouldn't have babies because there are so many kids who need to be adopted. Not everyone wants an adopted pet, just like not everyone wants an adopted child. It is just as big of a responsibility as bringing up a puppy, especially if the dog has had a history.

I'm all for adopting animals though. After I get my own German Shep, I will absolutely be adopting my second dog.

People shouldn't have so many kids because the world is flooded with them.

Comparing adopted kids with adopted pets What's the option - have your wife pop your own? How is someone taking your puppies any different than taking them from the pound.

I'm a little confused (nothing new there). You said your dog is having puppies, then you say you're getting a German Shepherd (do you really need a purebred that will get hip dysplasia?) and then will get a second dog from the pound. So what are you going to do, trade in the one that's having the puppies?

For that dog to be covered in its own feces, it had to be restrained in some way. A short rope, cage or something similar is the only way that occurs. A dog (almost all animals) don’t lay in their own feces unless they have no choice.

This is disgusting. At the moment we have two rescue horses, two rescue dogs, one rescue cat and a few years ago we even had a rescue llama. Some people just shouldn’t own pets. The SPCA should have much stronger enforcement ability to shut down the puppy mills and inspect the farms for cruelty. There’s one out here (Chilliwack) I see advertised in the papers all the time. They list more than a dozen different breeds, registered and unregistered. They use a cell phone and they deliver. Not surprisingly, they have used at least three names in the past couple of years.

A reputable breeder usually specializes in no more than a couple of breeds, are registered with the CKC When they claim to have registered puppies), and they don’t have any objection to you visiting their location to see the parents and the way they’re taken care of.

I have three dogs at my house, 2 neutered males, and 1 female. They are family dogs, not my own. We bred the female with a stag at our vet. When I have my own personal dog on my own, it will be a German Shep. After that, I plan on adopting my own second dog. Here, I will cut your food up for you too...

Taking dogs from a pound can be drastically different, as I said before, if the dogs have had a history. As I said before, not everyone wants to take this route and would rather get one from a breeder, and there is nothing wrong with that (just like people don't want adopted children and would rather have their own, simple point). Having our puppies being taken from us and our vet who is helping us is also much different. We have already turned down one person that the vet advised against selling to, as he always brings in cats that he no longer wants to take care of. If he couldn't take care several cats over the years, there is no way he is taking care of a puppy.

1 puppy is going to a best friend, 1 to a neighbour on our street, and we are interviewing someone today who wants a pup, who also asked to meet us as well.

So, I will say again, I am all for adopting dogs, but not everyone else shares that view. People may be looking for something in particular, such as a respected breeder, type of dog, environment, sex, etc etc.