Gotta’ Get Rid of The Dog

These are words I hate to hear.

Unfortunately, 171,229 dogs are feeling and living the impact of that statement and that’s just on http://Petfinder.org.

I know that they’re “just words.” Just words. . .”get rid of”. . .I think that there are a lot of things we can all get rid of and none of them would even closely resemble a dog. I’d like someone to be able to look in the eyes of their dog and explain exactly what “getting rid” of them means.

There may be a lot of reasons that a dog should be re-homed or helped in other ways due to a consideration that is in the best interest of the dog. I am very grateful that I have my dogs, and while I’ll have them with me for the remainder of their lives, I’m not their first home.

It’s not that there can’t be some synchronicity at play that brings the right dog to us but that’s a completely different story than a dog that someone chooses to get rid of out of an inconvenience. Some dogs are fortunate to have been loved by several families and have always known a loving environment. Some haven’t. Someone got rid of them.

Maybe you or I will be lucky enough to be loved by one of these dogs.

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