tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post113949611447798172..comments2024-01-01T18:48:00.179-07:00Comments on DADA'S DALLY: Another canine tragedy.Dadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-1139550531391706252006-02-09T22:48:00.000-07:002006-02-09T22:48:00.000-07:00D.K. Ahhh, thank you. It was never my intention to...D.K. Ahhh, thank you. It was never my intention to give anyone familiar with our shrinking family concern we had lost our last grey. (BTW, I can speak Scottish...it happened after we acquired these beautiful animals. Ready? <BR/><BR/>"Ya canna foughten a grerhund!"<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, that's all the Scottish I know. Anyway, I could see where you might have gotten the impression that something had befallen our "Pony" from that subject line. She's old, and some days slow, but she's definitely inherited "numero uno" status with us.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your story of your neighbors. Just incredible, isn't it, that there seems to be a segmentof the pop. who is sooo totally insensitive to our fellow cosmic travellers.<BR/><BR/>As for speaking to the neighbor, my wife is already rehearsing possible conversation scenarios for just such an encounter. <BR/><BR/>I hate having a neighbor involved in this kind of treatment. It's been so nice these past couple of years since their last dog fiasco.<BR/><BR/>Briefly, Boxer was a precursor to this current pup's future. A lonesome existence. Boxer was a homely little guy, but as sweet as they come. We'd "play" over the wall and I'd give him treats, talk to him. Some times he was chained for digging. Bastards! What else was there to do all day alone?<BR/><BR/>Then he suddenly disappeared. We learned from another neighbor, they'd taken him out with them for a ride. It was summer. In the car too long, he died!<BR/><BR/>e4e: I just read your comment to my wife. Thank you for the support. I like your suggestion for the neighbors....let 'em switch places. There's just not enough empathy in the world. <BR/><BR/>It's now 10 p.m. and the puppy's crying and crying. I heard the neighbors out earlier. They took five minutes or so to water and feed him. That was their time with him today. <BR/><BR/>BTW, read your part II of Enigma women this morning...you've the story of Flo. Excellent stuff.<BR/><BR/>And Maineiac...your story of doing battle with your neighbors, risking bodily harm, reminds me of the wife giving water to a waterless pup on a chain to short to reach his bowl. <BR/><BR/>The owner came over to assure us the dog was okay. If we'd thought it'd done any good, we'da just turned the bastard in. <BR/><BR/>But these stories are all kind of metaphors for the political mess we find ourselves in, where they're the owners and we're the dogs.<BR/><BR/>Thanks all for the kind words and empathy for the neighbor dogger.Dadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-1139535645382243892006-02-09T18:40:00.000-07:002006-02-09T18:40:00.000-07:00when i lived in the suburbs, i had the "neighbors ...when i lived in the suburbs, i had the "neighbors from hell" who went through dog after dog and constantly left the poor animals outside and raising canine ruckuses...i was not very diplomatic in my approach to the problem and damned near got into a fistfight with one of the 6'6" punks about it...best for me just to move away and find a place where dogs left alone are far enough away not to bother me with their loneliness...much...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-1139532043865560282006-02-09T17:40:00.000-07:002006-02-09T17:40:00.000-07:00I am glad that your pup is okay and loved by you t...I am glad that your pup is okay and loved by you two- like DK I had heart failure for a moment there...I don't understand people- at all- all and I mean ALL animals need care and TLC...nobody deserves to be put out in the cold- welp except maybe your neighbor...<BR/><BR/>Glad your wife went and tended to the pup...<BR/>would have done the very same...<BR/><BR/>( part II of the Enigma Women is up- about Flo....)enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-1139515143444346462006-02-09T12:59:00.000-07:002006-02-09T12:59:00.000-07:00P.S. forgot to say when I first saw your headline,...P.S. forgot to say when I first saw your headline, my heart sank thinking it was about your last greyhound standing. Also, wondering how your neice's StB knee surgery went? D.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-1139513269155479962006-02-09T12:27:00.000-07:002006-02-09T12:27:00.000-07:00Such a sad story. what is wrong with people. whe...Such a sad story. what is wrong with people. where is the humanity in isolating a pack animal from its pack. I agree, why even get the dog in the first place? We've dealt with bad petowning neighbors before too & noticed ignorance plays a part, but most angering is the "it's only a dog" attitude. It's makes you feel so impotent because the law favors them as property owners. Not to mention destroying any vestige of neighborliness if you pursue it. Your wife is very brave as I'm sure you've noticed all these Texans have guns & wouldn't mind shooting someone messing around their "property". If you can bring yourself to speak to the jerk, I'm sure you'll point out that there are no loner dogs in the wild. <BR/><BR/>In our last house, we had neighbors who just refused to feed their dog. It was a semi-rural, no fence near-wilderness area & I guess they thought the dog should hunt for his food. Extremely shy, we all fed him when he showed up. Finally another neighbor announced to the idiot, I'm adopting your dog. Believe it or not, idiot agreed & then a few months later got himself another dog! Same situation all over again, except this time the dog got hit by a car. It actually happened once more before we moved & his last dog just ran away (hope he made it; we're talking cougar country). Idiot neighbor never saw anything wrong with his actions!<BR/><BR/>Hopefully that puppy can penetrate your neighbor's hearts before he becomes another statistic (& they lose a little more of their humanity). D.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com