This blog is all about dogs and ultimately if you own one you understand the impact that they have on our lives just by being themselves. They help in so many different ways that some people do not give them enough credit for. Besides giving unconditional love, loyalty and being there when no one else is, for some people their dog is all they have. In the dog's perspective, their owners are literally their whole world. It breaks my heart how many dogs or any animal are in shelters or abandoned and on their own. The saddest thing is that they do not know any different, until we show them. That is why we see so many emotional videos on Facebook or the internet about certain dogs whose life has been turned around from something so tragic and then they get adopted and nursed back to health. But there are an obscene number of dogs in shelters that do not get that 2nd chance. Shelters cause dogs to completely change in behavior, if a dog is in a shelter too long then it will become aggressive due to the fact that they have been isolated for so long and their only experiences with humans have been bad ones. After dogs become aggressive then they are labeled as "unadoptable" because they are seen as dangerous and then they become euthanized. This problem can 100% be avoided, it is not the dog that is in fault, the conditions that dogs in shelters have to endure makes that dog's behavior change as a defense mechanism. Dogs of all ages are in shelters and it is a bigger problem than people even know. The National Humane Society realizes this problem and tries to improve the lives of shelter animals throughout the world. They strive for “improving the lives of rescue animals across America. We stand with shelters and humane societies around the country in the mission to find abandoned animals homes and to help rectify the over-population crisis of dogs and cats in the US”. It is organizations like these that give me hope for the future of shelter dogs, because something needs to be changed.
nationalhumanesociety.org/About-Us.php www.peta.org/issues/companion-animal-issues/animal-shelters/ www.americanhumane.org/animals/adoption-pet-care/issues-information/pet-overpopulation.html
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