I am just amazed at some people who own pets.
Last night, while driving home, I pulled onto my street. It’s a dark street at 8 pm, and is covered with snow and ice. There are only a couple of streetlights.
So I turned onto the street, and there was a dog standing in front of my car. I braked, and the antilocks kicked in, so I was able to avoid the dog, but ended up in a snow bank (no big deal). I got out of the car, and there was the dog’s owner, who lives in the house at the end of the street shoveling his walk.
I said, “You know, it’s not a good idea to have your dogs running around in the middle of the street when it’s icy and dark. You almost had one less dog.”
He mumbled something that sounded like “sorry.” My girlfriend, who was in the car with me, got out, pulled her entire 5-foot-3 frame up and said “You should take those dogs inside.” The onwer responded that he “couldn’t do that right now.” She replied, “We’re not moving from in front of your house until you do.” The owner stared at her for a second, and then brought his dogs inside. I was so proud of her.
In MPSIMS there is a thread about a guy whose dog was attacked and killed by another dog, which was let run by its owner.
But I’m not sure it wasn’t an accident waiting to happen, as the OPer says:
What the fuck is up with that? You don’t just let your dog run around. There are ways to train your dog to stay at home, and if you have a dog that needs lots of space and yuou can’t give it to him safely, maybe you shouldn’t have that breed of dog. (In fairness to the OPer, his dog was tied up at the time of the attack.)
It just amazes me sometimes how people treat their animals. It horrifies me that these same people are considered responsible enough to have children, a much bigger deal. I understand that some people treat animals as chattel, and basically don’t care if they live or die. I think the time has come for those people to give up owning animals. Society has, I’d like to believe, evolved past that point.
Thanks for letting me rant.