Animals are Gods angels. Look at all they do for humans on pure instinct! I would LOVE to have the ear of someone that RETURNS an animal. How heartless. I can't even fathom! Thats why animal lovers like myself get bogged down with so many pets. They were all strays however I will never step foot in the SPCA to GIVE up a pet. But I have to adopt
Gloria Johnstone - 10 years ago
Those people should not be allowed to own another pet . What is wrong with these idiots that think animals don't have feeling. I just don't understand and they probably do not take care of their kids either
Pat Clark - 10 years ago
Pets should not live in homes where parents do not care for them. But I fear they probably do not care much for their children either. Rather
scary, is it not?
Recently, some children came into the PetSmart where we show our foster cats for adoption. The parents never accompanied them on the two occasions that they visited the adoption center; they got a family friend to drive them to the store.
The father filled out the application and when I went for the home visit, the mother told me straight up, "I don't have time to take care of the cat because I work all the time (she and her husband own a restaurant) and I don't want to pay for vet bills. My 15 year old daughter will take care of the cat."
I declined them on the spot. Unless an adult is willing to take responsibility for the cat's welfare, even though the 15 year old agreed to take care of the cat, I could not in good conscience adopt our cat to them.
walt saunders - 10 years ago
Isn't it a shame that back ground checks similar to hand gun purchases can't be done for pet purchase/adoption.
If parents would learn to discipline themselves first, then maybe they would realize it is their job to teach their children self discipline by truly disciplining their children............To Discipline means: To give life to learning. And our children can only get this if first the parents are self disciplined and then treat their children to this type of discipline as well.
Animals are Gods angels. Look at all they do for humans on pure instinct! I would LOVE to have the ear of someone that RETURNS an animal. How heartless. I can't even fathom! Thats why animal lovers like myself get bogged down with so many pets. They were all strays however I will never step foot in the SPCA to GIVE up a pet. But I have to adopt
Those people should not be allowed to own another pet . What is wrong with these idiots that think animals don't have feeling. I just don't understand and they probably do not take care of their kids either
Pets should not live in homes where parents do not care for them. But I fear they probably do not care much for their children either. Rather
scary, is it not?
Excellent comments! Thank you all for reading.
Recently, some children came into the PetSmart where we show our foster cats for adoption. The parents never accompanied them on the two occasions that they visited the adoption center; they got a family friend to drive them to the store.
The father filled out the application and when I went for the home visit, the mother told me straight up, "I don't have time to take care of the cat because I work all the time (she and her husband own a restaurant) and I don't want to pay for vet bills. My 15 year old daughter will take care of the cat."
I declined them on the spot. Unless an adult is willing to take responsibility for the cat's welfare, even though the 15 year old agreed to take care of the cat, I could not in good conscience adopt our cat to them.
Isn't it a shame that back ground checks similar to hand gun purchases can't be done for pet purchase/adoption.
If parents would learn to discipline themselves first, then maybe they would realize it is their job to teach their children self discipline by truly disciplining their children............To Discipline means: To give life to learning. And our children can only get this if first the parents are self disciplined and then treat their children to this type of discipline as well.