oh Debbie,
I dont know how you do it. I get so upset about that. It breaks my heart. I am so sure that if she tried to make it work it would but i see that most people once they have the idea of getting rid of their pets, nothing is going to change their minds, even simple fixes. I see the dogs in the shelter in my area and they are usually there becuase of moving and cant take dogs, or have baby/toddler and cant keep dog, oh and the allergies thing is the other big one around here. I am most outraged when i see dogs that are elderly thrown away becuase they have become inconvenient or have been replaced by a younger dog. I cry when i see that. I don't believe that everyone should have a dog, or a cat for that matter. When we take on the committment of a pet, dog, cat ,whatever ,it should be for the life time of the animal and one should do everything in their power to make things work out and not cop out on the poor animal. As for this lady's husband- all i have to say is that my hubby is not a cat person, at all. He doesnt appreciate them or understand them, however, when he met me , i had two cats, and he loved me enough he would never ever ask me to get rid of my cats ( infact at one point we had 4 cats until my clinton passed away.) He was not a huge fan of the cats but if he EVER asked me to get rid of a cat then i would know he was not a man i could ever love...and he would go long before my cats ever would...and that stands to this day almost 10 yrs of marriage later. This woman would be better off dumping that husband and keeping her dogs. The other thing is if you plan to have children, then you should make sure you have properly socialized and trained your dog so you dont have issues later. That is my 10 cents ( i would say two but i was a bit long winded
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Emilie