Comments on: Unchain The Dogs http://thatdogblog.com/2008/08/12/unchain-the-dogs/ For the love of dogs! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:20:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Garett http://thatdogblog.com/2008/08/12/unchain-the-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Garett Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:45:24 +0000 http://thatdogblog.com/?p=180#comment-311 People just don't understand that dogs tend to become aggressive if they become frustrated and feel insecure. Chaining a dog to a small area makes them feel defenseless and confined. They might as well just be backed into a corner. Their behavior reflects this... I hate seeing dogs chained up... People just don’t understand that dogs tend to become aggressive if they become frustrated and feel insecure.

Chaining a dog to a small area makes them feel defenseless and confined. They might as well just be backed into a corner. Their behavior reflects this…

I hate seeing dogs chained up…

]]> By: Morris Barwick http://thatdogblog.com/2008/08/12/unchain-the-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Morris Barwick Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:08:23 +0000 http://thatdogblog.com/?p=180#comment-305 Chaining is not the only way. Chaining is not the only way.

]]> By: monica http://thatdogblog.com/2008/08/12/unchain-the-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-295 monica Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:39:02 +0000 http://thatdogblog.com/?p=180#comment-295 Thank you for writing about what is truly one of the most overlooked, misunderstood animal welfare issues out there: the plight of the perpetually chained "yard dog." These animals suffer in ways that are unimaginable. Yet because the abuse to which they are subjected is a PROCESS (a lifetime of being chained by the neck) rather than an EVENT (say, a beating), this abuse goes largely unnoticed. Keeping dogs in such a fashion is antiquated and barbaric. Slowly, communities are passing laws, but even the most reasonable, flexible laws are being met with fierce resistance from hunters and breeders. A perpetually chained dog often grows neurotic, aggressive and even insane from a life in solitary confinement. They are tormented by parasites, endure skull-cracking heat and cold, pace back and forth in the same patch of mud or dirt for years on end, and basically wait to die. Could we come up with a more hideous form of torture for a social PACK animal like a dog if we tried? Learn more at www.dogsdeservebetter.org. We are the only nationwide non profit focused exclusively on helping the chained (and caged) dogs and to educating about these issues. thanks! Monica Thank you for writing about what is truly one of the most overlooked, misunderstood animal welfare issues out there: the plight of the perpetually chained “yard dog.” These animals suffer in ways that are unimaginable. Yet because the abuse to which they are subjected is a PROCESS (a lifetime of being chained by the neck) rather than an EVENT (say, a beating), this abuse goes largely unnoticed. Keeping dogs in such a fashion is antiquated and barbaric. Slowly, communities are passing laws, but even the most reasonable, flexible laws are being met with fierce resistance from hunters and breeders.

A perpetually chained dog often grows neurotic, aggressive and even insane from a life in solitary confinement. They are tormented by parasites, endure skull-cracking heat and cold, pace back and forth in the same patch of mud or dirt for years on end, and basically wait to die.

Could we come up with a more hideous form of torture for a social PACK animal like a dog if we tried?

Learn more at http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org. We are the only nationwide non profit focused exclusively on helping the chained (and caged) dogs and to educating about these issues.

thanks!

Monica

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