tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002686.post1863499683962392733..comments2023-03-26T03:21:26.006-04:00Comments on My Family Sucked!!! Life After Estrangement.: Narcissists As Outsiders In Our LivesWinterskiprincesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17540416561657173099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002686.post-69126818743312607452011-04-22T15:20:21.836-04:002011-04-22T15:20:21.836-04:00I should also say, being a dog trainer can be a na...I should also say, being a dog trainer can be a naricissits wet dream, unfortunately.Winterskiprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540416561657173099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002686.post-1792135013115569662011-04-22T09:36:56.808-04:002011-04-22T09:36:56.808-04:00Unfortubately, shelters assume that abuse means th...Unfortubately, shelters assume that abuse means the dog can not go forward. That's just not true. Your dog is so lucky that someone found him that was willing to work with him, and let him go forward with his life (instead of living in the past).<br /><br />So many people get an abused dog, and keep them trapped in their fear from the past. That is always a shame, and very stressful for the dog.<br /><br />In the states that we call "The South" there is a real problem where dogs are being "imported" up North. Between no spay neuter, hunting dogs being lost and not found (or cared about beingfound), and then diseases being transported up to Maine (as we don't have the same importation laws as Massachusetts), I am sure many of our local "unwanted" dogs who are not puppies are paying the price. It is a shame on all fronts. <br /><br />Shelter staff are not always the best versed at reading a dog, or realizing what circumstances are best present to read a dog. Plus our dog owning public is continually being dumbed down as far as dog training goes.<br /><br />It is a viscious cycle that I don't know how to break, but I know culling viable puppies is hardly the answer:) Now if they are going to be physically miserable or temperamentally a public danger, that is a different story.<br /><br />The dog business is a lot of fun, but there is a lot of sadness and helplessness when dealing with the public as well.winterskiprincesshttp://my-family-sucks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002686.post-13408150446490211492011-04-21T19:57:59.841-04:002011-04-21T19:57:59.841-04:00"kill shelter" Oxymoron if ever there wa..."kill shelter" Oxymoron if ever there was one.<br /><br />My GSD was deemed not suitable for adoption because of the abuse he had suffered for the fist year of his life. Five years later I figure we were destined to meet the day before he was scheduled to be put down. Two losers living happily ever after...that's me and my boy!mulderfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500535934417551223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002686.post-67269753706534095492011-04-21T18:14:28.609-04:002011-04-21T18:14:28.609-04:00Apparently, it is legal here. However, try to lo...Apparently, it is legal here. However, try to look up the word on a breeder's site that admits that they do that, and you will hear sappy music and cute puppy pictures (and guess what no sign of the word cull).<br /><br />I didn't realize it until I was taken back by someone's comment that "dogs not passing the deafness test, simply do not wake up". Not and are sickly and will not thrive.<br /><br />The reasons that I was given were "they would take up space that a kill shelter dog could use". You know I have a dog that they would have culled with a wonderful temperament and working ability (and only three legs). Just because they find themselves in a kill shelter (and don't get me wrong I hope they find homes) does not mean that my Boris is undeserving of having been born, cared for, and finding a home.<br /><br />The TRUTH is they don't want to pay for the food, care, or spend the time to raise them. And they certaintly don't want it to be known that an imperfect dog came from them and their breeding. <br /><br />I guess if they don't exist, then they don't have to reexamine their breeding program OR have the expense of bringing a valuable (just not to them) life into the world. Ugh.Winterskiprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540416561657173099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002686.post-55214281329823858602011-04-21T17:34:04.143-04:002011-04-21T17:34:04.143-04:00Bully! Exactly the right term to describe these pa...Bully! Exactly the right term to describe these pathetically insecure cyber stalkers. Just the run of the mill school yard bully gone high tech!<br /><br />Since they are intellectually incapable of making their point through healthy two way discussion, they inevitably make it personal. Of course, everything is always personal for them! If you disagree with them, you must HATE them.<br /><br />I'm, quite frankly, bored with all the horse shit that floats around in the guise of "comment". I just managed to climb out from under the pile of manure that my own family heaped on me for 60+ years so I can smell it a mile away.<br /><br />...and "culling" healthy puppies just because they don't meet some arbitrary standard is illegal where I live.mulderfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500535934417551223noreply@blogger.com