Tied to a Post!

It was time for her to go. What better way than to tie her to a post in the frigidly cold night time air,  between zero and mind numbing temperatures, in an off leash park in Keswick, Ontario, Canada. Mother Nature can be so savage in her delivery. (A human nose can freeze in less than 5 minutes in mind numbing cold.) Parents have been known to keep children home from school on those days.

Dogs do not burrow into the ground during winter till Spring arrives nor do they hibernate till the warmer state of climes begins to showcase its sunnier side. Dogs kinda die a horrible death left on their own to figure it out. Dogs hide for warmth and protection, I imagine, but it is hard to do when they are glued to a frozen post. Thank goodness for the modern age of cameras everywhere. The precious 'pup', was seen on video, nearby, languishing next to its savior, an animal shelter. What a stroke of luck!

Responsible pet owners find loving forever homes for their beloved animal companions when caring for them is no longer possible. To tie an adult pup to a post in the middle of a nasty cold winter's spell at night where no one is seen is cruelty at its worst. Must be nice to be all powerful, Mr. human. How do you manage to look at yourself in a mirror from now on? An innocent was sentenced to death by you.

Why did you bother to adopt the dog? Did your children fail to care for it? Have you since gotten tired of the tiresome routine as it -the dog- decided to become more burdensome, just like that? Since when are children responsible for a living creature with multiple daily needs anyway?  ..Any adoption of a pet is a whole home responsibility. 

The video showed you dropping off your puppy- and she was that! You walked her to her place of death. The temperatures were mind-numbing. Do you know what that means? Of course you do. We all do. As you walked away to your truck she watched you, wondering why you were not taking her with you. She is a puppy, an innocent creature, the officials discovered. She trusted you but was now confused by your actions. How could you do that her, a 'toddler' of the canine world? What was her crime?

She was just learning about life. Giving her to someone else else would have been a better decision. In an off-leash park late at night in winter was a terrible choice of locations. The mall would have been better. But she had no say in what you did to her. Thank God she was found alive. ... Now she is with strangers and soon to be adopted. I pay homage to the world of cameras and videos. Those sometimes loathsome tools saved her life!

Every person within the confines of a group called family are duty bound in the care of any pet residing there. A bearded dragon lived with us over the summer one school year. I participated when called upon. It was strange. He was a prickly little thing. But I loved him, nonetheless.  One day, a power outage lasting 33 hours made me nervous.  Could he die? (The dragon requires non-stop heat and red light overhead.) Upon his death, later in life, and the death of our 16 year old cat, found on a country road one mind numbing -25 day, affected me in ways that defy anything I had ever experienced. Living with family does that. I had bonded with creatures the moment they became ours. Family is family, after all.

A pet deserves respect, care and a learning curve that honours its limitless intelligence. Where is your humanity? Nowadays, help is but a click away or a chance encounter with an animal shelter. There is no excuse. Your cowardice act was despicable. The animal was powerless. Was she hungry, in pain or thirsty? Do you know? Did you care?

Decades ago,we adopted a 3-month-old puppy. This precious mini Labrador Retriever was dumped into a massive park in Toronto, surrounded by busy streets, city buses and other animals. She was caught just before the 'slam' happened and she was ours for the rest of her life. We were moving up north to nowhere, nothing rented. We adopted her without papers or thought. She needed a home and we were it. (We were all homeless together.) We loved her, cared for her and protected her  till her forever came to an end. ... Her death tore me apart. 

We kept one of her pups, born in her second year. Her 8 other children were sold quickly, at nominal price, to help cover the costs of care. Never again. (Animals given away might be treated with less regard than those 'paid for'.)

As new owners in the world of dogs, we never forgot to neuter our jewels at the right time. To set them free in the freezing temperatures of a Canadian winter is beyond belief. You took the time to adopt her yet discarded her later.  Did the seller care who got her? Did the almighty dollar dictate? She was powerless with no rights. But she does have them! We all do!Taking her anywhere for help was better than what you did. And you knew it!