I find it a damn shame that breeders have no cooth (sic?), and will sell to just about anyone who produces the cash for a puppy. Fact in point. Tootsie! Pictured is Lisa, who is neighbors with Tootsie's owners. The old man died, the old lady has Alzheimers, a son who is a recent amputee lives there taking care of the old lady, and he brought his dog, a submissive lab female. And poor Tootsie goes from being the only one, to nothing, locked in a very small wire crate more then not, because rather then train her, tossing her a treat and keeping her locked up keeps her out of the way!
Well, I'm thinking who in their right mind sells a GSP puppy to an older couple (mind you this dog just turned 7 years old last month), so are you saying that 7 years ago, you could not tell these folks were elderly. Can you not do the math? If the average lifespan of a dog is oh 10-14 years old, wouldn't you do a little reverse calculating here and figure the dog would outlive the old folks? Do you, as a breeder, who claims to know the breed, seriously think old folks will have the energy, or stamina to entertain a shorthair for the next oh...10-14 years? Yet, you overlook the obvious and still take their money and hand over a puppy? And what you never bothered to think of, is when this puppy's entire life fell apart, and it had zero in the manners department, actually had TWO bite reports on it's vet record, so did you seriously think that dog might be a great family pet for the average family, and without a thought in your head about this dog's future? NOPE, you just took the money and ran. It's off to the next litter, the next buyers, the next sale.
I bet you never thought that some day, someone would have to save your dog, to give it the rest of it's life? No, of course not, because you would just cull the pack and probably take unwanted outback and shoot them. Cheaper that way. Well, someone did save Tootsie! She's merely a "diamond in the rough" to us. It took a while, but we got her outta her former hell, the only life she ever knew, and onto what we believe will be a whole new life...the way it should have been to begin with!
It happens every day folks! Today, it's photos of this once beautiful girl, whose elderly owner couldn't care for her anymore, so now she's sleeping on concrete at her local shelter, waiting on me to figure out her next move.
Six years old! Same deal...if the breeder knew in only 6 measly years, this old guy couldn't handle the dog anymore, and my god, look at the girth of her? Ummm, what is the matter with this world? Cocoa lived a quiet life with this elderly guy, and now at 6 yrs old, unless I wanna turn away from her, I have to find her a place. Luckily she was ok with other dogs, even cats...but never was around kids much. So just when you think you got one taken care of...another springs along to reassure my faith in breeders, that as long as they keep spitting them out, selling them to any Tom, Dick, or Oldster, my job will never be done here...and
it will never make sense to me.
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