He looked hot.
Chained in the sunlight.
No water nearby.
He growled as I approached.
My attention unwelcome.
I wondered why such people own a dog.
He looked hot.
Chained in the sunlight.
No water nearby.
He growled as I approached.
My attention unwelcome.
I wondered why such people own a dog.
beetleypete 
I often wonder too… i used to live next door to a horrible man, i won’t go into details about the different things i heard him shout at the poor dog. We phoned the RSPCA and thankfully they took the dog away.
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Glad to hear that, Ami. You did a good thing.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s funny to imagine. Well, some people need pets so that at least they’ll listen to them, when they scold. đ
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I think it is very cruel to do this to a dog.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Indeed, Pete!
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Cruelty to animals bothers me far more than cruelty to people.
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I never understood why some people get pets, just to mistreat them.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think these terrible people need to control and hurt, and they can get away with it on animals.
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It is just as awful to see dogs chained outside in the snow and ice with no shelter. Illegal but not rare.
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I agree Equally cruel.
Best wishes, Pete.
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When I was six, we found a lost pup. When his owner found her two days later, we were all too attached so a few weeks later we went to see her. We found her alone outside on a hot summer day with no water (her water bowl was face down), no food and no company.
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That’s exactly what I was writing about, Shaily.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have seen one of those. We never chained our dog except when we had to bathe him (he did not appreciate the effort it takes to bathe a resentful German Shepherd the size of a grown up man, and two kids–me and my brother trying to ‘help’…) But other than that, he came and went in the house as he liked. He could open the doors with ease of a human and always accompanied my mum around the house and my dad after work.
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Glad to hear you liked your dog, Shaily. This one was in Tunisia, in the 1970s. But I have seen others in that situation all over the world.
Best wishes, Pete.
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People don’t understand that dogs are social animals. They need company. If you can’t keep them indoors, they deserve a mate and a house that saves them from heat and cold, and food and water frequently. They are not human, but they are beings.
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I completely agree, Shaily.
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This is horrible, Pete. So sad.
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It was a dog in Tunisia, many years ago. But I have seen the same thing in many other countries, Robbie.
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How sad….and pathetic like those that lock a dog in a hot car chuq
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Some people should never be allowed to have pets, chuq.
Best wishes, Pete.
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So very true….chuq
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Ditto Sue, Sad..
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I saw this in some parts of London, but mostly in foreign countries, where it seemed to be the norm.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sad
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It is rarer here, but very common in some parts of the world, as you will know.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, and I remember back in the day when dogs would be kept in kennels outside, frequently chained
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I had an uncle (not a real uncle, a family friend I had to call uncle) who never let his dog into the house. But it always had water and food outside its large kennel. He seemed to only have it as a guard dog, and wasn’t remotely affectionate to it.
Best wishes, Pete.
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They have no respect for themselves let alone a dog.
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All to common over here, although the law was changed in the last few years it has yet to filter through to the rural areas. The some of the older generation just think differently, dogs are regarded as tools, not animals, there to guard some livestock or house.
It is changing, but slowly.
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Seems to be very common in Eastern Europe indeed. I saw it a lot in Bulgaria, and all over the former Soviet Union too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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that is sad…
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I have seen this so often, Wilma. Usually in foreign countries.
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So sad but true. During the cold winter months I hear a neighbor dog barking at night. It always breaks my heart.
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So many neglected dogs, especially in America, where it is more usual for them to be chained outside.
Best wishes, Pete.
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And the type who own them are often scary so it’s quite a risk to think you’d approach and say something.
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Turkey is another country where their dogs deserve proper care. Fed white loaves chained for days. We used to feed the strays when housesitting. Ex-pats usually have a desexing program operating plus rehousing. With a smile and gently help the dogs the owners are happy. Owners are mostly uneducated and not enough money. Dogs are not seen as a family people. Having said this the Turkish people are very generous and lovely.
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I did see this a lot when visiting Turkey, and also in Bulgaria and some parts of the Soviet Union. They have different feelings about dogs than we do, that’s obvious.
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Yes they do and not quite sure why ownership of a dog is necessary. Cruelty towards any animal deserves a life ban and a criminal conviction.
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Sadly, animal cruelty knows no boundaries.
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The punsihments are too low, and do not reflect the neglect, sadly.
Best wishes, Pete.
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There are far too many (one would be too many, but there are more) of these people. Warmest regards, Theo
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I just cannot understand why they have dogs, to just treat them so badly. Those people should be banned from owning any pets for life.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Exactly my way of thinking!
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People who have been chained in the desert own dogs because they can command their dogs to go get help, or maybe even pull them by the chain to safety.
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That’s a crazy one, David. đ
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maybe, but the ‘thought” can be read that way!
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