Ref: http://myanimalcare.org/2011/12/23/the-case-of-the-2-year-old-siberian-husky/
This is from Maneki:
Your post about the lady who wanted to just dump her husky made me so sad. Huskies are absurdly ill-suited to Malaysian life for so many reasons. They’re high-energy dogs with a powerful work drive, and of course their double-coat is not meant for life in the tropics. It breaks my heart to see them becoming so trendy here. Further, they are prone to quite a long list of congenital disorders which simply proliferate as careless backyard breeders churn out puppies mindlessly. A vet in PJ once told me that he is now euthanising huskies at an appalling rate — people buy them because they think the dog looks cool but then quickly decide they won’t pay the vet bills to deal with the health issues, or like this lady you mentioned, they don’t have time to deal with the dog’s energy. SO SAD.
Thank you, Maneki.
We need to really educate ourselves on whatever knowledge there is about companion animals, particularly on purebreds as some people prefer to own pedigrees for reasons only known to themselves. Size and suitability to one’s abode and family members’ preference is one such reason which I totally understand. When my children were small and they wanted to have pet-dogs, I brought them to the shelter, but we could not find a small breed and my son was afraid of big animals, so we got Mac and Bobby from a vet. Mac was a returned dog as his first owner did not want him anymore. Bobby was one of two siblings from Sungai Petani. Their owner was trying to rehome them.
But here’s what we must do – find out enough about the breed before committing to having them. Can we afford the vet bills? Do we have the space for the animal to live comfortably and healthily? And most importantly, are we committed to take care of the animal for the rest of its life (we’re talking about, on average, 18 years for dogs and 20 years for cats). Should anything happen (migration, moving house, financial crisis), do we have a contingency plan for the animal?
Recently, I received a forwarded email about an owner who could not look after his elderly purebred dogs anymore due to a financial crisis. He was going to get them euthanised.
And here, we have this news about this lady who was going to dump her purebred Siberian Husky on the streets because she has no time to look after him, and he is only 2 years old, for goodness sake. And she cannot even give time for others to blog and look for adopters. She wanted to dump him the very next day.
It looks like for these people, pets are like toys. I think even little children who are mature and caring do not dump their toys.
As Maneki says, it’s SO SAD.
Let’s speak up for the animals, folks. Spread the message of kindness AND responsibility far and wide. Be a shining example yourself – that’s the best way to educate.
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