The thought process of someone getting a pet that'll need to be caged or chained?

I've seen it so many times in my life.. I don't actually care about animals that much but it tells me that the owner is beyond retarded.

Does it start of like Christmas or is it more like "oh my god, I cannot wait to tie this dog up for the rest of it's life."?

jonon9

Not all pet owners tie their pet up, your generalising there.

johnny osbourne

i have a pet lion and he's happy out

kneemos

It's extremely common.
Can't fathom it either.

Slicemeister

Don't give up the day job.

5rtytry56

"Does the animal need a license? "
"My other friends all have exotic pets as well so I ' be a right.."

5rtytry56

"Does the animal need a license? "
"My other friends all have exotic pets as well so I ' be a right.."

My dog is sitting on my lap. He's a fully grown lab and weighs a tonne!

jonon9

jonon9 wrote: »

Not all pet owners tie their pet up, your generalising there.

In no way.. Read it again. My family had loads of pets growing up and we gave our last dog to an uncle instead of chaining it.

PandaPoo

It's like pet fish, they have a pretty sh*t life.

mikom

Deleted User wrote: »

The thought process of someone getting a pet that'll need to be caged or chained?

Needs must.
My hamster tends to run up my back passage if I don't keep him in a cage.

kneemos

mikom wrote: »

Needs must.
My hamster tends to run up my back passage if I don't keep him in a cage.

Hairy fcuker.

johnny osbourne

johnny osbourne wrote: »

i have a pet lion and he's happy out

You should let him out more so

Summer wind

A girl I know has a pet tarantula. He went missing from his tank and she found him under the couch two days later. Can you imagine:eek:

DoYouEvenLift

Yeah I don't understand kunts that get dogs and tie them up in a fenced area in their yard. What's the point? You're not going to get as close to the dog as you could if it lived in the house with you and the dog isn't going to be as loving towards you as it could be if it lived with you. It's bad enough that everyone has to leave the dog on it's own for work everyday, the dogs get lonely as fuk, but I can't imagine what the dog must feel like just being there, out in the yard while you and your family are all inside. This is especially relevant to families with children. A dog is an opportunity to have it grow close with your child and teach them how to care for and love something other than themselves. They don't get the full experience if the dog's out in the yard because eventually they'll just get tired and bored of having to go out to the yard whereas if it's in the house the dog can will come to them and cheer them up.


Also, I'll never buy another dog again. Especially not from a breeder. There are so many amazing dogs in shelters waiting to be adopted because kunts treated them badly and neglected them. If any friends of mine ever got a dog and ended up giving it away after a few years I'd seriously stop talking to them. How horrible can you be. You get a dog and keep it long enough for it to love you and then just give it away? What the fuk is wrong with people man.

kneemos

Summer wind wrote: »

A girl I know has a pet tarantula. He went missing from his tank and she found him under the couch two days later. Can you imagine:eek:

I can.

I'm just going to take this opportunity to post a picture of my dog sunbathing yesterday in my mams yard.

That is all.

kylith

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm just going to take this opportunity to post a picture of my dog sunbathing yesterday in my mams yard.

That is all.

I've one of those too

Haha they have the right idea

lulu1

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm just going to take this opportunity to post a picture of my dog sunbathing yesterday in my mams yard.

That is all.

Lets hope it had sun cream on

xhoundx

Animal welfare laws in this country are long overdue a shake up. It probably won't happen anytime soon because there's no profit to be made in having strict animal abuse laws.

SEPT 23 1989

dont understand the snakes and spiders carry on at all at all

kneemos

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

dont understand the snakes and spiders carry on at all at all

Not the friendliest of creatures.

SEPT 23 1989

kneemos wrote: »

Not the friendliest of creatures.

cold blood dead eyes

Fluorescence

xhoundx wrote: »

Animal welfare laws in this country are long overdue a shake up. It probably won't happen anytime soon because there's no profit to be made in having strict animal abuse laws.

Actually we got a brand new Animal Welfare Act in 2013. It's certainly helping! We're usually a few years behind the UK but the big rescues like the DSPCA are definitely putting pressure on to get tighter laws and (in particular) enforcement.

xhoundx

Fluorescence wrote: »

Actually we got a brand new Animal Welfare Act in 2013. It's certainly helping! We're usually a few years behind the UK but the big rescues like the DSPCA are definitely putting pressure on to get tighter laws and (in particular) enforcement.

Any real world examples of how this new act is helping? I'd be genuinely interested in hearing about any new animal welfare laws being strictly enforced.
I see plenty of animal abuse on my day to day travels and it gives me homicidal thoughts. I'd be delighted to hear the new act is actually something that will put an end to the cause of these thoughts.

LadyAthame

Horrible life.

Lau2976

A lot of people just don't think long term anymore. The pets become a hassle but they don't want to or can't get rid of then so they throw then out the back or in a cage. Or even worse they buy them for young kids and don't teach the kids how to handle them so they are tormented until the child gets bored.

5rtytry56

With young kids once the novelty wears off, the pet might become seen as a villain soon enough.

LadyAthame

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"oh my god, I cannot wait to tie this dog up for the rest of it's life."?

Sometimes it is. Or they want to use animals for nefarious purposes.

They are ****ing scum.

Grayson

Pretty much every dog is restrained in someway. Only an irresponsible owner brings a dog out without a leash. Keeping a regular sized dog in a built up area involves restraining them. And small dogs are all to often pure breads that inherit a load of medical conditions. Keeping pets all to often involves some level of restraint.

TPD

Don't think I'd ever get a dog unless I was living in the countryside and working from home.

Stinjy

Grayson wrote: »

Pretty much every dog is restrained in someway. Only an irresponsible owner brings a dog out without a leash. Keeping a regular sized dog in a built up area involves restraining them. And small dogs are all to often pure breads that inherit a load of medical conditions. Keeping pets all to often involves some level of restraint.

I don't think the problem is with restraining dogs when out and about or even confining them to house and garden combined the problem is with people who tether their dogs to a post somewhere down the back of the garden and leave them there until the owner is ready to deal with them. They don't get any of the love and attention they need and want ... honestly I dont understand it and I don't understand how people can do it!!

kneemos

Stinjy wrote: »

I don't think the problem is with restraining dogs when out and about or even confining them to house and garden combined the problem is with people who tether their dogs to a post somewhere down the back of the garden and leave them there until the owner is ready to deal with them. They don't get any of the love and attention they need and want ... honestly I dont understand it and I don't understand how people can do it!!

Or those cages that are supposedly somehow humane.
Taken put for a walk if their lucky and put back in the cage.
I see loads of these things around the place . Cannot see the point of having a dog if it's going to be locked up.

I was against it, and then I watched a documentary where a pet brought back from Skull Island got out of its cage and chains and wrecked NYC.

Fluorescence

xhoundx wrote: »

Any real world examples of how this new act is helping? I'd be genuinely interested in hearing about any new animal welfare laws being strictly enforced.
I see plenty of animal abuse on my day to day travels and it gives me homicidal thoughts. I'd be delighted to hear the new act is actually something that will put an end to the cause of these thoughts.

You might have heard on the news about a rake of puppy farms being raided and shut down recently? Only possible due to the new laws that govern welfare standards, breeding, etc and allow authorised officers to seize animals that they believe are injured, suffering or in a state of neglect.

It also finally banned tail-docking for cosmetic purposes, but alas people are ignoring that left, right and centre

Valentina

My 90 lb Rhodesian Ridgeback is sprawled half across my lap and half on the couch, as she spends most afternoons. We went to the beach this morning, she was chasing her tennis ball. It was great fun to watch. I'll take her out to the park later this evening too for a last run before bed.

I couldn't imagine leaving her chained up in the garden, ever. Dogs are companion animals. Also the fear of her being stolen and used for who knows what means she's with me or my partner almost 24/7.

Valentina

Valentina wrote: »

My 90 lb Rhodesian Ridgeback is sprawled half across my lap and half on the couch, as she spends most afternoons. We went to the beach this morning, she was chasing her tennis ball. It was great fun to watch. I'll take her out to the park later this evening too for a last run before bed.

Is that not one of the breeds that is required by law to keep on a short leash and muzzled in places like beaches and parks?

My lab has that line down his back same as a ridgeback. We found him so could be a mix.

Pic of a ridgeback, soooo cute http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/petfun/rhodesian-ridgeback-fawn-3.jpg

Edit: dogs trust website mentions nothing about muzzling and describes them as a family dog http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/petfun/rhodesian-ridgeback-fawn-3.jpg

Strawberry Milkshake

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

My lab has that line down his back same as a ridgeback. We found him so could be a mix.

Pic of a ridgeback, soooo cute http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/petfun/rhodesian-ridgeback-fawn-3.jpg

Perhaps. Cuteness is subjective.

But the law is clear.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/si/0442.html

UCDVet

Most people are actually pretty reasonable. If you take the time you can usually pinpoint the source of your disagreement.

To answer your question, people who get pets that need to be caged or chained simply don't see a problem with caging or chaining them.

It's not exactly the complicated mystery this thread seems to imply. That's the thought process, nice and simple. We can debate all day whether or not it IS humane to put a pet in a cage or chaining them or leaving them in a fenced yard or anything else, but it's a safe assumption that almost everyone who puts their pet in a cage feel that it's a reasonable thing to do.

AllthingsCP

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I've seen it so many times in my life.. I don't actually care about animals that much but it tells me that the owner is beyond retarded.

Does it start of like Christmas or is it more like "oh my god, I cannot wait to tie this dog up for the rest of it's life."?

Christ my pets run the place The two dogs sleep on the pillows, The three cats sleep at the end of the bed, The Rabbits domain is the big yard were he is never caged and run's the place with an iron fist, I mean this Rabbit should have been a tiger not a Rabbit.

kowloon

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I'm just going to take this opportunity to post a picture of my dog sunbathing yesterday in my mams yard.

That is all.

That belly needs rubs.

I have my chickens confined to an area with an electric fence and an inner security fenced area around their shed at night. Letting them loose ends up as them becoming KFC for the local foxes. It's a nice place for them, trees for cover, places to dig and dust bathe, but sometimes they escape and try and sneak into the house for snacks.

Ducks had to be kept confined in a caged/meshed area when they had ducklings to stop them roaming and losing the ducklings to predators, drains and other duckling traps.

My last dog knew where she lived and kept inside the garden boundary (it's more of a field). She patrolled it every morning. I can't get another dog because they might just leg it up the hills and cause trouble. Perhaps I'll fence in the entire area some day so it's safe for a new dog.

I try to give all my pets plenty of space, but there has to be limits or they'll get into trouble.

folamh

My thought processes upon getting my Russian dwarf hamster included getting as big a cage as possible for her, allowing her regular free roaming and ensure that she has a happy and healthy life.

Titzon Toast

I always feel sorry for birds kept in cages. Imagine being able to fly and then denied the chance to do it?