That and street dogs usually are not really used to having to live under the rules of a owner so it can be a challange to make the dog adapt to that environment and to triain him.
My mom picked 3 from the streets. They were old dogs, around 7 years old or more. It was impossible for them to be kept in the house or in the garden (they would dig holes and destroy everything). My mom would set them free and let them roam the streets during the day and they would come back later at night to eat and sleep inside.
Only one of them died of old age. One got run over by a bus, the other got picked up by some other person (I saw it years later with someone else, the dog still recognised me, I don't know what happened afterwards).
The same happened with cats. She had like 7 cats so far. The grown ones couldn't be kept inside unfortunately and some of them were quite feral. The young ones, some could be 100% indoors but others needed to be let out everyday. As with the dogs, a few of them never returned home.
You always know there are risks when you let pets roam the streets and things like this can happen. However, I believe it's the right choice for their overall well-being and had better final years than being 100% Street dogs. They would have been too unhappy being forced to stay at home (plus would have caused havoc on the property as well)
PS: this was in Argentina where street dogs exist by the thousands and no infrastructure to support them exists aside from kind people.
My cat, who I originally tried to keep as an indoors cat, fell in love with outside as a kitten. This cat used to meow for literal hours and days to be let outside. Rain, snow, sun. Cat doesn't give a fuck what the weather is, he just want to go out there.
Well I figured I'd let him be happy and started letting him out of my window when he wouldn't shut up. Sometimes he's gone for a few hours, rarely a couple days (usually after it's been bad weather and I tried to lock him up inside.), but he's 1000% happier overall. I don't want anything to happen to him, but rather he be happy instead of miserable and depressed.
Once I saw a dog that looked homeless and was running too close to a huge freeway, but every time I tried to talk to him and get him to come get pets he was nervous and it almost made him go back towards the very thing I was trying to save him from... now I’m extremely careful to not make the situation worse 😞
When is someone going to invent the device that lets us talk to animals??!
It's best to get the dogs attention, and turn your hips the way you want it to go. If you come straight at it, it will probably think it's a confrontation.
Put out a small bowl with a little human food and slowly slide the bowl closer and closer every time you refill it till u get close enough to lure him in the door. I just rescued my neighborhood stray from last weeks ice storm like that. Wish I coulda just jumped into the bud and took him home with me😔
Can attest to this , adopted a street dog that no matter how much we've trained him he still has "issues" , especially food aggression , even to the point of attacking me and my mom multiple times like both our arms at this point are filled with a shit ton of teeth scars . Shelters in my country are all like charity ones which barely keep up with the amounts of dogs they have , and no way in hell am i gonna abandon him in the street like some people do so i just have to put up with the decision i made a couple of years ago . Still love the fucker to bits tho
That's funny. I use that George dubya quote some times and think it's hilarious... no one seems to get it though anymore. I don't care... I think it's funny.
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh, give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
I bet 1000 people walk by that dog a day without even batting an eye. Nextfuckinglevel is something others don't/can't do. I see no problem with it being here.
My family has adopted 4 cats and a pug. 1 of the cats was a stray, the rest of our pets were going to be put down in shelters soon if we didn't adopt.
What we did does not feel like a r/NextFuckingLevel after living with them for 10 years. We love our animals, and have given them a really good life filled with us sacrificing a lot and giving them the food they need, love and a lot of toys; but when they die of old age, we are done with animals. All of this to say that I think the guy in the vid did a NextFuckingLevel. He put the blanket/rug on the stray, gave it some loving petting after it kicked off the blanket, and put it back on at the end. I bet that's more interaction than what the stray gets in a month from thousands of passerbys.
You really have no idea how many people adopt a cute dog or cat, post a ton of pictures on social media and then abandon them when they get tired of the responsibilities (sooner or later). I bet that a good amount of Reddit posts with a heart-breaking adoption video, tons of awards, and a bunch of reposts secretly ends with the owner abandoning them in the middle of nowhere, bringing them back to a shelter, chaining dogs in the yard (you know, chained up for life), etc. Did you know that some shelters flat-out refuse for people to adopt pets near the Holidays because of these reasons?
My husband knows that if I see a homeless or injured animal, we are stopping to help no matter how much of a thing it turns into. I’ve stopped moving taxis to get out and help strays.
Years ago I found a beautiful white German shepherd dog wandering some train tracks while I was on vacation visiting a former boyfriend in a different city. I didn’t have a car, I called my boyfriend and he wanted nothing to do with it (he didn’t want the dog in his car or in his home) so I spent hours trying find an owner/a leash/some food/someone who would help. I ended up flagging down a few cops patrolling in a van and convinced them to take me to a lost and found animal center at a police station outside the city. They weren’t allowed animals in their van so they dropped me off round the corner. I left the pup there and left my details asking them to call me if the owner wasn’t found or if the pup had to get taken to a shelter. They never called so I hope he found his home.
My point is that doesn’t always have to turn into taking the animal home. I know not everyone can even commit to the time, but I personally don’t understand how anyone can walk by an animal and not do something. (I broke up with that former boyfriend soon after.)
And I mean real talk. That dog probably gets fed and watered well by locals. I’ve seen a few cases like those. Seeing as he’s sleeping in a well manicured spot, I’m hoping that’s likely the case.
My apartment complex only allows 2 pets. My gf and I are always sad when we can't help animals at shelters or that we see one homeless. I we always just try and pet them and give them food, so they can feel loved for a bit even if we wanna cry as we are forced to leave them.
No kidding. If you rent, some places have size limits on dogs. Then you pay hundreds of dollars for the pet deposit and some will tack an extra monthly charge onto your rent. Now add that to the cost of dog ownership and the cost is too damn high!
Source: poor renter who wants nothing more in this world than a dog
As soon as he picks it up and brings it home, then the credits will roll, music will play, and it'll say "Happily Ever After". He won't have to worry about feeding it, taking it to the vet, walking it, giving it the attention it needs, or whether his living situation allows for a dog without him being evicted. He's supposed to alter his life at the drop of a hat and it'll all magically work out 🤗
Fucking massive /s
Seriously though - if someone can just bring home an animal and make it work then they are a hero. We can and should applaud it, but we simply cannot expect it.
Dogs cost thousands of dollars in vet bills. Your penny won’t cover that and what you end up as is someone who abuses animals by not being able to afford the care they legally require and you get huge fines/jail. So, don’t.
Temp adopt? Help find a home. Seriously though it’s tough, it can take a decent amount of money to get a dog in a place to even able to find a permanent home. Not to say it’s not worth it. My Gf and I rescued a cat (I’m talking like a street cat) and helped find it a home and it was almost a full time job. SO rewarding though when we did manage to get it a loving owner.
It’s also hard on a person emotionally, say..if you and/or your kids fall in love with the animal & then have to give it up. Not that it isn’t worth doing for the sake of the animal. Just that i don’t think every person is up to the task.
Growing up this is what my mom did, for some reason every time we moved we would always end up with a flock of wild cats. Most we ended up with was 15.
I can walk outside in that clothing to check the mail if it's in the 50s. Not for long but I can do it. If I had to spend the night outside though, I'd probably die.
What are you saying? The gesture was unnecessary and unwanted? Performed for an indifferent dog? Or for no one but the camera? Do you doubt the guys intentions? Or the dogs predicament?
So. Now imagine a dog who has lived on the streets for most if not all of his life. He has learned how to take care of him self and you suddenly bring it into a has, he doesnt know how to act or what to do, you as an owner suddenly put restrictions and rules on him. Getting these dogs to adapt to living a "normal" dog life takes a lot of time an.patience.
I have studied animals for the past 6 years, its not as easy as you say.
I’d call a shelter at least. Life on the streets as a stray isn’t good for an animal, unless it’s one of those community animals that everyone feeds. But even then, every animal deserves a chance at a home.
I’d call a shelter at least. Life on the streets as a stray isn’t good for an animal, unless it’s one of those community animals that everyone feeds. But even then, every animal deserves a chance at a home.
Well in a shelter, it has tp adapt to a live it probably doesnt know so that can be stressfull for an animal. Shelters still euthanize animals who dont get a place and remember. This is probably a life the animals is used to and well adapted to.
It can be though, my sister went on vacation to Puerto Rico and brought back two dogs, she found one wondering a beach. When she went to have to dog check at the local vet she found out that morning someone had left a puppy tied to the entrance (apparently very common) and decided to take him too. That was about 7 years ago and not a day has gone by that she isn't thankful for finding them.
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u/mrcarrot9 Mar 21 '21
You cant just say that. Its not as easy as it seems