tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post115629781860868401..comments2023-11-30T16:45:33.087+08:00Comments on Foster Cats' Blog: What if your friend becomes a pet killer?auntie phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09902867115626554805noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156646448551548742006-08-27T10:40:00.000+08:002006-08-27T10:40:00.000+08:00Victor Tabbycat: Ahh...thanks so much for explaini...Victor Tabbycat: Ahh...thanks so much for explaining. Your attentiveness is appreciated, since I'd asked about it on Catdonna's blog. :)<BR/><BR/>San: You're right, rehoming the dog would mean passing the problem to someone else...not good.auntie phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902867115626554805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156524159711273012006-08-26T00:42:00.000+08:002006-08-26T00:42:00.000+08:00I'd need to know more of the friends' reasoning. D...I'd need to know more of the friends' reasoning. Did something change that after 3 years with the dog, he'll give it up now? Well, mariage and a new home... I don't know what I'd do. ~ Victor's Mom<BR/><BR/>Auntie P, you asked bout <B>[sic]</B>. People put that when somefing is written wrong from the source, not from them. "I know it's wrong, I didn't do it." ~ Victor TabbycatVictor Tabbycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550868924719353914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156417964145700242006-08-24T19:12:00.000+08:002006-08-24T19:12:00.000+08:00If the dog has a biting problem, adoption would no...If the dog has a biting problem, adoption would not be possible then cos it would bite anyone else who tries to adopt it?sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05094884216271886449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156384103361765902006-08-24T09:48:00.000+08:002006-08-24T09:48:00.000+08:00San: SP didn't ask us to send the dog to spca, and...San: SP didn't ask us to send the dog to spca, and i don't think anyone of us with the right decency would agree to that! My gf is trying to help as she was the one who first found the mongrel 3 yrs ago. Subsequently SP adopted the dog. <BR/><BR/>Apparently, the dog has a biting problem and that is gonna seal his fate, although he still has 2-3 wks left before being sent to spca. My hubby met the dog perhaps 1.5 yrs ago (or earlier), and even then, he found it quite territorial. As dog owners know, highly territorial behaviour is likely to mean biting. I feel sorry that the dog was never sent for obedience training.auntie phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902867115626554805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156366404545632842006-08-24T04:53:00.000+08:002006-08-24T04:53:00.000+08:00No, I can't be friends with anyone who would kill ...No, I can't be friends with anyone who would kill a living thing just for convenience. Except insects, especially musquitos. And I'd let them know why. I'm fortunate in that our local shelter is "no kill". I us the quotes because, of course, there are the injured, ill and maimed who cannot be saved.Zippy, Sadie, Speedy and M'Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05278705867488184953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156355089444211722006-08-24T01:44:00.000+08:002006-08-24T01:44:00.000+08:00Sometimes we don't know friends as well as we thin...Sometimes we don't know friends as well as we think we do.CatDonna & Catshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18103853553427063870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156348146633544112006-08-23T23:49:00.000+08:002006-08-23T23:49:00.000+08:00I search "myself" and right now, I can only send m...I search "myself" and right now, I can only send metta or loving-kindness to the dog. I hope its suffering is short and that it will reborn into a "better" state of existence, by holding onto the memory of its "master's" affection rather than hatred. But I think it will be in a state of fear as the lethal drug is being injected into its vein.<BR/><BR/>Intellectually I know that I have to send metta to SP as well but right now, it would be hypocritical if I say I do and I can. I am trying very hard to remain neutral.<BR/><BR/>I know there will always be suffering in this world, no matter how hard we try to change the external. We have to find the courage to continue acting on this conviction of a kinder world for all sentient beings.Singapore Community Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13001325513277049931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156341036704378002006-08-23T21:50:00.000+08:002006-08-23T21:50:00.000+08:00He should have tried to put the dog up for adoptio...He should have tried to put the dog up for adoption first. I'm sure there would be people that he could have asked first. Asking you to do it for him is like asking you to participate in the killing of the poor dog. I have no respect for people who ask others to paricipate in this way of possibly he wants absolution for killing, private matter or not private matter. It seems he has the means to keep the dog so there is no excuse.sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05094884216271886449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156314192966053022006-08-23T14:23:00.000+08:002006-08-23T14:23:00.000+08:00If it were any other private matter, I would defin...If it were any other private matter, I would definitely respect his wishes. However, this particular private matter involves killing an innocent dog - a sentence which the dog does not deserve, and which goes against my principles. I don't think I can "be with him" on this if it means having to put aside my principles for a moment, because that would make me a hypocrite. <BR/><BR/>And I'm not sure if I can still see him with due respect, because by sending his pet dog to the SPCA, he IS taking the easy way out (for him, that is), when he has the means to do the responsible thing and try out other options without killing the dog.auntie phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902867115626554805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22233836.post-1156306362523949462006-08-23T12:12:00.000+08:002006-08-23T12:12:00.000+08:00If a friend could hold you to ransom in a sense - ...If a friend could hold you to ransom in a sense - which tantamounts to an emotional blackmail - by questioning your friendship, I'm afraid he's no friend after all. If I were him, I would instead tell you that this is after all a private family matter AND that I appreciate you respect my wishes. <BR/><BR/>By asking if our friendship still means anything (HUH?! is this a translation from Chinese?) it's almost akin to what George Bush uttered: "Either you are with us or against us." No logic there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com