A dog is not a person

I am sickened by the behavior of my neighbors who let their dogs suffer & die because they didnt have the heart to put the poor beast down

 
I understand your sentiment but attacking people here doesn't change the behavior of your neighbor. And berating people just for the sake of venting your feelings isn't helping anything. Neither is equating a living animal to an inanimate vehicle.
 
At times, I'm not sure what your motivation is. Are just interested in getting people irked? And to what benefit? Your entertainment? Or do you really have an axe to grind about the plight of your neighbor's dog? You would get better responses if you would be honest up front. But it's hard to know if you're just a 15 year old with too much time on your hands. Not that many 15 year olds I have known have a vehicle. It would be hard to help you if you can't or won't be honest. If you just want to start crap, it's not welcome here. If the answer to your question was to see a vet, perhaps you should. Most of us are not vets. Nor could a worthy vet diagnose by way of a post in a forum. If I truly have a medical concern for my  dog, I go to my vet and pay him some cash, earned literally by the sweat of my brow, because he's been doing the vet thing for over 40 years.
 
 

Thanks, Ron, for saying what you said. That was actually my number one question, to myself, when I read the initial post--has to be some other thing going on in his/her life to write that, or else it's just a goofy note to incite people.
 
Anyway, nicely put.
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Good golly...we're STILL feeding the troll??

Fattening him up ... heh heh ....
 

Here tritty tritty tritty! []
 
(although I just made it up, a juvenille troll is a trit [])

Not trying to feed the troll or anything, but I read through three pages of these freaking posts (I skipped two..hehe and even though I didn't read them all, I think I earned the right to express an opinion
 
 I certainly realise that dogs aren't people. I don't treat my dog like I would a person, I don't expect the same things out of the relationship as I would from a person, and I don't prefer the companionship of dogs to people (well, except for some people). Both are awesome ! I love dogs for what they are and people for what they are. Comparing the two is ridiculous.
 
 I lost my dog Snapper to cancer several months ago, it was probably the hardest thing I've ever been through. He was fourteen and I had him since I was seven. I cried the week before we put him down, and I cried even harder the week after. The actual day we put him down I was an emotional disaster.
 
 When my grandma died a year or so earlier, I didn't shed a tear. I was very close to my grandma, she lived with us for a decent portion of my life. Did I love her less? Not at all.
 
  Both were very strong emotional bonds, but they affected differently. Snapper was my best friend. I loved him as much as I loved anyone. I took care of him growing up and he took care of me in turn; the bond was one that could only be created by a dog and his boy. My grandma was a mentor, a kind old lady who gave us candy and told us stories, and who I looked up to as the coolest person ever. It was a special bond that could only be created between grandma and grandson.
 
 So no, a dog is not a person, just like a cat is not a dog. If you love dogs more than you love people- you're most likely missing out on life in general. By when you start judging love in terms of 'more' or 'less', you've seriously cheapened the meaning of love.
 
 And being a Katrina survivor, I can say pretty confidently that however slow FEMA might be, they'd get there before you starve to death. [] Drinking water might become a problem but a dog wouldn't be much help there. 
 
 James
 
 

You're right, of course, dogs are not people. They're better than a lot of people.

ORIGINAL: ron2

You're right, of course, dogs are not people. They're better than a lot of people.

 
 
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ORIGINAL: chelsea_b

It annoys me when people say "Oh, he's just a kid, that explains it." Age shouldn't have THAT much to do with whether someone is a total DONKEY or not. Don't give them that excuse. They're still people. And let's say this kid is 15, if he is in fact a kid, I sure didn't act like that when I was 15! But people treated me like crap when I was 15, because they expected me to act like this kid, and didn't give me the chance to NOT. What I'm saying is all kids don't act like this, and to excuse them, or think you understand their behavior better because they're young, I think makes you expect it from all kids. And it makes some kids think they might as well act like that, because they're expected to. At least, that's been my experience...

Thank you for that. Even though I don't agree about ANYTHING the OP has said so far.
LOL I'm feeding the trit[]

I reread your post again and wanted to comment that I know how you feel.
 
I've cried two times in my adult life. When my first wife passed away, and when my cat had to be pts. We handle grief differently at different times, for different reasons.
 

I've cried two times in my adult life.

 
Men are so weird. [sm=lol.gif]

Weirder than you can imagine.
 

I wanted a site where I could get a rational answer to a real physical problem and I dont think thats possible from a person fretting over Fifi not liking the color of the new throw on my bed.

I need real solutions:
a: this is not a problem
b: it might be a problem so try this...
c: this needs to be looked at by a vet
d: put the poor dog out of her misery

 
Wonder if we can put the OP out of misery? []  We'll never find out what's 'wrong' even if we do consult a vet lol

Sorry about your wife and kitty, Ron.

If I was stuck with my dog on the roof I wouldnt leave her for anything in the world.  I would stay there and die with her before I left her there.  I guess that means I think shes human.