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CC sent me an email regarding a friend of his who would like to give up her adolescent dog for adoption. It was a 9-month old mix-breed, female, looks like Johnny (my doggie). Cute and friendly and boisterous (as seen from video footages of her).
I was upset. Sleep eluded me. I was thinking about the poor doggie all night.
Adopt her myself? How could we afford another dog? Also, Johnny might not take kindly to her. My family might not have the time to care for another dog either. Johnny takes up most of our time - we take turns taking him out for wee-wee, mine’s the night shift. He goes for wee-wee three to four times a day. We spoil him like a child.
Okay, let’s not talk about Johnny. Back to the b*tch ( oops… a female dog is a b*tch, right? that was what I was taught in school.. never thought of it as a b*d word till some c*laka implanted that thought in my head )
What irks me most is that when someone adopts a doggie or a kitty, is it because of an impulse at the spur of the moment? Like shopping? Was it because the doggie or kitty was cute and appealing when they were a pup or kitten?
And now that they’ve out-grown their ‘cuteness’ , the initial affection for them has diminished?
And thus, they would want to give it away?
Abandon them? How cruel!

The Star, 3 Feb 2006: ‘However, most fail to take into consideration the cost, time, and effort involved in caring for the dog and some will either neglect or abandon their pets…She added that it’s very important that Malaysians do not adopt casually and discard the dogs once they are tired of it as it is cruel to do so.
To hear her say it, it may be unlucky for one to abandon a dog in a Dog year as well.
“Rationally, if they buy a dog for luck and abandon it, you are throwing away your luck. And if you mistreat the dog, surely only bad luck will come your way,” she said, half in jest. ‘

I wish it is true. May bad luck haunt those who abandon their pets for the rest of their lives. They are not fit to be called “human” cause they are so “inhumane”.

Johnny was an abandoned dog in my neighbourhood. My aunt’s neighbour had him as a pup. But when they moved, they left him to fend for himself. I’ve always wondered how Johnny looked like when he was a pup. I bet he must be really cute (cause he’s so good-looking now! Even our vet said that! hehehe) He is still insecure nowadays, the fear of abandonment is still haunting my poor Ah Boy… Okay, they have their reasons for abandoning their pets - busy, time-constraints, no one is willing to take care of it, etc… A thousand and one reasons.
You may say that it’s for the poor dog’s own good, so that it could get a better family, a better master.
These are merely excuses that are cooked up to subdue your own guilt.
Have you ever thought about its feelings?

Didn’t they consider all these before taking the poor animal in?!
It is a lifetime commitment! Be ready to care for it and you will be rewarded with the best thing that no money in this world can buy - your pet’s affection, trust, companionship… In fact, it is willing to give you its life!
Now that it has become part of the family, it has accepted YOU as its family, it has resigned its whole life to YOU, but you choose to send it away!
Despicable act. Cruel act.
How could you have the heart to that?!

Send to the SPCA? Do you know that most of the time, only pure breeds are adopted. Usually, only puppies are adopted. What about the adolescents and adults? The mix-breeds? SPCA is already too crowded. They can’t take in more dogs. So, the dogs were given a certain period of time, the “last chance” dogs - the adult dogs. Their chances of adoption is really slim. If no one were to adopt them within the stipulated time, they’ll be put to sleep. SPCA had no choice, hundreds of animals are being brought in monthly. The thought of it breaks my heart.

I really hope that bad luck will plague those inhumane a**-holes who abandon their pets.
PLEASE do not ruin an animal’s life by adopting it and later on abandoning it when you have other so-called commitments, or when it no longer appeals to you. It is not a toy. It is a living being. It has feelings too. What if you were abandoned when you’re old and is no longer useful? What goes around, comes around.