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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hate to be the breaker of bad news to you guys, but I'm sure that many dogs stay at home all day while their owners are out working. Before you all jump on me, I don't have a dog but I know a few people that do and a couple of them have told me that their dogs stay inside at home for over 8 hours a day while they work. After all, if it's OK to keep a cat indoors it's whole life which could be as long as 20 years, why shouldn't a dog be OK going 8 or more hours a day indoors while the owner goes out to work before it's let out for a walk?

Not everyone can afford a dog walker, so what would be the options for let's say a rescue dog? Go to a home where it will be fed and looked after but have to be alone for 8 hours a day, or stay at the rescue shelter and be euthanized because they can't find a person to adopt the dog that can afford a dog walker?[/quote]

People who cannot afford to take care of a pet should not have a pet.

For "say, a rescue dog," the standard is the same as it is for any other dog.  The dog is not thinking to itself, "better alone for 10 hours than dead."  The dog is uncomfortable and lonely, and prone to UTIs, due to not having been cared for properly.  Whether it's a mutt or an award-winning purebred, that is just the fact of the matter *for the dog*. [/quote]I think the poster used rescue dogs as an example because rescue dogs can be killed if they cant find a home for them. So what is best, turn away prospective dog adopters because they'll leave the dog alone at home without exercise most of the day and possibly end up killing the dog, or take a chance with someone who has taken the time to go to a shelter and look for a dog even though it may not live in an ideal home? [/quote]

Well, if there were less shitty half-assing it pet owners, there’d be less pets in shelters.

So how about the shitty owners just do better?[/quote]

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