OUR THROW AWAY SOCIETY ~ START A PRISON DOG PROGRAM AND SAVE UNWANTED DOGS

WHEN WE DON'T HAVE USE FOR SOMETHING ANY MORE, WE JUST THROW IT AWAY ~
http://www.recyclenow.com/what_more_can_i_do/the_bigger_picture/throw_away_the.html
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/archives/id/14496/

http://alexandriadailyphoto.wordpress.com/2006/09/22/throw-away-society/

The sad facts are, each and every year people just throw their dogs away like last seasons fashions. We see hundreds of thousands of dogs arrive at animal rescue shelters, because their owners are no longer able or prepared to take the necessary steps to take care of them.
Statistics say that approximately 25 percent are unwanted presents, another 25 percent have behavioral problems and the rest are given up for domestic or other reasons.
Here's the top 10 reasons why pooches end up in the dog house.
1. The breed was that year's MUST HAVE accessory, a little bit of Paris Hilton syndrome or the 101 Dalmatians fad.
2. I just couldn't resist him in the shop window, so little, cute and fluffy - but he didn't stay that way for long.
3. Due to lack of training, the dog became aggressive, destructive and totally uncontrollable.
4. Dog was purchased on impulse. Buy first think later, usually being pressured by children then realising the level of COMMITMENT required.
5. The dog was left alone for long periods consequently barking and upsetting the neighbours and becoming aggressive, destructive and uncontrollable.
6. Old age and no longer being able to physically cope with the demands of dog ownership.
7. Let's face it owning a dog is not cheap nowadays - feeding, veterinary treatments, worming, boarding cost when your on holidays can really stretch the purse strings.
8. Seperations of couples and no one wants the dog.
9. When young families have a new arrival and the responsibility and expense become too much. 10. Owners move to a new apartment with a no pet rule.
In all fairness there are valid reasons that people have when having to part with their dogs but the trend that seems to be shining through is that people have to realise when purchasing a dog is a responibility thats on going. Its not like buying lip gloss, if you don't like it you can change it or throw it away.
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DOG RECOVERING AFTER BEING DOUND IN GARBAGE BAG ALONGSIDE HIGHWAY

The Associated Press

CAMPBELLSPORT — A poodle mix named Benji is recovering after being found tied in a garbage bag and dumped in a roadside ditch.

Capt. Dean Will of the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday that a bicyclist riding in the Lake Bernice area Monday night noticed the bag and saw it was moving, so he stopped, opened it up and found the little white dog.Jean North, a receptionist at Wright Veterinary Service, said Benji was malnourished when he was brought in, and he couldn’t see.“His eyes were matted shut,” she said.But he was given food and a haircut and has been doing well, except that he still has trouble walking, she said.If the dog isn’t adopted out, it could become an office dog, North said.The sheriff’s department so far has no leads on who dumped the dog, Will said Friday.“We’re just glad it’s alive,” he said. “How an individual could do that to an animal is really hard to accept.”