Why.................................?

[DragonFriend]

Hi folks - just on for a rant (as usual)!!

Me & hubby started helping out at a local animal(dog) rescue shelter a year ago. As a result we added a new member to our "pack" last summer and she is doing great. We are definitely 100% doggy people but German shepherds are our favourite. Bonnie was a mess when we first started walking her at the shelter. Its the Dogs Trust in the UK - they dont put dogs down - its a great policy.

ANYWAY.. to get to the point, our latest project (we do socialisation of "tough" cases as well as walking the dogs) Is called Vinny - he is a 4 year old german shepherd dog. Vinny is the most terrified animal I've ever seen, the first time the kennel maid brought him up for us to see he yowled and shook and wouldnt come near us. It took an hour of coaxing and soft talking to get him to even sit down next to us. Our next visit was better- he let us touch him but still was shaky and frightened. Its pitiful to see. We hope by continued visits, walks and outings to convince him that not all humans are going to hurt him.

Why do people do this???? What sick twisted individual could do this to any animal? When I go home after Ive seen him and I see the welcome we get from our three it is totally incomprehensible to me how anyone could want to break their spirits like poor Vinny's has been.

Thoughts people??

[Nissala]

I am not sure what you are wanting to hear, but I don't understand it either. I don't understand why or how people can treat any animal cruel, its beyond my comprehension. My daughter once told me that my heart is so big that I am the only person she knows that would swerve while driving to avoid hitting a butterfly...... the world is full of sick people who feel power from the mistreament of beings smaller than themselves. I only hope and pray one day there will be karmatic repercussions for their insensitivites to the unconditional love animals are capable of and they feel the pain and fear that they have inflicted on these creatures. If you have ever seen the movie "Powder" the part in the movie where one of the deputies takes the boys hunting and he shoots a deer then Powder has one hand on the deers neck and grabs the man with his other hand and the man feels what the deer feels...I wish I had the ability to take hold of some of these furbabies and the owners who have abused them and let them feel what they have done to this once loving and trusting soul.....*cries* I mean the only thing they really ask for is to be truely loved and cared for.....is that too much to ask???????? :sadeyes:

[Old Witch]

I don't know why, but I can tell you if you are one of the people who take care of the "throw away" animals, you are strong and caring and a person worth knowing. Never stop asking "why?" and just keep doing.......... Your heart is going to break many, many times, but hopefully you will find the strength to carry on.........

[Tea Leaf]

I don’t know why people do such things, DragonFriend. I see similar situations with my work and every time it breaks my heart. I think the laws need to be tougher, abuse is abuse no matter who is being abused. In the mean time my family keeps growing, I know I can’t undo the harm that was done, but at least I can try to let them know they are loved.
*Sending Love & Light to Vinny*

Brightest Blessings & Light
Tea Leaf

[~ Monk ~]

Why do people do this???? What sick twisted individual could do this to any animal? When I go home after Ive seen him and I see the welcome we get from our three it is totally incomprehensible to me how anyone could want to break their spirits like poor Vinny's has been
It seems like in a lot of cases it's about power/control - people who feel little of it in their own lives and decide to get it by abusing an animal.

I agree with you - it is incomprehensible.

[DragonFriend]

I don't know why, but I can tell you if you are one of the people who take care of the "throw away" animals, you are strong and caring and a person worth knowing. Never stop asking "why?" and just keep doing.......... Your heart is going to break many, many times, but hopefully you will find the strength to carry on.........

I know what you mean exactly - we did rescue work with cats for 5 years - and some of the things we saw made me ashamed to be human, it did break my heart every time I saw another variation on the kind of cruelty some people are capable of. Still they say scar tissue heals stronger than anything else......................................hmmmmmmm.....

[Gareth]

DragonFriend, you are one of the good ones!! :)
Never giveup and never give in!