Dogs with bad owners

[Joywitch M. Curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., blpurdom at y... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:  
> > My heart is wrung when I see big dogs moping all day in the one 
by 
> > two metre spaces in the front of terrace houses while their 
owners 
> > are at work.  [snip]

> You're not the only one.  My back-door neighbors have a 
rear "garden" 
> one-third the size of mine which is nothing but concrete, a 
barbeque 
> grill, a pile of old cinder blocks and an old fridge to which they 
> are inexplicably attached.  They own a beautiful golden retriever 
> which is very, very sweet and which is sentenced to spending every 
> day in the rear of their tiny house in this 6x13' concrete hell-
> hole.  He looks sad all the time, and whimpers frequently.  I've 
> never seen them take him for a walk.  They leave his feces sitting 
in 
> the alley that runs alongside their kitchen for days at a time, 
[snip]
Some 
> people should NOT be allowed to have pets!
> 
That is really horrible, Barb.  You might want to check with your 
local animal control authority or animal shelter as to what the 
animal protection laws are in your region.  In many places, at least 
in the U.S., locking a dog in a tiny, dirty backyard is illegal.  If 
they are breaking the law, the animal control people can give them a 
fine, or even take the dog away.

I just hate people who mistreat animals.

--Joywitch