I, too, hate to see dogs chained up and neglected. Someone in our neighborhood has a dog out back kept like that. I never see any interaction with him whatsoever and he looks pitiful and lonely. The yard is not fenced and it borders a now busy road. He would be better off if they turned him loose and he wandered in front of a car.

The worst case, though, was a few years ago. The man across the street had a dog that was chained outside day and night and regardless of the weather. He often forgot to provide water before heading off for the day and so the dog was in direct sunlight in the summer heat with no water. Our next door neighbors took turns with us sneaking over to make sure that he at least had water and some food. Then we began to notice that the guy's car had not been seen in the driveway for some time though the dog was still chained outside. The man had defaulted on his mortgage, gave up the house for foreclosure, and MOVED AWAY, leaving the dog chained up in the sun! My role in this is that I never reported the neglect as I should have.

Dogs are, by nature, social animals. It is literally torture to isolate them from any interaction.

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"The philosophical case against theism is rather easily dealt with. There is no philosophical case against theism."
--G.K. Chesterton

You did what you could and that's great. Hope the dog was adopted, although it takes a special new family to overcome that kind of abuse. People that do that to animals should be chained outside themselves and we could go look at them and throw stones at them - what scum they are!

Love your new icon. Looking forward to a new quote. Consider Burke.

Good for you! I'm glad you live here. See you at the dog park. Whoops, maybe not, I forgot I was a cat.
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