Quote Originally Posted by jglass38 View Post
Personally, one of the things I find most disgusting are the tons of ads on Craigslist of people getting rid of their cats or dogs for various reasons, most of which make no sense to me. "Just had a baby and now we need to get rid of the dog". Why? Not enough love to spread around to the precious baby and your faithful companion? How about "moving and the new apartment doesn't take pets". Well find one that does. While it is sad when reptiles are passed around from person to person because people get bored of them, they don't have feelings of love towards an owner or the inevitable feelings of abandonment when they are kicked to the curb. Dogs and cats most definitely do. I couldn't EVER imagine giving up my dog. In my opinion, the people that do are selfish and uncaring. Pets are a commitment. If you can't commit to taking care of an animal for it's whole life, then don't get one.
The stupid excuse of "having a baby" drives me INSANE. Hubby and I are both young, but, when we got pregnant with our son, our pets stayed here. It was a given that the cat was NOT going anywhere, she was here first, and we consider her our son's furry older "sister". When our son was 5 months, we ended up with two puppies. Yes, sometimes it can be a hassle, but, it's not really all that bad. I think that media is partially to blame. They make it sound like once you have a baby, your life is over, you don't have 5 seconds to spare to do anything. Some will make it sound like you can't even shower or brush your teeth or you're a bad parent because you weren't up your baby's ass for that few minutes. Yes, the first three days after our son was born was like this, granted, I went 52 1/2 hours without any food or sleep because I was having contractions every 3 minutes, but, after I finally caught my sleep, it wasn't much of a hassle. Anyways, I think the media scares a lot of new parents into abandoning their pets. Most will probably feel guilty afterwards, because they abandoned their best friend because they might have a week of craziness. Anyways, as far as moving goes, this one I'm slightly on the fence about. I've been homeless before because nowhere would allow my pets. It obviously wasn't for long, a few days, but, still, it CAN be difficult to find a place that even allows pets, let alone one in price-range for some people.