darkeyes,

I sooooooooo agree with you about these idiots who own animals but haven't the faintest idea of what a pet is.

I don't think you are foolish for caring about animals that aren't yours.

I too hate that the animal cops at times cannot do much. It is criminal the things people do and criminal that our justice system treats animals as property.

I have had much positive doggie time since that night with lots of dogs other than my own. It is wonderful being around the dogs during off leash hours in this town. To see responsible loving owners and healthy happy animals is something that feeds the soul. Watching the way dogs interact and play is delightful. Yakking with the other owners about this and that is good social practice for me.

I very much appreciate your writing this. Keep being you. The more advocates for better treatment animals can only help forward peoples awareness of how animal cruelty often shows sadistic behaviours in people.

Quick story here: neighbours over back fence are elderly couple with adult developmentally disables daughter who requires caretakers. Well they can't really afford the level of care she needs so they would burn through caretakers frequently. The worst were the mother and son from hell. The little boy (ten maybe?) would rip apart the back fence and scream at my ex and myself "hey neighbour...are you afraid of me neighbour?". Then this beast of a child begins shooting neighbourhood cats. It was realized when more than three posters of missing cats went up within two weeks........then neighbour on side who shares fence with both me and house from hell witnessed the demon child shooting her cat one morning!!! Can you imagine??? The mother had been embezzling from the poor elderly couple. It took all of the neighbours banding together to confront the elderly couple and make them evict these evil people from our vicinity. That kid will end up in our justice system no doubt! Ugh. Thank god that is becomming a more distant memory each day.

You take care too sweetie.

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