So the strep is slowly diminishing. Now I have poison ivy. All over my legs. While the itching is driving me nuts, what is making me even more nuts is that I have no idea where I got it. I'm suspecting either one or both dogs. They got baths last weekend after all this started, and I washed their bed, but I have no way of knowing whether my decon got all the poison oil off them, or whether they spread it to places like our carpets and sofa and other places. I'm also washing pretty much every piece of clothing I've worn in the last 10 days in case there is oil on those. Trying not to touch anything in my own house is getting a little old.
Today's Philly newspaper was incredibly depressing. First of all, these people should be kicked out of the human race. This is an outrage. You neglected your severely disabled child until she died alone and starving with her skin rotting off, and then you sue the City of Philadelphia for not doing its job? You've got to be f***ing kidding me. It makes me cry to think of what that poor girl endured, and what she could have been if someone had cared for her properly.
And then these guys. They should both be put in wire cages and infested with vermin for a couple of years, then brought out to the compost heap and shot because their owners didn't want to drop $50 on their care and maintenance. I wish their victims could come back to life and collectively chew their limbs off one at a time. No name I could call them would be insulting enough.
Here's what I don't get. Everyone complains about puppy mills, especially here in Pennsylvania where they abound, but maybe, instead of changing state laws*, we should be outlawing selling dogs in pet stores nationwide. The pet stores (and their clueless customers) are the reason these profiteers make a good living from mass-producing dogs in substandard conditions. Take away the pet store market, and it's going to be hard for these scumbags to make money, plus the clueless general public won't be shelling out to a pet store because they see a cute little puppy in the window. A decent breeder wouldn't sell animals to pet stores. Only a profiteer would. So why not eliminate that option altogether?
As for me, I think when the time comes, we'll be adopting our next dog from a shelter. Given the not-so-savory reputation of our fine state's dog breeding industry, I'd rather not contribute my money toward furthering the work of this so-called enterprise. Not to knock all the good and legitimate breeders of greater Pennsylvania, but given the mass rescues that have been going on, I'd rather rescue a needy dog from a date with the needle than pay to create an expensive new one.
*While Rendell's proposed dog law changes are well-intended, they also create some major obstacles for keepers of sporting dog packs - but that's a whole 'nother post....
Today's Philly newspaper was incredibly depressing. First of all, these people should be kicked out of the human race. This is an outrage. You neglected your severely disabled child until she died alone and starving with her skin rotting off, and then you sue the City of Philadelphia for not doing its job? You've got to be f***ing kidding me. It makes me cry to think of what that poor girl endured, and what she could have been if someone had cared for her properly.
And then these guys. They should both be put in wire cages and infested with vermin for a couple of years, then brought out to the compost heap and shot because their owners didn't want to drop $50 on their care and maintenance. I wish their victims could come back to life and collectively chew their limbs off one at a time. No name I could call them would be insulting enough.
Here's what I don't get. Everyone complains about puppy mills, especially here in Pennsylvania where they abound, but maybe, instead of changing state laws*, we should be outlawing selling dogs in pet stores nationwide. The pet stores (and their clueless customers) are the reason these profiteers make a good living from mass-producing dogs in substandard conditions. Take away the pet store market, and it's going to be hard for these scumbags to make money, plus the clueless general public won't be shelling out to a pet store because they see a cute little puppy in the window. A decent breeder wouldn't sell animals to pet stores. Only a profiteer would. So why not eliminate that option altogether?
As for me, I think when the time comes, we'll be adopting our next dog from a shelter. Given the not-so-savory reputation of our fine state's dog breeding industry, I'd rather not contribute my money toward furthering the work of this so-called enterprise. Not to knock all the good and legitimate breeders of greater Pennsylvania, but given the mass rescues that have been going on, I'd rather rescue a needy dog from a date with the needle than pay to create an expensive new one.
*While Rendell's proposed dog law changes are well-intended, they also create some major obstacles for keepers of sporting dog packs - but that's a whole 'nother post....
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