These are words I hate to hear.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, 171,229 dogs are feeling and living the impact of that statement and that’s just on http:\/\/Petfinder.org.<\/p>\n

I know that they’re “just words.” Just words. . .”get rid of”. . .I think that there are a lot of things we can all get rid of and none of them would even closely resemble a dog. I’d like someone to be able to look in the eyes of their dog and explain exactly what “getting rid” of them means.<\/p>\n

There may be a lot of reasons that a dog should be re-homed or helped in other ways due to a consideration that is in the best interest of the dog. I am very grateful that I have my dogs, and while I’ll have them with me for the remainder of their lives, I’m not their first home.<\/p>\n

It’s not that there can’t be some synchronicity at play that brings the right dog to us but that’s a completely different story than a dog that someone chooses to get rid of out of an inconvenience. Some dogs are fortunate to have been loved by several families and have always known a loving environment. Some haven’t. Someone got rid of them.<\/p>\n

Maybe you or I will be lucky enough to be loved by one of these dogs.<\/p>\n

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