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March 10/2012
13 years ago
Today wasn't bad. It does seem weird to me however that the shorter days seem to take longer to get threw then the normal 8 hour days. Today i was announced as my stores first employee of the month. We just started last month and everyone got to vote. Yay for me :3. I got to choose between a gift certificate from Chick-fila, or Starbucks. Naturally i chose Starbucks. I won't give Chick-fila any more of my money as they support anti-gay and anti-transgendered "movements", i guess you could say, because they are a christian company. I hate that shit. God made us all equal and love is love if its heartfelt.
What I'm about to type maybe depressing for some so read at your own risk.
Today at the team meeting, we were talking about a special advertisement that we had for pet training classes. Twenty bucks will get you $120 worth of pet training coupons. And they reiterated that we don't advertise just to make money. We advertise because we care about how well the pet and pet parent get along with each other in their lives. This came up mainly because last week we had a couple come in with their pet that was aggressive. One of our pet trainers talked to the pet parents about our training classes and how it would improve the pets behavior. The couple decided to talk it over. Four days later the couple called back and talked to the trainer. They decided to put their pet down because they couldn't deal with it's behavior problems. Kinda makes you wonder who the real animal is huh?
90% of dogs are put into shelters because of behavior problems. 15% of dogs are euthanized because of behavior problems.
I don't care if some people cant afford training classes. The responsible thing to do is if you cant deal with its behavior then give it to an adoption agency. Adoption agencies will actually work with the pet and train it behave, give it vaccinations, and work with the pet until its ready to be adopted. I guess it is true that some pets cant be helped. I suppose people are the same way. But euthanasia should only be a last resort if absolutely nothing else will work, and even at that it should be handed over to an adoption agency or shelter and let them decide. Just my opinion, and you know what they say about those.
What I'm about to type maybe depressing for some so read at your own risk.
Today at the team meeting, we were talking about a special advertisement that we had for pet training classes. Twenty bucks will get you $120 worth of pet training coupons. And they reiterated that we don't advertise just to make money. We advertise because we care about how well the pet and pet parent get along with each other in their lives. This came up mainly because last week we had a couple come in with their pet that was aggressive. One of our pet trainers talked to the pet parents about our training classes and how it would improve the pets behavior. The couple decided to talk it over. Four days later the couple called back and talked to the trainer. They decided to put their pet down because they couldn't deal with it's behavior problems. Kinda makes you wonder who the real animal is huh?
90% of dogs are put into shelters because of behavior problems. 15% of dogs are euthanized because of behavior problems.
I don't care if some people cant afford training classes. The responsible thing to do is if you cant deal with its behavior then give it to an adoption agency. Adoption agencies will actually work with the pet and train it behave, give it vaccinations, and work with the pet until its ready to be adopted. I guess it is true that some pets cant be helped. I suppose people are the same way. But euthanasia should only be a last resort if absolutely nothing else will work, and even at that it should be handed over to an adoption agency or shelter and let them decide. Just my opinion, and you know what they say about those.
I don't call what happens to most pets who are put down euthanasia. Euthanasia basically refers to merciful killing and unless the animal is suffering or in pain, killing an animal because it is in the way is straight up murder. It's just wrong and I agree with you. But there are exceptions. My former boss at Target had a dog that got hit by a car and had brain damage. After that, it became agressive and wild and attacked a small litter of kittens for no reason. Fearing for his family, he got rid of the dog. However, even then he didn't get it put down. He took it out into the middle of the forrest in the middle of nowhere and released it into the wild where it wouldn't be of concern to anyone, but also so he wouldn't have to have it killed. Basically, there's often an alternative and these people just don't want to take it.
Well, that and from personal experience, a lot of people take the pet without wanting the responsibility, so as soon as the imperfect pet becomes a hassle, rather than taking responsibility for the animal, they get rid of it like an appliance that doesn't work anymore.
Sorry Pewter, I'm rambling on your journal. *hugs* Miss ya buddy.