Mesut, Rocky and Balboa

[suzanne410.livejournal.com]

No time to write words, but really are they even necessary here???? I don't think I can find any anyways... *dead*

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[albatr0ss1.livejournal.com]

I can't get past the fact that his dog has an intact pair of testes. They need to be removed :(

[lyzame.livejournal.com]

what....?

[albatr0ss1.livejournal.com]

LOL, sorry - I used to volunteer with the local dog pound, and as a result I am a passionate advocate of neutering pet dogs. I couldn't help but notice that Mesut's dog has balls...

[jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com]

He'll be sneaking off at all hours to visit ladies in the neighbourhood...

...possibly.

That breed of dog is so apathetic and loyal they rarely leave the house!

So desire vs breeding - which wins out?

[albatr0ss1.livejournal.com]

A stray bitch in heat turning up in the neighbourhood can cause remarkable changes in a dog :). Anyway, why bother weighing up the likelihood of a given dog siring an unwanted litter, when the possibility can so easily be eliminated altogether?

(Well over 100,000 dogs are euthanased over here each year, by both RSPCA and Government-run pounds. I don't know the stats for other parts of the world, and TBH I can do without looking them up. The sheer horrific scale of the problem leads me to my take on the matter - "FFS, just cut your dog's balls off. Just do it!")

Ok, stepping down off my soapbox now :)

[ladya-sama.livejournal.com]

It might depend on where you live, though. Was born and raised on Aruba and we had stray dogs up the wazoo, since dogs are rarely kept inside and are allowed to roam wherever they like.

Different story here in the Netherlands. My 3-year-old Staffie's still intact. We don't actually have stray dogs here, and practically everyone keeps their pet dogs indoors.(We DO have stray cats, especially in major cities, hence why I got my four fixed as soon as they were old enough.) I don't even know if it's allowed to let your dogs roam. If there's a dog out alone on the street Dutchies assume it's escaped or been abandoned and immediately call the animal ambulance if they're unable to locate its home or owner themselves. My Staffie spends all day inside unless I take him for a walk, in which case he's always leashed, so there's no risk of him impregnating other dogs.

The long short of it, am thinking the same applies to Rocky, who appears to be kept mainly indoors. Mesut's house must have some security measures, and English bulldogs, tenacious as they might be, aren't exactly escape artists.

[albatr0ss1.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... point taken. I have to say that I really like the Dutch approach to sightings of solo canines. I'm afraid that many people over here see a dog without a human and think of it as 'not my business / not my problem' (and I live in a city - not a rural area). Many times I've apprehended unaccompanied dogs, and handed said pooches over to 'the authorities' with a silent prayer that the beastie has a microchip (and that the owner's details are up to date!). On one occasion, after apprehending the dog and waiting around for a while (in case someone was searching for him/her/it), I used some rope as a makeshift leash and walked the dog to an area 4km away before calling the Ranger - because I knew that the local pound in the area that we'd walked to had a 'no-kill' policy, whereas the local pound in my own area did not ;). I made enquiries a few days after, and found that the dog had a microchip, the owner had been contacted, and the pooch was safely back home. Then there was the time that there were two fully grown Malamutes wandering around late at night, and one was hit by a car outside my unit block (no obvious serious injuries, but the poor bitch was in shock). Myself, my then-partner and a couple of our neighbours joined forces to get the big beasties into the back of my partner's rather small hatchback car. To our great surprise, the dogs gave the matter some thought for a few minutes, and then just hopped up into the back of the car and settled down to go for a drive to the RSPCA shelter. I followed their progreaa on the RSPCA website, and was relieved to learn that they were both eventually re-homed (their microchips had out-of-date owner info). Um... sorry. I'll shut up with the stray dog stories now, shall I? LOL, don't mind my rambling...

[ladya-sama.livejournal.com]

Not at all. It's great that you will go the extra mile for an animal in need. Sadly, there are too many people who will just walk by without a second glance because it's "just" an animal. Here, seeing a dog without an owner is like seeing a toddler walking without a parent. It just looks alarmingly out of place and it immediately draws attention.

Am very proud of the Dutch stance on animal rights. We do take it very seriously here. We actually have a seated political party called the Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals) in parliament that mainly advocates animal rights and welfare. It's just ingrained in the culture.

[bluemeanie-1.livejournal.com]

That's the first thing I noticed too.

[albatr0ss1.livejournal.com]

There is a slang expression here in Oz, commonly used to describe something that 'stands out' and/or is very obvious - 'sticks out like dog's balls' ;)