So I was on Facebook just a few minutes ago, idly looking through different pictures people have posted, and I came across a picture of a dog, posted by my stepsister's boyfriend.
I've known my stepsister for almost 7 years now, and we get along great. I like her boyfriend too (even though he hasn't proposed yet and she's due with his baby in February... but anyway). He's an ex-Marine, served in Iraq, and he's always been a nice dude to me.
I didn't know that they had a dog, and I love dogs. I couldn't tell what kind of dog it was from the picture, so I commented on it:
"Hey, this is a beautiful dog!! Did the shelter you got him from tell you what kind he was?"
Innocuous, right? And he replies,
"Yeah, he's a full blooded pit bull. My friend who breeds them on the side gave him to me."
Okay, cool. While holding my tongue about backyard breeders, I reply,
"Oh I see. I just love brindle dogs!!
I didn't recognize him without the clipped ears you usually see on pit bulls. But I'm glad you haven't done his."
And then his friend, who I have never met, says:
"Hahaha, as if you could ever mistake him for a shelter dog. He's too good for that $#%^"
And boyfriend replies
"Yeah haha!"
Why are dogs from shelters undesirable? How can some people just dismiss shelter dogs as inferior to non-shelter dogs? What the heck. this whole interchange just makes me upset.
The dumb thing is, I adopted Kramer from my stepsister (who is dating this guy), and he was a shelter cat. But they obviously didn't care about him and persuaded me to adopt him. Their loss -- he is a huge snugglebucket.
But anyway... some people's attitude about animals is appalling to me.
I've known my stepsister for almost 7 years now, and we get along great. I like her boyfriend too (even though he hasn't proposed yet and she's due with his baby in February... but anyway). He's an ex-Marine, served in Iraq, and he's always been a nice dude to me.
I didn't know that they had a dog, and I love dogs. I couldn't tell what kind of dog it was from the picture, so I commented on it:
"Hey, this is a beautiful dog!! Did the shelter you got him from tell you what kind he was?"
Innocuous, right? And he replies,
"Yeah, he's a full blooded pit bull. My friend who breeds them on the side gave him to me."
Okay, cool. While holding my tongue about backyard breeders, I reply,
"Oh I see. I just love brindle dogs!!
I didn't recognize him without the clipped ears you usually see on pit bulls. But I'm glad you haven't done his."And then his friend, who I have never met, says:
"Hahaha, as if you could ever mistake him for a shelter dog. He's too good for that $#%^"
And boyfriend replies
"Yeah haha!"
Why are dogs from shelters undesirable? How can some people just dismiss shelter dogs as inferior to non-shelter dogs? What the heck. this whole interchange just makes me upset.
The dumb thing is, I adopted Kramer from my stepsister (who is dating this guy), and he was a shelter cat. But they obviously didn't care about him and persuaded me to adopt him. Their loss -- he is a huge snugglebucket.
But anyway... some people's attitude about animals is appalling to me.
