Ok so I am fostering and gonna adopt a mutt... the usual Dr Jeckyll iteration with nary a foul outpour can be found on my other blog. Here as usual is reserved for all the bitching and whining.
Dogs breeds... while it is understandable that through the domestication of dogs, certain traits and behaviors are favored esp when selecting for a work-dog/ hunting dog etc, what I really cant comprehend are all those dog shows where each and every breed has to conform to arbitrary human standards.
Breeders are specifically churning dogs that will conform to the hilt of such standards. When that is not enough, ears and tails are cropped for no good reason other than to spot the "in" look of the species. Yes some may argue that a short tail after snipping may be easier to train or whatever.. ok fine but really.. ask yourself what you are doing to your dog is really for the dog or to massage your own ego when you walk your dog and show it off to the world?
Like what I term Inflated Titular Grandiose Syndrome, people are not only carting off self-importance by the armloads to themselves from the way they dress to what's printed on their name cards but feel this need to be extended into the things surrounding themselves. Be it an inanimate object like a limited edition designer hand bag or the ribbon and rainbow dyed pooch they tote around.
Do what you want with your bag, bikes or other non breathing objects but anything on an animal.. think twice. Not so much that the world will laugh their ass off at your stupidity (which you are so deserving of course..) but its inconveniencing another life even if its not human solely for the pleasure and satisfaction of your own ego...
S.T.U.P.I.G - Confessions of a Staunch, Thinking, Unbelieving, Pedaling, Inked Grouch
