I agree with all points here totally. LD seems to have used her vast means - financially and via network - to give this dog a better, more structured life. Her public persona leads me to believe she was probably not prepared to have a shelter dog - she reads supremely narcissistic, and it seems like her two new…

I’ve worked in a shelter, too, and I wish more people knew what really goes on. Are there assholes who give up their pets for no good reason? Sure. But are there also people who sit in the reception area for hours, crying, because they have no other options? Yes, there are lots of them. You have to do what is best for…

I’d like to think “oh he did this because he’s stupid” but honestly I think he did this because 1: they’re fucking untouchable at this point and 2: his supporters don’t give a shit, they see nothing wrong with it. When Trump said that he could fucking shoot people and not lose any supporters, he meant it. Strap in,…

Agree and am in love with your username.

Agreed. And I totally understand that, sometimes the resources just aren’t there to work with a dog safely and humanly.

I think your last point is the crux of the issue. I’m hard pressed to base this on personal, anecdotal experience. I’m not a dog trainer but as a LA shelter vol, I’ve seen lots of “bad dogs” turned in who are actually GREAT dogs but just need to be crate trained for a few weeks to housebreak, or who need leash work…

I mean, god forbid she doesn’t answer I guess.

I don’t understand why everyone is upset about her finding a new home for her dog when the real issue is why she decided if she couldn’t manage ONE dog she should go out and get two different ones.

Yes. Heaven forbid we say truthful things like some animals cannot be trained out of aggression or trauma. Better to let people adopt potentially dangerous animals than assume they can figure out that this trainer was talking about a situation that can happen SOMETIMES. What. A. Dick.

Lena Dunham is the scum of the earth, Mars & Jupiter combined. But this really does happen. I’m a longtime animal shelter volunteer and have seen so, so, so many owner surrenders that are complete bullshit. I have wanted to knock the f out of people so many times. I have a rescue pit who is a gd champion and I’m…

There is no straw man in my comments, but I see that we’re not really communicating, so I’ll stop here.

There are parts of her story I can believe. We had a shelter dog who got extremely aggressive after we’d had him for a while. If you woke him up suddenly he’d attack (came at my face once, luckily he didn’t get me). I remember once, when I was on the sofa, one of my brother’s friends was over and tripped and fell…

I have had a foster dog for 3 years. He can’t leave, and I can’t formally adopt him yet because of his behavioral issues. He was gentle and friendly in the shelter— because he’s an extremely sensitive dog, and when you separate him from me, he shuts right down. The rescue and I have worked with 3 dog trainers, and…

Eh. My mom got the sweetest dog at the shelter about a year and a half ago, and eventually he turned into a growler and a biter and a dog with food aggression. Through multiple trainers and boardings, she’s finally looking to re-home him. It really does happen.

Other people’s oppression doesn’t negate your oppression. This mentality is a key factor in the disjointedness and discord that is currently keeping liberals and the Democratic party down.

“No one deserves another person.” YES! I don’t know why this is so hard for people to understand. Nobody is owed another person!

It’s not so much that they like ‘outside politicians’... if that was the case, they’d be flocking toward Green Party and Independent candidates. These people like BULLIES. They take malicious enjoyment in the fact that others are being unrepentantly beaten up on — very similar to WWF fans (except these people are…

The issue around Jewish people being white or not is EXTREMELY confusing, including Jews (like me.) I am white in society (although there are varying degrees of whiteness within the Jewish religion and culture) - that said, I am a recipient of white privilege in many parts of the United States on a very top level. …

I’m a POC and, when I was younger, I genuinely could not understand why Jewish people are not considered white. I was deeply and entirely baffled by this. It wasn’t until I took a college course on the history of Judaism and the founding of modern Israel that I even vaguely understood the distinction and, even after…

Absolutely not. Beyonce lip syncs a LOT. And that’s because singing and dancing for an hour +, 5x a week, for 3-9 months during a world tour is damn near impossible for even the most talented artists.