I don’t know the US laws. But, yes, when I worked with PETA, there was this saying that “the USA is the richest 3rd-world country”. I guess now I know why they were saying that.
Well, I meant western European countries, of course.
Also, about for the toilet bowls: They are different in Europe and even as an emergency it would be difficult for a pet to _____ from it. Especially a dog this small.
I have to tell you something… You can eat dog in UK and France.and Swess
I wonder how you are able to conclude that the dog has parasites from just watching a few minutes on and off. Unless the parasites are clearly visible in a dog’s poo, my vet always needed to test it to determine if and which parasites were there with any certainty. Certainly you weren’t able to do anything like that.
Furthermore, you’ve seen the dog eat processed food once, that doesn’t mean it’s his regular diet. Bella probably doesn’t have dogfood available so they might have had to make do with what she has. I don’t think a dog will get kidney problems from occasionally eating some human grub.
Well, no. There is a loophole in the laws of some countries where it’s illegal to produce, distribute, buy, or sell dog meat, but it’s technically not illegal to k__l a dog yourself and eat it. That being said, it’s illegal to to any unnecessary harm to any a____l and you will be prosecuted for that if it was indeed unnecessary. The loophole is because of an old law interpretation which technically allows you to eat a dog when you’re starving to save your own life at the cost of an a____l’s life. Whether it’s something good, or bad, it’s not for me to judge - it’s just how it is. But it’s not like you can go around eating dogs left and right.
Please don’t spread misinformation.
Also, what does that even have to do with the fact, that the dog has parasites in it and is fed heavily-processed human food? This, in itself, constitutes illegal a___e.
Thank you very much for educating us… We are all becoming very knowledgeable and become dog scholars.
The dog is butt-scooting. This is a no 1 symptom of gastrointestinal parasites and a no 2 symptom of gastrointestinal inflammation. Is it also a rare symptom of gastrointestinal cancer. Either way, this should be treated by a vet.
Almost no parasites can be visible in a dog’s feces. There’s only a handful of species large enough to be visible with a naked eye.
Yes, it doesn’t mean that the processed food is the regular diet of this dog and I hope it’s not.
I don’t need you to become a dog scholar. I’m just raising a problem many people who never worked in a____l shelters, may be unaware of. It’s not meant to be an attack on anyone. It just so happens that I’ve spent my youth in dog shelters as a part of PETA, so these things immediately catch my attention.
It is refreshing to be able to listen to a conversation, without having to guess or speculate! 
Bella speaks English really well!
Butt-scooting can point to gastrointestinal parasites, but it certainly isn’t conclusive evidence. There are several other possible causes for it. The only thing it proves, is that the dog has an itch back there. That can be caused by many things, perhaps something a simple as an insect bite, or backed up anal glands or something stuck in the hair back there. I know a dog that always does it, has been checked by the vet several times, but has never tested positive for any parasites and neither we nor the vet found a physical reason for her behaviour. The only explanation we could come up with was, she simply likes the feeling. Well, once in a while, we scratch our butts too don’t we?
You have to stop talking about scratching our butts… Now I need to scratch my butt. LOL
and it feels good, doesn’t it? 
I better go and see the Vet at the same time get my shots
It’s not conclusive of parasites, but it’s a differential for parasites. The other possible casues are:
All require treatment. It is absolutely never something that can be simply ignored.
I don’t know about the dog you’re talking about and the vet you’re talking about so it’s difficult for me to comment (maybe a rare birth defect?).
Healthy dogs don’t experience miscalcinations of the nociceptors, so they never have to “scratch” anything, like humans sometimes do. Dogs experience normal tensor signals so they like being touched, caressed, petted, etc. It has nothing to do with the sensation of itching. It simply never occurs in a healthy dog. When dogs scratch themselves it because of the oily buildup on their skins (completely normal if the dog is regularly bathed in clean water).
But even if it is a case of gastrointestinal parasites, it still doesn’t make it okay to claim a____l a___e when you have no substantial evidence of that. It could very well be a recent infection and you have no way of knowing if the dog’s owner went or will go to an vet because of it.
They completely ignored it.
Imagine your kid telling you it can’t breathe and you simply ignore it. Yes, it doesn’t mean that the a___e has been going on for a while, but it does mean that it started now.
The dog is in pain. I don’t know how long it’s been like this. The fact remains that it’s in pain for at least a couple hours now and they didn’t even care. This doesn’t really fill me with optimism about how this dog is being treated when off-camera, if I could spot a couple problems within 10 minutes of watching it. Yes, there is an astronomically improbable chance that the dog is treated perfectly and all that just happened only now. But I bet the dog is simply fed s__t-food, has parasites, destroyed kidneys and is in pain. That’s what my experience of working with a____ls tells me. I hope I’m wrong. But I had to raise this problem and for some reason everyone is not only giving me s__t, but also trying to explain to me why I also shouldn’t care. That’s just awful.
With respect, there is a lot of assumption here that he doesn’t care, but what I can see in his affection for the dog is that he really does really care for the dog, a lot more than other owners do, and who’s to say that the dog isn’t under treatment now; we simple don’t know and therefore it is pure conjecture.
It’s a bit an exaggeration to use such words as ‘illegal a____l a___e’ when we only see a snippet of time and base our judgement on a person and his a____l care for that single moment in time.
That’s an assumption. Not all is what it appears to be. Be careful when claiming to know what peoples’ emotions and feelings are.
Paulus, ukpolska:
Yes, I fully agree, that there is some (not a lot really) assumptions on my part. That’s true.
But here’s how it works when you work for the pet shelters: When you see a dog which is being treated very well, you can just tell by looking at it that it’s treated well. This dog has parasites and at least on one occasion (that I’ve seen) was given heavily-processed human food (poisonous to all a____ls).
I hope I’m wrong, but every single time we saw something like that in all the a____ls we were taking care of, it proved to be correct: The a____ls WERE a___ed and the owners were prosecuted.
I will gladly be corrected by the dog’s owner showing the pet’s recent vaccination and med certificates.
Look what you did @tommy you threaten and accus illegal a____l a___e. You made Bella and her friend leave the apartment …LOL
I am afraid to say that is none of our business we are voyeurs here not directors of people’s lives.