{"id":134025,"date":"2017-08-02T15:06:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/dear-humans-dogs-are-not-toys-dont-buy-them-then-discard-them.html"},"modified":"2017-08-02T15:06:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:06:40","slug":"dear-humans-dogs-are-not-toys-dont-buy-them-then-discard-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/dear-humans-dogs-are-not-toys-dont-buy-them-then-discard-them.html","title":{"rendered":"Dear Humans: Dogs are not toys. Don&#039;t buy them then discard them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since people can&#39;t buy wolves (or maybe because they don&#39;t realize the difference), there apparently has been a significant uptick in people buying, then abandoning, huskies. Because apparently wolves make cool pets, according to <i>Game of Thrones,<\/i> which means they (or huskies) are just what your household needs. Until you discover that big dogs are hard, dirty work, require walking, shed a lot, and really want your attention. At which time, out on the street \/ off to the pound with them!<\/p>\n<p>People, please don&#39;t be idiots. Or, worse, <i>cruel<\/i> idiots.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/sfist.com\/2017\/07\/25\/game_of_thrones_leads_to_spate_of_a.php'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/bwjp6xkUXEgwONirdn8SO1M1zBVeT694eaohTTL9A6Old9i12KpogNhjqAW_32Bl8mBXfSELT_WWn7-2u6xowvPn2MX4WAtqGBhF4KAnp8cOEkfTcQ=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/sfist.com\/2017\/07\/25\/game_of_thrones_leads_to_spate_of_a.php'>&#8216;Game Of Thrones&#8217; Leads To Spate Of Abandoned Huskies With Funny Names<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nOne local rescue group has been seeing upwards of 45 huskies a month, all because they resemble direwolves, and they come with names like Nymeria and Grey Wind.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/WTdt4zavi65'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since people can&#39;t buy wolves (or maybe because they don&#39;t realize the difference), there apparently has been a significant uptick in people buying, then abandoning, huskies. Because apparently wolves make cool pets, according to Game of Thrones, which means they (or huskies) are just what your household needs. Until you discover that big dogs are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/02\/dear-humans-dogs-are-not-toys-dont-buy-them-then-discard-them.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dear Humans: Dogs are not toys. Don&#039;t buy them then discard them&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27740,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/03\/smart-doggies.html","url_meta":{"origin":134025,"position":0},"title":"Smart doggies!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 3-May-12 5:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Dogs aren't just dependents or tools that humans use. They use tools, too -- using social affinity with humans as tools to get things they need, too.Some interesting experiments described here. Embedded Link Dogs, But Not Wolves, Use Humans As Tools | The Thoughtful Animal, Scientific American Blog Network Sometime\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31976,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/30\/tweets-from-2012-12-30.html","url_meta":{"origin":134025,"position":1},"title":"Tweets from 2012-12-30","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 30-Dec-12 9:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"RT @ExtraGrumpyCat: Liam Neeson trained Batman, Obi Wan, and Darth Vader. He is both Aslan and Zeus...and he punches wolves. Why would y ... # RT @matthewbaldwin: Animals that can smell fear: 1. Dogs; 2. 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