to feel angry seeing pics of my friend's new puppy on facebook?

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For the past year she has been telling me how she feels really bad but she's trying to re-home 2 rabbits that her children (a boy and girl, about 6 and 8) aren't interested in anymore. But she was worried a rescue would blacklist her from adopting animals in future.

Today I see that she has bought them a puppy and proudly posted pictures of the children with said puppy on facebook.

I assume the rabbits are still in a cage at the bottom of the garden.

I'd adopt them but I have a (rescue) cat.

I honestly feel like her values are so removed from mine that I can't be friends with her anymore.

Awful. Poor rabbits, the most mistreated of fluffies. Shouldnt be in a cage in the garden at all, but to hear she doesnt give a shit about them and that she has now got a dog would make me unfriend her.
In a year she will re home that dog due to somw 'behavioual problem' and then get whatever puppy is on insta at that time.
I bet this puppy is a Daschund or a French Bulldog or some such £1000 minimum dog. And I bet she has called it Stanley or something.

One of my local FB selling pages has a no pets rule, so I always report those adverts to admin.

But then I always wonder what other fate will befall these poor animals

there's a woman at school gate who, in the 7 years my DC have been going there, has turned up with a new puppy on at least 4 or 5 occasions. She's not a breeder, and she's not fostering them. I don't know what happens when she gets fed up with them.

Oh great. Another irresponsible dog owner in the making. Just what the world needs!
I have a rescue kitty. He was pretty small and timid when we got him. He's now sleek and supreme among the local mogs . I like to think I have given him security and confidence. It's not just about chucking some food at them twice a day. Even "independent" animals like cats need more than that. 😺

Aw poor bunnies I had a houserabbit when I got my cat, and they became good friends. The rabbit was definitely the boss! She sadly died at age 9 last year, she was such a little character. They need just as much time and money as a cat or dog- food, vacinations, insurance etc.

My cat came to us from someone my husband worked with. This person lived in a tiny 1 bedroom town centre flat (so no outside access at all) with a dog and a cat, and they decided to get 2 new kittens. After 2 months they realised there were too many animals, so was asking around for someone to take one of the kittens, otherwise she would be going to a rescue.

So we had her because my husband is a complete softy. She is now the best cat ever! I have no idea what happened to the other animals because this person left their job, and has never bothered to check up on the cat.

What a depressing read 😦

Can't believe how disgustingly cruel so many people are. I have a rescue cat that I took in through gumtree. Stayed friends with the previous owner, about a year later she went and got herself a Bengal. I always thought that was really odd.

Hugs to all fellow animal-lovers and, more importantly to all our fluffy and fur and feathered and scaly friends! Hopefully there are more animal lovers out there than folk that say "it's just a rabbit (or whatever)".

thank you for all your comments. I'm seeing her early next week so I'll broach the subjects and report back if anything significant occurs.

xx

SleepFreeZone I adopted my 2 yr old dog from someone who said she had too many dogs, a year later she got a german Shepherd puppy.

My dogs are all second-hand. Little Dog was dumped as a tiny puppy. I try not to think what happened to the rest of her litter, or her mother.

There's a horrible woman at work who got rid of her lovely elderly cat because he didn't get on with her grandson, who doesn't even live with her. He ended up living out the rest of his days with my dad. He was a proper cuddly lap cat, no trouble at all apart from being old and not in great health.

Horrible woman is an utter crashing bore about her grandson and I bet she's going to be one of those people who loses interest in their young relatives once they stop being cute toddlers.

I think my DC remain interested in our pets because I am interested, and I talk about what they did that day: who jumped on whom, who nicked spinach/ carrot off whom... Such a lot of fun, and it just takes a bit of observation (and cuddling them myself) to communicate that interest to the DC. If a parent is useless, though, the children will probably be, too....

I have a family member that neglected a whole host of guinea pigs. I would have taken them on, but I knew they needed more care then I could have provided. I recall being there and just happening to look at them, they had no water so I refilled all 7 waterbottles. They ended up being relegated to a shed. It was a very cold winter. I didn't see any of them the following spring

Poor dog. Let me guess. In a few months it’ll be up on Gumtree ‘rehoming cos I don’t have time for him anymore’ or ‘need gone asap’ like it’s a piece of furniture.

Recently someone on FB was rehoming a 12 week old puppy because they’d just started a full time job and couldn’t devote the time. 12 weeks. That poor thing will be so unsettled. Plus she was asking for hundreds of pounds for it, instead of giving it to a reputable rescue for free.

A friend of the family is terrible with dogs. She got rid of one last year because it didn’t ‘click’ with the family. She’s now brought a French bulldog because her friend on Instagram had one, and she has a young baby and a three year old. Plus she took on an older dog earlier this year from some distant relative, and the poor thing looks miserable being stuck in a house full of children.

My neighbour has two poor rabbits in a shed in the garden! It started out so well and their kids were playing and looking after them so well, seems to have worn off as I never ever see them anywhere near the shed and the poor rabbits never seem to get out.

I fed them over a week in the summer and they are lovely little things, so sad

so if not for the cat id have them as house rabbits.

I have a cat and two house rabbits - they get along just fine. Mostly they ignore each other, occasional bit of play chasing - the bunnies always win and one of them has a growl like a bear! (she is much more fearsome than your average bunny though! And it's me she growls at - not the cat.) Bunnies are surprisingly tough, and the cat just plays with them - she likes patting them on their fluffy heads, but there's never any claws. The boy bunny and the girl cat sometimes kiss when the girl bunny isn't looking (he's a heartbreaker!).

Before we had this cat, we had a rehomed cat who had been really badly treated (neglect rather than abuse) and was traumatised by the experience - even she got along with the bunnies, she used to chill out in the cage with the girl bunny we had back then.

Please take in those sad, unloved little bunnies OP! You're cat either won't care or will like the playmates, and the bunnies won't be at all fussed by the cat. You just have to be careful how you introduce them and keep them separate, apart from supervised visits, until they're used to each other (wouldn't take more than a couple of days).

Op I would be giving her a talk about responsibility and animal ownership. That she cannot keep rehoming pets when the novelty wears off and it becomes too difficult.

I'm sure there's a link between how well people look after their animals with how they treat their families. I think there are cultural issues too.

FFS what is wrong with some people? Pets are not toys to be discarded when you're bored with them.

The people opposite my parents got rid of their dog because 'it snored'. I shot you not. They also never walked it. Twats. Great lessons they're teaching their young dc!

My DD snores! Not bloody getting rid of her. Her baby snoring was adorable... ❤

XH has ditched 9 pets in the last year. At last count, 3 geckos, a bearded dragon, 2 guinea pigs, 2 kittens that became cats and MY 11 yo northern Inuit bitch that he stole when we split
DS1 can’t understand why, since I’ve drummed it in to all of the kids that when you take on a pet it is a commitment for the length of their life. He finds it all terribly distressing, because he gets attached to these pets and then the next time he goes they’re gone.

I HATE people who just casually dump animals. They cannot have any conscience and are disgusting, evil fucks! I have found all my dogs and cats in the past just by walking in the country and there they were - thrown into the ditch by some worthless piece of shit. I took them home and cared for them and they all lived for years with me. I also had guinea pigs and bunnies - they were so loved.

We’re thinking of getting a bearded dragon (we have other reptiles atm) and I was having a look for vivs, just seen someone who’s giving his bearded dragon and full set up for nothing, because it’s aggressive and he doesn’t have time for it anymore. Funny how animals tend to be aggressive when they are never handled, isn’t it.
Had a quick look on his other posts and he’s selling 3 other animals so that he has time for his new dog

Keepthebloodynoisedown I was surprised at the amount of care a beardie needs (BIL has one who is very well looked after). I wish people would do their research on how much care pets need!