WHAT THE CHAINED DOG SAYS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 13 July 1921, Page 2

WHAT THE CHAINED DOG SAYS

(Supplied liy Nelson S.P.C.A.) Von don't understand wind 1 say a lien I I),•id; wliru yon go by. Unit;

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•i‘<nod w;iiii Id hiie ymi. 1 say n great many I kings thai nobody under .■!;ind.- 1 . I widi sinnlbody would, Ululer si;imi. for I hen 1 might ho happier.

A long linn* ago when 1 was a puppy 1 was so happy ! I ran aliout in /the lields wili; jny hroiher. and we lundded ovee eaeli other, and \vr iiad line limes running raeis. We barked jusi lor the dm of it. just as you simm when you feel happy, and we enjoyed running ahom j<i.-i as son do.

Von know how good n is Id uni lasl and call <mi io cadi oilier, and turn head over heel.- when school is

out. Well, we had jusi such rood times, and we played with the llltlc hoy who lived al our house; Ids name was Benny. When l,e had a cooky or anything extra good he would give us a piece, and we always had fresh water and good food three times a day. 1 1 seems very long ago since 1 had those good i.inies. As I lie hero-fasten-ed with a chain I think about them, and sometimes when I sleep 1 dream iha I 1 am a free dog, again and can rim in the fields and eat the grass when 1 want it, and go about enjoying all the j+ood earth smells. After a while, when ! grew older. 1 was given a way. and f missed my brother and the good times, and 1 wanted j dreadfully to sec Benny once more, for, ! leved that hov. '

! used in run and meet him when 'i,. , -"iii. home from s- hool, and jump in 1,, ids neck and Uek his face. Then vse void"’ have a good run and iamb!' together, and after that f >:m|d red iuok al him and wag ~,\ I ad. and tel! him in every way i I (mw much 1 loved him and how sorrv 1 was that we could not lie i |.er evew minute. But 1 had to go a wav from him and the beautiful lields v, ill; Ihe butt.amps and clover and the 50..1. sol! green gras;.

Mv new mas! er snul in l wanted me i'nr ii watch-dog, and In 1 wanlnd ini' 10 hn very rnss it' iin.v si ranger came. mar the h<Bm ! did 11' it feel cross ;U nl! ;it first • | on!v ioil uiilnsppy hccam.i ! y.;i ll1 .■(I 1.1 nt IVnnv. and every limn :uu .•■liiiny.T came I fitH mil ‘phnkly s.;c iT i'oiniv had cmi'i 1 ('> take inn away. When i rushed out they thought- I was uglv and wanted !o Into, and idle!' a wldlo limv chained me lip. I linn I howlnd and tried to got away, hnl limy only pul on ;i stronger chain hncausn 1 did nrcak nwaiv mm day.

You think il is hat'd to stay m llm lion.so on a. rainy flay of to slay alter school when yon don’t gel your lessons. ,;ow would you fool if you worn find with a chain as I am. a chain only long enough for you to wall-: a few slops baton' you laid to mmi round and walk back .again? How would you like it? I think that pretty soon your logs would begin to ache .and prick, and yon would get so nervous Iha I you would want to kick somebody or something, and yon would scream and cry. At first ! just howled I was so unhappy: 1 could not run as ! lung'nd to do, i (‘■otild not get the grass to ; eal which I needed to keep well. Sometimes •lames the coachman, would forget to give me freak water, anil oh. how ! longed for it ! Dogs that fire chained need even r/mre water than other dogs, hut all dogs need to have fresh water always kept handy for them. Sometimes (hey would forget In feed 1110, hut even when they did I wanted very much to go off and bury some bones. 1 could not do anything that 1 wanted to. Sometimes they would take me for a walk, hut il was never long enough, add 1 needed more exorcise to he well. 1 needed to have hours of running or tramping about, and 1 only had a little run when It was convenient for someone to take me. I never felt really w'ell or happy, and so do you wonder that after a while 1 did get cross?

They always praised me when I harked at strangers, ami scolded me when J let them come in without making a fuss. 1 found out that (hey wanted me to he cross, ami 1 was cross as well as unhappy; now don't, you think yon would be if yon were in me place? When vnu go by and I bark at you, please remember all this and he sorry for me, and don’t do anything to tease me. I don't want you to come near me, because I have been taught .to snap at strangers. But when you go by, think how you would like to be in my place, and go by quickly so .that I. will not he troubled and do he sorry for mo. a most miserable CHAINED DOC.

There can he no greater punishment io an active dog than confinement by a chain or in limited space. Lack of snUicienl, exercise brings on disease and usually ends by making a dog sick, Icn or vicious. '

One of tiic promises exact, d by (he Animal I fescue Teague, of Host on, when placing a dog in a home is that he shall not be. kepi chained, and that he shall Oc kepi inside the house or stable at night for his own sake, and for thy sake of the community. .Many light, sleepers are disturbed at night and sometimes kept awake lor hours when in great need of sleep, by the harking of flogs in the neighbourhood. No one has a right to inflict such discomfort on Jus neighbour or on his dog. In some cases if is more than discomfort, it is positive injury where sleep is mafic impossible at night and cannot fie made up bv day." MILS. JII’.NTINOTON SMITH, I’resident Animal Reecue beanie.