More dogs dumped at the temple

I am probably sounding like a broken record here and while I do hope every day that this will not happen we all know that it is not something that is going to end. The temples put up signs telling people that they cannot drop their unwanted animals at the temple but people do it anyway. I think the kind of person that would drop off a defenseless animal to let it fend for themselves isn't the kind of person that is overly concerned with the proper way of doing things. I suppose it is better than them dropping it off in the middle of a field where it will almost certainly die, but only a little bit better.

When you see these cute faces it is difficult to imagine what they could have possibly done to be abandoned like this but at the same time, even though I love animals and have devoted my life to helping them, I know how difficult raising a puppy is. A lot of people look at the task and just think about those moments where the dog is sleeping and being cute and don't forsee the inevitable pooping and peeing on the floor, the throwing up, the chewing up of furniture, remotes, sunglasses, basically anything they can get their jaws on. This is too much for many people to bear and also for a lot of other people this results in the dog simply living inside of a kennel most of the time and honestly, that is not better than being abandoned at a temple.

Thankfully these 2 pups have been accepted by most of the pack and I often sit back and wonder what sort of secret language is going on here. Adult dogs will often be aggressive towards another adult dog but they seem to have a great deal of tolerance towards pups who are yet too young to understand the pecking order or any sorts of rules of engagement.

We do have to be somewhat careful though and make sure that they get acclimated to the pack by being around some of the more docile members which normally, and this is pretty global, means keeping them around the older female dogs.

We are showing these 2 new additions some extra attention now but we do this knowing that we cannot possibly continue this one-on-one attention for very long. These dogs have to learn how to get along with the pack without our supervision. This is likely a very confusing time for the dogs because we have no idea where their mother is.

I can guess: Often when an unsterilized female has a litter the people who are looking after the mother will find other people who want to take on a dog or two, or so they think. The dogs are removed from the mother almost as soon as they can walk and then they are taken to a house far away. This has a dramatic impact on the mother as well as the pups. The normally will be depressed and cry a lot of a long period of time afterwards and it is really tragic to see. An ideal situation would be for these people whose dogs keep having litters of pups to realize that the best thing to do would be to sterilize them because by constantly subjecting both mother and babies to that separation anxiety, this has to be immensely taxing on their mental health.

These two pups have the attention and apparent protection of two of the older females, who likely had pups of their own many times in their lives. It's funny and endearing how that motherly quality sticks with them and they sort of adopt the pups. At the moment these two, who are as of yet nameless, have the care of a couple of older females who eat with them, sleep near them, and kind of keep them in line. The Dalmatian mix dog is quite protective of one of them, even going so far as to instinctively show her teeth to us when we approach. There is nothing to worry about, the Dalmatian is very familiar with us and never does any actual aggression.

We have put featured these two for adoption because of the "cute factor" but seeing as how our adoptions are at an all time low at the moment, we believe the opportunity of them getting adopted is extremely low. In the meantime we just hope they can settle in with their new family and we will be monitoring their health for the next few months. Dogs are pretty adaptive and it likely will not be very long before these two forget they were ever abandoned.

It's tragic how this has a way of kind of working itself out, but that is simply the way that it is.

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