Guess I will just jump in and post one of my pet peeves. Mostly I don't let things bother me very much but once in a while....

    "Sigh!   I wish there was something to do. How I would love to run and stretch my legs. I can move around a little in my pen here but aside from hopping up on my doghouse roof about all I can do it pace back and forth and maybe toss my food dish up in the air for fun.  I thought when the new people brought me to this place; I would have a good life. They seemed like such nice folks. Oh, they do feed me once a day and clean my bathroom area once in a while but I would so love for them to come over and say hi or pet me on the head sometimes.

  They do let me out once in a while in the back yard but it is only for a little while when they change my water bucket.  When they come home from work, they try to sneak in so I won't see them but I can hear their car drive up. They don't like to see me jumping with joy up on the fence being so glad to see them. I just don't understand even if I am just a dog. I imagine there are other dogs who would be happy to have my place; ones who don't have any food or water and no one to love them but I would be so glad to be a part of their family.  I often wonder if this is all there is to life?"

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  Guess I don't have to tell you that this is one of my gripes. Why do people have a pet if all they can do is keep it in a cage? A dog is a social animal and it makes me sad to see them treated badly. How can you tell people you do not know that they should find a better home for their 'pet’?