LORHEL: Wow! I just joined this forum a week ago, and now I am being seconded and complemented by a "Senior Member"! Does that make me an "Intermediate Member"? :)
You know, it is strange how much rage toward a human a mistreated animal can cause! We joke about wanting to get our hands on whoever advocates hitting a dog... and of course neither of us would harm a person in that way in reality, though I'll bet it would be a tie between us who got down to the local police department or animal warden first!
But there is something in the helplessness and trusting nature of dogs that just makes this type of abuse so unbearable.
Now that I've said all the politically correct things, I'm still waiting for a list of those rednecks who said to punch the dog! A few minutes alone in an empty room...
