Yes. It's Graphic and it's NOT Pretty.

YES I DID.

I added some photos and a link from one of my most important affiliations; Dogs Deserve Better.

And those photos can pretty much "harsh your mellow". Make you feel sad.

Awww.....

Too Bad.

As I have said, I am trying to Save The World, and Dogs figure very prominently in mine, just in case ya hadn't noticed.

Perhaps you tuned in for a smile or a bit of my rancid wit.

Well, it's still here.... but it's COLD now, and countless dogs will freeze to death, or hang themselves, or attack some stray kid,(they are 2&1/2 times more likely to when tied), or bleed out from a chain ulceration around their necks...all because some ass-wholes, who have these creatures entirely at their mercy, and which creatures depend upon our whimsy, decided that Chaining The Dog Out was the way to go.

Common Myths/Reasons for doing so:

-Maybe they think it's a way to protect the property;

That only works as far as the chain reaches, FOOL. And it makes it easier for the bad guys to kill/incapacitate that dog. Dog is WAY more effective loose inside the house.

-Maybe they had a kid after acquiring the dog and now they don't want to deal with Fido any longer, see them as disposable in some way, are afraid that Rowfie will hurt the baby;

Got news for you,Mommy... dogs are pack animals and will be more likely to protect Babykins than hurt him, and kids who grow up with a dog in the family,(NOT OUT BACK YOU DOOF,THAT DOESN'T COUNT!), do better with social interactions, are less likely to pick on other kids, are less often impacted by depression, are more likely to understand diversity and the earth better, and may even grow up smarter! The dog tied out back is FAR more likely to hurt your toddler than one who lives inside your house as a part of your "pack".

-Maybe it's some weird Power Dog thing and they don't even really care about the dog so much as the image having some poor pit bull chained up outside gives them;

DUDE! Is Your Dick Really That Small That You Need Some Poor Animal To Abuse To Feel Better About Your Issues? Invest in a Really Big HandGun instead.

-Maybe they didn't like the mess having a puppy in the house caused;

So. You are SO FACKING LAZY and sad that you will punish,and perhaps, KILL some innocent creature because you didn't do your homework and find out how big it would get and much effort and patience and training is needed.....or maybe that was an impulse buy and now you feel STUCK with something that was a lot more work and a lot less of an accessory than your Do*ney-and-Bjorke handbag.... "It was cute when it was little, but NOW look at it!"

-Maybe they are backward rurals who think that's just the way it is;

"We always done it that way. Them hounds is MEANT to live outside, they LOVE it."

First of all, Jephro.... Just 'cuz your daddy and your grand-daddy did it that way doesn't make it right or smart, or even the best way to do it. Think outhouse vs. flush toilet, mule-team vs. tractor, burlap undies vs. Fruitie Looms.

Secondly.....NO. THEY DON'T. THEY FREEZE, THEY DIE OF THIRST,THEY STARVE,THEY HANG, THEY BUG NEIGHBOURS WHO'S HEARTS ARE BROKEN HEARING THEM HOWL ALL NIGHT LONG AND SEEING THEM SUFFER WHENEVER THEY DRIVE BY. There is NOTHING those dogs LIKE about that situation, they only wag their tails when you come outside in hopes that you will feed them and turn their water bowl back upright and refill it and maybe not kick them while doing so because it's cold and you were watching The Man Show and rather not be bothered but your wife made you because they were barking for just a little too long.....or maybe they even blindly hope that you will change your mind about them and let them back into the pack,(i.e. your home and family). Just because there is NO Humane Law enforced for animals in Cow-Poop County doesn't make you right, you Cloth-Earred Beet!

So, yup, I added some harsh and sad and graphic photos and a Serious Rant to kill the Holiday Buzz*.

Or maybe, I just added an Awareness of Something That's Going On to your Winter, maybe poke you in the eye a little,(maybe I even hurt your feelings, if you are a dog-chainer yourself), maybe I can just get somebody/anybody to DO something about it.

Maybe I drove past That House Up the Road** with 2 poor dogs,( pit mixes with really short hair), chained out , wrapped around a pole and can't reach their hut and the water dishes are flipped or frozen and it's snowy and only 20 degrees right now and they both look fackin' emaciated, laying hung up in frozen mud, and I just can't stand it any more.

So Suck it Up.

Go to the link.

Order up,(or even print them yourself for free!), some pamphlets and distribute them...tack'em to the door of a Dog-Chainer Near You.

Get a cool car magnet. BE BRAVE, make others aware.....

But do it before that dog down the street freezes to death, mm'kay?

*Don't worry, we'll get SugarPlumFairy levels of the Holiday Buzz back on track before long, I SWEAR.

**which now has a pamphlet tacked to the front door, and will have, every day until they change something, or until I die, whichever comes first.

Really, I DIN'T.

Okay.

I am not making this up,I was actually asked this question:

"If you didn't do it and you were in Alberta at the time, how did you get that picture?"

Umm.

The first and best answer is; "Anybody can pull a photo from the internet. BUH!"

(The "BUH" in there is imperative for that answer to have full effect. It just wouldn't be the best way to answer that question without the "BUH" in there, and all caps at that.)

But even,perhaps,more readily obvious is the fact that the photo was clearly taken FROM A HELICOPTER.

It's an OVERHEAD shot.

ANYBODY who knows me is perfectly well aware of the sad fact that I DON'T own a helicopter.

If I did, I'd have one of those Vulcan mini-guns* mounted on the front of the thing and I'd be out there running the freeway, taking out cell-texters and newspaper readers before they could clear the on-ramps, making the roads safer for the rest of us....

And it certainly wouldn't be long before REALLY porkubese white men would know better than to jiggle around, shirtlessly, out there on their lawn tractors.

NOBODY,(at least, nobody in Ohio), would have the nerve to casually toss a used diaper onto the surface of the Tractor Store Parking Lot, for fear of Terror Raining From the Skies.

They'd all have to answer to a Higher Power.

geez.

Get It?

You Guys are SO lame!

Higher Power.

Me in the Helicopter, having all this Power.

ugh.

I thought is was funny.

Hum.

I think I'll just go check how the Boeing AH 64 Apache is pricing out on eBay these days. Maybe I can get a used one with the Vulcan* tossed in as a package deal.

If I purchase the flame-thrower at the same time, I know I can get the combined shipping discount....

WAY less boring than sitting around here with all these peeps who have NO sense of humour.....

*Vulcan mini-gun i.e. The M134, is a multi-barrel, high-speed, electronic-fired gatling gun which can fire 2000 to 6000 rounds per minute. I could go with the M61, but the larger shells are less cost effective over-all, since it is unlikely that I would ever be interested in taking out anything larger than an automobile or a small truck. For larger objects,the rocket launcher would then be the more appropriate option.