Email sent, and this is what I said:
First of all, thank you for being so non-judgemental (heavy sarcasm there).
You know nothing about the person giving away the dog, so I'm going to fill you in a little: she's a military spouse, she has a 2 year old, a one week old infant and she's doing it alone. Her husband is deployed to Baghdad, he's been there for almost 7 months..... . .....so you can imagine the kind of stress she's under. It's not even her dog, it's his, but seeing as he's not there and she is in no physical condition to take care of a house, a toddler, a newborn and a boisterous dog all be herself she has decided to do what she (and I) consider to be the responsible thing and find the dog a better home.
I don't know your circumstance and I will not assume anything about you. I will, however, tell you this: life in our shoes isn't easy (I'm a military spouse too).
Waht exactly would you have her do, Denise? Keep the dog and end up having it neglected? Don't you think that she's doing the right thing given the circumstances? I do. I think she's doing not only the right, but the responsible thing. She realizes that she cannot adequately care for the dog, so she's trying her best to find it a more appropriate home. She didn't abandon it, she didn't euthanize it.....
Things happen that are beyond our control sometimes. Like wars. All we can do as humans is do the best we can with what we are given. That's exactly what Dana's trying to do.
IMO, YOU are the selfish one. You had an agenda, a statement to make and you were going to make it, regardless of the circumstances.
Well, you made it, and you made an innocent person, someone who neither needed or deserved to hear your sanctimonious claptrap, very upset. She was upset enough at having to part with a much loved pet.....and you just added to that.
Thanks (more heavy sarcasm)
It was hard, very hard, to hold back...I wanted to really let fly, but that wouldn't have served any purpose but to get me riled and upset (more than I am now, anyway)
