点评:Can you imagine what it would be like to be on a six foot chain your whole life? With nothing to do but run in circles? If you’re lucky, you get to go pull a sled once every few days. If you’re unlucky, and a little too afraid, you never leave your chain. Your world is six feet. How do I know it’s six feet? That’s the radius of the circles my dog still runs in; four years after being removed from this place. Even when he has a field to run in, his mind has him on an invisible chain.
This dog was broken. Terrified. When I met him he would cower and growl, and I couldn’t touch him. It took six months to gain enough of his trust for him to come up to me. I learned upon his removal they found his collar was so tight it was nearly embedded into his skin and he had to be sedated to remove it. That is how well this sweet soul was cared for. I don’t believe he ever pulled a sled. Not with how scared he is. He was terrified of the inspectors, and he is still terrified of people. He reverts back to how he was when I met him the moment he sees a stranger.
Despite his mental and physical burdens, he has become such an amazing dog. They try to tell you these dogs can never be house pets, and they’ll be miserable inside. I’m sure that’s true for some dogs, but he’s one of the best house dogs I’ve ever had. He was house-trained within a month and has become the kindest soul who wants nothing more than to run with his ball and sleep on the couch. Once he experienced a home, he hated being put in his pen and would run to the door desperate to get in. I cannot imagine putting him on a chain and leaving him to freeze and swelter in the woods.
Even one of the dogs' being in this condition should be enough to make a person want nothing to do with this place, but there are many, and there are worse.
翻译:你能想象一辈子被六英尺长的链子拴着是什么感觉吗?除了绕圈跑什么都做不了?如果幸运的话,或许每隔几天还能拉一次雪橇。如果不幸,又胆小如鼠,那就永远无法挣脱链子的束缚。你的世界只有六英尺。我怎么知道是六英尺?因为我的狗离开那里四年后,仍然只能在六英尺的半径范围内奔跑。即使它身处开阔的田野,它的意识也仿佛被一条无形的链子拴着。
这条狗身心俱疲,恐惧万分。我第一次见到它时,它会蜷缩着身子低声咆哮,我根本不敢碰它。我花了六个月的时间才赢得它的信任,让它愿意靠近我。后来我才知道,它被带走时,人们发现它的项圈勒得太紧,几乎嵌进了它的皮肤里,不得不给它注射镇静剂才能取下来。这就是这只可怜的狗狗曾经遭受的“待遇”。我相信它从未拉过雪橇,因为它现在如此胆小。他以前很怕检查员,现在依然很怕人。只要一看到陌生人,他就立刻恢复到我刚认识他时的样子。
尽管身心都承受着巨大的压力,他却变成了一只非常棒的狗狗。人们总是说这种狗永远不可能成为家养宠物,它们待在家里会很痛苦。我相信有些狗确实如此,但他是我养过的最好的家养犬之一。一个月内他就学会了定点大小便,现在他成了最善良的狗狗,最大的愿望就是抱着球跑来跑去,然后睡在沙发上。一旦体验过家的感觉,他就非常讨厌被关进狗舍,总是拼命地跑到门口想要进去。我无法想象把他拴起来,让他在树林里挨冻受暑。
即使只有一只狗处于这种状态,也足以让人对这个地方避之不及,但这里还有很多这样的狗,而且情况更糟。