The dog on the right is the mom of our dogs. She was pregnant when this picture was taken. I don’t like images like this and told myself I’d never share them on this blog, but I think this is a powerful image, especially when compared to the hundred that I have of our happy littermate puppies.
I can’t stand the sound of Sarah MacLachlan’s voice. I the song “You Are Always on My Mind” makes me cringe.
I know that the ASPCA does a lot of great work, but those commercials just KILL me and don’t encourage me to donate to them at all – WHY? – because my donation doesn’t guarantee that I won’t see that sad commercial in the next 60 minutes. Obviously these commercials send droves of people to their phone, credit card in hand, ready to rescue animals. They just make me change the channel.
The ASPCA knows what their doing, because those commercials work!
It cracks me up and I imagine that the ASPCA is run by some brilliant people. WHY? Because I donate money to a local rescue group, Furkidz911 Connection (they rescued the mom of our littermate puppies) every year. I won’t donate to the ASPCA, because those commercials are awful, but I still support rescue work and isn’t that the point?
Everyone time I see one of those commercials, I think of the image you see above and the image you see below. Two generations of Australian Cattle Dog mix canines. I’m so thankful for what we’ve been able to do to give our dogs such a great life.
I wish the ASPCA commercials looked like this image below…
It would be so nice to see some more happy endings.
This is Sydney and Rodrigo playing in our yard. I love watching them play from a distance, because they truly love each other and play together today just like they did that first week we brought them to our home.
The ASPCA is a little bit brilliant!
January 18, 2012 at 1:58 am
Well I came over here from your other site. Looking good Kimberly. I totally agree with you on those commercials! I am a animal lover period and I turn them immediately when they come on. They are to hard to watch or listen to. Unfortunately we cannot have dogs as my daughter has allergies to animals. Maybe a hypo allergenic poodle or something but I like sporting breeds and so does she. Labs are my favorite! All the doggies and kitties do give me lots of work at Carpet Cleaning San Clemente as you know. I find that most people love there animals as much as you would love a son or daughter. I think animal lovers tend to be the nicest people and the people you want to be around.
January 18, 2012 at 2:03 am
Thanks for stopping by, Bill – I appreciate the support. If you ever find the time you are more than welcome to write up a post about carpet cleaning and dogs. Our carpet cleaner (he comes 2x a year) recommended a solution that we used between visits that came in handy when the puppies were being potty trained. The reason I love small businesses is because of these little extra touches they offer.
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April 17, 2013 at 9:27 pm
This is really thought-provoking. I’ve struggled with this myself. I don’t feel that people should be bullied or guilt-tripped into donating through these heartbreaking images. I’m very sensitive, and I find myself quite traumatised by some of the images I see from groups like the ASPCA. Then, I feel guilty for turning my gaze away from the images. On the other hand, the images might help people to donate more. I don’t know, I’m torn.
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April 18, 2013 at 9:18 pm
That’s how I feel too. Torn. I have nightmares after seeing a commercial. I started watching that new Kevin Bacon show, The Following, and there’s an AWFUL scene that they should have warned people about that gave me nightmares for a week. I get obsessive with our dogs, trying to protect them, because the thought of them ending up in one of these terrible situations freaks me out. I won’t donate to the ASPCA, because I don’t want to perpetuate those images; but I do donate monthly to one rescue group and quarterly to another. Those commercials and my experience with pet blogging showed me that I could help.
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April 18, 2013 at 10:41 pm
SO glad you warned me about The Following, because strangely enough, I was going to start watching it tonight! All we can do is do our bit. If we start worrying about all the dogs out there suffering, it’ll be too overwhelming.
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April 19, 2013 at 6:17 am
I haven’t watched any more episodes so I don’t know how the rest go, but definitely DO NOT watch the first episode. I almost fired off an email to the network – I was angry and offended. You can get a point across without being so visual. I tried to watch other episodes, because it looks really good, but the first episode ruined it for me.
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