Intentional cruelty is when a person abuses a dog by kicking it, throwing it, choking it, etc. This kind of abuse is just awful and it is mostly done for pleasure. Often people will take out their anger on things smaller than them, such as dogs. In many cases, people who abuse dogs also do the same sort of things to humans, like murdering or hurting other people. These people are sometimes psychopaths, normal people who take pleasure in hurting things smaller than them, or sometimes mentally ill. Intentional cruelty can have a large psychological effect on a dog, (meaning that it stays with them for a long time.) This can lead to the dog being severely injured, handicapped for life, or even being killed.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Neglect & Intentional Cruelty
There are many different kinds of dog abuse. The some of the big ones are neglect and intentional cruelty. Neglect is the failure to give your pet what it needs to survive and just ignoring the pet. The things that an animal needs to survive are food, water, shelter, and oxygen. If an owner doesn't care for their dog and pretends it doesn't even exist, then that is definitely neglect. Many times, a person will neglect their dog because they don't have enough money to pay for it's needs anymore. If an owner does give their pet food, water, shelter, and oxygen, but doesn't give it any love, take it for walks or do anything else for the dog, then it isn't considered neglect even though they don't take as much care of it as we would like them to.