The last couple of paragraphs that talk about dogs being commodities that are thrown away when they are no longer of use to their owners speaks volumes to me.
I am thrilled that these dogs owners gave them to a no kill rescue and that the dogs are being well cared for. The responsibility should not be with the rescue but with the owner. He took care of the dogs from birth, raised them, trained them, put them to work, and now is giving them up in the last years of their lives.
The dogs have to be confused, they are used to being a part of a specific pack and now a large part of that pack is gone. While it is good that he did not put them to sleep or just abandon them he is still not fulfilling his part of the agreement that he made when he took ownership of them in the first place.
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