The silent suffering of millions of "backyard" dogs in this country is truly one of the most overlooked and forgotten animal welfare issues. Out of sight and out of mind, chained dogs sometimes pace the same patch of mud and excrement for year after agonizing year. Why do people do this? Often because they don't know any better or because they are perpetuating bad habits from the past. Sometimes they deliberately confine dogs in a cruel way, keeping it half-starved, so it will be a "meaner" watch dog or a "better" hunter. Please joing Dogs Deserve Better and do what you can to help.
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