Please keep me safe...

I hope no friends of mine treat their pets like this. If yes, please rethink your actions. You want them to be your guard dog, but you do not play your share of guardian. You may not intentionally mean harm to them, but just stop and think of a better way of treating them. Throwing them some food, some water, chained up with mini shelter from heavy rain and hot sun, left lonely do not deserve a wagging tail or a bark to alert you of danger but they still do their duty. They may actually hurt more than a stray. What did they do to deserve a unsheltered prison cell with chains? Why don't you do your duty as a pet owner too? There are worse owners, but why compare with those who are worse than you, why not compare to those who are better than you and do a something a little better than now? I promise that your heart will learn to smile from within. I hope the dog will be a happier dog soon, whether from the same owner who now have a better mind or from someone else who knows how to care for others. My heart is aching not because of the condition of the dog, but for the selfishness and thoughtless human breed. Animals hurt others for survival. Human hurt others just because... I am duly disappointed.

This dog does not seem to have broken bones, exposed tumours, burnt marks, chopped tail but it disturbs me so much. I have seen so many agonising photos by MIAR (Malaysia Independent Animal Rescue) but nothing hit me as much as this. A simple shot, yet I kept going back to this photo.

Love but no love.

Hurt but no hurt.

Lonely but not lonely.

Lost but not lost.

I don’t know if you can picture yourself feeling so, but I can and I totally don’t like the feeling and do not wish it happens to me. I rather not be loved, be hurt, be lonely, be lost than keep losing faith of my feeling because at least I can learn to deal with the issues and move forward, not kept dangling from an almost broken rope. 

Whatever it is, I salute the commitment by the MIAR team, and the volunteers and supporters!