Bad Families

A dog in our pack is with a bad family. The father is a alcoholic and a bully. The mother is an alcoholic and zoned out. The kids are angry and out of control. All of them are abusive. Except for the youngest.

When a weredog finds him or herself with a bad family, one in which they are abused or in danger. they just disappear. Take off. Such families don't care. But there are cases wherein the weredog does not feel he or she can just leave. Usually this is due to another pet, or a child.

When another pet, especially a dog, in involved, also abused or in danger, the weredog will usually take off then return later for the other dog, or dogs.

A child is different. A dog cannot just take a child. That is a no-no. What the dog will usually do in that situation is gather a team of weredogs, do some surveillance and information gathering, then arrange for it to wind up in the hands of the cops, or whatever authorities will most likely act on it and rescue the child.

These cases are kind of rare. But not unheard of. But they have been on the rise over the past 2 decades. In the past 5 years I have been involved in 6 rescues. They are a lot of work. But I have never known of a dog to refuse to participate in such an effort.

This is the situation my pack-mate is in. She feels she cannot abandon the youngest child. There are other such situations, in other families in nearby neighborhoods. We hear about them from not only weredogs, but dogs, cats, even wild species. They are all unique, and a bit problematic, as these cases tend to be.