I'm Really Torn On This One

http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1228420331.html

If nothing else, my posting this might give someone an idea that they need something from this grab-bag of goodies and help the little dog...

However, after I thought about it a little bit, I had to go back to the ad several times to look at it, I can't help but think that maybe this is a sort of way of selling by guilt association. It's almost like the 'the kill trailer is coming so buy a horse quick!' sort of deal.

Whatever may be the true reason for selling the tack, the little doggy is a cute one, alright. This is where I'm going to veer off track a minute. To my mind, if she was rescued and has many health problems, I think I would have put her to sleep and saved her any more pain and hurt. What a cute little pic, sure tugs at my heartstrings, that's for sure.

But you have to think at what cost of saving a poor, sweet little (or big animal, like a horse) that it's going to cost you. In this case, the poster says he/she needs to sell stuff to pay the vet bill. At the very worst, like I said above, you get people wanting to help the puppy who will buy stuff and the poster unloads all the tack that they couldn't before.

At best, you have true altruism (is that the word I want? Too early in the morning...) of someone who is willing to lose it all to help a downtrodden cutie-pie.

At any rate, if you can use this posted stuff, give them a call or email if you see something you can REALLY use.