Sentences with phrase «despondent dogs»

Their case files are filled with examples of dogs chained outside in the blistering heat and the frigid cold, of dogs on miserably short chains, of dogs who have hanged themselves, and most often of terribly despondent dogs deprived of social contact and the ability to carry out their instinctual desires.

Very few things, however, are more rewarding than to take in a sad, lonely, despondent dog and see him or her turn into a loving, happy and treasured pet.

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Back in 1995, I wrote that search and rescue dogs were despondent over not finding live survivors following the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK.

Discouragement was seen a lot in the dogs used during 9/11, repeated finding of dead bodies can lead the dog to become despondent, as such during searching in such intense situations handlers instruct living beings to hide so that they may be found and provide the dog with hope that its work is not being done in vain.

Daniel Pinchbeck, the executive producer and author of the 2006 book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, starts the film detailing his quest to shake free of a depression that dogged him in his late 20s when his disconnection from current culture caused him to become despondent.