Cool Sad Puppy Picture images

Graphic, They died because of how they LOOKED only ...

Image by Beverly & Pack
These pictures have made it onto the Westword Blog the Denver news blog.

When people go to visit their dogs in the Denver shelter, and have to leave their dogs there--actually walk away--as the dogs are screaming to go with them, it is almost too much to take. And the dogs have no idea how they got from their comfy sofas to that concrete hellhole. Many that have experienced this have said they have never heard their dog make that panicky sound before.

About the photos...

These are pictures of just one load of dogs that Denver has rounded up and killed as part of their breed ban. "Well," you might say, "dogs are killed every day in shelters across the land." Yes, they are and it is all awful. But these were dogs who had homes. These were owned dogs that got picked up and killed for what they look like, not for anything they did. Underneath this pile of dead dogs, but not shown, were something like twelve puppies that were not even weaned yet. The photographer wanted to show them, but didn't have the heart to move the bodies of the adults around to show the puppies. Either way, this is how a breed ban manifests itself--in the rounding up and killing family dogs.

big dog little dog

Image by istolethetv
these pups live in my neighborhood. when i saw them i got tunnel vision and abruptly hung up on the person i was talking to on my cell my manpanion. the little one was moving too much (and my camera was being too fussy) to get a good, close-up picture of it. sad.

but, brightside: the picture found its way onto lifehacker. huzzah!

Sam

Image by Scott Hammond
Sam short for Samantha belongs to my Parents. When I was a child my dad worked with German Shepherd Guard dogs at the prison. One of his favorite dogs was one called Samantha. Eventually the prison put all of the dogs down as they figured it would save money. They where 14 of the most beautiful German Shepherds you ever saw.

The sad thing is down the road they bought a bunch more, and again came to conclusion it was cheaper to put them all down then keep them. Now they use labs in the prison's around here, in part I believe because it's against the inmates right's to have intimidating dog's. Sad.

Anyway's over the years my dad became very attached to her, and when it came time to put them down he tried desperately to convince them that he would adopt her. However as with everything in the Government their mentality was get rid of rather then allowing someone to rescue them. It was a ruff time for him, being how much time he spent with these dogs. There is even pictures of me as a baby in the cage with Samanatha "The big tuff attack dog". Long story short my Mom named Sam after Samantha as she knew how much my Father cared for that dog.

Longing Gaze

Image by rileyroxx
I love this picture, my eyes look very pretty, and the stare is captivating. My hair looks cool too.

Never a Sad Day in His Life

Image by frankpierson
While taking pictures I snapped a couple of my dog Riley. It astounds me how he is one of the happiest dogs I've ever seen. No matter who is around he likes to play and always seems to be smiling.

The advantage to being the runt of the litter is he will always be the size of a puppy so people aren't afraid of him like they are full size german shepherds.