Why do people abandon small animals every year?

Abandoning your pet dog after moving is not a real dog lover, but a temporary dog-keeping behavior.

The idea of not wanting to have a dog must have existed long ago, but there was no suitable opportunity. Moving is just an excuse. Therefore, this kind of person should not keep a dog in the future, and it is a kind of harm to the dog if he keeps it and abandons it.

People who really love dogs know that after a long time, they have feelings and become an indispensable member of the family, just like family.

Imagine, is this person who even abandoned his family really a dog lover? Not at all. So don't keep a dog in the future.

Pet dogs have been kept for a long time and are used to the human way of life. If they are abandoned, they will have no viability. Now that you have it, you must not give it up. You can't abandon them for any reason.

Some people will say that there are practical reasons for abandoning pets.

Pets have a bad temper and habitually hurt people; Daily expenses are not small, and medical expenses are more expensive, exceeding economic expectations; Allergic to pet hair and dander; Family does not support ... reality always has its own helplessness, but as long as it is prepared in advance, it is enough to deal with it.

External factors always work through internal factors, so what is the real reason why pets are abandoned? Let's look at it from a psychological point of view.

0 1 What is empathy?

When a pet is abandoned, can the owner feel its sadness and trauma? If you can feel the pain of being abandoned, will you feel no more pain because of guilt and unbearable?

It depends on the level of development of empathy.

Empathy (empathy)

That is, psychological empathy, empathy, putting yourself in others' shoes to understand and understand others' feelings and emotions. Mainly manifested in emotional self-control, empathy, listening ability and expressing respect and other aspects related to emotional intelligence.

Two thousand years ago, Confucius' "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" was similar to empathy: don't impose on others what you don't like or refuse to accept; We should push what others like or accept according to our hobbies, and try to share these things and treatments with others. This is an important principle advocated by Confucianism to deal with interpersonal relationships.

Only by understanding the pain of others can we avoid hurting others as much as possible and develop altruistic thinking and behavior. The cultivation and development of empathy ability can not be separated from the interaction between nature and nurture.