Your dog requires more than just a doghouse, chain and 2 bowls. Three years ago while vacationing and working in Florida, I noticed the next door neighbor had a very large boxer tied up with a rope to a pile of junk. His house was nothing more than a wooden box, which he could not even get in for protection from the hot afternoon sun. Upon further investigation, I realized the dog whose name was Jake, did not have water or food and with his rope so tangled he would not have been able to reach it if he had some. I knocked on the front door to let the neighbor know his dog was tangled and did not appear to have water or food. The neighbor, young, barely out of high school came out to take care of the situation. I asked him if it would be alright with him, that if I happened to see Jake without water if it would be alright to give him some water. He said that would be fine but do not try to approach him as he would definitely bite me. As the days went by, I was giving Jake water several times a day, and approached the neighbor several more times about food for Jake. I spoke to Jake as did my wife throughout the day and Jake responded very well. One day Jake was tangled again, so I went over to let the neighbor know, there was no one at home. I went around and spoke to Jake as I had many times before and he immediately started wagging his tail. I cautiously approached Jake and extended my hand. Jake smelled my hand without so much as a growl, he was pleased to get some attention. I give Jake a pet and untangled the rope, give him some food and water, and spoke to Jake while I was doing it. When the neighbor got home that day, I went over to tell him he had left Jake tangled up without food or water again. I asked him if he would like to sell Jake, and he said that Jake would never go near anyone other than him. I told him about untangling Jake that day and that Jake was a fine dog, he just needed attention. He didn't believe me and asked me to show him, so we walked around the house to see Jake. Jake of course was happy to see me and came right over to me. A couple of more days passed and the neighbor came over and knocked at the front door. He said he really needed the money and would reluctantly sell Jake to me for $75, I paid him the money, because neither my wife or I could not bear to watch Jake live under those conditions any longer. We did not have a place to keep Jake, so I searched the Internet to find a placement home for Jake. We found one that would take him in Orlando and drove him the next day some 150 miles. The home was very well kept, air conditioned for comfort, with fenced in back yard for daily exercise, we left Jake there with the owners promise of finding Jake a good home. It was difficult to do, but Jake's life would be so much better and we did not have a good home for him.
