Beau, the Unhappy Pointer

I bet you never thought you’d hear the words “unhappy” and “Pointer” used together. I didn’t either, and I’ve been around Pointers for a lot of years. My own Pointer, a certified therapy dog, is always happier than a lark. Of course, my family and I give him plenty of love, and he gets all that attention from the people he visits in nursing homes, hospitals and the other facilities.

Well, Beau, the unhappy Pointer I know, is in a much different situation than my dog. In fact, I’m almost certain I know why he’s always so unhappy. His “parents” keep poor Beau in the garage all day and night. Oh, don’t get the wrong idea – they’re not abusing him, and they’re not making him stay in some dirty, nasty place. To the contrary, they’ve fixed up their garage real nice for him. It’s very clean and he has a soft bed for comfy lounging. He always has plenty of fresh water and they give him the right amounts of nutritious food. They even take him to the dog park every day so he can run, romp and play with other dogs.

Nope, what poor Beau doesn’t get is enough human companionship. He lives down the street from me, and whenever I walk by, he’s usually either crying or barking. I feel like knocking on the people’s door and explaining that Pointers are very social dogs and how they crave the company of humans. All they’d need to do to turn him into a happy Pointer is let him into the house for at least part of the day and pay some attention to him.

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