While i agree with you about dogs going into a depressed state with seperation, in the nursing home it is only temporary. I'm sure the owner can visit anytime he/she wants to. If i was to put my dog in that home , i would visit everyday and spend hours on end with a smile on my face as i watched my baby swim and play with his/her friends, something that i couldn't provide when we lived in a apartment.
Fair nuff ripper. Of course there is always more than one way of looking at things. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/c020.gif" border=0]
I just can't help but think that if my pet were still able to swim and play, I don't know where the need to send it away even becomes an issue. If living in an apartment is good enough for them when they are young, healthy and vital.....I don't know how it then becomes an unsuitable environment when they are old.[/DIV]