So, one of my relatives that live fairly far away, like about one hour away, and we visit rarely, they have a dog there that lives outdoors and basically acts like a guard dog. I'm very non-confrontational, even though I want to be for the dog, but I'm just going to be assuming some problems that I bring up.
First of all, I live in Malaysia, so no winters or anything just tropical weathers all year round. The dog never goes inside from what I know, outside their house is an area with shade where they park their cars and store some stuff, and beside their house and that shaded area is the "yard" sort off, it's just a concrete area with drains that are covered with some type of metal bar. They have a tree there too that provides some shade for the dog when it's not chained up to the frame of the window, which is in an area with no shade at all, and when it's sunny it just shines down on the dog, granted they only do this when visitors come because a lot of people I know don't like large dogs or just dogs in general. But whenever they do this the dog is very unwilling, so they connect the chain leash onto his collar and drag him on the concrete floor to the area where he is chained up. When he is chained up the water bowl is out of reach so it can't drink water to cool down either.
The dog doesn't look underweight, and I do see a bag of dog food when I go there(don't remember what brand it is, but it is probably on more of the cheaper side of things, which I'm not totally against if the quality is good), when I see them feeding they feed the dog bones and sometimes rice that they collect themselves and mostly from my grandfather who collects the chicken bones from our house and brings them for the dog whenever he visits. Just for context, the bones he brings are cooked chicken bone that are mostly from curry chicken and fried chicken, which I'm pretty positive is not ok. And the food bowl and water bowl they use are very dirty and are probably never cleaned, the water in the water bowl is either rain water or hose water, and the food bowl is plastic which I don't really like for cleaning reasons and bacteria build up. He also does not have a cage/crate or a dog house, and he also does not have a dog bed.
They don't take the dog for walks, they let the dog out of their gated "yard"(the yard is surrounded by walls that have a fence on top of them) and just let him roam around for some amount of time before he comes back. This is very common in more rural parts of Malaysia, you will very unlikely see any dog walking with their owner on a leash. I've heard my relative talk about the dog getting into a fight with another dog, like hardcore fighting with neck biting and blood drawing, while being outside on the streets. I just think it's very dangerous and could lead to something very bad if the dog isn't under supervision. As for the vet checkups, pretty sure they don't do them. And it's not like they have tons of money to spend on vet bills or anything, although it shouldn't be an excuse.
I've always liked animals, thought they were cool, but recently I've been getting into animal welfare and all that other specific stuff. I'm really passionate about animals now and really do not like to see any animals get treated badly. I'm not totally against outdoor dogs if it's done right(I haven't read up too much on it yet), and as for guard dogs I personally don't get it, because I would sacrifice my soul to the devil for my dog, If I had one. I have never owned a dog, since my whole family is just absolutely disgusted at the idea of a dog, so I have no personal experience. I want to help this dog by getting him the stuff that makes him happy. I have saved up some lunch money and I am planning on buying an elevated dog bed, dog treats, some dog toys, proper stainless steel dog food and water bowl, and some other things. Although I wouldn't be able to pay for vet bills or even just one checkup because I'm just a teenager and my parents would definitely not be willing to spend money on a dog they probably didn't even know existed in the first place. Then there's also this thing about food, I want to buy quality dog food for him, but that's something that needs to be bought regularly, and I don't think lunch money can keep up with all that. If I call a rescue then I wouldn't exactly know how that would go down, and it would also just make visiting them extremely awkward. If I straight up told them what they need to do, they'll probably not do it either, because of the expenses and all that. And I can't take the dog in because of the family that hates animals, and because of expenses and the responsibilities I have already, I won't be able to pay much attention to the dog even If I tried. Even if I could convince my family to let me take in the dog, he would probably get kicked around and yelled at a lot, which already happens quite a bit at his current home.
I have probably listed most of the problems, some of them I may have forgotten. I need some advice on what to do, please help. BTW when I have a plan I'm going to be initiating it after Ms. Coco so don't worry. (sorry if this was a nightmare to read)
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