Following the extremely successful campaign ‘A Dog is For Life Not Just For Christmas’ the Dogs Trust have strayed a little from their charter by embracing the same slogan for ‘bag for life’.
The Dogs Trust have found that there is a massive increase in sales of ‘bags for life’ in the lead up to Christmas, sighting cute Christmas designs and heavy shopping loads. The Dogs Trust claim that shops have a duty to ensure responsible owners are found rather than the current system which allows anyone to purchase the bags.
The author of the study, Quentin Jones, was inspired after he visited a house during a dog rescue, only to find ten bags for life going unused and unloved in the cupboard under the kitchen sink, “…it was horrifying, the smell was intense. Some of them were crushed up right at the back with cleaning products, such as bleach, all over them. One bag had a massive hole, which we are investigating as to wether it was a deliberate attack.”
After some time to rehabilitate Quentin found suitable homes for nine bags, sadly the black M&S bag with the hole did not make it. “It is not just Christmas time that these are being sold, shop cashiers are pushing them on unsuitable owners who do not have the time or patience to take them out ever again.”
The study urges governments to push for tighter restrictions on who can buy a bag for life. Directions for desirable owners includes criteria such as; someone who is already using a bag for life, people buying muesli and bearded men wearing flip flops.
Dogs aren’t for Christmas, this much is true… but puppies are. You know you can just trade them in every couple weeks once they stop being cute.