What is with dog horders? Is it a mental thing?

Question

They make me so sad. How does this happy? Is it a progression? Is it genuine love and devotion, or a personality disorder?

Answer 1

They have mental problems.

They start off with a normal amount of dogs or cats. They either start having babies and / or everytime someone ask them if they want a dog or cat. They say yes. Most of these people truly think they are caring for their animals. And no one can care for them better than they can.

As far as the smell and mess. They for some reason turn a blind eye to it. They most likely don't even smell anything anymore.

Answer 2

Its an Illness..In Their Mind They are Saving all of these Dogs or Cats and they do Love them..They just take on Way more than they can handle,Cant get them all Vetted or Fixed They Breed, They get Diseased..I guess its a Gradual Process so the person doesnt realise how Bad it really is....They Mean Well,They need Help ..Not Jail,,And they need kindness and support, Help as the animals are taken away...Because without it They will have a housefull the next week!

Answer 3

Hoarding is very often a symptom of a greater mental illness, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder. For most hoarders, it is likely that their actions are the result of a true pathology, even though they are still usually able to function quite well in society.
Another defining characteristic is the hoarder's denial of his inability to care for the animals and his failure to grasp the impact his neglect has on the animals, the household, and the human occupants of the dwelling.

Answer 4

Dog horder? Is that like the crazy cat lady with 50 cats? Yikes. I just followed that link... its awful. I don't see how anyone could get away with it with dogs, though... wouldn't the dogs go wild in such conditions and turn on the "Horder"?

Answer 5

I think sometimes it starts out with the horder believing they are helping and they become overwhelmed with all the cost, upkeep and responsibility and sometimes it is just a personality disorder.

Answer 6

I think they do it because they are worried if the animal goes to the pound, that no one will want it and the dog will be put down. They think they are doing the right thing and then it gets to be too much to handle. Some of the dogs have pups and those pups have pups and etc. etc.

Answer 7

I even have been clinically determined as bipolar with generalized rigidity ailment, melancholy and agoraphobia. If i did not have my canine i could be lifeless. i don't elect to be residing, yet I additionally love my canine plenty, i could not kill myself and bypass away her on my own. i understand no person that could take her and look after her like I even have. and she or he's a senior canine with some continual well-being issues, and who could take a canine like that. I even have seen killing us the two on an analogous time, yet I even have feared i could kill her and that i does not die and then what could ensue, i could elect to be hospitalized. And, too, if I died and she or he did not, it could be decrease back to an analogous subject of the place could desire to she bypass. whilst i'm having a not easy time she in basic terms will come over and sit down next to me. And my agoraphobia supplies me a pair of two-block radius that i can stroll her. yet whilst i did not have her, i does not bypass away my domicile ever. I order in each little thing. whilst i'm depressed, she keeps me corporation, whilst i'm worrying, she calms me down. as quickly as I cry, she in basic terms sits pressed next to me. whilst she does those issues it makes me concentration on her and not what i'm presently feeling which could be effective in some circumstances. on occasion i think under pressure whilst i understand she desires to stroll further yet I stroll to an area park that's a block away and enable her play and sniff approximately. i understand for a fact that if i did not have a canine, i does not be alive. Even in the worst of my ailments I even have favorite having a canine and what she does for me in the way of help.

Answer 8

We're all familiar with cases of animal cruelty, and we've heard some of the horror stories of their crimes. But, surprisingly, some of the worst perpetrators of cruelty are people who say, and likely believe, that they are helping animals. They often refer to themselves as "animal lovers" or even "activists," or "saviors," but animal welfare experts call them "collectors" or "animal addicts."

In simplest terms, an animal collector is a person who acquires more animals than he or she can properly care for. Collectors fail to recognize when the animals in their care become victims of obvious neglect. Some of the most dramatic cases involve hundreds of animals-the kind of story you've likely seen on the news-while others involve only a handful. Either way, the animals they collect are forced to live in deplorable conditions without proper medical care or nourishment.

Collectors think they are doing a good thing, saving animals that would otherwise suffer or be euthanized. But the conditions these animals are kept in are inhumane, and often lead to even worse suffering from malnutrition, dehydration, disease and early death. Worse yet, they're almost always permitted to breed, so there are even more animals in a small space without adequate food or room.

Every case is unique, but to experienced cruelty investigators there is a common thread. Most often, collectors can't or won't recognize that the animals in their care are suffering from neglect. They insist that sick animals are healthier and malnourished animals are well-fed. They typically refuse to let others help provide care.

Here are other characteristics animal collectors generally share: -A need to possess many animals. Many are also reported to have huge piles of newspapers, bottles, and other junk in addition to their animal collection. -Intelligence and communication skills. Most have a shrewd ability to attract sympathy for themselves even after their collections are discovered. -A need to control-the more animals the better. Collectors feel empowered by controlling every aspect of the existence of the animals in their custody. They refuse to relinquish control, even when the animals' lives and health are at stake. -A clandestine lifestyle. They refuse to let strangers in their homes as an effort to conceal their collections. -A tendency to deny reality. Collectors see themselves as "saviors" and they believe they can easily clean up the mess in just a day or two if necessary.

An animal collector's dependence on animals produces enormous suffering for the animals they claim to love, and great expense to the agencies that must deal with the aftermath of their collection. Unless professional help is obtained, collectors almost invariably return to their old patterns, even if their animals are removed or if they are convicted of cruelty of animals. Frequently, a collector whose animals are impounded immediately begins collecting more animals, a guarantee that down the line more animals will be found in desperate and unhealthy conditions. Even prosecution and fines, in the absence of other intervention, rarely stop a collector from acquiring more animals, which wind up in the same deplorable condition. It's not enough, then, just to rescue one set of animals.

There are legal remedies when collectors violate animal cruelty laws or public health ordinances, but judicial proceeding can be long and costly both in time and money. There's also not a great chance of success because most judges don't understand what motivates an animal collector. Sometimes animal welfare investigators can gain a collector's trust to help them to treat and neuter their animals. But the most important way to avoid the tragedies caused by collectors is to educate the public, prosecutors and judges about the seriousness of the issue.

An important distinction must be made between animal collectors and people who consistently provide responsible care for a large number of animals. Owning a lot of animals doesn't necessarily make you a collector. The problem is when the number of animals becomes more important than their care. Responsible pet owners understand that all their animals need regular veterinary care, yearly vaccinations, a healthier environment with wholesome food and fresh water, adequate space, and lots of love. It's the difference between life and death.

(Adapted from Tree House News, Spring 1998)

Answer 9

its normal, they are happy when they hord things its in there nature, they feel good when they know they have lots of stuff around.

Answer 10

It is a disorder.