I want to thank Gerrie Nelepovitz for her letter (Sept. 8) on neglected, chained dogs, which reflects my concerns exactly about abused dogs.

I do not understand why anyone would get a dog if its whole life is to be chained to whatever or riding in the back of a truck or sitting and panting in a hot car or living in a cage when it is in the house.

These are cruel people, and I’d be very happy to see laws to prevent things like this happening to our wonderful, loving dogs.

Katharine M. Draper, Greene