As a mom I am always amazed at what my children pick up on even when I was unaware that they had been paying any attention at all.  This past weekend we were out to eat and a young man came into the restaurant with a red, number 7, Michael Vick jersey on.  My son actually noticed it before I did and asked my husband why anyone would want to still wear one.  Even before either of us could say anything his sister asked, “Yeah mom, since he went to jail isn’t it illegal?” I said that even though he was in jail everyone has the right to say or wear what they want, despite the horrible things he was convicted of doing.  Then her brother said, “Well, I think the dogs should get the last say in the whole thing.”

I just have to wonder if my children grasp the concept of what had happened that simply. What about the children of the parents who thought what Vick and company did was okay and still let their children don a Vick jersey?  Who are their role models for a change in attitude and behavior?  We can never become complacent enough to think that that the battle is over as long as one animal is suffering because of someone’s inhumanity.  But I have to believe that the fight is won with our next generation grasping that every life really is precious.

Today’s blog was written by Dr. Angela Ivey, medical director at the Richmond SPCA. Dr. Ivey spent many years in private veterinary practice before joining the medical staff at the Richmond SPCA in 2004.

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