HPO thread, and questions about people around you who are HPO.

Few stories that I've shared a couple times the last few years here

>Worked at mom and pa pet store.
>Very nice, educated people, taught me a lot.
>One lady comes in a lot. She has an all white dog. To this day I can't remember if it was a maltese, shih tzu, etc.,
>Regular customer. Always asks us dumb basic questions, assume she's just misinformed and old.
>One day comes in.
> "Do you guys have whitening shampoo? Is that a thing?"
> Spend about 30 minutes in the shampoo aisle helping her pick out a hypo allergenic whitening shampoo
> "I tried bleaching him but it didn't work"
> "You...you bleached your dog, like clorox?"
> "Yea?..."
Had to give a lecture why bleach is harmful to skin, an especially harmful to dogs and animals
I had to walk away when she saw no real issue with it.

>Elementary school.
>8-13 (this went on for years)
>House beside school had this beautiful, beautiful husky.
>Owner was a real scum bag.
>Locked him outside every day, rain, snow, +100, or -20.
>Dog's diet was mainly rotten pears from a pear tree, and food the kids threw over the fence.
>Owner would kick his dog, slap and punch it regularly in front of us.
>Grade 8 - 13 years old.
>Dog is looking sicker and sicker.
>Sneak food every day.
>Beg parents to call animal control.
>They do.
>Dog has a house, and access to water so no problem in their books.
>Continues for months. Guy removes the grass in his backyard, dog is standing in mud all day. Surrounded by piles of shit.
>Friend and I try to steal dog one day after school.
>Owner puts lock on fence
>One day come out for recess, horrible smell.
>See that the dog is dead.
>Looks strangled on it's own leash.
>Twf the only love and attention it got was through the bars of a fence, and sandwiches from kids who felt very badly for it.