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Homeless pets...
awww that is so sad - it is the same over here at the moment - we have a tv programme called The Paul O'Grady Show and every few weeks he brings in dogs from animal shelters and he does an adoption run - if you live in the area you can call the animal shelter adn adopt the dog. I think thats a good way of letting people know there are animals out there needing a good home.
Homeless pets are extremely sad. People who don't like animals or believe animals are our responsibility...let's just say I don't get them.
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A woman came into work yesterday (I work at the Humane Society) and adopted 4 cute puppies. I was told that she resells them for $200 a piece and makes a "profit." I think it's sick and can't believe that they let her do it.
Summer I thought they wouldn't let her do such a thing.We adopted our dog from a local pet rescue group and they are very strict about their adoptions, they have an interview and everything. It was a great experience because they even help you get the pet that is right for your personality and life style. We love our coco!
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Evidently the director knows her pretty well personally, so I suppose they trust that she sells them to "good people." Regardless, I think it goes against the Humane Society's foundation of beliefs. My favorite aspect of the job is helping people figure out which animal best suits them. I may not know the animals' stats, but I surely know their personalities.
I used to have a little Yorkshire Terrier and he was the cutest dog in the world but I must admit I have a very queasy stomach and the smell of dog food makes me want to throw-up and so does the thought of clearing dog poo. I was only a kid when we had the dog so my mum and dad did those things.
I hate dog breeders and I hate when people buy designer dogs. There are too many in shelters and rescues who need homes. My pup is a rescue pup.
We used to live up on a ridge along the edge of town. For some reason it was an attractive area for people who didn't want to go to the trouble of finding new homes for their pets. "Oh, let's just go on up to Sunset Drive and dump them."Lovely. Now we were the adoption agency.
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Luckily they finally found a place, which is rent to own, with a yard and she has all 4 cats with her still. But I had started to wonder what was going to happen with all the foreclosures. That is so sad.
Down at the river yesterday I say a family of 8 kittens who are maybe 8 weeks old, living under a deck on a restaurant, feral. They were all so skinny it almost made me cry. I'm planning on calling up the animal shelter and seeing if they need help on catching and neutering them. They do a catch, neuter and release program.
Oh man... they were so damn cute.
There are a couple of feral cats outside our theatre. We feed them and made a sort of shelter place for them to get out of the heat and/or rain.
I have never had a cat, have had several dogs and birds, a turtle, fishes, but not a cat.
People don't have cats. Cats have people.
Jackie, I don't know if she does or not. Somehow I doubt it.Catch, neuter, and release does sound great. Our shelter has a low-income spay/neuter clinic which gets a lot of business, and all our animals are "fixed" before they go up for adoption. We work directly with Animal Control, which is also good for the animals.
Sarah, nothing grinds my gills worse than when someone comes in to the Humane Society and asks me if we have [blank] purebred there. My answer is always, "No, but we have plenty of other animals who need homes badly."
Summer a lot of times people really want to have a pet but want/need some of the characteristic that some breeds display, that others might not. Our family for example need it a dog that would shed minimal hair, because my husband is sensitive to their dandruf but not allergic, so we requested to be notified when a breed, or a mix breed that had "long" hair was available for adoption (poodle, lhapsa Apso, etc). The guys at the center were more than happy to do so, and now we are happy because we have a dog that fits our family perfectly.
Lorena, I do understand that need; there's a difference between that and the kind of people I'm talking about...Guess you'd have to be there to understand.
Now I feel guilty for buying a purebred, don't do this to me! He's the first I've ever bought, all my others came straight from the street, not even the shelter. But my son really wanted a German Shepherd, and I wanted to be sure of the lineage (they are hip displacia poster dog) so I found a small breeder who is in it for the love of the dogs, and the line. She's mixing the American with the German - the German's are better built, no fucked up inbreeding but a much higher energy dog that must be worked, and the Americans tend to be sweeter temperamentally. But we go to the dog park all the time and oh, the horror stories I've heard about the background of some of the dogs there. They are the lucky ones, they now have great owners and are happy dogs.
People are abusive or are even careless with their companion pets are disgusting. You don't get a dog so you can tie it up in the backyard all day. Never mind the other things people do.
I had a German Shepherd growing up, he was the best companion ever, so sweet and protective. Now we have a Poodle/Lhapsa Apso little thing, he is so cute, he sits in my lap all the time and has a doggie bed in my daughter's bedroom and one in ours, he is like another kid in the house.
Seriously, I'd never get another type of dog now.
I think it's good that a responsible owner takes care of the purebreds. Breeders will breed regardless, so at least they're going to a good place. We had a Golden Retriever growing up; he was purebred, but not well. His temperament was questionable at times, but as he aged, he got to be more mellow.Quick observation, though: it seems that whenever people start talking about adopting pets, they never talk about cats! What does that mean? Do people not like cats as much, or is it that cats just wander up to houses and become pets that way? We adopt out 10x as many dogs/puppies as cats/kittens.
Hmm, it may be easier to rescue stray cats than dogs, Summer. And the strays have a habit of picking their future home well. That's how I've gotten most of my cats. My 2 present ones were young feral kittens rescued by a friend of mine.
Ooh, goodie! I get to show off my baby. Meet Riley:
Both are so cute! Sarah, we have a dog at the shelter right now that looks just like Riley.
She. Thanks!! The first 2 pictures are from her puppyhood. We think she might have Harrier in her because of her long legs.
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After a little investigation are spirits were raised though. The Breeder was convicted of animal cruelty and a few other charges. All of his Bitches we kennel kept. I am not talking about a 4 foot by 6 foot cage. I’m talking about the little crates. The only time they were out of the crates was to mate. Sadly Most of the puppies we so un-socialized that they would attack other animals at the rescue. Many of them were put down. But We Got Dinah and she was a handful at first. But She is happy balanced and healthy today. Next summer we are planning on getting her a friend. Probably another mastiff. Mastiff owners really need to know what they are doing, and a lot of people just don’t know how to deal with them.
2 litters in 3 years isn't that unusual is it?
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That's really not that bad, Nick. But the circumstances were disgusting!
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How long have you had her now Nick?Also, it's normal for an older dog to correct the youngsters. It depends on how it's done of course. But Dinah may really come into her own! I'd suggest a male.
Donna, in that pic your dude has such a fox-like face! So sweet.
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This is just ridiculous...IMO
Lori, We have had her for a few years… Not sure exactly how long.
And yes, whatever our next dog is must be a boy, and pretty young. From a couple of Dog whisper types I know it is the best way to introduce a new friend into the house. With luck the transition will go smoothly if she sees him as her own.
How big is Dinah, Nick? My boss has a Mastiff that weighs 190 pounds--the biggest dog I've ever seen in person, but so cute! Sarah, if Riley is 60 pounds, then she's definitely bigger than our little guy in the shelter. Definitely deceiving!
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wow, Nick your dog weighs nearly twice as much as me. She'd knocked me flying if she jumped on me lol.
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She sounds well sweet - my old dog was a Yorkshire Terrier and he was tiny but thought he was a rottwieler(sp), it was so fun, his bit didn't even hurt, it was like having some pinch you.
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I love monty python. Have a good day everyone.
haha, he definitley thought that, we called him Scamp and he was the cutest dog ever - I miss him and he's been gone about 10 years now.
Summer, Riley looks like a Jack Russell Terrier only huge! Is the dog in your shelter a JRT?Nick, that pup in that ad is too cute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/us/...