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"I'm sorry, but I do not agree with the people who suggest you place this cat in a shelter or find a new home for her, animals live in the moment, they care about quality of life, your cat's quality of life will suffer greatly if you send her away to..." [
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August 22, 2008 1:59 PM
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"Abuse, either passive (like neglect) or active, warrants intervention. Judgmental bullshit about the owner does not, I have seen animals owned by homeless people who are better cared-for than animals owned by the very well-off (including a cat at..." [
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August 18, 2008 8:35 AM
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"The variability between individual dogs is going to be greater than the assumed variability between genders based on a limited sample size of personal opinions. Pick the puppy the breeder feels is most suited to your situation, since the breeder (or..." [
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August 17, 2008 4:36 PM
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"The variability between individual dogs is going to be greater than the assumed variability between genders based on a limited sample size of personal opinions. Pick the puppy the breeder feels is most suited to your situation, since the breeder (or..." [
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August 16, 2008 6:34 PM
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"As others have said, for most dogs, (properly stored, and ideally frozen for a few days first) RAW bones are fine, as is raw meat. It's a great, healthy treat, HOWEVER, feeding bones is not risk-free, and you should be careful to keep an eye out for..." [
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August 15, 2008 11:50 PM
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"Can you write up a proposal for changing your job description to more accurately match what your job actually is? I would then book an appointment with HR (or whoever is appropriate) and explain that your actual job has changed, and as such you feel..." [
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August 14, 2008 5:51 AM
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"I'm with toomuchpete and dog food sugar: I think your gift to them should be not attending their wedding celebrations with your judgmental, snide attitude. If you can't go and genuinely wish them well, then just don't go at all. Weddings are not..." [
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August 5, 2008 7:36 AM
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"Cats are very prone to oral resorptive lesions, which can cause intense pain and will only get worse without extracting the affected teeth. It sounds like your cat is having mouth pain, not claw problems, from your description. Vet visit is in..." [
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favorited by Arqa on
July 28, 2008 6:01 AM
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"Classes are an excellent suggestion (and frankly, not something that I feel should ever be considered optional), but there is a danger in thinking that if you go to class once a week you don't have to do anything else. I try to get a new puppy out..." [
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July 27, 2008 10:33 PM
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"IANAL. You can write all you want into a contract, but do not spend more than a few hundred dollars (i.e. less than the cost of a vet check) on a horse without a thorough vet check including x-rays. I would also get a good farrier out to watch the..." [
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favorited by anthropoid on
July 24, 2008 7:52 AM
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"You cannot, in good conscience, rehome a dog with known aggression issues and a bite history, this dog will not make a good farm dog, or a good pet, and no ethical rescue will accept such a dog (partly for liability issues, partly because there are..." [
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favorited by lemonwheel on
July 9, 2008 5:35 PM
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"My best friend of over 25 years killed himself at the end of February, which I knew was always a bad month for him, I'd intended to call him a dozen times that month and just never did, and then he was gone. I'd talked him out of it at least once..." [
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July 9, 2008 2:03 PM
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"You cannot, in good conscience, rehome a dog with known aggression issues and a bite history, this dog will not make a good farm dog, or a good pet, and no ethical rescue will accept such a dog (partly for liability issues, partly because there are..." [
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July 9, 2008 12:02 PM
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"You cannot, in good conscience, rehome a dog with known aggression issues and a bite history, this dog will not make a good farm dog, or a good pet, and no ethical rescue will accept such a dog (partly for liability issues, partly because there are..." [
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July 9, 2008 10:52 AM
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"You cannot, in good conscience, rehome a dog with known aggression issues and a bite history, this dog will not make a good farm dog, or a good pet, and no ethical rescue will accept such a dog (partly for liability issues, partly because there are..." [
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July 9, 2008 9:58 AM
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"You cannot, in good conscience, rehome a dog with known aggression issues and a bite history, this dog will not make a good farm dog, or a good pet, and no ethical rescue will accept such a dog (partly for liability issues, partly because there are..." [
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July 9, 2008 9:15 AM
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"You cannot, in good conscience, rehome a dog with known aggression issues and a bite history, this dog will not make a good farm dog, or a good pet, and no ethical rescue will accept such a dog (partly for liability issues, partly because there are..." [
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July 9, 2008 9:01 AM
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"You cannot, in good conscience, rehome a dog with known aggression issues and a bite history, this dog will not make a good farm dog, or a good pet, and no ethical rescue will accept such a dog (partly for liability issues, partly because there are..." [
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favorited by SteveInMaine on
July 9, 2008 8:54 AM
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"The tone I hear from some breeders I've run into is that purebreds are for a certain group; mutts from the pound are for everyone else. Perhaps I'm hearing it wrong but that's what it sounds like to me.
Ethical breeders support rescue, and it is..." [
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favorited by Ladysin on
July 6, 2008 3:50 PM
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"The tone I hear from some breeders I've run into is that purebreds are for a certain group; mutts from the pound are for everyone else. Perhaps I'm hearing it wrong but that's what it sounds like to me.
Ethical breeders support rescue, and it is..." [
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favorited by bettafish on
July 6, 2008 10:02 AM
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"It's not necessarily cruelty
Keeping animals isolated in cages with little human interaction, little to no exercise, breeding them on every single heat until they die, and in inappropriate living conditions is cruelty, especially when those..." [
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July 6, 2008 9:58 AM
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"In most countries, five fresh fish are food.
Just sayin'." [
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July 6, 2008 5:41 AM
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"In most countries, five fresh fish are food.
Just sayin'." [
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favorited by hazel on
July 5, 2008 12:05 PM
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"The tone I hear from some breeders I've run into is that purebreds are for a certain group; mutts from the pound are for everyone else. Perhaps I'm hearing it wrong but that's what it sounds like to me.
Ethical breeders support rescue, and it is..." [
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favorited by hazel on
July 5, 2008 12:04 PM
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"Compatible goals in life. Compatible needs from life. And everything trig said. Love and chemistry are very important, but marriages often succeed or fail based less on love and chemistry and more on bottom-line, dealbreaker compatibility issues...." [
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July 5, 2008 10:37 AM
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"In most countries, five fresh fish are food.
Just sayin'." [
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favorited by oaf on
July 5, 2008 8:32 AM
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"It's not necessarily cruelty
Keeping animals isolated in cages with little human interaction, little to no exercise, breeding them on every single heat until they die, and in inappropriate living conditions is cruelty, especially when those..." [
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favorited by AV on
July 5, 2008 6:29 AM
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"It's not necessarily cruelty
Keeping animals isolated in cages with little human interaction, little to no exercise, breeding them on every single heat until they die, and in inappropriate living conditions is cruelty, especially when those..." [
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favorited by elpapacito on
July 4, 2008 6:03 PM
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"It's not necessarily cruelty
Keeping animals isolated in cages with little human interaction, little to no exercise, breeding them on every single heat until they die, and in inappropriate living conditions is cruelty, especially when those..." [
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favorited by hazel on
July 4, 2008 11:35 AM
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"People don't care where their little yorkies come from, just like they don't care about where their steak comes from.
But they should. They aren't sharing their lives with a steak for a decade or more, and a dog's origins (bloodlines, early..." [
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favorited by Robin Kestrel on
July 4, 2008 9:20 AM
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"People don't care where their little yorkies come from, just like they don't care about where their steak comes from.
But they should. They aren't sharing their lives with a steak for a decade or more, and a dog's origins (bloodlines, early..." [
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favorited by longdaysjourney on
July 4, 2008 8:40 AM
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"People don't care where their little yorkies come from, just like they don't care about where their steak comes from.
But they should. They aren't sharing their lives with a steak for a decade or more, and a dog's origins (bloodlines, early..." [
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favorited by Optimus Chyme on
July 4, 2008 5:03 AM
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"Patricia McConnell, Jean Donaldson's "Perfect Paws in 5 Days" and/or Dr Ian Dunbar's "Before and After You Get Your Puppy". If you must do the Monks, get their newest book (in which they say "don't do that stuff we told you..." [
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favorited by hazel on
July 1, 2008 1:46 PM
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"ACK! I missed the "outside dog" part, this breaks my heart as well. This is not an appropriate breed for being an outside dog, they have been bred for generations to want to be with and work with people, keeping such a dog isolated..." [
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favorited by cass on
July 1, 2008 6:55 AM
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favorited by badmoonrising on
June 30, 2008 5:54 PM
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"Call the vet before the appointment and explain the situation to him/her, including that your mother is having trouble understanding the dog's situation. "Struggling to breathe" is not the hallmark of suffering, nor should it be the sole..." [
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favorited by canine epigram on
June 30, 2008 10:36 AM
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"Call the vet before the appointment and explain the situation to him/her, including that your mother is having trouble understanding the dog's situation. "Struggling to breathe" is not the hallmark of suffering, nor should it be the sole..." [
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favorited by Ladysin on
June 30, 2008 10:27 AM
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favorited by Arqa on
June 30, 2008 3:02 AM
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favorited by brain cloud on
June 29, 2008 8:36 PM
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favorited by dog food sugar on
June 29, 2008 7:49 PM
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favorited by librarina on
June 29, 2008 7:33 PM
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"Call the vet before the appointment and explain the situation to him/her, including that your mother is having trouble understanding the dog's situation. "Struggling to breathe" is not the hallmark of suffering, nor should it be the sole..." [
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favorited by Seppaku on
June 29, 2008 6:44 PM
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"Lab X Australian Shepherd is my guess, although it's entirely possible that dad and or mom were also mixes, but blue merle colouring like that is seen most commonly in Aussies (and Shelties, but they're likely too small, and Catahoula Leopard Dogs,..." [
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favorited by KAS on
June 19, 2008 2:24 PM
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"My husband has this, I don't think they itch. I like to write "help, let me out!" on his stomach. Also notes for him to read later. I thought he was allergic to me when we first met, now I just think of him as a walking Etch-A-Sketch..." [
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favorited by BrotherCaine on
June 11, 2008 8:40 PM
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"This sounds like a fearful dog. Fearful dogs cannot be made into confident dogs, but they can be given coping skills and be safe with proper management of their environment. This dog was basically set up to fail in this situation by allowing the..." [
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favorited by oneirodynia on
June 5, 2008 5:50 PM
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"This sounds like a fearful dog. Fearful dogs cannot be made into confident dogs, but they can be given coping skills and be safe with proper management of their environment. This dog was basically set up to fail in this situation by allowing the..." [
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favorited by Arqa on
June 5, 2008 3:07 AM
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"Brushing teeth is not a substitute for proper cleaning (any more than it is for a human), and scaling should never be done by a lay person without an anaesthetic. Cats are prone to serious dental problems called FORLs which can be extremely painful...." [
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favorited by matteo on
May 21, 2008 4:56 PM
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"What do you call a man with 50 rabbits up his bum?
Warren. *click*
How many Freudian psychoanalysts does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two, one to screw in the light bulb and the other to hold the penis...I mean LADDER!..." [
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favorited by rux on
May 15, 2008 10:21 PM
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"What do you call a man with 50 rabbits up his bum?
Warren. *click*
How many Freudian psychoanalysts does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two, one to screw in the light bulb and the other to hold the penis...I mean LADDER!..." [
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favorited by Deathalicious on
May 15, 2008 5:28 AM
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"Please contact a vet skilled in animal pain management to ensure that your cat is receiving adequate pain management. Most vets do not have anything like decent knowledge about this area of veterinary medicine, because it's a relatively new and..." [
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May 13, 2008 7:12 PM
