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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 05/31/2008 : 22:59:41
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The Dog's Diary:
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Dinner! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
TWO
The Cat's Diary:
Day 983 of my captivity.
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.
They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.
The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I vomit on the carpet.
Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet.
I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates my capabilities. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a 'good little hunter' I am. Bastards!
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of 'allergies.' I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.
Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow, but at the top of the stairs.
I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches.
The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released, and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.
The bird must be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe.
For now...
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| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 05/06/2009 : 13:25:41
For my third birthday present I was allowed to choose from a litter of Cocker Spaniels. Naturally I picked the runt, a little black fur ball. For over 15 years Schwarz was a faithful and constant companion who especially loved roaming with me in the woods around the family cottage in the good old pre-leash law days.
About 30 years after his demise, at the same cottage a beautiful, young and very skinny stray tabby adopted my family by scrounging lunch scraps under the picnic table. My (then) three kids made me an offer I couldn�t refuse and we took Licorice in. That was 15 years ago, and from day one I was Licorice�s main man, despite the kids� efforts to bond with him. He developed cancer this spring and we had to put him down last week.
That�s my dog and cat history.
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| Beanmimo |
Posted - 05/06/2009 : 12:49:56
I am regurlary visited by my neighbours incredibly handsome, affectionate and clever Burmese cat called Shiva.
She understands orders like a dog and fights with affection where biting and scratching turns to purring and washing at a moments notice.
I do not feed him as that would be tantamount to stealing.
But when they go away their sister minds the house, when they got back she was very worried that Shiva would wander for hours and they said ah he's probably in with Ben, which is usually the case.
Even friends of mine who are not animal lovers adore him.
When i have people over of an evening Shiva joins us and really socialises and prowls around looking for affection and getting all the love.
It's great to have the perks of having a cat without the responsibility!! |
| duh |
Posted - 05/05/2009 : 16:01:04
At a store I was in yesterday, another customer brought in her French Bulldog puppy. That was one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Really cute personality also.
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My best friend, who boards her horses at my farm, has a Staffordshire Terrier aka pit bull. Max doesn't know that he is a thing of horror. He's very smart and very playful, and also very cowardly. He is terrified of the farm cats, who chase him. One time one of them cornered him in the barn and he tried to make himself as small as possible.
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Here are videos of my friend Army Maguire, professional animal trainer, with his dog: http://www.animalconditioning.com/video.html
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Our farm cats are necessary for rodent control. But we enjoy their companionship also. One of them likes to ride on the little hay cart. My husband is a cat person, so we also have house cats. They like my son especially well and while he is working on his computer, they drape themselves around him. Sometimes there is barely room on his mousepad because of a cat on it.
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I have an aging Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Clyde. He is so precious to me. I don't think he's the sharpest tack in the box, but he is so cute, with his stumpy little legs. I call him, "Excessively Happy Clyde."
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| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 05/05/2009 : 12:54:57
quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
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Originally posted by Salopian
I've just found a cat dead by the road ...
Break open the champagne!
(Hehehe.)
Now now, let's not get catty! 
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| Beanmimo |
Posted - 05/05/2009 : 12:42:37
quote:
Originally posted by Salopian
I cannot really comprehend how anyone dislikes dogs or cats in general,
Sal, this is the reason for my above post.
Did i pick you up wrong!!
It was not your attitude to cats and dogs it was your attitude to other peoples attitude on which was commenting. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 05/05/2009 : 11:31:14
quote:
Originally posted by Salopian
I've just found a cat dead by the road ...
Break open the champagne!
(Hehehe.) |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 05/05/2009 : 11:06:44
quote:
Originally posted by Beanmimo
Sal, I can't believe that you have lived thirty years and more without accepting these plain truths about people's attitudes to cats and dogs
What do you mean? I've already acknowledged the pros and cons of each. That doesn't mean that it makes any sense to hate either whole species: it just means that that species isn't for every person.
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especially with your love of the little feline furballs
How many times do I have to say that I like cats and dogs the same? I don't like others' cats any more than others' dogs, and I don't love my own cats more than my own dogs from the past. |
| Beanmimo |
Posted - 05/05/2009 : 09:45:35
Dog people love dogs because they are loyal, good company and display close to human emotions.
They are hated because their rouse fear (especially in children) with nasty barks and menacing growls which summons the fear of a bite.
Cat lovers love cats because they are soft plsayfull and independent and so easy to have as a pet.
Cat's are hated due to their stand offish nature and their five weapons which they can use in conjunction with the one human emotion they seem to display - envy.
Sal, I can't believe that you have lived thirty years and more without accepting these plain truths about people's attitudes to cats and dogs, especially with your love of the little feline furballs. |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 05/04/2009 : 05:43:39
I've just found a cat dead by the road and put up a notice as I think I recognise it from outside my flat. Even though I am not soppy about random animals as some people with pets are, I feel sad for the cat and sad for its in all likelihood loving home. 
I'm not the master of any of my cats, and with two and especially one of them it's a continual battle of wills; that's what I like about them, however. Dogs are different because they naturally want a pack hierarchy and function less happily without it. |
| Josh the cat |
Posted - 05/03/2009 : 18:36:57
Personally,
I love cats and dogs, I honestly believe that most cats kill, given the chance. Dogs are loyal and overall great fun, but I would never leave a dog alone with WAC even though I highly doubt anything would happen.
I have been around cats and dogs all my life, I find you have to impose on the animal who is the master whilst showing the animal respect and definatly give it attention.
Josh the cat |
| aahaa, muahaha |
Posted - 05/03/2009 : 08:53:35
Well, people may find my take here interesting.  |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 05/03/2009 : 07:57:50
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
No point pushing this point when you know everything.
Well, it was just such a ridiculous point to claim that all cats kill. I can no more prove the opposite than you can prove this, but if one has cats for a lifetime and never sees any evidence of their killing (while certainly seeing evidence of other cats killing), then one can be pretty sure that some cats do not kill.
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Main [creatures killed by dogs are children]?, That's simply fantasy.
Yes, you're right. I was only talking about pet dogs (as that's the topic of this thread), and I couldn't think of any animals they ever kill. However, they do sometimes kill things like rabbits and livestock, so (as always) I am happy to acknowledge that I was wrong. However, I think most people would agree that dogs occasionally killing children is far more serious than cats killing quite a lot of birds.
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Yes, it does happen, but it's not the dogs fault. They're only doing what the breed was bred for, it's the owners fault for mixing children with a breed or mongrel that should never be together.
I agree that it's not the dog's fault, but that's not the issue. Cats were kept (and therefore to some degree bred) for killing too. In my opinion, it's not just that dangerous breeds should not be kept with children: they should not have been bred in the first place. (Nor should any of the horrid deformed breeds such as bulldogs and dachshunds etc. In all honesty, I don't agree with breeds at all: they are all inbred and thus much less healthy on average than mongrels.) The ones that already exist should live out their lives, but no more be bred.
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Never buy a dog from a pet shop or a backyarder, go to a registered dog breeder.
I'd always (if I weren't going to a shelter) get one from an ordinary home, not a breeder. A proper breeder is better than a puppy farm, but not as good as someone who is not earning an income from it.
As I said higher up, it's not that I think cats are better than dogs. It's just that I don't think the reverse. The 'all cats are evil' line that people trot out is so banal. |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 06/04/2008 : 00:46:17
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Originally posted by wildheartlivie
quote:
Originally posted by thefoxboy
Never buy a dog from a pet shop or a backyarder, go to a registered dog breeder.
With the overpopulation of dogs and cats these days, I'd only consider adopting an animal from a shelter for discarded pets. I see no valid reason for the routine pet owner to encourage breeding by anyone to provide a housepet. I recognize the appeal of raising purebred animals, but for a family pet, lil Fluffy from the shelter is a fine thing to have.
Yes, I forgot to mentioned that. 
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| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 06/04/2008 : 00:05:57
quote:
Originally posted by thefoxboy
Never buy a dog from a pet shop or a backyarder, go to a registered dog breeder.
With the overpopulation of dogs and cats these days, I'd only consider adopting an animal from a shelter for discarded pets. I see no valid reason for the routine pet owner to encourage breeding by anyone to provide a housepet. I recognize the appeal of raising purebred animals, but for a family pet, lil Fluffy from the shelter is a fine thing to have.
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| duh |
Posted - 06/03/2008 : 23:11:52
I like all animals to some degree or more. I do feel repulsed by pit vipers (because their bites can kill). Not their fault, but they'd damn well better stay out of my way or I'll lop their heads off with the nearest pooper scooper or hoe.
I find spiders and insects interesting also. I admire the beauty of "Orb Weavers" especially. However, I think I would try to avoid some of those super spiders y'all have in Oz.
I like birds. I even like chickens, because I once had a pet chicken that would perch on my shoulder.
I like rats too; the kids had some for pets that were very nice. |
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