I think you're completely making that up. Do you have any sources to back up such a claim? I'm skeptical because I know that some humans are unintelligent regardless of how much stimulation, education, etc. is invested in them. Why would it be different for dogs?
You know... I... Yeah...
Just not going to take the super obvious bait in this one.
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Honestly, I was half joking about fourth time being a charm. I don't want another cat. Been there, done that. I'm a little sad for my kids that they'll grow up in a petless house, but such is life. They really want an animal, but I just don't think there is one out there that would be a good fit for me.
So yeah, don't worry all, I'm not getting a cat.
Most foster homes have pets, and that way when they grow into duds you don't have to be arsed with them
Honest question: would you have wrapped the cat leash in LED lights too? Perhaps the cat itself, at least for play purposes?
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Not too bad Sliver, thanks for sharing... I don't know if i'd be comfortable leaving a cat in there 24/7 though.
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We agreed to foster these two semi feral kittens until they were socialized enough to be adopted. 17 years later we have an old, grumpy cat (his brother died last year) who craps and pees everywhere, preferably in shoes. Can we in good concience say we've done our part? (The outfit we got them from folded years ago)
You would probably be doing the cat a favour by putting it down. It can't be enjoying life. If I started randomly crapping throughout my house I would hope someone would be nice enough to put me out of my misery.
And yet it appears to have caught you completely off gaurd, unless your thinking going into it: "I know at some point this dog will get unhealthy, at which point i will kill it." You killed your dog when it got to a point where you couldn't buy your kids as nice of clothes as you'd like (if you went second hand, you could outfit each kid for $100 each, and have a living pet). It didn't sound like you were facing getting a second mortgage.
Not your fault? Everything you've posted in this thread paints you as an indifferent and ignorant pet owner. I'm hardly convinced.
My bad for trying to illustrate the financial side of the arguement, I never actually had to choose between the two, I just chose not to spend the money on the dog.
Ignorant, well that's a matter of opinion, indifferent, ya pretty much. Like I said, they are animals, not humans. If you died and they were out of food they would pick at your bones and I don't think the other animals would be chastising them for treating their owners bad.
And, if it makes you feel any better, I'm against abortion. I am pretty compasionate towards people. And I am against animal cruelty, dog fighting, leaving pets in cars, all that good stuff.
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My bad for trying to illustrate the financial side of the arguement, I never actually had to choose between the two, I just chose not to spend the money on the dog.
Ignorant, well that's a matter of opinion, indifferent, ya pretty much. Like I said, they are animals, not humans. If you died and they were out of food they would pick at your bones and I don't think the other animals would be chastising them for treating their owners bad.
And, if it makes you feel any better, I'm against abortion. I am pretty compasionate towards people. And I am against animal cruelty, dog fighting, leaving pets in cars, all that good stuff.
You're not doing other Rider fans a favor dispelling the "horrible human beings" rep
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You're not doing other Rider fans a favor dispelling the "horrible human beings" rep
Except he's not horrible. Spending $2K on an old dog is insane. New ones are free, or at the very least extremely cheap. And, yes, I know you can buy purebred for a lot of money.
Except he's not horrible. Spending $2K on an old dog is insane. New ones are free, or at the very least extremely cheap. And, yes, I know you can buy purebred for a lot of money.
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Let's say the dog owner makes a reasonable salary of $75,000 per year.
They're netting about $48,750 per year ($4000/month).
Of that $4,000 per month, they should be saving 10% of gross or $625, leaving them with $3,375. They're going to have fixed expenses of rent/mortgage of ~$1,500, food/clothing ~$350, utilities ~$275, auto expenses $350, insurance(s) $175, entertainment $200, gifts $25, vacation fund $200, maintenance (house, property) $100, phone $75, and cable/Internet $100. That leaves them with $25 excess money per month. Sure you can say I fudged the numbers, but I think that's a very modest budget while still being realistic.
Telling somebody that $2,000 is something they should have to pay or they're a bad human being is ridiculous. Netting excess money on a modest income is very difficult. The scenario above doesn't even include having kids, RESPs or even the cost of regular care and maintenance on an animal. I didn't have a line item for toiletries, health care, etc. and the vacation budget was abysmally low. Plus, the rent number is probably low.
My point is, when faced with a $2K vet bill a lot of people will give the dog up. Have you been to the SPCA? It's huge! Have you looked on Kijiji for an animal - people are literally giving them away. It's not trolling to point this out. It's a scenario 100s or thousands of Calgarians face all the time.
Sure, if money is no object a $2K vet bill is nothing. To a large percentage of people in this city, it means getting rid of the dog and - in many cases - getting a new one for less money/free.
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You have to take Sliver for what he is. He's been banned here before for trolling, came back, kept up the schtick and now straddles the line to amuse himself. He's almost admitted as much in other threads, saying he enjoys trolling, or getting people riled up, said it was funny and entertainment. Sometimes he makes me laugh, sometimes he's annoying, but you gotta hand it to him for reigning in the crazy and being able to find a niche between sanity and being banned again.
The line about saving himself for his large audience debut had me literally laughing out loud. I mean, come on, how can anyone take this as anything but humour?
He's a pathetic little man craving attention by intentionally pissing other people off. I find no humor whatsoever with personalities like his or in his posts in general. Unfortunately they're like a bad car accident, I don't want to look, but I can't help it.
Hopefully one day the mods help me out with that. The sooner the better imo.
You have to take Sliver for what he is. He's been banned here before for trolling, came back, kept up the schtick and now straddles the line to amuse himself. He's almost admitted as much in other threads, saying he enjoys trolling, or getting people riled up, said it was funny and entertainment. Sometimes he makes me laugh, sometimes he's annoying, but you gotta hand it to him for reigning in the crazy and being able to find a niche between sanity and being banned again.
The line about saving himself for his large audience debut had me literally laughing out loud. I mean, come on, how can anyone take this as anything but humour?
Source?
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