Happiness from your local SPCA

[Sky]

Is that like you monkey love your cat?

[Furiously]

I'm a fan of Australian Heelers personally.

Are they poisonous?

[Signe]

I had a friend who bred Akitas.  She loved them but always issued warnings when people bought them.  She said that if you get a rescue and you don't know what the dog is like, that you should be very wary of getting one if you have children or smaller animals.  Her favourite customer was adult men with no families.  Of course, she is a bit of an old slapper so that might have something to do with it.  They have lovely eyes, though.  The dogs, I mean.  Not the men.  Well, maybe they did but I never met any of them so I don't know for certain.  I would have an Akita or a Chow if they weren't so damn fuzzy.

[Xanthippe]

If I was in the market for getting a dog, I'd get a Tibetan Terrier.  They don't shed, although they need to be clipped.  They're medium sized and not yappy.  Big dog personality in a small body.  And they are very cute.  I've seen 3 of them in the past few weeks.

I think my next dog will be one of these.  I already have a dog, though - she's a golden retriever/standard poodle mix.  Great dog, but large - and she sheds.  But she's wonderful.  Plus two cats and two kids.  Another dog is just too much for now.

Tibetan Terrier will be my old lady lap dog.

[FatuousTwat]

These forums are dredging up some bad memories... First swarms of cave crickets, now kitty napping? What's next? Oh please don't let it be bees covering my head again.

Is this you?

Might as well have been... I wasn't wearing a hat though.

[NiX]

Jack Russell Terrier!

Oh god no. I've had one before and that bastard was insane. Just bounced off the walls, chewed/humped everything it could and had a fixation for pissing on laptops.

[Paelos]

Jack Russell Terrier!

Oh god no. I've had one before and that bastard was insane. Just bounced off the walls, chewed/humped everything it could and had a fixation for pissing on laptops.

Jack Russels pee on everything, and can be extremely mean. This tends to happen if you put them with families who don't play/walk/entertain them a lot. They are very high energy dogs.

[Abagadro]

Little dogs suck. We are watching my brother-in-law's Chacy for a week and it took off tonight by shedding its collar. Ran like a bat out of hell for three blocks before we lost it. Mass grid search ensued (the LDS neighborhood phone tree is a sight to behold I'll tell you that much) and it was found 2 hours later after it just walked up to my wife a few blocks from my house. Fucking rat.

If my German Shepard got a hair up its ass like that it would just run 15 feet and then dare me to come get it and a game of "I'm faster than you" would ensue with the end-game being me turning around and walking home with it following at my heel.

[Bunk]

Well, the kitteh has officially gotten over the lethargy of being spayed. Decided to play a game of pounce on my feet while I'm asleep and then run laps around the room at 4:00 AM. Good thing I get up for work at 4:30.

[Sky]

She said that if you get a rescue and you don't know what the dog is like, that you should be very wary of getting one if you have children or smaller animals. 

Definitely. The one my band had was professionally trained and responded to commands. I spoke with a few people about the breed and they all said we were lucky to have such a specimen. Thus my disclaimer line about getting it trained. When they are trained, they are wicked nice dogs...who will chew the leg off anyone messing with my girl. Literally.

If my German Shepard got a hair up its ass like that it would just run 15 feet and then dare me to come get it and a game of "I'm faster than you" would ensue with the end-game being me turning around and walking home with it following at my heel.

Had a shep with my last girlfriend (she got custody :(). We got him as a very small pup (abandoned by his feral mother, I know his feral sister lived in the woods behind our house). We also had a totally buff and ripped cat (mixed breed, white shorthair). The cat was a hunter, would take out squirrels and whatnot. The cat used to terrorize the poor puppy, beat him up and chase him around, but he had fun mostly. It was hilarious when he got to be an adult because you'd have this big shep being chased around the house by this normal sized cat, she would get close and then rear up so she was just running on her back legs and beat him on the butt with her front paws. Those two were wicked cool.

[Lantyssa]

Dogs that grew up with cats when they are puppies are funny.  They'll always think cats are bigger than them.

[Paelos]

Dogs that grew up with cats when they are puppies are funny.  They'll always think cats are bigger than them.

Cats are the biggest bitches. Which makes the other real bitches less bitch-like even though they were bitches by birth whereas cats are just bitchy.

Or something.

[Bunk]

[Strazos]

Good Luck finding a Shih Tzu at a pound....they're a pretty pricey breed.

They make awesome pets...mostly. They tend to upchuck sometimes, and can also have kidney problems. Lost one a few years back to kidney failure.

[Samwise]

I want a Maine Coon.



Closest I can legally get to having a pet mountain lion.  And a hell of a lot less maintenance.

[Lantyssa]

They always remind me of bobcats.

[NiX]

If only my roomie wasn't allergic to cats I'd get a monster cat. I'd even walk it. No one expects your cat to be monster sized.

Straz - Yeah, I know they're near impossible to find at a pound. The running price around here from greedy people is $400 - $450. But, I have seen a couple people doing the whole trying to get rid of puppies as fast as they can. Which is free minus the cost of shots.

[Pococurante]

Um well here anyway when it is harvest time.  Pasteurized honey is simply sweet paste.  Despite the short shelf life local honey is "alive" and has impressive health benefits.

Best cat and dog I've ever sheltered came from kill shelters.  Bless those folks - I'm too much a pussy to kill animals for a living.

[bhodi]

All shelters are kill shelters.. those that aren't just ship them elsewhere to have it done.

[Xanthippe]

They always remind me of bobcats.

Reminds me of a local news story sometime in the past few years.  Some lady hit a cat on the highway, and pulled over to see how it was.  It was unconscious, so she picked it up, put it in her car and drove it to a vet hospital.

When she got it there, it turned out to be a bobcat - who died soon thereafter. 

She is so lucky that it did not wake up in her car.

[WayAbvPar]

They always remind me of bobcats.

Reminds me of a local news story sometime in the past few years.  Some lady hit a cat on the highway, and pulled over to see how it was.  It was unconscious, so she picked it up, put it in her car and drove it to a vet hospital.

When she got it there, it turned out to be a bobcat - who died soon thereafter. 

She is so lucky that it did not wake up in her car.

That would make the Tommy Boy deer scene look tame.

[Sky]

I want a Maine Coon.

I was thinking Russian Blue but looking through a cat breed book last night I think I will have to get a Maine Coon. I've known a few people who've had them and they are superkitties.

[Lantyssa]

I once had a bobcat almost hop in an enclosed stand with me.  Thankfully it noticed me trying to get its attention and turned around.

[WayAbvPar]

I want a Maine Coon.

I was thinking Russian Blue but looking through a cat breed book last night I think I will have to get a Maine Coon. I've known a few people who've had them and they are superkitties.

We have a Maine Coon- I don't think he is full blooded, but he looks just like all the pics I see. He may have been crossed with a bison or something though- he is a large kitty. Even larger than normal Maine Coons. He is also scared of his own shadow.

[cmlancas]

I didn't get the dog from the SPCA, because it is practically impossible to adopt Belgian Malinois dogs from shelters without horrible, horrible problems.

My cats:

My dog:

[Signe]

I like you because your bathroom looks very, very clean.     And that doggie is especially adorable!

[cmlancas]

My girlfriend took the picture right when we moved into our current apartment. I didn't even know that the picture existed until about an hour ago :)

[Bunk]

And here I was going to criticize how daintily you were holding the camera in that picture.

[cmlancas]

Since Chimpy made this for me and it he was from the SPCA:




His name is Milton, and I am a shameless bumper of my own cats.

[voodoolily]

I want a Maine Coon.

I was thinking Russian Blue but looking through a cat breed book last night I think I will have to get a Maine Coon. I've known a few people who've had them and they are superkitties.

We have a Maine Coon- I don't think he is full blooded, but he looks just like all the pics I see. He may have been crossed with a bison or something though- he is a large kitty. Even larger than normal Maine Coons. He is also scared of his own shadow.

On the contrary, we have a (supposedly) full-blood Maine Coon who's a bit wee for his breed. He's only like 13 or 14 lbs. But he still has the important traits like personality and intelligence (for which they are bred).

[WayAbvPar]

Pics pls! I will have to take some more of our leviathan and post them.

[Signe]

If I get a pup, it'll probably end up being a rescue.  I'm a sucker for a sob story.

[Bunk]

His protuberance has an eerie similarity to your avatard's outie.

[Strazos]

My buddy recently got a SPCA pup. I lent him a book. Puppy promptly tore the book in half when he stepped out to smoke.

Oh well, new copy for me, I guess.

[voodoolily]

Playin' possum

Yummy!

Monorail cat v3.0

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