Do we not have one?
I got a new dog. :cool:
Also I'm drunk.
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Do we not have one?
I got a new dog. :cool:
Also I'm drunk.
why get a new dog 5 months before you go to college? pointless
He's at the age/mentality where having the dog is more about him than the dog, so it'll be easily discarded.
I have a cat. She hates Baz.
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My 13 year old lab
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I have a cat, and my girlfriend has a cat. Perhaps they'll meet one day. My girlfriend's cat looks a bit like Hitler.
Next door bought a new cat, let it out on Thursday (for presumably one of the first times) and it hasn't been seen since :( it came into ours for a bit but I missed it.
I assume it's his parent's replacement for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by mokbull
I have a cat called Dave :cool:
There's a small cat (kitten presumably) I've see hanging around near our office recently and it really doesn't appear to have a clue what it's doing with regard to crossing roads and generally where it should be going. I've twice nearly seen it wiped out by passing vans. I take it they just have instinct but this one doesn't seem to.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScousePig
IIRC Cats are notoriously bad at judging oncoming speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
I have two cats. This one is Basil:
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and this is Minty:
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I also fostered 20+ cats last year. Here are some of them:
Daisy and her five kittens (Baldy, Peach Cream, Loki, Tiger, and Black Tiger)
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These are Hobo, Puma (RIP), Fluff and Wildling. I don't have pictures of their mom (Pasha) or their other brother (also called Wildling)
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These two geezers are Benson and Bennett
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and finally we have Amelia and her kittens (Annabelle, Misty, Bear, and Sonic)
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Unfortunately you'll have to wait for pictures of Biscotti, Cinnabon, Toodles, Racing Stripe, and Zula as I don't have any on this computer.
None of them work for me. Think they need .jpg on the end
Fixed. :thbup:
Hobo :wub:
What happened to Puma? :(
Hobo was an absolute superstar. :cool:
Some infection that made her eye be full of pus and inflamed all the time. Poor little thing didn't make it. If I recall correctly two others from that batch also died within their first day or two (before we got them.) Luckily the remaining four made it through like champs.
That's a lot of pussy.
Raoul is right tbh, it's so they don't go insane when I leave.Quote:
Originally Posted by mokbull
You can't start a pet thread with a post about your new dog and not give us pictures.
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This is Troy. He mainly enjoys shitting inside and being a don.
Thunder the cat is in the background doing what he does best; eating.
My parents are down to two cats now. It was three until recently but one of them was hit by a car a couple of months ago and had to be put down. The two younger ones shat out about seventeen kittens in 2014/15, always disappearing after labour and coming back pregnant before anybody got a chance to have them spayed. They did finally get it sorted, and it stopped them being so territorial with the third cat (those two were mother and daughter so tended to bully the other one). I never liked the younger two, whereas the older one they scare out of the house is a don and has outlived I don't know how many little shits. With the death of the third one she's finally realised she doesn't have to let the other dickhead scare her out of the house so natural order is resumed, and she's back to sleeping on my bed whenever I fail to close the door properly.
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My mother feeds him before she goes to work, but apart from that he's been snoozing/asleep since yesterday afternoon. What a life.
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Take him for a walk.
He needs some exercise, the fat bastard.
It's raining, and he isn't fat. He's sixty pounds of muscle and skin. :cool:
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Muscle and skin.
That wallpaper.
Continuing life as a knob my cat has pulled all the seal thing from around the window off on one side. She's now set her aim to the other side of the window.
What a knob
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She's cute though.
I've got the dog walking without his lead, and, even if I say so myself, we look pretty swish bowling around Hedon.
Stud. :cool:
We're going to a couple of rehoming centres today to see how Ella-Beth is around dogs. We are looking at getting a dog at some point next year if all goes to plan, however most only seem to rehome puppies with babies and puppies are dickheads.
I'm hoping we can find an older dog who has been around babies before but that's onviously unlikely.
Think we'll get one once we move house and our daughter is a bit bigger, the next 18 months or so.
Do you have any specific breeds in mind?
As cool as King Charles Spaniels are, heart disease gets them all within 10 years. My folks are looking after my sister's two and Poppet (the youngest one) can't catch her breath at all. She's still dumb enough to follow you round the house but, every few minutes she's plonking herself on the floor waiting for a second wind.
Avoid them.
let's see if i can hotlink instagram
also if it works for me i have no idea if it's actually working due to caching
this is Maisie the Keeshond. she is funny.
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It works. :)
Cool dog, I've never heard of a Keeshond is it some kind of husky type thing?
Yeah, they're all part of the Spitz family. Keeshonds top out around fifty pounds.
Unlike huskies and so on, though, they're good living in apartments and are super, super, super friendly.
When she was really, really little, she used to piddle out of excitement whenever little kids got close.
I assume they need less crazy amounts of exercise than huskies and the like. I've always liked Beagles but I don't have the right space or time for one.
My wifes auntie has a Beagle, it's a fucking brilliant dog. The perfect combination of playful and cuddly. Great with kids and just happy to knock about with anyone.
Loads of them about as well what with hunt kennels etc.
Don't Beagles absolutely reek?
My boss at work has a couple. They're always bagging rabbits and such. I can imagine living that life brings the smell of death home.
All dogs stink. You just stop noticing it after a while.
@Lewis is your dog ever awake? :D
He drifts between sleeping and snoozing for a lot of his day. But no, not really.
No more than any other dog, kennels full of them do but that's to be expected.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Went for a look in a local cat place, it was sad.... only went for a look but look what happened...
Meet Betty
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She's fresh from a bath there :D
Almost as gay as @leedsrevolution's gay dog.
Gay animals. :cool:
Amazing. The two cats at war yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
They met, Lucy had a sniff of her and went off to her normal sulking spot.
Could have been much worse!
Betty. :wub:
Why would you 'go for a look' to a cat place without intending to get one?
Some people enjoy the magic of the cat.
More pictures please, @Mike.
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She couldn't be more relaxed.Quote:
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The new odd couple:
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You got another dog when you've got a kid on the way?
Nah we just dog sit him every now and again. Nothing like a short tempered staffy in the house to keep you at your whits end.
That rug :(
The rug is fucking ace you tasteless cunt.Quote:
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It was in 1962 anyway.
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The rug is brilliant and the more you lot keep talking it's more on you than me.
Had the cat neutered yesterday. Girlfriend woke up an hour ago to feed her and give her her painkillers.
I was the one who picked the cat up from the vets and had the medication explained to me. The dose is 5ml/kg, but the scale on the syringe measures weight of cat, to make it idiot proof I suppose. Well, my girlfriend saw the 5ml/kg and measured up to 5 on the syringe. The cat weight 2.1, so that's why I've been at the emergency vets since half seven.
I had our rabbit neutered yesterday. Got him a girlfriend ready to go, but got to wait 10 days until they can meet.
I gave the correct amount of painkiller because I’m not a retard.
Whoever decided that a liquid should be measured in anything other than amount of liquid is the retard here.
My little mate had to have a benign tumour taken off his hand this week, so he's sat in feeling sorry for himself.
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:wub: Get your pets out, boys.
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You're weird.
Yeah, it's well deranged to love a member of the family. Probably more fucked than your wife.
You fuck your cat? That is weird, Smiff.
Probably as close as I've got to some pussy since me and Banana split tbf.
You're not getting away with that pun.
Brock is ten next week. :cool:
My mum is getting a new dog next week which means there'll be four (possibly five) dogs on Christmas day. It's always a nightmare, but I'm looking forward to watching the owners attempt to control the chaos whilst munching through bag after bag after bag of KP's salt and vinegar peanuts.
My sister's dog still barks like a mad bastard at me. We used to be alright til I looked after the cat that one weekend and popped over. He remembers and he sure hated that cat.
Maybe he knows you kick dogs.
Nah, he does that with the care workers as well so it probably isn't personal. Maybe he's just become mega territorial since the bairn came along?
He can definitely smell some kind of abuse then.
Been feeding my aunties cat while shes away.
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Nice bracelets mate.
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I'm dogsitting for the week and he's in a mood.
Big fella is more dog than cat.
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Bought a puppy. It's a Sprocker, black and white one in the photo. Ready in just under 2 weeks.
He's called Tobi.
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He's fucking mental as expected but actually really good, doesn't whine at night or anything. Sprocker puppies have picked up the nickname sprockerdiles and that's certainly well earned.
What a beauty.
Deweed your lawn.
He's going to train the dog to do that.
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Originally Posted by Queenslander
More cat than dog.
Look at that jawline. :cool:
Mines splendid.Quote:
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Calm down pink shed.
I reckon my jowls are are meatier than your big fellas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
I miss my sisters bulldog. :(
14 when this bloke went and I havent loved anything quite as much.
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:D
Is it just this angle, or do you have genuinely (as you once referred to them in the context of mine) 'mahoosive' forearms?Quote:
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Course he does. He’s a former fatty.
I have good forearms, but they look thicker from being squashed against the dog.
Puppy started chundering yesterday. £100 to the vet but he's Ok and is back to himself today.
Idk how parents do it.
If you want to get robbed blind but don't fancy the thrill of having a knife to your throat, just go to the vet.
Definitely get pet insurance. Can be insane how much they charge for some things
Having a pet is a good insight into what it must be like to have a kid in America.
We have it, but they all have an excess of £75-100. This was £102 so not worth claiming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
Don't they also have an upper limit on what they'll pay out as well (ie a write-off value for Fido) so, as with most forms of insurance, it's just an absolute scam really.
Mate of mine has some rescue dog he got from Spain (fuck knows) and it seems to have cost him thousands because something went wrong with one of its legs.
Ours has an upper limit of £6000 a year per condition.
Going by the price of a normal one, imagine what that ballbag on Channel 4 charges.
I'm not sure I've ever heard of this not going wrong. One of my wife's mates fell in love with a stray in Turkey. Paid a fortune to have it quarantined for 6 months or whatever it was, then paid a further fortune to fly it over.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
It ended up having a worm in its heart and dropped dead a few weeks later.
They know we have stray dogs here right? They're basically free too so easily replaced when they croak it.
Anyone getting a pet that they’re not rescuing should be banned for being near animals for life.
I looked into getting a tortoise once, but seemingly every ailment being an engine out job makes insuring them a ballache.
Go go tortoise puns
My dog was a rescue from the Blue Cross. I'm not sure I'd ever buy a dog knowing how many there are without a home.
Our last cat was a stray. Built like a fucking shed, he was. And incredibly gay.
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Can't believe how much he's grown in a month.
That break looks nasty.
My leg?
I did think about this, but at the end of the day the dog we bought was already born and going to someone regardless of whether it was us. It's more than possible if he went to someone else, it'd be him needs rescuing in 6 months when people who wanted a cute lockdown puppy realises a spaniel from working stock is a bigger commitment than they were prepared for. So I don't feel any guilt.Quote:
Originally Posted by SvN
I think it's breeders who need to take a look at themselves really
Do you mean the breeders that make money selling puppies to you?
I have no issue with anyone buying a dog, but that seems like a weird justification.
This is like me saying that drug dealers are bad.
And I can’t exactly grow coca leaves in my back garden.
It doesn't seem weird to me. The people who are actually putting new dogs into the world when there's loads need homes already would seem to me to be the ones who need to think about what they're doing.
You can make the argument that if people like me didn't create the demand then they wouldn't create the supply which is a fair point.
Yeah ok I'm probably a dick for buying a puppy but he'll have a good home and like I said, he could well have ended up a rescue.
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Pray tell.Quote:
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I didn't pay them to breed him. He was already born. But yes I acknowledged in the next paragraph that demand of people like me creates supply and that yes perhaps it wasn't the most ethical thing to do.Quote:
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I had a condition called exertional compartment syndrome. I had fasciotomies on all four compartments of my lower legs so I have two scars like that one on each. There were some gnarly post-op photos on the old board but they're probably lost to the ages.Quote:
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I'm not sure how to answer you since that seems entirely straightforward to me.
It is a bit of a weird justification. If I wasn't filling my wife in somebody else would be, but they might hit her harder. Just say you didn't want a manky rescue dog with anxiety and watery shit.
What’s straight forward about you not understanding the concept of a farm?Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Just own it, you pansy. If anything, you shoulda gone the full Tommy Fury and got one of those retarded ones who can't breathe shipped over from Dagestan and milked the grief when it dropped a week later.
That is a very shit justification. Just say you don't give a fuck and at least own it.
It is very straightforward indeed. You're the only one that seems to be struggling with it.Quote:
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Look, nobheads, I've said I accept it's probably not the best thing to do. But there's still a difference between buying an already born puppy from a couple of farmers (actual farmers not puppy farmers) who have working spaniels who've bred them twice then had them neutered/spayed compared to paying up front to secure a designer puppy from a full time breeder before they've even been bred.
Yeah alright I'm talking shit lmao
:D
You've let this distract you from the important things in life.
Like the fact that Jadon Sancho posted a picture of himself on a private jet yesterday and there was nary a mention of such important news.
He flew from Nice to Luton three days ago, back to Cologne the next day, went for his covid test at Dortmund the following morning and flew back to London afterwards
Jordan Sancho's parents didn't have him so that Manchester United could sign him, but quite frankly there's plenty of kids in Foster Homes that need a football club.
It's not like breeders never hand over damaged goods. Both my sister's King Charles' had horrific heart problems.
Don't all pure bred dogs have horrific health problems?
Aye, but sometimes breeders don't disclose that to the new owners.
Purebred dogs are definitely prone to be high risk for health problems yes. Generally they get screened for the stuff that's common for the breed but that doesn't rule out everything obviously.
Sprockers don't seem prone to anything too horrific.
Brock was from some expensive breeder and he's still donning it. :cool:
This is a big part of my stance against domesticated animals, talking of them as commodities and manufactured goods :sick:
Something you and your woman have argued about? She's evidently fine with domesticating animals.
Is that at me? I ain't got a ting on the go, your dogshit sources can't even get that right? Shambles.
Oh, that's why your back.
Well duh.
Someone start a Let’s find Taz a Bint thread.
One of those birds that infected half of Australia would do.
I've elevated myself above such pursuits now. Obviously the desires remain but I have let go of my attachment to them. I am at one with the ways of the universe.
Pedigree standards are basically rules for cruelty.Quote:
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I used to work with someone that paid thousands for a Pug with a certificate to say it was the product of several years of inbreeding. The fucker could barely breath and was practically blind.
How was the dog?
:D
In fairness she's a fat cunt so she probably has as many health concerns of her own.
Spend all the money you want on dog toys and so far his favourite things to play with are an empty coke bottle, weeds, a grotty old garden glove and (by far the winner) an empty plastic plant pot.
I find their favourite thing is rather than drinking the clean water you provide for them each day in a conveniently-located bowl, what they really want to do is drink dirty rain water from whatever dark crevices of suburbia they can find - indents in drain covers, folds in bin bags, empty flowerpots.
We bought him a paddling pool which is currently a giant grubby drinking bowl.
the overlap between kids and dogs is growing.
He was getting too hot with the weather the last few days.
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Keeping cool. :cool:
What a lad.
Someone needs to tell me what the scarf does to benefit the dog.
It's a cooling one that you soak and keep in the fridge.
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Awesome.Quote:
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I took this depressed-looking little fella to a vet in a shoebox this afternoon. I will ring them up tomorrow and see how he got on.
What is it?
Pigeon right?
I wouldn't be trusting a vet who works in a shoebox, to be honest.
You should have adopted it.
I rang them up this morning and they said it was doing well, so I asked for a picture to prove they hadn't just binned it.
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Shoulda kept it as a TTH project. RIP Alan (or was it Smiffy with the ducklings bollocks?)
A blackbird hit my window and fell into the drain a few weeks ago. I ran and got it and the poor fucker was drenched and getting waterboarded by dishwasher water. I put it in a box and checked a few hours later and it was completely quadraspazzed and twitching like a nutter. I left it a bit longer then took it to the vet, who said they'd probably have to off it.
They said they'd let me know if there was any improvement, and I never heard from them.
Well that's because you didn't phone them demanding photo evidence in the manner of somebody in the middle of a hostage negotation.
I actually miss Wood Green. I wouldn't recommend it to women or pussies, but there was never a dull moment.
People take wild animals to the vet?
Anyone with a bit of a heart left in them anyway.
I'd have thought it was the remit of RSPCA or an equivalent, or do they not give a toss?
That said the one Lewis has gone to appears to have dealt with it so fair play to them.
I asked for a picture because when I rang up they said they would either release it or 'send it to a wildlife sanctuary', which struck me as the sort of thing you would tell a child/retard after you had already killed it.
Which did they think you were?
Probably retard in person and child over the phone.
He was successfully released on Friday. :cool:
Probably ran over / eaten by a cat already.
We don't let cats drive over here.
The Mrs wants a dog, so I'm going to get her one as a surprise. We have young kids, so none of the rescue homes will touch us, annoyingly. This means having to get a fucking puppy. £3000 some cunts are asking for a Westie (what she wants) and what the fuck is this Cavachon, Shi-pom, Bull-Shitzu stuff about? They're mongrels lads and you want £1800? No wonder breeders are always getting robbed.
What about the rescue charities that bring in homeless dogs / puppies from elsewhere? (I've no idea if they operate here and therefore already have puppies here or if they just transport them to wherever they're being adopted so COVID may have knackered this.)
My sister got one that I think had been rescued from a shelter that would have put her down in Romania and she's a lovely little thing.
The puppy that is, not my sister.
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Worth tho. :wub:
I did think about those, but I know a lady that got one from Turkey (or somewhere) and it dropped dead of heartworm (:sick: ) pretty much immediately. That said, I think it was a stray she fell in love with on holiday and wanted to fly over. Maybe they're screened if it's done properly. Actually, I also know someone that paid a fortune for a pug that immediately needed surgery because it couldn't breathe, so a breeder is probably no safer.Quote:
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I'll have a think.
I can find out what one my sister used if you like. They seemed pretty legit, there was a delay because they'd picked one and just as it was about to be shipped out it got ill (ended up dying) but that was weeks later so if they were gonna be shady they could have just shipped it through anyway.
Also not looking up heartworm.
What a heartworming story.
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I don't get this adopting from Romania stuff. There are plenty of abandoned dogs here (British dogs) for people to be taking in. Alright, the Romanians will just gas their strays with exhaust fumes or feed them carrier bags or whatever, but that goes for most of the world.
Prepare for your house to smell bad forever.
Our dog charities are all over the top with their rules. Most of them won't let you adopt if you have kids under 11. They're better off lonely in a cage apparently. The dogs that is, obviously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
My sister got a collie from somewhere in Sheffield for about £500 and it's the second best dog I've ever met. First was a collie too. Sometimes I wonder why other types of dog exist.
£500 appears to be a bargain, plus it's British, so if you want more info let me know.
Hit me up please la.Quote:
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I'll message her now.
Huh?
I mangled it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
And now I look senile. :D
:D
Are those my feet?
That makes sense then. Is the kids thing because they think you will be more likely to struggle with it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
I'd imagine it's because kids are bellends and they end up with a lot of dogs brought back after they bit the kid that grabbed it's balls.
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It’s because dogs eat faces.
I've found a place that rescues from Cyprus. A higher class of stray than the Romanians I reckon.
Spoken like Mahow's dad.
Mahows dad had a liking for Eastern European dogs if I recall.
Collies are awesome but massive work, the same category of dog as Alsatian etc I wouldn't get one if you aren't a massive dog person and also have a lot of time to spend with them as they can develop bad personality traits if not given the time they need.
Basically the entire trend for adopting abroad, as I see it is fuelled both by people who skim profit as middlemen and people who want dogs but don't want to pay a fortune for a pure breed or jump through the hoops UK charities stipulate for adoption, a lot of which is an arse covering exercise anyway. Wife's friends had a perfectly behaved collie cross then got it into their heads they needed to adopt this Romanian mongrel they saw on facebook and whilst it has settled a bit now I gather that no shoe or remote is safe even after two years, and the vet was less than impressed when presented with it to check over.
Just shop around reputable breeders for a Labrador or Golden Retriever. They are fairly easy and love kids, should be able to get one £500ish.
I know so many people that have been ripped off buying puppies. That's my main problem with it, but the prices don't help. Looking at 2-3 grand for a labrador.
https://www.pets4homes.co.uk/sale/do...dor-retriever/
People with kids must make up about 95% of the people who want dogs market so it seems a bit self-defeating for the adoption centres (or whatever they are called) to have that as a deal-breaker.
Massively so and it's annoying because I wouldn't even consider a breeder if I could go through the Dogs Trust or somewhere.
If only you fellas had access to the depressing amount of puppy farms in rural Queensland. The Lockyer Valley alone gets done for all sorts of trendy breeds every year.
We do. Breeders and puppy farms are rife over here to the extent that there's gang involvement and robberies (usually Staffs).
Damn that is exactly the same.
That’s why they should never be an option.
Poor Staffies they are such a deadshit magnet.
We also get the wild boys crossing all sorts to breed the perfect pig'n dog. :(
Not a chance you're getting a Labrador for that price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Agreed, but when you have kids they paint you into this corner. It really is self defeating nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Admittedly the puppy business may have seen some inflation since my ma bought a pedigree one from a decent breeder a decade ago :D
I like my folks' dog but I'll never get one. The combination of putting your life on hold for it on a daily basis and being sad when it dies is enough to put me off.
Dogs are bloody expensive to do it properly.
I might just buy a Jack Russell off the Pikeys on the A127 and have done with it.
Prices just went absolutely nuts when lockdown started and everyone wanted a covid puppy. They've not come back down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Mine is a rescue. He's brilliant with my son, who is just starting to enjoy playing with him and cuddling him.
It took us a year to get a rescue, and we didn't even have a kid then. We must have applied for 20+ dogs from the Blue Cross.
Prices have gone up, but even pre-covid you were looking at 1-2k for a puppy. How much is left in the kitty SvN? We could start a TTH Puppy Farm from Kiko's in laws Garden.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Depends on the breed. A lot of the breeds which were cheaper have jumped up to the prices of the designer crosses like Cockapoos. Ours was probably 3x what it would have been pre-covid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
That's how I ended up with Charlie. Someone was getting rid of him on Facebook of all things and so I had to take him because I couldn't shake the thought of where he'd end up otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Banana.
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Ellie and Banana.
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I thought she'd be happy with a friend but not quite there yet.
Those are some superb eyebrows.
Cockapoos are very much in fashion, largely due to this twat:Quote:
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She's got bitch written all over her face and having lived with her now for nearly a month, I'd say the face fits.Quote:
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Yeah cats are not fans of sharing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Smjffy
I think the way I worded that was ambiguous. I meant cockapoos were one of the already fashionable/expensive designer breeds and the prices of previously cheaper breeds have shot up to match them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Probably. Problem is numpties (like us) pay them so they'll keep going up. We'll end up in a situation where only Man City can afford a Pomeranian in a few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
I was gonna post a picture of my cat but I can't find a decent easy to use image hosting site that lets me upload from my phone. What do people use?
I think I found ImgBB easiest from my phone but it's been a while.
I only post from my phone and yeah, imgbb.
For some reason, it turned my photos sideways and wouldn't let me correct them.
My ting has really planted and nurtured the seed of getting a cat for my flat. Only real drawbacks I can think of is the mad hair everywhere and disastrous hit to my OCD hygiene standards so I'm struggling to weed it out.
I note a lot of people have these cats they don't let outside. That would solve the latter problem a fair bit but gives rise to serious moral questions I need to do research on.
Mine was meant to be a house cat and the shelter I got him from told me he was but he seemed very keen on going outside so I just started to let him. Got him a little reflective collar for if he goes out at dark but I think he mostly just goes into other people's gardens anyway.
He did bring a pigeon back one day though. Thankfully it was still alive and flew straight back out the window when I made him drop it.
I wouldn't dream of letting mine outside to roam freely but I do have a little 'run' that I built in the back garden for summer months. I've read far too many stories over the years of nasty fuckers doing nasty deeds. It's just important to keep them engaged and curious, I reckon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don
May I take this opportunity to say "KEEP YOUR FUCKING CAT OUT OF MY FUCKING GARDEN HE'S SHAT ALL OVER THE PLACE AND DUG UP THE HYDRANGEAS MY NAN PLANTED YOU FUCKING CUNT" on behalf of your neighbours?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
Can't you just lie about the kids to get a rescue animal? I mean, probably don't take them along to pick it in those circumstances, or do they have some clipboard who comes to inspect your house (I can't imagine)?
They carry out inspections, so aside from emptying the kids rooms or bricking their doorways closed for the day we'd be rumbled.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
How well funded are these fuckers? Could they not just divert the funds they commit to carrying out inspections (and tv advertising) to looking after the dogs without the need to bother the rest of society?
I sort of get it as they don't want people rehoming Great Danes to their 12th floor shoebox with no garden and the closest park 22 miles away, but they definitely go overboard on it all and they are the architects of their own downfall as a result. There's only a market for breeders (on this scale) because they make adoption such hard work.
I would think it's more about being liable when some mutt eats a toddlers face, so rather than going to the trouble of working out which ones would/wouldn't do that (not exactly a simple or reliable process) they choose not to expose themselves to that sort of risk.
We covered that in yesterday's class Mr Disco, this is why attendance is important. Disappointing.
Imgur, but you have to force it to let to use the desktop site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
Why are you asking the same question again then dickhead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
I didn't ask a question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco
No but you're still bitching about it I see. And no, I did not read an entire page about how much people pay for their wanker dogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
My advice would be to dig a random hole in your garden, piss in a cupboard of your choice and ruin a shoe or three. That will give you 90% of the dog owning experience and you can plough the savings back into some more cancelled holidays.
We are a grumpy pants today aren't we?
Disco hates dogs?
Open the clubs.
Disco paints miniature goblins in his spare time. Of course he can't handle affection.
Use the app.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Dogs are fine, but they're outdoor animals, I wouldn't have one living in the house.
I was going to argue with this but that was literally the last thing I painted for someone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Offshore Toon
The Greyhound mob down here cant rehome enough of them as we all turn a blind eye to the horrow show that is dish licker racing.
What a post. :drool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco
Disco neglects animals. Pass it on.
I've never seen a man lose so many years of accumulated respect in 1 post. Sad.
In other news, I've fucked the surprise off, told the Mrs she can have a dog and landed the job of finding one in her lap. Now I can just strut on in with the grapefruit walk when it's all done, pay and still get all the credit.
I've always wanted to gas a badger if that helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
That's a relief as my sister can't find the details for the breeder. It's definitely a farm near Sheffield, though, so good luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Have you ever had a dog @Disco?
That really is a cracking post there by Disco. Another whose posting quality is clearly at optimal levels as a result of his declining mental state owing to lockdown. Welcome, fine sir.
Not really as a pet, I had a beagle but it was a gun dog and lived at the kennel probably about half of the time. He literally went to live on a farm when I moved into Exeter.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Fortunately we can put that post down to ignorance then. Otherwise I'd have had to contact your local authorities to make them aware they had a dangerous psychopath on their hands.
I was looking for a picture but it was in the days before camera phones, please accept this picture of my cat in recompense.
Toggle Spoiler
:uhoh: You don't like dogs, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco
Team Dog seems like quite a vibrant bunch of top, top lads. Team Cat. You take Pepe out and you're left with a very sorry looking group. #TeamDog
We're gonna need lists. If they secure me, that could swing it [in some way].
I play for both teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Yeah, but it'll be one of those shivery little shit dogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
(My Mrs was banging on about Shih Tzu's earlier so that may come back to bite me on the arse).
I used to have a beagle who was an absolute beast. He would come and go as he pleased. People knew him more than they knew us. Could keep up with us on the quads all the way to the top of the mountain where the hang-gliders would take off from.
EDIT: His name was Taz, btw.
EDIT 2: Did I mention that he had massive balls?
My wife's auntie has a Beagle-Staff cross. He's a fucking don. Whenever there's a family bbq I spend more time chilling with him / sneaking him burgers than I do with anyone else.
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:wub:
Five dogs, two cats. Can I bat both sides? :swing:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
I’m firmly on team cat. BRB gonna order some chaos black and paint a gnome.
Cats are shit. We always had dogs when I was a kid and as soon as I'm somewhere with a garden I'll be looking to get one.
Cats are a mixed bag. I had 2 as a kid, one was a soppy fucker, she was great but the other fucker was only a pair of hands away from throwing acid in your cunt face. Horrible little bastard.
Dogs are amazing though. Even the shit ones are great.
The way they can switch in an instant is the worst. I've never had a bad cat but when they're tired of you, they let you know with violence.
Labs and Bordie Collies all my life up untill my last Lab died (best bloke ive ever met) now I have a cat because it would be immoral to have one where I currently live.
We've had a mix of dogs. Couple of Boxers, Salukis when we lived in the Middle East and Border Terriers when we moved back.
The salukis were the nicest temperamentally. Take 'em out to the desert to let them run around for a few hours to get it out of their system and job's a good'un. Well my dad did that bit, young me just thought he was letting the dogs run away and I had a meltdown about it so he went without us on future trips.
I feel like we need a '"Who Do You Think You Are?" Thread, because I didn't know Disco was a Toff, living it up in his mansion, going game hunting and I didn't know Ian had lived in the fucking desert.
Who are you people?
I've definitely mentioned that before but it's not that interesting a story anyway. My dad's an engineer, got a job in Qatar so we moved out and then after four or five years we moved back.
Although the royal family sent their kids to the British school and my sister was in the same class as the current Emir. That's as interesting as it got.
Birds are the best pet
Not even people with birds believe that in my experience.
I loved my cockatiels. Very social and friendly (if correctly trained).Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
The wife can't stand birds so unless I have some mega garden to cage them in outside, I don't think it'll happen again soon.
Spoken like one of Ians Arabian brothers.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
It was the equivalent of a weekend job, I started off helping the keeper with the birds and on shoot days organising the beaters and training dogs to flush and retrieve. If there was a spare peg I would be able to shoot or look after guests (inevitably untrained) dogs. He got three beagles from the local hunt and gave one to me (in hindsight I realise this was to avoid paying me) and because we didn't have that much room in the mansion he (Clark, because I was as sad then as I am now) was kennelled. I built a little run for him in the garden under my window so he was on hand for shoot days or if someone wanted to borrow him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Webly of Arabia though. :cool:
From experience of going into lots of peoples houses, only scruffs have pet birds or big fish tanks.
Parrots are fun for about 10 minutes, but I once lived above a bloke that had one (he also had dreadlocks and wore a bandana, the nonce) and it was a nightmare. Nothing like a 20 minute encore every time an Ambulance goes past. Noisy pricks.
I have a 24 year old cockatiel. He is an eccentric fucker i also have a 4 year female cockatiel.
I was with you Baz, but if Queeny has a bird then they are for dons.
Fuck that's old. I think the one at my mum's must be about 17-18 now. Absolutely mental as well. Eats all the furniture and hides in places. And shags the toy in his cage all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queenslander
Mate I know of multiple 40 year old cockatielsQuote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
Rescue cause my shit sister gave up in the 90'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Birds are for weirdos.
Snakes are for weirdosQuote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Snakes are for weirdos who want to seem mysterious
Dogs are the default choice but can be fun. Depends on the breed.
Fish are for the really boring and/or people who work 16 hours a day
Reptiles aren't pets
Cats are primarily for the emotionally destitute
Hamsters exist to teach children about death
We all know what horses are for
Farm animals are farm animals and not pets
That leaves birds and certain dog breeds as worthwhile animal companions. Lmk if i forgot anything but I doubt it
True.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queenslander
Spiders. But feel free to amend Snakes to include arachnids.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Ahh shit I have a massive Tarantula
Random shit wandering about your garden doesn't count.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queenslander
Havent handled this one in 5 years.
https://i.ibb.co/cQkqBGx/20150830-175349.jpg
Hard pass.
Fuck. Right. Off.
Ban him immediately.
Bit buy another locality and the pain kept me up for 30 hours.
Well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queenslander
I've said it before, but I would love to boot one of them. Preferably at a wall so it burst all over.
I know someone who trod on one barefoot by accident. Unpleasant.
We had one on our balcony in Cuba and only knew it because we heard it walking. A sound fit for Halloween. You're mental Queeny.
I've always wanted a snake but my mum wouldn't let me have one and now the fiancée won't so I've given up that idea.
Just get a secret one like Jimmy's Llama.
Could not have felt more stupid when this happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queenslander
https://i.ibb.co/Jj0bwq9/20160121-210037.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/5hjb24s/20160121-212537.jpg
card characters
That spider is deffo a banning, as is quoting its post on a new page.
That spider is why I will never go to Australia. We need to nuke it from orbit
igor just put this up on Facebook as 'epic dog is epic' and tagged fourteen of his mates.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBtsjf27cHA
Fuck this.
https://i.ibb.co/GQL6Mk1/IMG-20201111-WA0013.jpg
Tomorrow I swap £1500 for him. :happycry:
D'awwwwwwwww. :)
I had something like this on a plane to Argentina a few years back. Give it it's best before being flung off as we were about to take off:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
https://i.imgur.com/TPYQ6c5.jpg
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Eleven today. :cool:
Not a day over 5
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His grey bits are a giveaway, but otherwise he could pass for seven.
We had voles in the lawn in the summer. They're protected so you aren't allowed to nuke them. They went away for a while but they're back.
The puppy can obviously smell them and is going mental digging a massive hole in the lawn.
https://i.imgur.com/esGXyGz.jpg
He's about doubled the size since that photo. Nobend.
Pick him up, cart him inside and let him whimper through the French windows at it. It's the only way they learn.
It's not the only way they learn (or even the most effective way). Just letting them get on with it is definitely worse though so I can hardly talk.
When it comes to digging holes or anything to do with scent they just point blank don't learn, tbf.
They can but it's difficult especially with Spaniels. I think we'll probably do gundog training with him at some point as that teaches them really good impulse control for things like this and recall when there's a rabbit or whatever.
Video of him digging, please.
Is there an easy place to upload videos?
Nonce.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
Second.Quote:
Originally Posted by Manc
It's easier to teach them to retrieve than ignore but you could certainly stop it digging like that. Murdering the voles would be easiest but there are downsides associated with that.
Youtube.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
What’s a vole? Also, who’ll know if you kill them?
Like a small mouse. Nobody (else) would know but you'd either not get rid of them all, something else would only take their place and the dog would still dig half the garden up anyway. Easier to train the dog than be forever gassing half the garden.
I'm not logged in on my phone, idk my login. I'll do it when I'm home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
Are voles a proper pest? Like do they they burrow into the lawn, etc.?
They do, you get collapsed tunnel networks and lumpy areas but it's rare to get that many, especially in a town/city garden. You can fuck about with sonic deterrents (which don't really work) but you're better off with a cat and keeping your lawn nice and dry and without too much cover from foliage.
There you go, vole news for the day.
Can confirm they burrow the fuck out of the lawn and the tunnels collapse. We live in the countryside and back onto a field.
My Father in Law caved ones head in with a spade. That was pretty effective.
Never heard of them before. I wonder are they what we call a shrew. Do they have a tail?
Do you get Google in Ireland?
Similar size to a shrew but without the long nose, they look like mice or a small hamster.
Apparently they're related to hamsters and lemmings. Learning a lot about voles today.
We do, but I’d rather you tell me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco
Sorry for vertical.
Hot.
Funny how you have so much time to record videos of dogs but overwhelmed at the same time with covid patients. 🙄🙄🤥🤥
Fiancee took it whilst I was at work ACKSHUALLY
Posting from your phone at work, hein.....
That I was doing. But I was doing vaccine prescribing today and I don't think they'd accounted for how much quicker it would be for second dosers so there was some down time.
NHS staff being bad at time management SHOCKER.
I've signed up to locum in adult AMU tomorrow as they sent out a very pleading email. I must be mental.
https://i.imgur.com/SeyF9ml.jpg
Agreed.
https://i.ibb.co/3SfVd64/IMG-20210423-211626-522-2.jpg
This bloke isn't a cat.
95% sure that is a cat.
Risky click, it could have been that awful spider.
Maybe the cat is full of spiders?
He's a human
He's a human you rude cunts.
Absolutely off his face on XXXX. :drool:
Now you are being reasonable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
https://i.imgur.com/Wkzg8R8.jpg
Had his first birthday yesterday. Did him steak for dinner.
My cat woke the house up doing that dreaded “I’ve got you a present” yowl that cats do. At first I was amused but then I remembered the conservatory window had been left open as a bouncy castle had been plugged in through it and she was inside.
Unfortunately by the time I came to this conclusion and the panic meant I mustered the energy to get out of bed and locate the cat, she was downstairs in the living room purring away and it was either a ‘I’ve brought you something but left it outside’ yowl, which is unlikely, so much more likely to have been a ‘I’ve brought you somethi- oh it’s ran off, and now I’ve forgot about it’ one and basically a mouse now probably lives in my house.
My dickhead cat did me over yesterday, I was half watching Vigil whilst lounging on the sofa post-kebab, browsing my phone when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. A massive spider, tis the season after all. But when I got up to deal with it the greedy twat cat thought he might be getting something out of my sudden movement and scared the spider into hiding. 15 traumatic minutes later I think the bastard was killed but couldn't prove it to my satisfaction.
She brought another mouse in last night and it’s still in the conservatory. Came down this morning and it was just milling around the window ledge. Problem is it’s my daughters playroom so full of stuff for it to hide in and behind. Cat is absolutely bloody useless too, almost like she instantly forgot about it. I literally threw her at it this morning and she just made that weird little ‘wtf’ sound and just looked at me for strokes while the mouse shot off behind a bookcase.
:(
Hopefully you have a boy and a girl mouse now. The pitter-patter of hundreds of tiny feet. :wub:
Can we get a voice clip? Not sure how that would go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
All cats do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Offshore Toon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njT-gs0box4
Ah yeah.
Well I’ve emptied the entire playroom and it’s nowhere to be seen. :moop:
Presumably it’s cowering in one of the toy boxes that I’ve lined up on the lawn.
One saving grace I’ve managed to give it a good mop and cleaned all the windows/sills and we’re gonna thin out the toys/books before putting everything back and hopefully find the mouse.
Ah man. Got a FB message from one of my mum's mates last night saying she couldn't get hold of her. I just assumed she meant that my mum was being typically flakey but then she was like "is Luna at home?", Luna being our cat. Mum's mate also does the cat protection stuff locally so I was like, ah shit, this isn't good news is it?
Poor thing got hit by a car, though don't think she suffered much (hopefully), as she was pretty unmangled. I assume she just got smacked in the head and that was that.
It's sad obviously, and it was a bit shit setting my alarm for 4am to tell my mum when she got up for work then going back to bed, then having a fucking dream she came back home and was okay, dick move from my brain really. She was nearly ten, and had fucking asthma like what cat gets diagnosed with asthma, and it had gotten much worse recently so like, sort of for the best. Ish.
Laters Luna mate, I will always remember the way you always attacked any woman I ever had visit the house, especially my mate Sarah who she practically brutalised, and the way she would sit on my mum's dresser and fish all the socks onto the floor like a proper wind up merchant and the way she would hear the butter being opened from the opposite end of the house and not shut the fuck up until you gave her some. :(
Okay that's enough being a sad twat, though at least I didn't take a day off work like my uncle has for all of his, bless him.
Sorry to hear about Luna, she sounded good fun. At least she wasn't properly mangled as you say, some cunts just leave them in the street to keep getting hit :nono:
:(
At least you can smoke in the house again, I suppose.
Pets going is crap, not only for its own sake but because it puts you in reflect mode about what you have or haven't done in the course of the wee thing's lifespan. Nobody wants to be in reflect mode, especially not the day after the clocks go back.
Yeah, sucks.
My next cats going to be a Burmese one cos Google says they live dead long.
Hopefully got at least another 10 years in Phoebe for now though. :wub:
Seeing them waste away is a bit worse. The feeling of picking up a bony cat has stayed with me for life.
The dog suddenly died today. He would have been twelve on the nineteenth, so he had more than a good run, but it would have been nice to get him through Christmas.
:(
Ah that's shite :(
Aw no :(
Suddenly? Damn.
Brock. :(
Damn. :(
Ah shit :(
Good way to go though.
Brutal.
Sorry Lewis.
Heart attack. My mother rushed him to the vet, but they said he wouldn't last the day, and then he went as they were about to finish him off. Poor little mite. Didn't even get to open the advent calendar I sent him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
TTH legend he is. Gutted.
Brock and Frank wiv da angels
I didn't know you did emotions.
We're talking about a quality dog here.
That's got more of a reaction than if a forum member died.
You could get a new one for christmas.
A Dog passing away is always brutal.
:(
Ah shit man, the missus' stream of cat memes has really softened me up to this shit �� please give me continual horror stories of its maintenance or I may follow in the near future.
Edit: ignore me, I just saw a post of Baz getting a kitten.
Depends who, but yes, Brock was better than most of you. Rip in pieces big fella. You will be missed.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Condolences, Lewis.
Dogs are pure and deserve to be loved, and it's clear that Brock was loved in abundance.
Are you okay now? Cos we're all waiting for your to make the Christmas thread.
Trying to get a puppy, the wife has wanted one for ages and I finally caved, we are both massive dog lovers but always made a case for not having one. Now we are up for it and there are loads for sale yet buying one seems to be such a fucking headache. Had one guy today ring back and witter on for 15 minutes about timewasters etc, finished the call with 'I'll send you some more pictures' then radio silence :moop: Wife is off christmas week so would be handy if we could source one for then and have a good wedge of time with both of us around all day.
Get one from a farm in Krasnodar that is in pain every time it breathes. They're mad cute.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-new...an-to-ban-pets
What breed are you looking at Lofty?
Sprockers are the best lads, provided you want something fucking mental. :thbup:
Pawg.
My mate who lives in London is going wales for the festive period and no cunts are around to feed his cat, so he dropped her off here yesterday, and we have her until the 27th. He got me a bottle of Laphroaig to thank me, but after Luna got done in by a car a few weeks back it's actually really nice to have a cat around for Christmas. She's pretty cool. Highlight so far is probably her barging the dining room door open, staring at me for about half a second, then running off in a panic at the sound of the door bouncing off the wall. Mate, YOU did that, chill out ffs.
Go to the pound instead of keeping cretin designer dog breeders going.
Golden retriever or Labrador, highest rated breed with cats and kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
The official adoption agencies fully cover their arse so it's rare they will commit to being 'good with cats/kids' and have very strict adoption criteria. We could get one of these romanian strays being touted everywhere but not sure I agree with their business model either. At least a KC registered puppy from a nearby seller shouldn't keel over by January and break everyone's hearts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
The cunts make this impossible if you have kids. Most of them won't let you rehome a dog until the kids are 12 and even then you'd be frowned upon in favour of someone that doesn't have kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
That leaves you with the option of rehoming from abroad (which always seems to end in the prompt death of the dog or a fuck tonne of vet bills) or buying from a breeder.
The rehoming centres are the cunts keeping the breeders going at this point.
My sister was trying to rescue a second dog from the same charity they'd already got the current dog from and they were still unbelievably difficult about it, whether the garden was suitable and all that shit.
"Open air garden eh, and what if this is the first ever dog that can fly and it gets out WHAT THEN YOU MONSTERS?"
Exactly, when I was a kid we just went to the dog warden, had a look at the ones they had for rehoming and took them on a little walk, then just picked one and paid £40 for them to be neutered. Now it's like trying to adopt a child.
My favourite bit was when they said part of the fence was going to have to have mesh or something put at the top of it because of some route they reckoned a dog could take to jump over it.
The dog who did that would be wasted in a family home anyway as the scenario they were worried about would have seen the thing more fit to be a contestant on Gladiators.
It's an absolute joke. We rescued our dog from the Blue Cross, but it took a YEAR of applying for dogs before we got one. Yet some of the dogs we applied for were unhomed for months and months because they deemed us unsuitable for whatever reason, despite not having kids, me working from home, no other dogs, etc. Fuck knows what requirements they actually have.
And I reckon we only ended up getting a dog in the end because my wife moaned to them about the fact that we were applying for dozens of dogs and just never hearing anything. The next week, they call us and tell us about a dog that isn't on the website yet, and ask if we want him.
I get they don't want to bung a dog who's been in one shit situation straight into another but they're definitely causing more dogs to remain unhomed.
We both work full time so we wouldn't have had a hope in hell of getting a rescue.
The dog charities are still charities, which means that they primarily exist to keep themselves going and in employment. I'm surprised they let anybody have a dog.
https://i.postimg.cc/LJg4QdsS/PXL-20...-111739167.jpg
Got this Russian mongrel staying with us while the in-laws stay for Christmas. She was a stray getting abused in Russia before being adopted and has clear anxiety issues. She's stopped growling at me at least but she's pissing on the rug when she can.
Fucking immigrants, coming over here and pissing on our rugs.
Anything to add some more nationalities to the mix. :rolleyes:
https://i.ibb.co/1J9z38q/Pics-Art-12-22-01-27-58.png
This is Mollie, picking her up on Monday.
:wub:
That looks like a picture from a funeral notice.
:D my terrible cropping skills.
Proper pictures to be shared when she is here and if she ever stays still for more than a millisecond.
Take the last few sniffs of your house before it reeks of dog.
My mate has a cat with sub-par litter hygeine. When you walk in you immediately smell cat shit. He never mentions it so I presume he's just acclimatised to it.
There's an old story about febreze. They were aiming their product at people with homes that obviously needed a clean but found that people couldn't actually smell their own scent (probably the acclimatisation thing) so changed it to be part of a cleaning routine (give your house a little spray at the end of a clean).
https://www.driveresearch.com/market...or-case-study/
What a boring cunt you are.
I know but I did a marketing module so there's a reason i remember it.
We're all boring cunts, that's sort of the point of this place.
All just boring in our own special ways.
Fox Red Labrador?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
:cool:
Good pick.
Indeed :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Queenslander
Cheers everyone, we have a cat and a large fish tank already and are very much on it with cleaning so hopefully wont be too stinky, though it is unavoidable with puppies at first I know.
If someone hasn't mentioned it to yet you clicker training and crate training go hand in hand with labs.
Just the best dogs.
Having a dog is so awesome, coming home to them so happy to see you every day is great. Hope all goes well Lofty.
https://i.imgur.com/sKKDPaL.jpg
Dogs :cool:
Yeah they are class. We have a crate just need to get a clicker, somehow my wife has managed to aquire three leads already as if they arent expensive enough without frivolous spending :D
The girl went to get him a new lead the other day and couldn't decide between two, couldn't get hold of me on the phone, so bought both. Mental.
Positive reinforcement all the way, which clicker training falls under.
@dogminded, @silentcanineconversations, @thelivesofwilddogs and @themisbehavingmutt are all good Instagram accounts to follow.
If you comes across any advice that promotes being dominant, the pack mentality or choke collars, ignore it completely. Dogs are not pack animals, and all of that is based off of a study's conclusions that the authors themselves discredited years later in further studies.
Just be nice to your dog and reward them for doing things you want them to do like obeying the command "come."
Pro tip: get a treat pouch for walks.
Oh hello. What a dog.
The rescue dog was a bit of a knob to me today. Got me sussed etc.
Board the dog, pick it up the morning the relatives return, pretend you had her all along.
It looks quite big, but I doubt he could ride it.
That is a handsome animal, Panda.
Her name is Maisie, and she takes 40mg of prozac every morning and 900mg of clonidine and 600mg of gabapentin throughout the day because she won the genetic lottery for anxiety. Before the pills, she hyperventilated 24/7 and going outside the confines of the apartment was an absolute nightmare for her.
Pro tip: alarm dogs, ie dog bred to alert people of any and all intruders, are more prone to anxiety than other breeds
She even has a 'fort' made of blankets around her favourite spot to lie down, and she also hates crates.
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Cats don't get anxious.
How did you acquire this pathetic dog?
What a shit dog.
A dog on prescription anxiety meds is properly end of days stuff.
Cunts.
You're a good person taking her on Panda; not easy at all and giving a dog with those kinds of issues a safe and happy home is a really great thing. I hope you get a lot of happiness and fulfilment from having her.
Dog was just born that way; she's not even a rescue. By coincidence we've met two other people who got dogs from the same parents (one from the same litter, one from two years prior), and we discovered that their dogs are also crazy. No hip problems though.
@randomlegend I appreciate the words. Thank you. My wife and I had a hell of a time with the dog for a couple years (why wasn't she like other dogs?! the others weren't like this) before learning about dog anxiety/reactivity from a trainer, and all three of us are much happier for discovering you can give anti-anxiety medications to dogs.
She's the best.
I'm much happier with how things have turned out compared to being some cunt who bins a dog in a shelter or gives it a shit life because they can't handle the dog and refuse to learn how to meet the dog's needs.
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Please post a picture of you holding pup for avatar purposes. Xox
The in laws (where I've been over Christmas) have a red labrador and had two black labradors, however one had to be put down today.
They're working dogs and generally very well trained, but the red one has taken a lot of work.
@Lofty why haven't you posted a picture of you holding your dog yet
Its psychiatrist got an injunction.
The only picture I have flatters neither of us.
Perfect. Post it.
https://i.ibb.co/vcckFrR/received-997041594213620.jpg
Me shattered after the 1am get ups and her seeing a main road for the first time.
Dead behind the eyes both of you.
Regret on both faces.
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Looks photoshopped.
'Mohammed Abbas, 44 (real name Lesley Samuels), has been charged with seventeen counts of bestiality and five counts of possession of...'
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https://i.ibb.co/Mnw3dGR/IMG-20220126-132858.jpg 4 weeks apart.
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Meet Barney
https://i.postimg.cc/L6yjHmyj/IMG-4774.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Zqp7Q9TT/IMG-9903.jpg
He’ll be home with us in the next few weeks.
Barney :cool:
Baz is going to slag your house off and say it stinks now.
My little knobhead ate a biscuit with raisins in while we were out on Easter Sunday. £400 visit to the vet.
I’ll febreze when he visits.
Before as well as after now.
Can dogs not eat raisins? Not heard of that one before.
They can't look up, I know that much.
What if they ate raisins whilst attempting to look up?
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I'm assuming chocolate raisins will be particularly potent. Might carry some around to casually distribute every time I find dog shite on the pavement.
:D
I honestly think anyone not picking up after their dog should be excuted on the spot by roving kill drones, they could also do people not returning shopping trolleys and it would be a net gain for society.
Add in people who litter.
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Our lab had to have a piece of rabbit bone picked out of his arse last year. Which he’d inhaled when we were out for a walk. 900 quid luckily was covered by insurance. It’s always the worry though that they won’t pay.Quote:
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Dirty little fucker, "inhaled" sure.Quote:
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My dog ate a whole rabbit full of maggots on a walk and then came home and vomited it up in the living room. :thbup:
Yeah well my dog fucked a rabbit mate
My dog is a rabbit.
My rabbit would batter your dad.
Your dad is a nonce.
He's home!
https://i.imgur.com/4NA7TzC.png
Good dog. Hopefully annoys Baz for the next 20 years at least
That's a lovely dog. What breed is he?
Looks like a Cockerpoo or a Cavapoo.
He’s a Labradoodle, settled in super fast too!
Poison it, Baz.
He looks like a good boy.
Zesty.
Barney remains boss. He's all jabbed up and out on walks now, he is very well behaved too.
https://i.imgur.com/xmliOz0.jpg
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He's very dignified.
Much more dignified than Mollie:
https://i.ibb.co/tP9N1rj/20230929-090258.jpg