Why to so many people let pets ruin their financial picture?
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pet peeve - people's disrespectful behaviours
Comments (15)Look I grew up with dogs, in fact, my family owned as many as 11 dogs at one point in our lives. We never ever allowed our dogs to pee in any other people's yard. In fact, we allowed the dogs to do their business in our yard. Better our yard than our neighbors'. BTW woodyoak, no I don't hate you but I respectfully disagree with you. I also appreciate your situation. However, Thisn't good enough an excuse to allow a dog to destroy another one's yard. DOG pee is potent and burns. And yes, dogs will actually pee in one's own yard if it doesn't have a choice or if it's trained to do so. Dogs pee (any pee) is potent and we know the remedy is for one to wash down that pee with lots and lots of water before it begins to burn the grass or the shrub. However I don't really see a lot of people carrying buckets of water to do that job... (sorry being funny here) Being that I'm a former dog owner, I understand the nature of dogs and the need to scent mark... but the idea of someone allowing their dog to go up to people's yards and pee there is absolutely, absolutely rude. It's no more as rude as someone coming to my yard to snip off a flower. There is a sidewalk strip in my neighborhood but no... the dog had to go up a few steps into my neighbor's yard to pee. Or to go up my yard to pee on my carefully trimmed topiary. My yard is meant for kids to touch and to feel. My neighbor spent over $300 to have new sod last year -- only to be damaged by this. My yew cost me $30 andhad many years of pruning behind it. The point is, dogs can be trained -- I know. I was a dog owner. I've used many technics in training but I'll give you 2 implements - a gentle tug on a leash when its misbehaving and a spray bottle filled with water. Sprays are gentle but stops a dog from certain behaviours fast. I've also used it to control too much barking (we had chihuahuas, dalmations, dashunds, pekenese, terriers)...See MoreVero Swap a feast of food,, plants, people and pets
Comments (31)Tanya, if the email remark was intended or me then no I did not receive one. I wish to apologize for anything I have posted here to offend anyone. I had an extremely long day with lots of pain and I was tired both emotionally and physically. but that is no excuse for being negarice or hurtful to people. I do not wish to create problems so I am going to leave the forum and stay out of things. It was nice meeting you and everyone else and please give Junior a bite of chicken for me along witha scratch and tell Jinxie I said hello. You truly have a wonderful home on golden pond and I hope you enjoy it for years to come. Linda...See Moresome people should be their own pets!
Comments (13)There's obvious abuse, and then there's just boorish behaviour. A few years ago we had the summer of "Shut up Shane". I live on the intersection of an inner city alley, and all the backyards open out onto the alley. Across the alley from me lived three early-20-something women, who semmed to spend most of the summer sunning in the backyard. They would bring out the chairs, bring out the towels, bring out the boombox, bring out the drinks -- bring out the dog. Shane was a nice enough dog, witha nbright look in his eye, but they'd tie him to his stake out chain and ignore him. He would begin to bark, and one of them would shout: "Shut up, shane!" He'd keep barking, or start barking again, and two of them would shout: "Shut up, Shane!" Eventually, they would all three shout in unison: "Shut up, Shane!". The rest of the neighbors began to refer to them as the "Shut Up Shane Girls". Several neighbors spoke to them, but they never changed thir actions, and evntually moved. For all I know Shane was loved and spoiled -- indoors. And I never saw anyone strike or otherwise abuse him. But I often wondered what kind of effect that had on the dog, and wondered how they would like to be addressed in that tone -- and only that tone -- all day long. That was the image that popped into my head when I read the title of this thread! Hitting begets hitting. Dogs don't learn anything good from a beating, vaccumfreak; and neither do humans....See MoreTo much to spend on animal
Comments (30)I used to get upset at how much money people spent on animals. But, it is their money and none of my business. We owned horses for 20 years---if you think dogs/cats can be expensive-----Oh My!!!!!! Horses are bigger and much less hardy----there are many simple things that can result in the death of a horse---a stomach ache is often a death knell, for instance. Feeding a pregnant mare the wrong kind of hay can abort a foal. And the list goes on. We had a mare whom I discovered one fine june day with a wound on her leg so large, I thought someone had used a chain saw on her leg. The mare was down---not a good thing for a horse that is hurt---that is a precursor for the animal giving up life. I got her up on her feet, called the vet(this was before cell phones---and in the pasture---so had to run back to the barn, get the truck, drive to the closest occupied house and get permission to make a long distance call.) The vet came out and told us(wife had arrived) if we wanted to spend the money, the horse could be saved. Now, the vet knew us---and knew our financial situation---we regularly treated whatever was wrong ourselves to save money. Well, $1200 and three months later---three months of giving the mare antibiotic shots twice a day and rebandaging the leg once a day, the vet was right. That mare actually healed so well the scar was difficult to see. We had the time---and could afford the money---plus a friend boarded the mare for free---spaced over that time. We did without some things, like fun and new clothes---but the whole family wanted to do it---and the most important thing was we had the expertise. I had a friend who had a really expensive horse---a horse his daughter had ridden to a AQHA Western Riding World Championship---they were the best in the world that year. The horse was boarded at a very good trainers facility---his wife was the vet I mentioned above. That horse still got a case of colic---got so sick my friend had the horse med-evaced by helicopter to the facility at Kansas State University Veterinary School---and the horse still died. So, we love our animals. I still cringe when I read about a person spending thousands of dollars on an animal, but I try not to be too judgemental....See Moreoddity
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