what about people who can't afford medical care for their pet?
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Comments (33)AAack! I am a forty something who finally gave in to the low rise fad.Unfortunately I am unable to find clothing in the women's dept. in any size under a four.The fours are really the old sevens of yesteryear with a new label for all those fatty's that want to believe they have gained no weight in the the last ten years.I wear a size two,and finding a jean that is anything close to a fit is impossible unless I enter a juniors dept.The jeans I have learned to live with.This years new challenge is finding shorts my size that have enough fabric in them to cover the tops of my legs a little bit.The future looks bleak.I was in a framing shop and the owner had on short shorts and she is a good fifteen years older than I,and seems to be conservative in every other way,so I am guessing the fashion faux pas is another one of necessity since she was smaller than I....See MoreWhat about 'those' people?
Comments (27)I'm sure when my beagle was REALLY bad on the leash, I looked like one of those people. Even though I didn't do anything, but the way she pulled, she was constantly choking and retching. She did it no matter what we did, for the longest time. Choke collar, normal collar, etc etc. The worst was when we took her to the pet store, and she prompty gagged and vomited right at the foot of another dog owner. I just got this "What are you doing to that poor dog" evil glare. I hated taking her to the dog park for that very reason, but I knew I had to if I ever wanted her to learn to walk properly in places with that many distractions. She still yanks on the leash, but she doesn't make herself gag and vomit anymore. Through all the things she's done, I've never once considered getting rid of her. Chewed a huge corner chunk off my deck. Dug holes all around my yard. Chewed a hole in the carpet. Ate underwear. Eats cat and dog poop. Destroyed countless cat doys. Countless dog beds and blankets. She can chew through just about any plastic dog chew toy, in a matter of minutes. Piddled on my footstool when she was mad at me once because I made her get out of the kitchen while I was cooking. Chewed the corner of my coffee table. I knew if I persisted, she'd become a good girl. And she has. Granted she still needs to be crated when she's alone. But she's very much a people dog now, and when we're home, she doesn't wander and get into things now. She doesn't dig, or chew furniture and carpeting. Doesn't eat underwear anymore. She's so smart. I'm so glad none of that ever deterred me from her. And the only thing that would stop me from paying any amount of money for any of my animals, would be chance of survival and quality of life. If their chance of making it out of the surgery are slim, or their life won't be at all great or much longer after the surgery and it costs too much, then it'll be a definate struggle to decide....See MoreShould people who are disabled have pets?
Comments (18)True, but it can alter the income levels or the living arrangements.... nothing good came from the group home cat "spirit" when the group home allowed her owner to keep cats... if they had to get de clawed, or would have caused issues then the intelligent thing to do would be just not have them in the first place. Get forms of life that cannot cause issues. By having cats in group home placement they've 1. put others in danger from cat bites- and feline zootonic ( diseases that can jump from animals to people), like rabies,blood infection, ect. Clawed cats can give these too, so no de clawing isn't wise either-only soft paws would have helped- maybe 2. Mudalated an innocent animal, and deprived it of ever living a "Normal" feline existence. Example- Cats should be able to jump from tables normally-not take special rotes because of injured toes Due to limited income of the owner or the staff the poor cat is provided a diet that is low grade and a possible risk to people in the home (someone retarded might try to eat like kitty) more likely it gave/will give the cats teeth reason to make it a further danger if it is a biter, due to dental disease caused by kibble- (true this cat bites- because of the de clawing in the first place) 4. put animal at risk for abandonment if some buddy should be/get allergic. 5. put animal at risk for injury from the outside( spirit runs outdoors and has had a back nail injury from fighting with other cats) or abuse from people (I've known ex drug/porn mag members- (playboy) that have lived in group homes/ along with people who have been in jail/ or have tried to take their own lives) 6. Goes against the very domestic nature of such a placement-Free ranging cats are seen as nuisance wildlife in most if not all states( some states even stupidly require police to shoot cats on site), they can go wild faster and easier then any of mans animals expect for maybe the pig, rat or pigeon. cats wild or tame by nature are difficult to control. Fish however, do not cause allergies,scratch furniture or people, and live in Aquariums. They do not live nearly as long either....See MoreHow do average people afford downpayments?!
Comments (150)I'm glad this thread was revived, I often wonder how people do it :-) My DH and I bought our home ourselves with our savings and also through a program called NACA (Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America). IDK if the program is the same, now, as it was 14 years ago when we went through it. We both have science degrees. We both started working when we were 16 (DH I think worked even younger delivering papers), and we worked through college as well. I'm proud we did it all ourselves, but I do feel like what we've achieved isn't "good enough". That said, as much as we need a bigger home, now that we have kids etc, it's not happening. We STILL have to save a down payment, and the value of our home, right now, is about what it was 14 years ago. Our equity would not move us to a bigger home in a nicer neighborhood, it would be a cruddy home at the same size in a nicer place, or a bigger home here but if we're going to stay here then I would just stay in the house we already have. Over the years so many things have had to be re-done -- kitchen, both bathrooms, and we're looking at needing a roof in a few years plus HVAC. This is the modest product of people who paid their own way w/o help. It gets you a modest lifestyle. Most of my friends are in similar situations. The only friend who is in a pretty nice, more expensive home in a more exclusive neighborhood has family in real estate (and her DH is a realtor). They have had more opportunities to score great homes at great prices. I think the people who afford the really nice places...either they are taking on more than they should, or they have assistance from family, or they got really lucky/successful with business or investments. A friend of mine told me that when she bought her home, her real estate agent was shocked that she had saved her down payment herself; the agent said most young people are using "gift" money from relatives....See Morecindyb_va
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