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and lets not forget responsibility. when you adopt a pet you have an obligation (morally) to provide that animal with the best life you are able, anything less and you're just an asshole who shouldn't be allowed to own a pet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
my cats (i have three, 1 for each of my children) are part of the family and even though they are adopted, they are still part of the family, until the day they die. i wouldn't change my feeling's on that for any woman on the planet.
ok well I am the same way as most of U on here.
I have 3 orange cats and 2 weener dogs.
and I wouldn't give up my animals for anything in the world.
and my special garden also kind of feels like a pet that I get to watch grow up.:thumbsup:
thats an easy HELL NO
i have a 15 year old border colie cross,, yes very smart ...just got rid of a girl becuse she was bitched about how i treated my dog... my dog is not going to be around much longer so she is able to do what she wants ..she is very good dog
I got a Ball python Named 'Cannabis'. I bought him abought a month and a half ago. Being a snake alot of people arent crazy about them or are afraid, so its more difficult keeping one. Im 22 and still at home(soon to move out). I can already imagine the reactions future landlords and potential girlfriends are going to have. Most people dont think out the comitment and flood the animal shelters because there morons.
Back in the 80s I had a mutt, Levi, and had to give him away due to no living situation with him.
Still have the newspaper ad in my wallet.
Still remember to this day how he just knew what was up and how he tried to tell me I was making a bad mistake.
If not for his going to a great acreage home I'd still be haunted in memories.
I have a lady Doberman who came into my life at her young age of 1 1/2 years.
She's 6 as of this last September.
Not stoned now...been over 2 months dammit....and what all happened when I got her was a God given miracle.
Literally.
I trained her to be the lady she is and she lives to please me and those nearest to me.
She guards and protects me and my close by neighbors and has even saved a life of a man who in the dead of winter late at wee hours was bleeding to death.
She fretted for nearly an hour before I had had it and went out with her to see what she was so concerned about.
Across the street a ways there was a man in the gutter with a slit throat.
I put her in a sit/stay command and tended to the nearly dead man.
The rescue came and went and a couple who were med docs commented on that dog.
Almost 2 hours and there she was where I had her stayed.
They got a Doberman for their little kids because of my lady and even my landlords got one for their family after meeting mine several times.
Doorman's will share their home and even let you drive their car.
She has saved theft for her neighbors, always wants to greet them coming home and is always alert 24/7 without fail.
At home she acts like a 6 month old Lab and in public she puts on her Dobe act.
Everywhere she goes she gets all the attention just by her being herself.
Since I got her I could sleep safe knowing she would alert me if needed and my life had been rewarded in more ways than one might think possible.
I have her very well trained and she knows over 60 commands...verbal and signs.
Training a Doberman is the easiest to do as they are uncanny in their extremely fast ability to understand and to please.
Anything that happens 3 times and liked is a habit from then on so always mindful of caring not to teach her something regretted.
Slow to never to forget.
Dobe's have nick names and velcro is among them.
They don't hafta be the center of attention....just included off the side.
They only want to be where their owner is and all else is secondary.
Had a best friend lady here for several years and she ended up in the living room by her own damn choice when she bitched of the Dobe stretching out in bed at times.
Well....she went back to Texas a couple of months ago because she said it was her or the Dobe.
Dobe here....she gone.:cool:
Hey...I'm not one to fuss over a dog and never poochie woochie them.
My lady Doberman is a life time best friend to me and I am to her.
She would never adjust for a life without me and I know I could not without her.
Dobermans are medium sized 50+ #ers and aren't high maintenance dogs.
They're great indoors and outdoors and love to ride anywhere in their car they let you drive.
Make super service dogs and hospitals and patients alike love their strong nature to sense a person's wellness and moods....and especially heart.
Smart, stunning good looks and an air of diplomacy about them always in front of strangers and public places.
I quite literally would and will shoot anyone who would ever attempt to hurt her or try and dog-nap her.
Be it emotionally attached.....or just love, respect and appreciate her...I would NEVER betray her for anyone, anything.
I know for a fact she would never leave me and for that, I could never do her anything less.
All she asks of me is food, water and some attention and affection whenever I'm inclined.
She never becomes a pain in the butt for attention or anything else.
Just a soft breath on the arm to a whisker tickle and if need be a low grrrr to get a moment's notice.
She politely lets me know when she wants out and lets me know she's in so I can close the door.
She can open and close the summer time door and takes care of her grooming....prinning like cats do.
Cleanest dog of them all and never destructive.
Would never consider taking food off the table and never begs when eating.
I will always respect and appreciate my Doberman and if some rental was an ass about her then they are the ass wipes...not her.
They say ignorance is bliss.
But having a Doberman in life is far more than bliss.
It is simply and sincerely a blessing.
I bet most peoples pets would give them up for a piece of ass, even a piece of food for that matter. Not to say people should behave according to the same standards.
I think a long term issue would be, how could you trust somebody who did that, he clearly would have no problem kicking you to the curb for a new partner, lets hope it wouldn't be a new pet! That would be ironic, and humiliating. :D
Thankfully I can't say I have ever been in this difficult situation. I would like to say a definitive "NO" but relationships require compromise, and I think in most cases one could be met. If it were a stubborn matter of "the pets or me" I would probably choose the pets because I don't think ultimatums are appropriate in this sense, but it depends entirely on the situation. Multifaceted, life.
The only reason I would give up my cat would be if it meant the difference between having a roof over my head, or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by justanotherbozo
Rather be alone with my puppy than have a lover and be without him.
Besides, everyone digs him, he's the ultimate stoner dog.