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Unless you’re putting your animal in shows, why tf would anyone care about having a pure breed? Get a mutt that resembles what you want, and you should be good to go (and have a healthier animal).
Some people allergic, some breed made for those people to not get reaction. Maybe mixing make problem worse again?
That’s kind of niche tbh and about the only dirty of breeding that sounds healthy to me. Not based on impossible aesthetic standards, I mean.
it’s also not true. hypoallergenic dogs/cats are just marketing nonsense designed to appeal to rich weirdos who want to spend five figures on dog because they think nothing has any value if they pay less than that.
#AdoptDontShop and don’t support breeders/puppy mills.
No such thing as a “pure bred” dog anyways.
Plus, mutts have far fewer health problems. “Pure breeds” are largely inbred and products of incest.
Got my dog for $30 bucks out of the back of a truck in a grocery store parking lot.
Not good either. These are often bred in terrible conditions, separated from their moms way too early (to get that extra cuteness) and may have unchecked health problems.
and may have unchecked health problems.
That part’s for sure. They were just some farm dogs.
I unironically feel superior having adopted wounded and hungry animal
I don’t know why I did it as I am not really the best person in my mind
who made this meme trying to imply there aren’t equally dumb cat people spending multiple thousands on a “purebred” cat?
if anything should be banned it’s the AKC and whatever the cat version is
I don’t endorse these websites, but an example of some really expensive cat breeds.
Regardless of pet, don’t buy designer pets unless they are rescues.
Had a friend who had two bengal kittens. They could leap up an entire flight of stairs in two bounds. Even ignoring all the issues with breeders, don’t fuck with bengal kittens. You’ll need to turn your whole house into a jungle gym.
don’t buy designer pets
All my cats are designer pets. They redesigned the couch, the stair carpet, the back of my chair. Very good designers.
What is it with cats and stair carpet? It’s like a super shitty scratching post? I had one cat that refused to scratch anything but the top two stairs to the point where he pulled the carpet pad off
I got some of those corrugated scratching boards and popped one onto the second step from the bottom and another onto the top of the stairs and he never deviated from the scratchers after that.
As someone who wants a cat but is really allergic, I’m not looking forward to shelling out for a Bengal or sphynx when the temptation gets too high…
I watch shelters around here constantly, and only one of them has ever come through.
It was adopted in about 10 seconds
This might not be feasible if you’re in the states but if you have access to good healthcare, go to an allergist and get the shots! I’ve always had cats and been allergic to them , I survived with an inhaler and prescription pills. Since I finished my shots last year I’ve felt 100x better. The only time I need my pills now for cats is when I visit my mom who has 5 of them, with one long haired orange boi that just needs to sit on your head.
Unfortunately, I’m American :/
Do not buy a sphinx if you’re allergic to cats. People who are allergic are generally allergic to the oil (sebum). Sphinxs are awful for people who are allergic.
If not bathed regularly, they’ll cover your furniture in that oil too.
Ah, thanks for the info! A lot of the articles I was looking at said that they were good for people with allergies, including one from a vet service, so that’s good to know.
The whole hairless thing is also super unsettling to me so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum… it’s breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
My ex thinks they are cute.
But I guess some people think naked mole rats are cute too. Or mangy bears?
Reminds me of a joke:
-“Yesterday, I went to a zoo and the only exhibition they had was a single dog.”
-“Oh wow, that sounds horrible!”
-“Yeah, it was a shitzu!”
There are two stray dogs that were dropped off by some random prick at our local city park sometime back around April or so. They appear to be some sort of mix between Beagle, Terrier, Dachshund, something like that.
The police are aware of them and sometimes come to check on them and even bring them treats. Animal control can’t seem to catch them, nor does it seem like they’re really even trying.
We can’t adopt them, both because apartment rules forbid pets, plus they really need a good open fenced in yard to run around and play. But me and my roommate have been going out to the park almost every day to feed them, pet them and clean them up at least.
We’re not the only people helping them either, numerous other regular park visitors are also helping out, within their means anyways. We talk around to see if anyone can hopefully adopt them to a forever home one day.
So far no dice there, but the pups are doing much better than when they were dropped off now. I’m starting to think the smaller of the two might have worms, but one of the regular park visitors that loves dogs said he’s gonna get them some worm medicine soon.
I dunno what else to do really. We can’t adopt them, apartment rules ya know, but until they find a forever home, we’re doing our best to care for them, within our means anyways.
This is my actual real life human daughter. I adopted her from the RSPCA. She has a condition called felineitis, so please dont bully her. Also she’s nonverbal and extremely sensitive to stimulus, so be patient with her.
Fish a cat out of a dumpster with a piece of shrimp on a string, it’s not hard
Exist near a barn in the spring.
The adoption fee at my shelter is $150 for dogs. Dogs are chipped, fixed, and up-to-date on vaccines. The day my wife and I adopted our guy, they were taking a hundred bucks off the adoption fee for large dogs. We walked in expecting to adopt a small dog, but the one we wanted to meet was adopted out and left ten minutes before we got there. So we went and looked at the other dogs. And then we stumbled across this big guy in the back of his cage, head cocked to the side, ears way too big for his head, not making a sound. My wife tells the staff she wants to meet him. We spent a whole 90 minutes trying to coax him out from under chairs. He was terrified.
Naturally, we took him home. And here he is an hour after getting there.
He stayed under my desk for the next three days.
He goes to the park once or twice a day, daycare once a week, and was in weekly group training for four months. He is so so so much more confident now. It’s been just the most rewarding thing watching him come out of his shell.
Bonus: Here he is a couple weeks ago being murdered to death by one of the puppies at the park.
We’ve had him for about a year. He turns 2 in a few months.
D’awwww
All that and we dont have his name???!!
His name is Sherlock. Here’s a different post of him. He’s mostly Pit Bull, but he also has some Chow Chow, Boxer, German Shepherd, and Husky.
being murdered to death
Is this an EpicNate reference or somenhing you came up with? Anyway, nice one and lovely story you have there :)
Absolutely adorable. What a cool little guy
One does not simply find a cat on the street…
…the cat finds you
I love the Cat Distribution System. It’s how I got my cat.
Like there aren’t cats for many thousands too?
Don’t act like there aren’t cat breeders selling Persians and Sphinxes for thousands.
My friends wife bought one of those she would never tell us how much they paid for it. They ended up offering it to me for free a few years later but I already had a cat that was not receptive to the idea. It was a really cool cat though. It would play fetch with you.
Don’t forget Ragdolls
Just shows how much stay cats and cat breeding is much more of an issue than stray dogs and dig breeding.
You really gotta delete your autocorrect and rebuild it…
I have a feeling OP posted this as bait, so people would post cute pics of their rescued dogs.
And I commend this effort. Moar doggos pls.
It’s working out splendidly.
