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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PatiBob who wrote (155959)	12/21/2007 2:53:40 PM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 225578

...nothing more than trash they can toss aside when they're done with them. This is a sad truth about those cute little Easter Bunnies some kids are given. Once grown, a rabbit can be a messy pet. Few people really know how to take care of one.

To: PatiBob who wrote (155959)	12/21/2007 3:38:29 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

Or they are just a tool. After Yeller I was talked into a German Shorthair and my wife wanted a female this time. Well it turns out Kate wouldn't hunt. She would point butterflies but that isn't terribly useful:) And she didn't like water. So I had a hunting dog that won't hunt and won't retrieve. The breeder called after the first fall and asked how she was doing. I told him she won't hunt or retrieve and is gun shy. Once he got over his shock he said that is terrible, bring her back and I'll give you a new dog. And what are you going to do with my dog I asked and his reply was put her down. I said I don't think so. She is spayed so she won't be passing this on but she is also a pet and we aren't putting her down just because she won't hunt. Guy thought I was nuts. He wasn't the only one. I came up out of the swamp to the parking area and was wet up to my waste carrying my ducks. A bunch of guys are standing around their trucks when I get to mine and open the door to let Kate out. You see she wanted to come with, just didn't want to hunt. So these guys are looking at me all wet and finally one of them says, gee if you don't mind my asking why do you leave your dog in the truck and get yourself wet when it's only 25 degrees out. I said she won't hunt and she won't retrieve. All of their jaws were hanging and they said well I've never:)

To: PatiBob who wrote (155959)	12/21/2007 4:06:07 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

I think rescue pets know they have been given a second chance in life. Our last two dogs have been rescue dogs - a black lab and the guy I call the "Little Rat Dog" Don't have a pic of him, but he looks kinda like this: (not really) The only problem I have with rescue dogs is you most of the time don't know the animal's history. Nothing about the parents, nothing about upbringing. There can be psychological issues. We have the attitude, however, that once you have a dog, you have it for life. They are not throwaway items [we have friends who have had 6 or so dogs in the last 3 years. They get a dog and then decide it is not working out, and get rid of it. I won't do that]. At this point in my life, I'm not sure I want to take a chance on taking on a dog without knowing much about its temperment and background. Our next dog, which is going to be a Goldendoodle, will be coming from a breeder for the above reasons.