I don't mean to sound snarky, but I wonder if people would feel the same joy if they found their lost children after a long time, or if the joy would be muddled quickly due to complicated relationships :'( . We are a very peculiar species.
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Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
Coloradan with all chipped pets for decades. Not sure where you're coming from. Our friend was reunited with a cat with a chip that was lost for a 6 months. Shitting on the US is great for karma these days
Did your state chip your pet or was it a private company? I think they are saying that there are no centralized authorities and you depend on private companies
https://www.petlink.net/microchip-search/
It seems the various chip companies share registry data, doesn't have to be state run.
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#143Reminds me of this superb part of the Odyssey where Odysseus is reunited with his dog, Argos, after 20 years of absence. Odysseus was in disguise, but it's only him that could pass the test and recognize the returning king, after which he died.
https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.t...
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#144"She brought him into the house with her parents and they made him some hotdogs." Is it common in US to feed dogs with hotdogs?
If you found a dog on the street then you probably don't have any actual dog food. A hot dog seems like one of the best options in an average fridge.
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#145Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y
#146> her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years. > He's super docile and friendly. Always has been. Are pit bulls known for being docile?
They are actually super sweet dogs in most cases. But once they get going, they are super strong and don’t give up. With most dogs you can separate them when they bite but a pit bull won’t let go. Years ago we fostered a lot of different dogs and the pit bulls were some of the nicest. But you have to pay attention to their strength. For example playing tug-o-war may end up in a shoulder injury because the pit bull wi…
100% this.
The breed is great. They're just dogs; far less bitey statistically than many other breeds. The owners it attracts are the worst.
And the breed is super strong. When encouraged to be hyper-territorial and aggressive, the results are super-bad. A chihuahua bite should be followed with a doctor's visit; a pitty bite generally requires stitches.
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some dogs races are known to attract people who have social and or mental issues. Not all pit bulls are dangerous, in the right hands they are some of the nicest dogs I have seen, but yeah. Personally I don't judge dogs anymore by their races but by their owner, I found it to be much more accurate. And on a sidenote, this owner really doesn't inspire me much. When she say it was disheartening to loose this dog becaus…
So we can breed dogs for size, for behaviours like retrieving or guarding, but magically we can't breed for aggression like pit bulls have? Lmao.
Well-raised pits aren't aggressive. They used to be recommended to watch babies.
"Lmao."
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
I took a few pit mixes out of the local humane society last summer for "Doggy Day Out", basically an opportunity for dogs who need new homes to get exposure to the community and get away from the kennel for a few hours, and they were universally friendly, sweet dogs. There's some selection bias, obviously, but their reputation is definitely overblown.
They are very sweet dogs, until they're not. I was at a friend's place with some others from school, we were about 14-15 years old, his family had this seemingly sweet pitbull, always wanting to be pet, super playful but kind. That day it attacked one of our classmates, out of the blue, we were sitting on the backyard, the dog playing with some rope toys, brought it to us sitting, this guy picked up the toy to throw…
> Most dog attacks in the country I grew up in are from pitbulls, including a few kids killed every year, the statistics don't lie.
Most dog attacks aren't reported. Toy dog bites are often not reported.
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#149I don't mean to sound snarky, but I wonder if people would feel the same joy if they found their lost children after a long time, or if the joy would be muddled quickly due to complicated relationships :'( . We are a very peculiar species.
I'm not entirely sure we're of the same species.
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you're not going to bother putting in any effort into the debate, please don't participate at all. you are "debating" against a fictional argument. no one is saying that it is okay to steal or "remove by force" someones pet. they presented you with several citations about how damaging house cats are (and there are several more, you can start at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_predation_on_wildlife ) and you sa…
Once again: You kill flies. Sometimes dozens of them. Your conscience is clear. That's wildly selfish of you, yet you don't seem to care about the flies. Why not? They're just as much a part of the ecosystem as the birds. Also, this entire discussion is off-topic. The point was for vets to verify microchips, something directly related to the article.
you literally just quoted something about "respond to the central argument" to me. instead of following your own advice, you are closing your eyes, saying "off-topic" and yelling "what about!". all the while, ignoring the entire argument being put forth (alongside the dozens of citations that back the argument up).
i feel bad for your neighbors.