Pets

[bunyip]

I've never had much of an interest in horses but have known people who do. It seems that they get even more attached than some of us do to our dogs.

And some get more attached than they do to their families.

 

[Dftodd]

Ken horses are expensive for sure when my kids were growing up they just had to have horses . . . very expensive hobby. Now I do not have one horse.

My grandfather boarded horses for a family friend.

She needed a cheap place for them and grandpa wanted the classification as a farm for his taxes. It dropped his taxes $6k a year and they liked having them around. Just not the taking care of them part.

In lieu of payment she maintained the fence lines and fed the horses daily. As well as riding lessons and trail rides for my brother and I

She would call if she couldn't make it up to feed in the winter and my brother and I would get sent out to do it instead.

She kept a chart on a clip board in the barn, so we new what to feed each horse.

Just before he sold the farm, he had a 35yo blind mare that had been there for almost 25 years and two miniature donkeys that followed her around and kept her company 15 of those years on the farm she was blind.

It was part of the agreement when he sold the farm, that the mare would be able to stay in the pasture till she passed.

 

[Molalla1]

:thumbsup: . . . . unfortunately I ennded up doing most of that . . . :confused3: It was for the kids.

 

[tallyho8]

I've never had much of an interest in horses but have known people who do. It seems that they get even more attached than some of us do to our dogs.

Yes we do get attached to horses. The longest I've had a dog was 18 years but I've had horses for over 30 years. When you have an animal that long, he is like a part of the family, Many people do not even keep a spouse that long.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yes we do get attached to horses. The longest I've had a dog was 18 years but I've had horses for over 30 years. When you have an animal that long, he is like a part of the family, Many people do not even keep a spouse that long.

I thought that probably had something to do with it.

 

[FrankTailor]

I dont have any pets but would love to have a cat

 

[Jstpssng]

I dont have any pets but would love to have a cat

That shouldn't be a problem. Pretty soon the "free kittens" signs will be up. I have always thought that every kitten given away should be accompanied with it's own "Free kittens" sign. As long as it's acceptable to let them roam free there will never be a shortage of kittens.

I live on a lonely back road which is a common place for people to abandon their unwanted animals. I sometimes would like to take them out into the woods in January, and drop them off without clothing or food.

 

[Oaktree]

That shouldn't be a problem. Pretty soon the "free kittens" signs will be up. I have always thought that every kitten given away should be accompanied with it's own "Free kittens" sign. As long as it's acceptable to let them roam free there will never be a shortage of kittens.

I don't see those signs/free ads in the paper much anymore. They used to be everywhere, but the last 20 or so years, not so much.

 

[MossRoad]

I dont have any pets but would love to have a cat

Get two and they'll keep each other occupied. Most of the time they sleep, but then they wake up, yawn, stretch, hunt (each other), head to the kitchen to eat their kill (kibble), take a bath, repeat 4 hours later.

I've had at least one cat in my house for all but about 6 months of my entire life. Great pets.

When both kids visit, they bring theirs, too.

5 cats with the zoomies is entertaining, to say the least.

 

[Oaktree]

I've had at least one cat in my house for all but about 6 months of my entire life. Great pets.

When both kids visit, they bring theirs, too.

5 cats with the zoomies is entertaining, to say the least.

Always liked cats myself. Any that I've had, most were quite territorial and were not accepting of "strange" cats in the house. Things would settle down after a while in the case of a new cat being added to the household. Even then, they mostly just tolerated the other cat(s). Never had this problem myself, but I've known some where cats won't share a dish or litterbox.

I don't get why some people seem to feel the need to bring their pets with them wherever they go, especially to other's homes. I've known some who've gotten quite huffy when asked to not do so.

 

[bmg88201]

At my vet they have a policy that if your pet is at least 10 years old you get a senior discount. Which I thought was pretty cool concept since my cat is 22 y/o and too damn lazy to kill a mouse anymore.

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't get why some people seem to feel the need to bring their pets with them wherever they go, especially to other's homes.

That's me, but only to a point. At places where he isn't welcome he stays in the truck, but any time that I am away from home it's from daylight to late at night.
There also are a few places where they expect me to bring him... the local Aubuchon's is one of them.

When I had my last dog it took 2 weeks to say goodbye to all of her friends. That day is coming up again, way too soon and I'm not looking forward to it.

 

[Oaktree]

At my vet they have a policy that if your pet is at least 10 years old you get a senior discount.

How do they know the pet's age? Heck, many of my cats have been strays and even I didn't know how old they were.

 

[2manyrocks]

They estimate by the age of the teeth if they don't know.

 

[tallyho8]

I just lost my best watchdog a couple of weeks ago. When I came home from a trip, the person who was watching her said she wasn't eating right. I brought her to a vet who charged about $200 and could find nothing wrong with her. A week later she was worse and I brought her to another vet who charged about $800 and could find nothing wrong. I went to a third vet a week later for another $500 and he could fine nothing wrong. Finally she could not get up and I had to bring her to the last vet for a diagnosis of "I don't know what's wrong with her" and to put her down for another $500. $2000 spent for nothing. I would have given $4000 if a vet could have found out what was wrong and cured her. The pain of not knowing what was wrong and whether or not a different vet could have saved her is still haunting me. I had a few good vets during my lifetime, who I outlived, that I am sure could have diagnosed the problem but have come to the conclusion that if you don't know what is wrong with your pet, don't expect the vet to know either.

Today a vet clinic may have one licensed vet who hires a few wanna be vets and a couple of flunkeys who may be the ones to check your pet out, while the vet writes out the bills.

 

[Jstpssng]

How do they know the pet's age? Heck, many of my cats have been strays and even I didn't know how old they were.

My vet has my dog's DOB.

 

[MossRoad]

Always liked cats myself. Any that I've had, most were quite territorial and were not accepting of "strange" cats in the house. Things would settle down after a while in the case of a new cat being added to the household. Even then, they mostly just tolerated the other cat(s). Never had this problem myself, but I've known some where cats won't share a dish or litterbox.

I don't get why some people seem to feel the need to bring their pets with them wherever they go, especially to other's homes. I've known some who've gotten quite huffy when asked to not do so.

Our two cats get along fine with two of the visitors. The 5th one is a lone cat at her home and wasn't socialized at the shelter, plus she was attacked by a dog before our kid got her, so she's a bit skittish. Even with that, she comes here 3-4 times a year, and every time she comes, she's better. She used to hide under a bed as soon as she got out of her carrier. Now she just hops out, starts exploring, whacks our cats in the head if they come too close, and hangs out with us all in the living room.

Most pets in the family are welcome here, with the exception of my sister in law's Schnauzers. They're horrible. My mother in law refuses to baby sit them anymore. No training. No manners. Not welcome.

 

[two_bit_score]

Her vet bills have been a lot less than her feed bills but she’s mine.

 

[bmg88201]

How do they know the pet's age? Heck, many of my cats have been strays and even I didn't know how old they were.

I have no freaking idea other than asking the owner. But also for many of the vets customers, they have been going there with their pets for years and so the vet knows this dog or cat is at least a certain age.

 

[Jstpssng]

We always had free ranging cats when I was a kid. They rarely lived long. several were hit by cars, one got it's leg sliced open by a mowing machine. Another disappeared, and a few years later a neighbor found it under a shed; presumably it was under there and got trapped when we had a heavy snow.

The last 2 we had came from a litter my grandfather's cat had. We took a male and a female. A friend took another male, and moved it about a mile and a half away.
Early one morning I went down cellar and our male was on the inside of the window screen; theirs was on the outside of the screen. On another occasion I saw our male over at their house. I always found it amazing that they could find each other that far apart... or that two unfixed males could get along.