My pets don't know the difference between my girlfriend and a bunch of pillows under the sheets.


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If your neighbor's dog dug under your fence and into your yard, what would you do? Would your answer change if it happened multiple times? What if the neighbor had taken steps to block dog from digging under the fence, but pup was determined and got around the anti-digging measures?

Invisible fences: absolutely horrible, magical perfection, or somewhere in between? Would you use one? Would you judge someone else who did?

You and your young child decide that you want a kitten. You don't have any other pets and so you've decided you get two to keep each other company while you're at work and your child is at school ( Read more... )

 Pretend, if you must that you have either two cats or two dogs. which shall henceforth be known as Pet A and Pet B. You get Pet A as a 12 week old and have it for 6 months before you decide to get another because you think Pet A will benefit from having a companion. Pet B is about 10 years old and overweight. You decide to regulate how much the ( Read more... )

NGL, I kind of cried a little on the inside when watching this video. That cat must have been having a heart attack. ETA : I realize its to the tune of "Under the Sea" but I just saw this video on a weblog I read and went WTF. I'll try to find a different video (but will probably cry if I find another one because that means someone else put their ( Read more... )

So you took in a severely neglected stray that turned out to be pregnant. You now have five adorable kittens that need to be given away. In what manner do you do so ( Read more... )

You're petsitting an animal at your own home in an open-ended way. It's as a favor to someone who is headed out for town for anywhere from a week to a month. The owner has left you some food, but not enough for the whole time. The food they left is really poor quality, probably because they don't have much extra to spend. Do you have an obligation ( Read more... )

You have several pets currently. All are well-cared for, vetted, spayed/neutered, and so on. Four people live in your home - yourself, your SO, and two other adults. You and your SO are the sole providers for the home, and everything in it (say the adults are adult children living at home while they attend college). You provide all the care for the ( Read more... )

A dog gets out of its yard and, while it's free, it attacks and maims a human being. Does the dog's owner bear more responsibility if s/he trained the dog to be aggressive versus simply not properly training and socializing the dog?