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>>2428424
Did you shave a long haired dog so it would be more comfy in the summer?

If yes, im sure the dog won't mind.

>>2428425
well my dog is a mix between a pomeranian and a greek domesticated dog so it's small and pretty fluffy, plus my apartment is full of her hairs especially during summer

Did you shave all the way to the skin?
That can make a dog really uncomfortable

>>2427862
If only there was some place you could go... to find out...

>>2427874
I know, right?

Imagine if there were like, doctors, but instead of for people, they were like, animal doctors or some shit.

He died in complete, terrified and confused agony.

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Leto Atreides here, 2013-2015. Cryptosporidiosis got him. I was very lucky to contain the outbreak with him as it very easily could have spread to my other geckos.

Anyway, he was good gecko. Very inquisitive and goofy. Losing him hurt pretty bad.

My dog died the morning of December 4, 2014. He'd been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer a few months prior, so I'd been giving him pain-killers. He was "fine" until the evening of the 3rd when he suddenly deteriorated. There was nowhere to take him to have him euthanized, so I had to wait until morning. He slept in my bed with me.

When morning came, he could no longer walk or even stand, just wobble. I scheduled an appointment at the vet and then I took him out front to go to the bathroom, which he thought meant we were going for a walk. He insisted we walk across the street to take our normal route. He was so excited, I couldn't tell him no, even though he shook with every step and fell down on every third. Once he'd peed, I carried him to the car, toured our little down, went to see our old house, got him some fried chicken, and took him in to be put down.

I was with him when it happened. First they inject animals to make them unconscious, then to stop their hearts. I crouched in front of him, loved on him, told him he's a good boy and that I love him. He had to have two rounds on the first injection, because he'd stayed awake. I really think he fought it, because he'd start to doze and then jerk his head back up, perk his ears, and make eye contact with me. I was too heartbroken to not want to spend all the time I had left with him, even thought I realize it prolonged the experience. Eventually, he went to sleep, and that's when the vet gave him the killing shot. I held him in my arms and felt his heart stop.

It was fucking traumatic and I half-regret being so close to this day.

I miss him a lot.

I like spiders, but it's probably some instinctual revulsion towards 8 legged things that may or may not be venomous. Crabs don't have the potential to bite.

>>2426292
I don't think crabs or scorpions are okay. Still trigger me less than spiders though, yes.
The problem might be that spiders are... awfully more common in my area than either crabs or scorpions.

>>2426292
i think it's some evolutionary purpose, humans that are innately frightened by spiders are more likely to survive and not die to spider bites

>>2429449
THICC

I don't know what type of ant that is desu

>>2429449
You're not supposed to ask this question because the moderators are snobbish queers

>>2429190
So don't shut it away in a cage?
So don't get a hairless cat?
So don't get a dog?
My old rabbit would always try to come inside and stay there, but I guess it depends.

>>2429204
Thinking like this limits me to goldfish or bugs, and they're not that cuddly.

>>2429207
Or like.. a regular cat? Pretty much the pet for your situation. Unless you're allergic, in which case there are other breeds that have fur that are hypoallergenic. Especially if you just make a point to vacuum often.

As for your birds point, I too hate the idea of birds being kept as pets. I suppose if the owner is VERY attentive, keeps the bird(s) out of the cages all the time and supervises it and really only puts it in at night, that's not so bad. But every fuckin bird I've seen in captivity is in a tiny cage, few/no toys (not that it makes it better), is never let out, and bites when handled and is very loud. They just kinda make shitty pets unless you do a lot to make them happy, but then again I guess that's any pet

>>2429055
Looks like playing to me. Cat isn't hissing or having fur stand up.

>>2429055
Is this Gianlucat Pagliucat, the new Real Madrid goalkeeper?

Cat is definitely having fun.

put him back dumbass. He's fine and his parents are looking after him until your dumbass stole him.

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He can kind of hop around but not very well. He's also bald in some places and his feathers are not well developed

>>2428538
This. This is normal for baby birds anon, it's how they figure out how flying works.

and no it's not like some animals where your smell will make them desert the baby. It's fine, put it back.

>>2428460
THATS A TUNA BRO!

>>2428460
kek a fucking sun fish made OP piss his pants

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>>2428469
They are huge, I also would poop a little if I met one in the water

>>2428407
I mean less noisy, but still louder than before spraying

Nah, most posters here are perfectly fine seeing those monsters die

>>2428407
We love killing animals.

Especially wasps. No good wasp ever existed.

What kind of wasp killer did you buy, and are you sure they were wasps.

When you shot the wasps did you pretend you had a flamethrower and completely doused the nest until it looked like a snowman?

Or did you lightly caress the wasps buttocks with a slight glazing of love?

How big was the nest

>>2428162
It's seriously not pigeons' fault. They were introduced to the US as a food source that multiplies fruitfully for early settlers. They've become irrelevant for obvious reasons and a pest for unfortunate ones.

>>2428162
Pigeons aren't forced to live around human garbage, they literally prefer it. You never see pigeons in wild areas even right next to development.

>>2428162
I enable pigeons he way people enable cats

>>2427778
4 u

fuck this vintage meme

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>>2427778

>>2427790
Quality post

Quincey

Quinten
Quimbly
Quigly
Quintavius

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>>2427724
>>2427726
Quincey and Quigly have quite a nice ring, but not sure my friend would go for it. Btw, it can be a composed name with "Winston" as middle or last name, as long as the first name begins with a "Q". We thought of Quentin Winston Cash or Quentin Winston Wallace so far, but it lacks a bit of goofiness imho.

Also, here's the mother feeding the pups.

put it back

>>2427659
This is exactly what i was going to do, but i found it on the street so its lost from its owners so i tried to find the owners and i got no results.
I told to my brother that i was going to a park or some place where the tortoise fits but instead he said "no, leave it for me" and the other family members agreed, so we had to keep it sadly.
Sorry, for my bad english

>>2427657
How do you know it isn't a native species? If you're certain its a pet then you should give it to someone who knows how to keep them unless you're willing to properly set up an expensive enclosure/pond for it. Releasing it near any nice body of water in a forest is probably the best thing you can do though, you won't find the owner.

Has anyone ever had an original question related to breeding dogs on this board?

>>2427509
dunno, but I've seen a dane/yorkie cross

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>>2427509
Seems like a pretty bad idea, having a dog with the size of a Great Dane and the aggression of a chihuahua.