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>Mexican family comes into store
>Mother In Prada, full of plastic
>Youngest daughter swinging around and squeezing a stuffed toy
>Two boys running around causing havoc
>Father says something fast and low to me
>Can't understand, ask him to repeat
>Says the same shit faster and louder
>Realize he is speaking Spanish
>'...can you please speak English?'
>Says 'shoot dog here?'
>Stare at him for a second
>'are you asking for euthanasia services?'
>He gets very mad and yells louder 'SHOOT FOR DOG?!?'
>'You mean shots. Like a vaccine?'
>He tosses a pamphlet at me
>It's a pamphlet at the pet store in the mall for recording vaccines
>The dog needs its distemper shot at 7 weeks, it isn't even 7 weeks old yet, no vaccines (including bordetella) at all yet
>I explained our costs here for said shots an we don't do free vaccines
>He shakes his head 'FREE shot'
>Told him about the vet across the plaza that does the shots for a good price
>'no too much money'
>Tell him about the local shelter that does free vaccines
>'too far'
Keep in mind this dog cost $2,600 according to the pamphlet he showed me
>Last resort tell him about an outreach program that drives a truck around for vaccines to low income families, but they would need proof of assistance or last two pay stubs
>He is looking frustrated and getting angry at me
>While he is yelling in Spanish i realize the daughter is swinging a live fucking dog around
>No leash, no collar, no older than 5-6 weeks
>So stiff it looked like it went through rigamortis, it's eyes barely blinking and looked glazed (thousand yard stare)
>Coworker drops in to talk about how expensive puppies are and how big of a commitment try are and things to know
>Man obviously doesn't give a fuck but stays for free shoots
>Hear coworker talk about how her puppy had to go to the vet
>Mexican says, 'no no, no vet. Dog get sick, she gets better or die. Vet too many money'

Can we have a 'why' pet owners thread?

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Pet rats are the best pets.

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Hey /an/

So I recently got back from a weekend of dropping off a sibling at college; I picked up my dog from the daycare we send her to, however I noticed that she was limping when we got home.

Now, this daycare we send her to is actually out of a persons house. She essentially has the whole first floor of her house as well as a fenced-in backyard available to the dogs; we've had some minor issues before (the woman keeping a bag of food, or allowing our dog to chew through her harness--keep in mind, I don't think my dog chewed through her harness, as she never has before. I think another dog did, and she blamed it on ours, but I digress), but nothing where I thought my dog was hurt. The bottom line is, this woman has about 5-8 dogs in her houses running around regularly, and I think one of them might have injured my dog.

When I look at my dogs paw it doesn't necessarily seem swollen; theres no blood, and she's not whining, but she *is* limping. On top of that, he one paw (when bent back) stops at a point; with my dog, hers goes all the way back and touches her leg. Again, I was very gentle with my dog and wanted to check the range of motion in her paw.

I plan on taking her to the vet tomorrow, as all the vets around us are closed today. In the mean time, any idea on what might be wrong with her paw? Thanks /an/

Pic related, my dog.

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These pieces of shits are all over my backyard because my neighbor let his vine plants infest our backyard. I let my cat out roll around on the grass while i watered the plants and she got bitten by one of these. The bites turned into infected abscesses.

I know it's some form of garden spider, but which one specifically?

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Post really pretty animals.
Preferably high resolution images.

Pictured is Atheris squamigera (Variable Bush Viper)

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Does anyone here have any experience keeping insects as pets?

I'd like to keep pic related, but have no idea what the cost of purchasing one would be or even how to set up a terrarium for one, since there's barely any information out there.

Could anyone give me some general rules?

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So I really want a scorpion.I have a lot of animal experience, tarantulas, lizards, snakes.
Bit and scratched plenty so that's not a problem.
I was thinking emperor. I want a bigger one but I was hoping to handle it? How do they deal with handling? And if not what's a species I could handle?
Tl;dr looking for a scorpion I can handle

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Comfy thread?

My wife's dog and my sil cat.

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Glass lizard

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please meme this.

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Hey /an/, I'm in a shitty situation and I need advice. My landlord (who I live with) has a cat that's 13 years old with 3 paws in the grave. It's so feeble it can barely walk because it's claws get stuck in the carpet and it isn't strong enough to pull them out. It can't groom itself at all,and on top of that a few days ago it had a seizure, due to recurrent kidney infections. During this seizure it went totally blind, and now it just wanders around a few steps at a time, bumping in to things.

It's obviously not going to live much longer but it's also obviously suffering. We have to give it four medications twice a day, and I've tried to talk my landlord in to getting it put down but he refuses.

He let's it outside during the day, I've considered taking it to the vet to get it put down and never saying anything so he would just think it ran away.

Does this make me an evil person? Or should I do it to put kitty bro out of it's misery? Thanks.

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Hey all,

Any Bobcat hunters going out this fall? Are there any even on this board? Let's share stories and pictures of our hunts/families/kills. I'll begin. This was my daughter and a cat we got out in western md 3-4 years ago.

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Name my belgian malinois

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pigeon thread!!

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hey guys i made a harambe tribute to help ease the pain

https://youtu.be/zExIXW6JhFo