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>>2038965
I got kicked by a donkey in Ecuador
it hurt a lot

I was stung on the eyelid by a wasp.

Never been badly hurt by an animal, but my cat can't retract her back claws fully, and there have been a few times now where she stepped on my toes and a claw stabbed me under the nail bed.

You should have dragged it deeper into the woods when you found it.

I don't collect anything that still has meat on it, but I'd like to once I get a dermestid beetle colony going.

>>2034779
I pulled it onto my property so it WOULDN'T disappear. I wanted to bury it or attempt cold water mastication (had a lake and dock) believe me, but even digging a shallow grave for something so big is a lot of work and there was no way to me to easily create a container for it so I could hang it off the dock.
Also you need a box to bury corpses in to make sure the bones don't get lost and I didn't have a deer sized box.

fucking moron suburban children bullshit

>>2042328
there's something called a vet...bring him there

>>2042348
i'll call in the morning.. doesn't make sense to go to the emergency an pay a billion dollars to hear my dog's going to die soon and there's nothing they can do

>>2042380
Why are you assuming your dog is going to die? God, give him to a shelter if that's what you think is going to happen, at least then SOMEONE will take care of him.

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n this

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Lastone

thats not a cat.

>>2041838
Get a pitbull

>>2041840
Pit bulls are illegal where I live.

>>2041838
Good god why are those labs so fat?t

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>>2040897
>not meant to be after I got back fro
from a road trip*

A friend of mine has a Scottish Deerhound and his face seems really similar, but maybe that'd be true of a lot of the big sighthounds. Cute pup.

>what do?
take a better picture

>>2038798
It's just a bird or some shit. Looks like a hawk. Unless you have small outdoor livestock, why would you do anything?

>>2038802
He ran out of Pokeballs and doesn't know how to capture it.
He was to be the very best
That no one ever was
To catch them is his real test
To train them is his cause

Well, you can select lines of GSDs that are less likely to have bad hips. But 50% of all Dobermans, from all lines worldwide, will die from DCM.

And I've never found Rottweilers aesthetically appealing.

A good GSD really ought to be a highly adaptable animal that can be trained for just about any task, with minimal or mild health concerns.

GSD for me, but everyone has their own preferences.

in the shelter I'm at, GSDs are always the most neurotic shitty dogs. the puppies we get in are fine, but only one over 6 months wasn't this way. that's pretty standard for them here as well

rotties are pretty much the same as GSDs around here but less common. just got one in yesterday who is probably the scariest dog I've ever seen. he's the only dog we've had that I'm actually afraid to even walk by his kennel

dobermans are usually pretty chill in my experience

that being said, I think dobermans are the least healthy, with GSDs and rotties not being too different from eachother in terms of number of health issues or severity

When I worked at a vet hospital, most of the highly aggressive dogs were GSDs, and GSDs were only a very small fraction of the canine patients we saw. It's ridiculous how many of them were neurotic shitheads.

Every doberman and rottweiler I've met were absolute sweethearts. Rottweilers were all either really aloof or goofy, and dobermans seem to be really clingy with their owners.

GSDs are very versatile, but the typical GSD personality I've seen makes me think the average pet GSD is shit-tier. Rottweilers seem to get fat really easily, but are big strong dogs with a scary bark, and would be good at frightening potential intruders. Dobermans would be my favorite, I like an animal that's attached to its owner at the hip, and the most well-trained dog I've ever met was a doberman.

Any of them can be great if bred well and trained up right.

>>2042356
Why not put up an ad on craiglist or something?

There are many rabbit rescue groups on FB. Contact one.

>>2042359
She's injured, numbnuts. Who the fuck is going to take an injured rabbit? I figured that's what animal shelters and veterinarian clinics were for, but I guess profit profit profit is the only thing on the agenda for even the so called "non-profit organizations".

I have to powder her ass again later tonight because the people that "kept" her kept her locked up like that for so long the shit encrusted in her bottom. She's so unused to walking properly I'm not certain her shuffling is due to sheer fucking neglect or one of her legs got broken (still has mobility in both though, and she was very calm for my holding onto her when I dry bathed her the first time).

Thank you, humanity.

sit & shake

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>>2042188
He can do a sit but not a shake

>>2042194

good dog :3

As long as the dog's trained well:

>affectionate
>cuddly
>playful
>can rest
>is obedient
Dog.

Cats are for introverted people, though.
Generally speaking.

>>2041837
affectionate introvert here. normally am a dog person but might not be able to give it needed external stimulation. thats why considering cats. obedient as in not going against my will, but i dont expect it to do anything more. dont need much playfulness either

then let me ask for breed advice from cats AND dogs. then i can decide which to go with later. what you guys think about burmese, devon rex and russian blue?

>>2037745

There's no real governing body that handles the pet trade.

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>>2037745
>'merica

>go to local petshop
>90% of their reptiles enclosures consist soley of a water bowl
>Brazillian Rainbow Boa constantly soaking in it's waterbowl with it's enclosures humidity being somewhere around 30%
>puppies kept in glass tanks on display with giant water drippers as if their rabbits
>up to 50 rats in a 20gl aquarium (just saw a rat missing its' ears the other day)

On top of that all, I just got accused of being a thief because I go there so often.

She might just be nervous

just give her some time, it can be scary going to a new environment. and make sure your beagle isn't bullying her out of food or anything

maybe try hand feeding her a little bit of food just to see if she'll even take it

dude what

>>2041381
Basically, if you don't eat veal because it's a cruel product on the basis of the meat coming from a calf, then wouldn't you also think chicken nuggets are cruel because they're made from chicks? Seems like people make the distinction more about veal and not chicken nuggets despite the products being similar in their origin.

>>2041388
>Seems like people make the distinction more about veal and not chicken nuggets despite the products being similar in their origin
Show me an example.

Hi Kirby.

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this is kriby

I named one of my Nintendogs Kirby. It was a yorkie.