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>Labrador

You fucked up

>>2029053
Throw something at the crate. Yell at him. If he doesn't shut up, open crate door, force him into a corner and stand over him and dominate him. If he still won't shut up, bite his ear as hard as you need to.

>>2029055
make sure you're down on all fours while doing any of these so you're at eye level with him, he'll know you mean business that way

>>2025537
Because they don't like things that, on a more consistent basis, are cuter. There's only one ugly looking cat but hundreds of ugly looking dogs.

>>2025537
why have a cat tho? shit undomesticated animal, shits indoors, mean as fuck, useless, stinky, does horrendous damage to wild life, hates you...

>>2025551

>hates you

Why do people think this? Cats show affection differently than dogs do, that's all.

Euthenize them. The cats, too.

Feral cats are awful.
Kill them all.
Control breeding of tame cats with neutering.
Less feral cats.

All cats outdoors should be euthenized without exceptions, it's the only way to get rid of ferals.

otherwise all missing ferals will just be replaced by people their outdoor cats, they're often not fixed.

All your pets are adorable, but my word, I am in love with your dog.

>>2030504
Oh thanks! Yeah she's great; she's actually a lot fluffier than she was as a pup, but thank you for the compliment

>>2030369
My dog loves laying in the snow. Like when she is outside while I'm shoveling she barks and hops around. It's so cute and its funny when I see her fluffy body plop down into the snow

>>2029284
pariah dog

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Another pic of him

Since sort of German Shepherd mix.

>>2031249
kill yourself

what is your problem?

>>2031254
it's probably your "le epic lolcat maymay"

>>2029498
Sorry, I forgot the link.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YBKTF1K/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_6PnIwb93EZ0WF

Shrimp, too small for fish

>>2029500
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YBKTF1K/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_6PnIwb93EZ0WF
>1.5L
>LITERS
that's not even half a gallon for 50 fucking $.

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This is now a Snek thread

You did the right thing Anon, it's okay.

>>2029777
if youre miserable... just put yourself out of your misery

>>2029777
Maybe my story will make you feel less shit.

I had to let a cat suffer today. She was brought in as a stray, something terrible happened to her. Obviously one leg is broken, but she can't use her whole hind end. At first I assumed nerve damage or paralyzed which doesn't hurt much. But this cat was shaking continuously, howling and reaching out to people as they walked by for help. We laid her down in a cage and there is something visually wrong with here bottom half. It sank and bulged in places it shouldn't. The cat shit itself, when I cleaned it I noticed it was more blood and fleshy chunks than shit. And the fucking crying and howling at the top of it's lungs, the shaking. I tried to comfort her for a while, and noticed she was purring and cleaning herself when she wasn't howling in pain (both are behaviors cats do to calm themselves after being injured). I called my manager because we need permission from her to euthanize anything, and my manager would need to call a vet in anyway as the last one had left. But she denied, told me to wait until tomorrow. I guess that's fine for her, she doesn't have to stay up at night thinking about it. It's horrible when you want to kill something so bad, just because that's how much it's suffering, and can't

Yes.

>>2030785
you wouldn't buy used underwear, would you?
why would you want a used dog?

>>2030785
>>2030913

Sorry, let me elaborate. There are plenty of dogs in shelters that need homes. Over the next few months you shouldn't have a shortage to choose from; people will start dumping their Christmas puppies, sadly.

What kind of dog were you thinking about getting, OP?

Light a fire inside of your basement, be it a controlled one, that should get him going a lot faster, and then you could find out.

>>2030734
I was asking to find out if I could go to sleep today. I'll probably just stay the fuck up and deal with if broke through. I'm not sure if he can get out or not. He got in because of broken window. Now he's trying to open the basement door and I sort of want to see i letting him out would do the trick but he might just get in again before I can fix the window.

>>2030757
Just let him out, it sounds like he's stuck and is just trying to leave.

>>2030331
dog

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>>2030339
no it is not, you are probably talking about this animal!

>>2030350
No, that's a brown recluse

i dont want to lose him

>>2030028
You are in a difficult place.
You should do what is in the best interest of the cat.
Defiantly consult with the local humane society to see if any help is available.
The end of a life is always a sad difficult thing to experience.
I wish you the best.

>>2030041
I just know i have no money and vets don't let you make weekly payment plans. He's sitting there licking himself constantly trying to clean the urine up. Its no way for a gentleman to live.
I wish more than anything i could make him better and not have to kill him.

>>2029378
Without actually seeing the interaction, there's not much I can tell you.

Several factors might have led to the bite. The dog may have been stressed about being at the groomer. Lots of dogs get stressed/afraid about it and they can smell that stress and it can make them uneasy. This could contribute to the dog being on edge.

There could have been something small or something everyone missed that upset or scared the dog when they walked in.

The dog could have a particular aversion/phobia of a certain type of person, clothing, etc. that caused it to feel afraid or threatened by your mom. This kind of aversion/phobia is often a result of the dog either having a bad experience with said type of person/clothing and building an association based on that, or the dog not being socialized thoroughly enough so something that is foreign to them can be scary.

Really, unless you have a slow-motion recording of the interaction and bite, and unless you know the dog personally, there's no way to tell for sure why it happened, unfortunately.

I hope your mom's doing all right.

>>2029385
We reviewed the footage; to make a long story short the dog just walked in, saw my mum, and attacked. She's doing alright, thankfully, if not a bit shaken. She's owned dogs her whole life and really hasn't had a negative interaction, but I know she's going to be much more wary when around strange dogs--not to say that she hasn't always been. Just that it's probably going to be even more ingrained now.

The owner was freaking out, saying that her dog never hurt anyone, never bit anyone (children included) and that this behavior was out of line for it. I know the breed has separation anxiety sometimes but to attack someone just seems odd, especially if its been groomed before. I know she probably had it going through her head that my mum wanted to put the dog down (which couldn't be further from the truth), but it made me think that the owner might be the problem. I know the breed can be high-energy if not exercised, so maybe that's it? With pent up energy+separation anxiety could that potentially cause an attack? The amount that the woman was freaking out really made me think that this dog had done something before (she was near-tears panicking, no matter how much my mum reassured her she didn't want any harm to come to the dog), which brings me back to the 2-bite rule in our state.

I should also mention--I don't know whether or not their dog was fixed. We have a dog of our own (Aussie/St Bernard mutt we adopted) but she wasn't with us, so I can't really even imagine her scent setting the dog off, and if so why the Vizsla didn't go after me. I guess I'm just frustrated and trying to understand what the fuck was up this dogs ass. Someone recommended we try to get the dog removed from the woman (if she is the problem), but I don't know. I just don't want this to happen again, and if I can, avoid this in the future. Though I don't know how much better to do that than simply staying away from dogs I don't know (which is what I already do as it is).

>>2029393
Well honestly the owner being so freaked out sounds more like she was honestly just shocked and upset her dog would do something like that, than her trying to cover it up.

>pent up energy+separation anxiety could that potentially cause an attack?
Not likely, but it could contribute to overall stress which could in turn have pushed the dog over the edge when it was triggered by something else.

That said, it's not fair to just claim the owner is the problem without having further info or evidence to support this.

There are also physical reasons for unexplained/sudden violence in dogs--things like brain tumors can cause them to act this way. That may be something to look into.