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Not an expert, but i'd say he's got some lab, maybe even some pit. He looks like he's got the feet legs and body of a pit, skull and face of a lab.

>>1991624
Skull and face look the most pit bull-like to me

>>1991621
>>1991625
100% that is a pit bull. And an adorable pit at that

I got a duck hunting dog, can't remember his breed at the moment. I donate the meat to poor families.

>>1991626
Awesome, do you shoot the duck and use him for retrieving? And did you train him with a dummy and scent?

>tfw have a guard dog
>tfw it's illegal to teach it to guard

Also yes, I am aware of all the special care needed for exotics, and have exotic experience so I'm not getting in blind. Just looking for suggestions I might not have considered.

A penis

A dog sounds perfect for you. I'm sure it is special enough for a special snowflake called op.

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(3/5) Stems are reddish (young) to brown (older, slighlty ligneous).

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(4/5) Leaves are a bit thick, perfectly smooth, with a texture that somewhat reminds me of oil-cloth.

Burn your house down.

It's the only way

>>1991431
I think the most likely candidates are
Neosparassus salacius
Neosparassus diana
Isopeda queenslandensis

>>1991454
bump
:_:

You've tried everything. Try to keep her comfy. 15 is a little sooner than you'd want but a full life.

>>1991438
Thats trash mentality tho

Sorry OP, I have to agree with the first response. She's been pretty thoroughly checked out by the sound of it, but sadly at that age sometimes a vet cannot identify one thing that is clearly wrong and can be diagnosed and treated, it's just the accumulated effects of old age and everything wearing down at once. It's not trashy to switch to palliative care for a 15 year old cat once you've eliminated conditions that can be treated, there's no cure-all medication or treatment that will fix something that cannot be diagnosed and is likely not reversible. It sounds like your cat is dying and while it's not unheard of at all for an elderly pet to suddenly pick up and be fine for a few more weeks or months before declining again, there is very little you can do to shape that path besides making them comfortable and trying to tempt them with food and treats.

>>1991383

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqLBhhT4MJM

>>1991383
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A84DSgU6mQY

>>1991386

What are those smaller birds? They seem confused by the dance party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM2avV-fAAU

>>1991352

>letting your dog shit on someone else's lawn

>>1991354
>not picking it up

>>1991406

>suplexing a dog

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The quality of this picture is really shitty but it's possible to appreciate the size difference between the two individuals.

Look into psocoptera species

>>1991224
liposcelidae maybe?

http://jornaloide.com/big-bus/

Elephants cry out of their temples, it's common when they're grieving and visiting graveyards, also after they have been rejected by their mother.

>>1991036
Saw that documentary it was sooo sad.

Temperament is highly hereditary. Any animal breeder can tell you how important it is to breed for temperament. There will be a wide variance in offspring but overall they'll be better than a random coupling. You can see this also in experiments such as the Russian fox experiments when fearful or aggressive animals were culled and quickly what remained became friendly and domestic.

You may wonder why nonetheless there will still be more timid animals in a litter of two good temperaments but that's easily accounted for by recessive genes. So kind of roulette.

The pick of the litter has the best genetic lottery from both parents and ones with defects in physical appearance or temperament have gotten the crummier ones.

Same as how you may have a sibling who is either inferior or superior than you despite having the same parents and having grown up in the same environment.

Genetics, hormones, nutrition on fetal development, etc. Pregnancy takes a toll on a mother. It's a lot of work for the body and when you have a litter, thats more to go around. Runts get the shit end of the stick, be it from genetics or didn't get enough of what they needed in womb. Such as in dogs, their womb isn't circular like humans but more of a Y shape. Runts usually form the farthest away from the rest of the litter. It's possible the 'pick of the litter' is closer, but I'm just guessing.

The largest of the litter does not always mean its the 'pick of the litter'/has the best genes either. Knew a farm cat who had a litter and the biggest had a deformed foot but good god that kitten was so huge the mother had to get c-section just to get him out. They named him Tank and besides his fucked up leg, he was a boss.

>>1990851
>>1990864
So bigger= better?

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>>1990661
Not your personal army, etc., etc.

Why would we want to help you protest against horse racing you smelly hippy?

>>1990661
most racehorses have better lives than I do and work less hours

I bet you're one of those cunts with annoying barking dogs that are never walked.

otherwise I don't see why anyone would poison them.

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>>1990059
My dog (greyhound) got poisoned before. I let her out for the night and she went into the bedroom to sleep. About an hour later I heard her crashing down the hallway, walking like she was drunk and shaking. This was Christmas night so to the emergency vet we went. When we got there she threw up mightily and kept trying to even when she was empty. The vet sent me home to check the backyard for anything that she may have gotten into. The only thing I found was a frozen piece of meat with what looked like peas in it. I put it in a bag and went back to the vet. Upon further inspection the vet determined that it was the gizzard of a bird. The "peas" were actually fermented seeds. They immediately started treating her for alfatoxin poisoning. She ended up spending 2 nights there before she came home. She survived that ordeal but her balance was never quite the same. She would still run and play but sometimes when she would be standing, her back legs would slightly stumble to the side.
I miss her.

>>1990059
;_;7
my sympathies, op. i hope you find out who did this. and i hope you administer justice upon them.

My Yorkie does it when she's excited, like after she's been fighting someone's feet.

My dog just got a tooth out on Friday and the next night she was sitting down next to me and her lower jaw started to shake, I thought it might have been something to do with the discomfort she was feeling from the operation, after looking into it, I found that cracked teeth or mouth pain can be the cause of this. Maybe just have a check in his mouth just incase.

>>1989788

Noted, I had a quick look at his mouth, and did find one of his molars looks darker than the rest of his teeth.

Vet is not in house, but I have some meds as I am a vet student, so I gave him a painkiller for starters, hopefully if he stops doing it for a while it may mean he is having tooth problems and a visit to the Vet will be in store tomorrow.

If he keeps doing it, in spite of the dosage it may be a neuro thing, lets hope not.