>Mexican family comes into store >Mother In Prada, full

Yep, sounds like mexicans.

>>2181827
Not all Mexicans.

>>2181797
what kind of dog they had?

I worked at an animal hospital in Southern New Mexico so this story doesn't surprise me.

Most common was
>Mexican family
>mom always present with at least 2 kids
>carrying whatever trendy bag of the season
>pull up in nice car close to closing time
>no appointment
>complains pit bull puppy is lethargic
>end up positive with parvo
>either can't afford hospitalization or send them home with some IV fluids and hope for the best

This wasn't exclusive to Mexican families as white trash families were just as likely to do the same: only difference is they didn't pretend to be richer than they really were.

>>2181831
#NotAll

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Not really an owner story, but close enough
>Be considered the store's "reptile specialist"
>People with reptile related questions are immediately sent my way when i'm not busy helping other people
>Constantly have to deal with people trying to buy reptiles for bragging rights
>Constantly try to explain that they're fucking animals, not decorations or toys to be trotted out for show and tell
>Get one woman in last sunday that asks for all the supplies needed to keep a boa
>Complains that it's all too expensive and ask if she can buy it all later
>lolno.jpg
>try to help her cut corners by offering less flashy ideas that I know work just as well
>"It's not pretty though!"
>"But it's functional ma'am."
>"I already have all the stuff at home, can I just buy the snake?"
>"You literally just said you had nothing at home for it."
>Bitch realizes that i'm not just going to let her have her way just to clinch a sale
>Gets huffy and loud, threatens to get manager
>CallthecopsIDGAF.wav
>Based GM cares more about the animals than the money
>Sides with me
>Bitch leaves while threatening to call corporate
>MFW

Bad enough that she chose a boa as her very first snake, but the fact that she would blatantly lie and say she had the necessary stuff after coming to me to get the fucking stuff just floors me. I'd still take her over the Finding Dory/Nemo crowd though.

>>2181909
Most of the finding dory/Nemo types usually get turned off when you tell them they need to spend a minimum of 2500 dollars to get started.

>>2181918
>a minimum of 2500 dollars
maybe for a Dory if you're going for the 200g tank and stand, but a Nemo tank could be done for a couple hundred bucks.

you can actually keep tangs in relatively small tanks as well, just don't tell anyone or they'll rage on you. The tangs don't care, it's not like even the largest tank you could afford is going to reproduce their natural territory in size. Those fuckers swim miles every day, it doesn't matter if your tank is 3 feet long or 30, it's not good enough.

>>2181834
Call it a hunch, but I have a feeling it was a Jack Russell terrier.

Unfortunately most Mexicans either don't know shit about taking care of animals or just don't care. My mom complains that I spend too much on dog food instead of just buying a 50 pound bag of Purina for twenty dollars. Or why I refuse to give my dog bones or tortillas. Or how I explain that you can't just leave a dog out alone in the yard the entire day. I tell her I don't care to treat my dog like they do in Mexico but I'm going to take care of her. I think it's the mindset they get there.

>>2181978
I think I know what you mean. I'm from an Irish family and the mindset seems to be the same, spend as little money and effort on the animal as possible especially horses. Though I don't live in Ireland and only spend time with the Irish people I'm related to so it could just be my family.

>>2181797
I don't get people like this, I'm getting a pet rabbit in a couple months and I am terrified of accidentally screwing up and feeding it the wrong food or something.

>>2181978
Yeah it has to some cultural thing. In germany, you see the opposite with people really taking care of their animals no matter if it's a fish or a dog. A colleague of mine spent like 500€ for surgery on one of his guinea pigs for example.

Of course that can be also negative, when some germans try to "educate" others about the pets they are keeping. Some can be very adamant and militant about it, like attacking people online, cuz they didn't exactly replicate the exact native water conditions of the fish they have in their tank.

>>2181997
They sound like pretty cool guys.

>>2181997
I'd prefer that to the alternative.

>>2182009 >>2181997

Yeah, I think it's rather chill here. There's often a big emphasis on educating oneself here, before purchasing a pet, Of course I can't talk statistics and only can speak from my own experience.

>>2182017
Can I move to Germany please? I can't stand how people around me treat animals and I hear the goth scene there's pretty good.

>>2181834
Actually it looked like a purebred Australian cattle dog. Looked like a puppy off of Google images. I have to admit it was one of the cutest puppies I've ever seen

>>2181997
Thats because higher educated people are having pets instead of kids, thus treating their pets like their kids.

>>2182036
I can sorta agree to that, seems plausible, since many german women also want to commit to a higher education and career without having to deal with a pregnancy and kids in general.

>working at animal hospital
>dog is in treatment, ate a fuck ton of chocolate
>owner is getting annoyed, dog has been in treatment for over an hour
>try to explain to him that the treatment takes time
>"Just bring my dog out."
>advise him that it's a really bad idea, but we can't legally finish treating the dog if the owner wants him back
>owner is angry and insistent, so we give the dog back
>he leaves
>comes back ten minutes later, dog is dead in his arms
>he's bawling
>we try to revive dog, but it's too late

If that stupid bitch had been more patient, his dog would be alive. It was a lovely little collie mix. I'll forever be angry at this guy for killing his dog out of idiocy.

>>2182036
It feels like, with the breakthroughs in contraception and the changes in attitudes, couples are taking more time to think about becoming parents and the people that don't want children won't just go along with it just because it's expected of them. I think it's a pretty awesome thing.

>>2182063
Did you tell him that the dog would've lived if he hadn't dragged the poor thing out of treatment?

>>2182068
Considering the doctors warned him the dog might not live if he ended the treatment, I'm pretty sure he knew. It would've been impolite for me to rub it in, and my entire job was essentially to be polite.

>>2182070
Fair enough, I think my autism was showing in that reply.

>live at home with parents while going to college
>we have two cats
>suddenly parent wants to get a dog
>for no reason
>they are never home so it would be me taking care of a dog I don't want

why do people do this shit
also what is a good grain free dogfood

>>2181909
>>Constantly have to deal with people trying to buy reptiles for bragging rights


I hate this shit so much

you aren't cool because you have a big snake or a lizard

>>2181827
Most Mexicans. A good 85%. Have you SEEN the state of their country?

>>2182081
And they're not even considered unusual pets anymore, beardies and corns are practically normie pets at this point

>>2182081
Maybe not to YOU but the fact is, owning a reptile DOES make you cool in the streets

>>2181932
The 200g tank and stand sold at any petstores alone will cost 2500. Sure you could do a 30 gallon clown for 400$ but fuck trying to maintain it.

>be associate at PetSmart
>family looking to get a fish tank for the kids
>explain nitrogen cycle
>they don't want to wait. Want fish today
>suggest a betta fish an 3 gal tank
>explain no cycle = more water changes

This woman looked me in my eyes and explained to me how she got mad because her sons weren't taking care of their bettas, so she put both fish in one bowl to kill each other.

>>2182114
Seen a 175g at Store the other day with stand for $800. Not that anon, just sharing info.

>>2181831
Shut up stupid spic

>>2182120
Were do you guys live? Every place near me is expensive. A 120 plus stand is 1100.

>>2182156
Northeast Texas. None of our tank/stand combos are close to $1000.

In fact 75g with stand can be bought at $350-$400 on sale. That is the tank, stand, hood and light.

>>2182220
I mean.. Except for the 150g

>>2182079
Because it's their fucking house?
>Live in someone else's home
>Rent free
>Even eat their food
>Bitch about them getting a dog

>>2182066
Same. I see more and more people having kids when they're ready: have a steady job, maybe a flat or a car or at least enough money to afford a kid, instead of fucking like rabbits and pumping one every year. Latter type of people also tends to treat animals like shit.

>>2181827
I hate to admit it but yeah were pretty shit with animals
Growing up so many dogs died just because my dad was to cheap yo get it shots in reality he just didn't give a fuck.

>>2181997
Shoot the dog Fraulein

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>>2181797
>rigamortis

>>2181827
Pfft what ever. At least the biggest problem with animal care/ownership/medical with Hispanic people and families is a language barrier. With white trash there is nothing but pure and simple stupidity. I'd take a hundred Mexican families over just a few stupid as fuck white people.

>>2182548
I've seen plenty of shit Mexican families that neglect their dogs and only give them food and water when they care to. Many I know also don't bother taking them to the vet.

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I'm mexican and love my dog
f8 me

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>>2181797

mexican here, have another story

>have two dogs, a flattie mix(4 years old) and a lab mix pupper(11 months now) we adopted from a relative
>bring the dogs with us every time we can, like going for shopping or visiting relatives that live near us
>dogs are perfectly mannered, we taught them to walk off leash and they stay with us the whole time, and they always socialize with other dogs, both dogs know how to avoid conflict with other dogs( like being submisive and being pacient)
here comes the average mexican
>pup always gets pats and the flattie gets kicks from people
>i once saw a dude petting the pup, then the flattie comes and the dude fucking kicks her
>angry_megaman.mp4
>go to the dude and ask why the fuck did he do that
>"dunno i tought it was a random dog"
>jesus fucking christ
and this is almost everyday, if it werent for the lab pup my fluffer would get hate everytime.

pic related, my babies

>>2181978
Fuck. It's just the older generation or something, because I'm in Australia and my father has exactly the same mindset. Just get the cheap food bulk, leave the dog outside all day (and night). It's a dog. They're outside animals.

It's an ongoing argument that I'm currently winning, but we'll see.

>>2182066
>>2182299
The sad thing is these typically smarter and more responsible people are going to be out-bred

>>2182686
>Don't have kids cuz you can't afford them.
>Your taxes support the 15 kids your neighbor had that they can't afford.
doesn't seem smarter to me.

>>2182035
What the fuck is wrong with people. As an Australian who has grown up with cattle dogs, koolies and kelpies on a farm my whole life this makes me mad as fuck.

They are working dogs not play things.

>>2182682
Letting dogs free roam inside the house is a relatively new concept.

Except for maybe lap dogs who were kept by rich as fuck people and served no purpose other than as companions and status symbols.

Dogs are not by default neglected if they live outside. They do require interaction and companionship though. Having one dog live outside by itself is pretty fucking awful.

>>2182063
my job requires that i travel from vet clinic to vet clinic, and i see this shit all the time. how do you stop yourself from becoming physically violent with these people?

>>2182690
I'm trying to be diplomatic, anon.

>>2181797
Mexican here. The little girl next door has a killstreak of nearly 20 pups. The most cruel was when she left one on the back of a pickup with the fury of a nearly 40C sun. Poor dog got cooked alive. And her parents just bring her more.

>>2182769
I just remind myself that I need money to live, and assaulting a customer would make it hard to work in the future. But it's rough, believe me.

>>2182813
Kind of sad they teach you English in Mexico. I hate that you things can communicate with us

>young, dumb and full of cum blonde gets Cane Corso puppy
>Her previous experience have been a lab and a min pin
>'they were monsters so I know I can handle this!'
>Later brings cane Corso in for euthanasia
>Too aggressive
>She gets a boerboel as a replacement
>Has to euthanize it at 10 months
>Too aggressive and she can't control it
>Decide this time I need to have a chat with her about dog breeds, stranger/dog aggressive traits, socialization and training
>3 years later she brings a muzzled cane Corso in for aggression again

What do you do at this point? In an age where money can get you any puppy on the internet and the majority of breeders don't care who their dogs go to.

>>2182839
Now just for that I'm moving to your country

>>2182870
How come it's full of Mexicans in this thread?

>>2182548
Then go move to Mexico


You'll never have to deal with stupid white people again

>>2182871
You have never been in /int/ or /pol/ don't you?

>>2182874
/int/ is my homeboard tbqh

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>>2182839

>>2182873
We also have lots of stupid people in Mexico. Some of them are white, but they're rare.

>>2182813
How

>couple of black girls want to see a hyper as fuck, jumpy and teething pit bull
>I bring the dog out, naturally it wants to jump on them
>'AWWW HELL NAH that nigger better think twice fo' jumping on me'
>'ma'am if you don't want a dog that jumps, I wouldn't suggest this one, he jumps a lot and is mouthing'
>'naw don worry he Ain jumping on me I make sure o dat'
>She takes the leash, keeps it so tight the dog is constantly choking, just so it won't jump on her
>Her friend is literally scared shitless of dogs and keeps screaming
>She walks around the pen once with the dog
>'mmm... Mmmhmm. I'll take him'
>'before you can take him home, I have to at least let him off leash in here'
>Friend screams
>'nuh uh nuh uh don do dat I don't want him jumping on me'
>'He is just going to jump, that's how he is. He's not going to stop overnight'
>I think she's actually thinking it over, but in reality she is trying to remember all of her kid's names as she calls them over to look a the dog
>Suddenly surrounded by 6 or so children, some holding smaller ones, I don't think any were over 10 years old
>They all rush the dog, the dog is having a blast
>Dog is jumping on kid's faces, licking them to the point they can't breathe, the tail is whipping some in the face so hard they fall over and cry
>'mmmhmm oh yeah I'll take em'

>>2183586
Has there been a news story on a pitbull mauling yet, anon?

>>2183586
niggers amirite?

>>2183049
>"stupid whiteys, I'd prefer way more Mexicans than a few whites"
>"go to Mexico then"
>"N-no, there are stupid Mexicans there"

Make your mind up, anchor baby

>>2181827
>>2181831
I'm mexican and my three dogs seem pretty happy after i feed them with the money i got from the job I stole from you desu

>>2181997
I believe in germany you can even get pretty much any animal you want, as long as you keep to the requirements for enclosures and get a permit if necessary

So yall dumbasses are probably already crying for a fucking border wall because of this..... fuck yall

>>2183659
>"You people want to maintain national borders and attempt to keep out people with worse cultures, lower IQs and more violent and uncaring habits... fuck you all"
Yeah, if I was an American I'd absolutely want to stop animal abusers and criminals like that from jumping the fence into my nation en masse. Why wouldn't you?

>>2183659
ya'll are ignant

>>2183676
Fuck your inbreed familiy craka

>>2183674
Once the borderwall is built there will be zero rapes, zero crimes against amimals, it will be a utopia for freedom loving patriots get the fuck outta of here and back to europe white trash

>>2181797
>rescue baby vft from lowes
>take care of it, grow it into a mound of vfts
>fast forward several years
>big happy bog pot of hundreds of traps
>decide to gift to gf
>she kills the entire colony in 2 weeks

>>2182769
realize its a dog and you can buy another one since they're bred en masse

>>2182839
It's a shame and a surprise that pitiful idiots like you are allowed to communicate at all.

>>2183674
>if I was an American
We don't want any yurop mohameds over here tho. Keep your sharia law far way from us.

>>2183680
>>2183744
I was defending the wall and nationalism you morons.
>>2183697
How is that even possible?

>>2183764
We don't need your "help", kiddo.

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>>2181797
Instead of asking him to speak english, you should've kept making it clear u don't understand him till he figures it out on his own. Dumb nigger, learn the fucking language.
t. Europoor immigrant

>>2183657
That doesn't sound plausible but if you're right, I'm moving to Germany and getting a cougar, like that guy from the /k/ Ohio boar hunting story. Fluffy was his name I believe.

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>lady walks her pet emu in neighborhood
>threatens to kick anything that gets close to it
>does some retarded dance whenever it passes by a house with dogs
>one day decide to ask her why not just let it wander in her yard to get exercise
>"oh we don't have a yard he lives indoors."
>mfw

The bad pet owner thing isn't a Mexican trait. It's definitely an "old culture" trait. My white as the snow grandpa was the worst fucking pet owner on the planet. Pretty much all old poorer people are the same way. He let my dad and his four siblings bring home any animals they found with no intention of ever taking care of them. He never fixed them. No vet. He barely fed them shit and they ran away constantly.

My oldest aunt was traumatized when their dog ran away and was picked up by the pound. Her and my grandpa went to go pick him up. "It will be $50 to get him out." "Fuck that. Keep him. XXX you tell your siblings we couldn't find him."

>>2183764
I guess she used tap water for them>>2183771

>>2182660
>Off leash
Fuck you

>>2181827
*ghetto Mexicans who surround their yards with chain link fences and own chickens

>>2184519
Not that anon but my boxer was able to walk off leash, she was an amazingly good dog.

>>2181831
>>2183641
Literally all Mexicans treat animals like toys

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>>2181831
Nigger I lived in Mexico and at least 80% of the population is exactly like this.
>grt dog from some swap meet or from family member whose bitch had 9 puppies
>feed dogs tortillas, bones, and water
>kick it if it acts up
>keep it outside or on the roof of the house.
>unsocialized and will bite the fuck out of anything that gets close to it. Some will even try to climb walls and fences.
>only take it for vaccines once a year, if you can afford it, and if it even lives that long
>only reason to have it is for protection
>once it dies, get another one next week and repeat
It's all because of fucking ignorance and no respect for life. Honestly, mexicans treat their kids like shit, what makes you think they'll treat their animals any better?

>>2182063
That's fucked up, what the fuck happened to animal welfare? I swear in a lot of places animals can be taken away from abusive, neglectful or generally irresponsible owners, but you can't hold on to a sick animal for critical treatment against the owner's will?

>>2182660
i hope you kick them back, right?

>>2181831

I'm mexican and I can assure you most treat their pets like disposable furniture. The majority are unsocialized dogs that will fucking bark and attack everything because they are confined in a small backyard filled with their own shit their entire lives.

>>2184558
I can confirm this shit, I don't fucking know why they think tortillas, water and egg shells shat into a bucket are enough to feed their dog.

what does /an/ think of animals willingly fucking owners for pleasure

>>2185608
Depends, are we talking about an unfixed dog humping their owners leg, a cat in heat screaming and shoving it's cooch in your face, a mare in heat trapping a handler against a stall wall and grinding on them?

Or are we talking about bestiality? Because if it's flat out bestiality, then I think it's disgusting. I don't give a shit what fantasies you fap/shlick off to, but the moment you have sexual intercourse with an animal then you are officially an animal abuser. And therefor deserve to go to jail.

>>2184519
>reading comprehension

This last week I had to dogsit for my uncle it was probably the worse and saddest experience I've had.
>uncle has two kids both under five years
>daughter sees a puppy and cries and whines saying she wants a puppy
>uncles spoils the kids so he gets the dog not understanding the responsibility
>puppy isn't even old enough to leave little but takes her anyways
>tiny Maltese mutt
>takes the puppy home and leaves it outside its whole life
>hasn't gotten her any shots
>fur gets crazy matted
>terrible manners
>instead of training her he'll kick her and yell at her
>poor puppy

>year later he plans a family vacation
> asks me if I could watch the puppy two days before he leaves
>out of no where but say yes because if not he would leave the dog home alone by herself
>recently adopted a puppy been training him well very well mannered
>he leaves his dog here with no toys and a bag of discounted food
>whole time dog is here she cries and whines jumps up everywhere
>puppy sees how she acts and tries too mimic her
>have to remind puppy that he still has rules
>uncle comes back from vacation doesn't even try to come get the dog have to call him to come get her
>still mad about the whole situation

>>2182119
Howcome when parents get a pet for their kids they genuinely believe the kid should have all responsibility for it? you can raise your lazy psychopath pieces of shit however you want, but what level of retarded do you have to be to think you're not, in the end, responsible for the pet?

Is this thread about shitty pet owners or an /int/ petshop worker thread.

>>2181831
Most Mexicans then your the 1% be happy. Your shit colored race is dumb but your not congrats.

>>2187475
>Most Mexicans then your the 1% be happy. Your shit colored race is dumb but your not congrats.

What the fuck did I just read?

Saw a black chick bring her 5 lb chihuahua retard dog into a sub shop the other day. Little fucker was pulling on the leash and growling and shit

She had put a 'service dog' harness onto the thing so no one could question her bring her poorly behaved dog into a restaurant.

Fuckin cunt.

>>2187486
>She had put a 'service dog' harness onto the thing
I hate this shit so much. You have no idea.

>>2187511
Dude, completely infuriating. I want to get my doggo to service dog levels of training but even then I would never put one of those harnesses on him, it's incredibly disrespectful.

>>2182660

>letting dogs approach strangers off leash

I'm against animal abuse, but you're asking for your dog to get kicked, you fucking wetback.

>>2187486
How are you sure it wasn't a service dog?

>>2187534
>pulling on leash
>barking
>getting distracted by random noises
The only service that dog could provide would be as a pincushion for future euthanizers

>>2187534
On that note, how do I verify that claim? Do they have a doctors note?

>>2187539

Some states, it's illegal to ask for papers proving it is a service dog.

Worst case, if you wanna go that far, I think you can call an organization and found out. That's just excessive, though.

>>2187540
>Some states, it's illegal to ask for papers proving it is a service dog.
Not in my state.

>>2187536
can chihuahuas even be certified? I thought they had to be able to physically assist a person to become a service dog.

>>2188210
service dogs just have to be able to perform a certain task. that could even be just standing there to reassure a person with PTSD.

>>2182079
Sort of depends on the age and breed of the dog.

>>2188212
Really? In my country, service dogs have to perform a minimum of three trained tasks that may take place in public spaces, and just standing there, carrying medication, and standing there to be petted for tactile reassurance do not count as tasks.

>new next door neighbors
>oppressively mexican
>acquire shitmutt
>leave it outside 24/7
>at least once per week the psychopath breaks through the fence and harrasses people on the street until someone chases it back and boards up their fence for them
>after a year they acquire some sort of pit mix
>identical behavior, but escapes are more frequent as they cooperate in tearing down their confinement
>eventually shitmutt gets run over
>new lab mutt acquired within 12 hours
>no net change
>pit mix dies of parvo at the two year mark
>new pit mix acquired within two days
>no net change
>both dogs vanish less than a year later, presumably roadkill while wandering far away
>two new mutt-abominations aquired within 24 hours
>no net change
According to my parents, this cycle has repeated unbroken for the past 15 years, they're still at it, averaging one dog replacement every 8 months or so.
No less than 5 have died to parvo.
All dogs acquired as adults and never even slightly interacted with.

>>2188259
are mexicans the niggers of pet owners?

>>2188245
Even emotional support dogs?

>>2188187

It is in my home state of Commifornia, I believe.

>>2187486
If there is a real concern that the animal is a danger to public health, it can be removed from the property. If a service dog bites unprovoked in public (assuming it was recorded by some official), it loses it's service certification forever.

>>2188210
Any dog can be certified, there are more needs than just seeing eye dogs. I knew a woman who trained Pomeranians to detect low blood sugar in diabetic people and kids, all they had to do was warn the person they are getting low. Some breeds are harder to train as service dogs than others, and some individuals just don't have what it takes.

>>2188280
ESA are different from Service dogs; ESA dogs usually needs to pass a training class to gain that title but people lately have been buying them online so ESA means next to nothing now. ESA needs to be given out like a prescription by someone's doctor. Any animal can be an ESA;dog, cat, hamster, turtle, fish etc. there is no law that ESAs are allowed to go to otherwise no pet public areas. However, as long as your ESA is not a threat to public health and is not a nuisance, housing does have to accommodate emotional support animals.

>>2188245
That sounds like an odd qualification. Where I live, a service animal just has to provide a service and work for it's owner, while being well behaved and out of the way. Technically the dog doesn't have to even know sit, although training a dog to be calm and stow away in public and in crowds is no easy feat.

>>2182840

Thats what happens with "positive only training" and dogs like that.

Im not suggesting they need to be hit but a dominance collar is a good idea to correct behaviour you know the dog knows better than to do before it gets to aggression levels you would euthanise at.

>>2188259
What's the point of buying dogs when you treat them that way?

>>2187207
Same thing happened when I was younger taking care of a rich neighbour's dog, husky that was outside 24/7, most depressing thing ever to take care of it

>>2188261
Asians are far worse

>>2188941
Asians seem to be scared of dogs.

>Live in a condo so I have to take the dogs out to a sidewalk for potty break
>Young white guy with a baby on his back walking with an older Asian woman (can only assume it's his mother in law)
>He greets my pups before I can do anything
>Direct my pups to leave him alone
>says it's okay, so I let him keep petting them
>Doggos liking the attention
>Turn toward the Asian lady
>Shaking her head, holding her hands up protecting her face... Looks terrified
>say sorry
>white guy goes 'it's okay it's okay...'
>they walk on
>hear "you don't need to be scared of dogs"

>>2182727
I've been watching Australian TV shows and you guys act like Americans crossed with English people! You have rodeos but drink tea, I mean make your fucking minds up. The best thing about Australia are the Varanids.

>>2183744
hahahahaha! Fuck Europe.

>>2188210
*glares*

ummm.... breedist much? could you literally just, like.... NOT?!?!?!? ugh I cant even right now

>>2181797

What sort of moron breeder separates a puppy from their mom before 8 weeks?

In NYC it's illegal to own ferrets because they're considered bad for the environment. Ferrets can't survive on their own. They'd die within a month, a week likely. Cats are worse for the environment but they're not banned.

On a more personal story, I meet many people talking about their Pit Bull breeds. Bragging about their Bully's and trying to act like there are various types of 'Pit Bulls'. I have to resist telling them that, no, they're not all the same breed, there's no such thing as a "low rider Pit Bull" (that's a Staffy or a Staffy mix), and Bully's are not an actual breed.

>>2187207
Should've sent it to a shelter or kept it if you could. Poor dog is gonna suffer until it dies.

I have genuinely never met a good animal owner. Everyone is terrible, especially bird and cat owners. I have so many horrid stories. Most people I've seen don't even neuter their dogs.

>>2182873

Doesn't Mexico have a lot of white people? Plenty of latinos are white.

>>2187486

Maybe it was one of those emotional service dogs. I've heard of them.

>>2181831
My Mexican friend spoils their dog rotten and it still whines all the time, so this is true.

>>2188646
"Protection". It's cheap to get a dog and easy to let it become vicious towards strangers, which is desirable for protective purposes. Even easier to feed, since you can give them leftovers and water.

This is the mentality of old mexicans and their kids who drop put of high school who live with them. I hate my family so much for it, but at least it taught me to be mindful when getting pets, same with cousins and descendants who actually got educated. We used to argue a lot with our family that acted like shit but now we just try to teach our kids to respect life.

>>2181797
Was the dog okay in the end?

>>2182686
With the lower cost of contraceptives even poorfags can go kid free.

>>2181978
Damn. My parents really enjoy and appreciate animals, when I was little my dad had a bad ass vivarium with all kinds of skinks and geckos co-inhabiting. It was cool.

>>2190989
They are usually better, really

>>2191131
Couldn't keep it I didn't have enough time for two dogs
As for the shelter I probably should have but I didn't know if that was a good idea.

>>2188639
That's implying there was absolutely any training done at all.

>>2191109
A puppy mill. It's extremely cost effective to get rid of the pups 5-6 weeks in, as they look adorable and are bought like hot cakes and the mill won't have to pay for puppy food.

>>2191115
I like the 'mini pitbulls' and 'pocket pitbulls' people rave about. Absolutely retarded.

>>2191147
That happened a month ago, haven't seen them around since so idk.

>>2191148
Problem is, poorfags tend to be dumb too. Condoms suck. Birth control requires work in the form of going to see a doctor. Use the pull out and pray, maybe they didn't pull out at all or something was left in. Or people think they want a baby, that it will make them happy, they love their high school lover or are trying to trap someone. Also, some people on welfare will keep popping out babies for child support and the government gives out cash for every baby you have. So there's a lot of other reasons poorfags breed more.

>>2188945

Black people are scared of German Shepherds. It's great.

My mom has a 60-ish pound 9 month pure bred and people cross the street to avoid them.

>>2187486
Similarish note, can't you take therapy animals anywhere?

>>2188212
I think that comes under therapy animal more than service animal. They don't need to be trained to as high a degree as service animals but they still need to be safe to take into shops and cafés and such.

>>2183641
>the job I stole from you
If this is true, then daily reminder that you only have this job because you're getting paid less then the native population, because you're under the threat by your employer to get expelled from the country.

But if you're here legally, then I doubt your employers consider your mexican-ness any kind of asset, and I don't mind.

>>2182036
>higher educated people are having pets instead of kids,
Literally taking themselves out of the genepool
:(

>>2184550
If even that.

I married a dumb fucking mexican bitch and her entire family treats dogs like disposable decorations at best. Most of them are just locked in in a yard shitting on themselves. It's fucking disgusting.

I get wanting a dog for protection and to alert you if there is a strange person nearby your house, but they're not fucking appliances.

>>2191141
>Plenty of latinos are white.

No, Latinos are not white. Hispanics can be white, but Latinos are not.

>>2183697
I swear to christ they shouldnt sell flytraps in public. The few people that actually can care for them buy them online or at shows anyway.

>>2182287
>want a pet but never be at home
>expect our son that may move out at any time to take care of the pet for us
>son eventually moves out
>?

Did I accidentally click on /pol/?

>>2182839
Fucking lol

>>2192147
Fuck off.

>>2188945
Where I'm from, it's dishonorable to play with your food.

>>2192058
Are you retarded? Tom Hanks is Portuguese, by definition making him Latin. He's pretty white, buddy. And that's why he's ten dollars a glass!

>>2191919
>>higher educated people are having pets instead of kids,
>Literally taking themselves out of the genepool
>:(
Intellegence is, unfortunately, not genetic or I would have accumulated a harem of genius baby-daddies.

>>2192791
>Intellegence is, unfortunately, not genetic
Yes it is.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-intelligence-hereditary/

>>2192259
>Tom Hanks is Portuguese, by definition making him Latin.

What? A Latino is someone from Latin America. Pretty sure Portugal's not in Latin America.

>>2192804
Not sure I trust that article if I'm honest.

>>2192791
Intelligence is genetic but not the fit enough to pass on.

>>2182081
EXACTLY!!!

Owning a reptile doesn't make you cool , properly owning it and letting it live a happy life is cool!

>>2192837
>Not sure I trust that article if I'm honest
which is a pretty good sign you're not that intelligent.

kinda ironic the person wanting intelligent offspring but denying it's hereditary all while not being smart enough to produce intelligent offspring anyways.

Let's talk about how you'd like to have rich kids but don't believe inheritance of money is a thing so we can point out that it doesn't matter since you're not rich anyways.

>>2192840
Why thank you. Genetics is really not my field, my understanding of it is very basic.

>>2192853
Though my field is not genetics, that article just reaks of "dumbed down for the general public" and uses vague terms without showing actual quantitative data. Excuse me for being somewhat sceptic. And, since you brought it up, my IQ is 137.

>>2183908
When i lived in the country my nieghbors had an emu and 10 acres. Cool bird
One time it got out of the yard and ran beside my car on the way to work

>>2188639
That's pretty much the opposite of what you want to do with an aggressive dog. A dog gets aggressive when it's uncomfortable, so while it's uncomfortable, you make them more uncomfortable? A correction collar, choke prong or pinch, are not good to use on an aggressive dog to end or correct aggression

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>>2192864
If you were intelligent you would have noticed that the post was bait and wouldn't get booty blasted from a reply on a taiwanese cartoon website.

>>2192864
IQ is a metric of insecurity and scientific american is a credible source.
You have no field. You're a fucking sandwich engineer.

>>2181797
what's the point of having someone living in your country that can't speak your language? kick him out or demand him to learn before doing shit like owning kids and animals alike.

>>2182813
there is no way a little girl could have the time to kill 20 pups in his short lifetime.
without a knife in their throat it would take some time and luck to get them casually killed, possibly in a new inventive way.

Is she a crime genius?

>>2191145
Holy fuck this, especially with Mexicans, Brazilians, Argentinians... Kind of all of South America.

>Mexican looking for dog
>Wants pit bull
>I start talking about the dog
>He interrupts, asking if he would be a good gaurd dog
>I explain how this particular dog is extremely friendly with strangers and would jump and lick an intruder
>He rephrases and asks if the dog could be trained to be a good gaurd dog
>I go into the intense training involved and the liability and dangers if he or his kids bring friends over
>He again corrects himself and says he just wants to know if the look of the dog could be a deterrent
>"...so you want to know if you can train this dog to look like a deterrent?"
>He talks about how he was robbed before and wants a dog to keep that from happening
>Goes on to tell me he has a big yard where the dog will be staying
>Stop him there and explain that the dog should be a family, house dog, and not an outdoor dog (it gets both way too hot and way too cold to keep a pit bull type outside)
>He changes it to 'the dog will just be outdoors when I am outdoor, which is all the time'
>I'm thinking this is bullshit
>Talk about what an outdoor dog would need (water, shelter, socialization, enrichment)
>'oh yeah we have a big tree for him to lay under'
>I go on to explain winter to the beaner, and talk about times when to let the dog inside like when it's too hot or cold
>'oh we are always outside so he'll be outside with us all the time'
Why pay for a house when you live outdoors?
Why get a dog to protect the shit inside your house by tying it up outside?
At least the dog was fixed

>>2182686
So be it then. Let the inferior humans inherit the world, maybe there is a reason for us to have lower life expectancy and intelligence, so we don't become overwhelmed with the state of the world and grow nihilistic.

>>2193382
lol u just cant get laid bro

so sad :c

>>2193383
I just got laid 9 hours ago, nice try poorfag

>>2193384
someones projecting :P

>>2193386
It's probably the undocumented piggu baiting antinatalists and posting emojis

>>2184092
Mexican culture is pretty traditionalist/oldschool, the two aren't mutually exclusive. Machismo is very important in most spanish speaking cultures which is why you see a lot of guys who want "guard" dogs and won't neuter them because hurr durr look at my dog's balls, I have balls too.

>>2193372
Yeah he was obviously trying to get you to sell him a pit bull, but he wanted you to tell him that it would be what he wanted. It's part of the fucking culture, they need to be told that what they're doing is ok, even if it's a lie. It's fucking delusional.

>>2188639
>>2191713
>>2192897


Put aggression in and get aggression out. Dogs will emulate your behavior.

If you are angry, anxious and aggressive guess how your dog is gonna act.

The best training is clear and consistent. Stupid people just don't have the time/patience/calmness/attentiveness to properly train their animals. Because they are emotionally/mentally stunted they end up taking that frustration out on the animal by at yelling or hitting the animal. The fact that your dog still pisses the rug or whatever else is not your dogs fault. Its your fault for not showing your dog the acceptable behavior you want in a way they can understand.

The closest I would even suggest people get to a choke collar is a martingale. And thats only for really bad pulling and lunging.

>>2188945
One of my buddies has this amazing corgi. they have been looking into taking a long trip to Asia. But they have expressed concern for the dog, Oliver, if they end up taking him. Apparently Asians aren't to keen on dogs. They will poison you dog if they end up finding it annoying. People get their dogs stolen their all the time. The only dogs they dont seem to have a problem with are toy breeds.

>>2191141
Hey not all bird owners. My neighbor across the street has the chillest Macaw. Super nice. No aggression. Just wants to be held. Loves going for rides on your shoulder around the neighborhood. Chills outside on her tree while the neighbor cares for her garden or sits on the porch. Bird looks absolutely lovely and acts the part too.

>>2191143
The dogs probably whines because it knows it will get attention for it. Stop rewarding the behavior. Reward calm behavior instead.

>>2191145
Holy shit. My German Shepard is one of the chillest dogs I know of, thinks hes a fucking lap dog pup. But god forbid someone he doesn't know walks in our yard.

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>>2181797

OP, you are singing my song.

I have more resentment against the pet industry as an animal rights issue than anything else.

Pets used to be animals you adopted from your environment. You already knew what they liked and didnt like.

Now any 14 year old with a fistful of money can buy a fragile creature from across the planet.

Its a bit like the social ethics surrounding what you can and cant do about bad parents. You cant tell someone they arent morally or mentally fit to have a pet. Thats exactly the regulation it would take and it will never happen because it would introduce obscene amounts of legislative overhead that are impossible to enforce, cultural arguments and to say nothing of pushback from the industry itself.

I think this is as good as it gets. We just have to do the best we can and be grateful for all the people who work or even volunteer for free to help the poor creatures who end up on the wrong side of this equation.

And I am, Im very grateful for all of them. They dont get nearly the social appreciation they deserve and have hearts bigger than can be put into words.

>>2194573
Fucking spot on. I just want the industry to crash so shitty people can't get pets. I'd be satisfied if at least people could be marked off as animal abusers like pedophiles are.

>>2181997

Take care of everything except the jews. Classic Germany

>>2194573
Been to asia, have asian family. I hope this helps.

Unless they're in some ghetto, no-one's gonna mess with their dog. Don't know where your friends are from, but compared to many cultures, Asian people (specially in large cities) don't get involved in other people's business.

It really depends on the country. The absolute biggest difference is if they are muslim and what kind of muslim.

Islam says all animals are sacred, Muhammad greatly frowned upon anybody who would hurt an animal, but at the same time, according to islam, dogs are dirty that should only be kept if they are working animals, so of course, there are people who love animals and use their religion to say they're in the right, and there are assholes and like many, many assholes, they use their religion to say they're in the right.

Then, there is the cultural difference. Middle eastern muslims are generally pretty cool with dogs. There's a bigger dog culture in the middle east, people are pretty normal. However, south-eastern asia doesn't have the same culture. Dogs are a bit more rare (they might not even notice though), not many establishments are dog friendly. Also, in some of these countries (Malaysia, for example) which have recently been in revolutionary wars or independence wars, the muslims can be really forceful about their beliefs because it's their identity as a culture, so if you have a dog around malaysian quran thumpers, they might get personally offended.


If this gives them any ease of mind, I think, they're being paranoid. Their dog will be fine, they might have a hard time finding a dog friendly hotel depending on where they go, if they're in a country with buddhists, they might feel safer with them. Dogs in asia are a bit like black cats in the west. Some people are scared of them, some people poison them, but really, they're the weird ones.

I hope this makes them feel more at ease and gives them a better understanding of what they might be in for.

>>2182727

Go back to Europe criminal scum.

To clear some stuff up I saw in this thread about service animals
In the USA under ADA law there is no such thing as certification for what is a "Service Animal". A person can say a dog or a small horse is a service animal and you cant do anything about it. Although if said service animal's behavior is disruptive or hazardous to a place of business they have full right to ask them to leave. The only thing anyone can legally ask you about the animal is "Is that a servce animal?" and "What service does it perform for you?". Emotion Support Animals and other titles that are not "Service Animal" are not covered under federal law so a business can kick those out if they please. There is no licensing, certification, or any other thing needed to have a "Service Animal", not even a vest. Its best that it stays that way because there are some terrible people out there trying to monopolize service dog training.

if you want to know anything else feel free to ask

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>>2194692

I dont think I can stick around but thats pretty interesting. Im surprised some law firm has jumped on that and tried to start an industry standard group.

I always assumed it just meant dogs and came from some accredited training school, and the accreditation figured into whether it was some code compliant dog or just a pet.

Now that I read further in your post, I see someone is already trying it.

Imagine that.

I wonder if I can get into this pet racket. I will run commercials about how many people have goldfish that die from winning at fairs and use that carnie angle to accuse the fairs of selling ill bred fish from fish mills.

Then I will explain that only I sell fish that don't drown like carnival fish because they're bred to be water-proof.

Pretty soon the Big Fish Industry will come crawling to me and grovel for my genetically modified fish patent. But no, instead my fortune will come from licensed distribution, because whatever it means, it sounds like it would make a lot of money.

But there's a trick- I dont actually have any genetically modified fish! I bet you didn't see that coming. Technically, they're just crackers, but they're still goldfish and once they're in the water, no one will notice. Pretty soon I will be strutting around in my shark-skin suit and riding around in my aquamarine StingRay, and my name will be all over Forbes, and they'll call me FIshFinger: the bio-tech leader of the 21st century.

I'm gonna be so rich.

>>2194700
are you off your meds again?

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>>2194705

No, actually they're new ones.

I wonder who dropped them.

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>>2194712
Surely you can think of a better place to trip than the animals bored?

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>>2194715

I've been trying for an hour!

g'nite

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>>2181797
Mexicans are really shitty owners tbqh

>Be ten
>Summer in California
>Live in a majority Mexican community
>Stereotypical Mexican house across the street from me
>Kids running everywhere, chickens in their yard, dogs running across the street, dead yard filled with dirt
>One day notice puppy cries coming from the house
>Visit to see what's going on
>3 puppies locked up in a tiny chicken coop in the yard
>Pups on top of each other and living in feces and piss
>They barely look three months old
>Little girl from the house tells me they're all hers
>Takes them out to "play" in front of me
>She shakes them around and tosses them in the air
> Grabs a puppy and forces it down a bucket of water because "it was thirsty"
>Mother comes out and asks what am I doing on their yard
>Mother looks at her daughter almost drowning a puppy yet ignores it
>I immediately ask the mother if I can take one of the puppies home
>She says yes and I grab the almost drowned puppy
>Little girl gets mad but mom tells her to shut up
>Take the pup home, give her a warm shower
>Tell my parents about what happened and they aren't mad because the puppy looked really miserable
>Take her the vet the next morning for check up and vaccination
>Find out that she has a flea infestation and tape worms
>Also malnourished and dehydrated

I really wanted to take all the dogs in, but I already had another dog and we lived in a small house. I came by everyday for a week to feed the puppies 3 times a day. I also changed their water bucket because it was always dirty. I even gave them a shower and tried to kill some of their fleas via Dawn and a comb. The family thought I was weird but I honestly couldn't care. On the morning my dad was going to call animal control, I noticed the puppies weren't there. To this day, I still feel horrible about not calling earlier and uneasy not knowing what happened to those puppies.

Pic related is the rescued pup. She's currently 9yrs old and super sweet.

>>2194768
You did what you could, your dog is lucky to have you

>>2191749
google image search 'police dog'

>>2194768
bad dog

>>2194768
Bless you man. That puppy was the only survivor and I'm pretty sure that the other lil puppers died fleas. It's pretty common for malnourished dogs.

Also, does animal control actually do something? I thought it was only for rabid animals.

>>2194799
Lopk at Facebook comments on G Shepherd police training and you'll see black people talking about how it's useless because they would totally just kick the dog and run

>>2181997
Do Germans just see refugees as the latest pet fad then?

>be me
>15, about 2010
>huge reptile guy, I had 2 boas, a corn, hognose, etc.
>friend comes over
>I had recently gotten a BRB
>he gets jealous for some reason
>decides snakes "gets bitches wet, and he wants some bitches too"
>never once have bitches gotten wet over my snakes
>he's completely delusional over what owning a snake is like
>he thinks it's "badass and shit"
>he tells me he's going to buy a BRB
>lolno, a BRB is way to much work for him
>explain how much work and money it is to his parents
>he throws a bitchfit, parents cave
>2 days later he has a rainbow boa
>I ask where his setup is, he takes me to it
>it is a fucking cardboard box
>has a literal cup of water in it, and a dead rat in the corner for "when he gets hungry"
>he basically kicks me out when I get pissed
>this goes on for a couple of weeks
>I eventually call my local SPCA
>they arrive
>check all the boxes (food, water, clean)
>ignore the fact that there's no heat source or humidity control
>they leave

That was all I could really do at that point, I tried buying it but he wouldn't have it. He still thought that I was trying to buy it so that he wouldn't get as many "bitches" as me (again, never got bitches via snake) and the snake eventually died of mites, seizures, etc. from awful care.

>>2181797
this story really triggered me.

looking past the obvious animal abuse, the sheer amount of ENTITLEMENT that cunt has would have made me call the police or something. how the fuck dare he get so worked up when HE needs help from YOU and wants it for FREE?

FUCK that guy honestly i hope he gets punched in the face

>>2194890
without a good mentor, that is unfortunately how first reptile stories tend to go.

I will agree with you about snakes not getting women, they tend to actually hinder the process in my experience.

But you know I have yet to meet a woman I would choose over my pythons.

>>2194590
i love how many intelligent, insightful people there are on this sub

>>2192791
Intelligence is genetic

Look it up

>>2194903
It's crazy. Everyone I know who doesn't own snakes thinks they're pussy magnets, and I'm constantly confused why

>>2194677
>Islam says all animals are sacred
>that's why we slit their throats and let them bleed out slowly before they can be certified "hallal"

>>2181831
99% of mexians are braindead.

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>>2181909
Worked at Petsmart for 4 years in the fish, reptile, bird, rodent department and I had to do this shit all the time. Especially with the fish because they had the guarantee on them but yeah people are stupid.

The best customers were business guys who came around once in awhile saying they want an aquarium or reptile habitat or some shit for their office and weren't trying to nickel and dime. They were willing to do it right so they didn't have a ton of problems and it would look nice. Too bad there aren't more reasonable people in this world.

>>2194909
>this sub

Want to know how I know that you're from plebbit?

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>>2182287
>never asked to live in someone's house and eat their food and get free rent
>never asked to be born

this parent entitlement shit is getting out of hand

>>2182548
nothing is stopping them from learning the language, you daft cunt.

>>2194677
Really? Because I live in a predominantly muslim area and people treat my dog like shit when I walk her, yelling for her not to go near them or for me to keep her away from their dogs and throwing things like drink cans at her.

>>2182548
T. Miguel

>>2192012
Dude its even worse in mexico. My grandma bought a fucking pit bull and has it in a tiny ass fucking room with no room at all to move in. It's always hyper and wants to interact. She supposedly walks it but I never saw it the whole time I was there. I hope they take the dog away from her, Jesus Christ.

>have a friend
>her Budgie is all alone because her mate died a few months ago and has not been replaced
>she's not remotely hand tamed and will bite you if you try to touch her
>she doesn't have a bird bath
>eats generic bird food, not particularly high quality stuff
>no vegetables or even a mineral block
>only a bird swing and another toy
>she has never been let out of her cage
>basically the only thing my friend does is change her food every few days, change her water every few days, and change the lining of her cage once a week

That's so pitiful. She just sits there on her perch making noise or eating. My Budgies are all so affectionate. Birds are like dogs, you're not supposed to just keep them in a cage all day.

>>2191751
Don't know about where you live but in Ireland once they are guide dogs or therapy dogs for shit like autism you can take them ANYWHERE and it is illegal to disallow them.

>>2194890

What a moron. Girls don't find snakes attractive. Most people don't. They're scary more than anything.

The Mexican memes are true
>live in 70-80% Mexican area
>literally every-fucking-one has a pitbull or chihuahua
>chihuahuas are ugly little yaping vicious shits
>have heard horror stories of what kids do to them
>pitbulls always owned by gangbangers, tied to a chain in their front yard
I also remember this
>there was a house by my high school, would walk by it everyday
>2 dogs in front yard, pit bull and German Shephard
>both very antisocial, pit bull's legs were scabbed, bleeding, really painful to look at
And as a Mexican I can confirm, got my dog when I was 9, I'm spergy friendless autist so he was all I had and dad fed him bones and wanted to keep him outside, constant arguing because I know what he was doing was bad for him and me locking myself in my room with him crying
Thankfully my siblings helped me win.

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Yes, fuck the Mexicans. They do not mix well with animals because they're hardly a step above being animals themselves.

>work at nice local pet store in Small animals department
>"family" of Mexicans walks in
>and by family I mean trashily-clad small mother, one kid about 12-15 years old and AT LEAST 4 little brown kids running around
>none of the toddlers have shoes on at all
> they're all really sweaty, like, ridiculously sweaty, and WILL NOT stop screaming and running around
>ask the mother if they needed any help finding anything
>"no, no, no"
>it was clear she wasn't very good at English
>the son answers and says "no thanks"
>them and the little burrito babies hover around in the small animals department for quite honestly about 20-25 minutes
>everyone back there is getting annoyed at the constant screaming of these sweaty dirtnuggets
>after being in the store for about 45 minutes and refusing assistance each time they were asked, I eventually see them leave
>they just fucking took all of the free samples of dog food on the entire right side of the store
>by my estimates it was at least 8 packs they took for free

That made me pretty mad, wouldn't surprise me if they had a few other items in their pockets or something, too

I've also noticed that any time Hispanics come in to buy an actual animal, they ALWAYS buy birds, either budgies or lovebirds. Every. Single. Time. I am yet to see an exception to this myself. Any explanation for that shit?

>>2196152
Never realized the bird thing, but now that I look back the only type of birds my family has had are budgies. They're like the goldfish in a bowl but in bird form. My guess is because they're probably cheap and "easy to care for".

>>2196152
They are eating the birds?

>>2196093
Your fucking dad had to cross the border walking alone in the desert for days with nothing to eat and no shelter to protect him from freezing cold and burning hot so he could have a family and provide a good life for you and your shitty siblings.
But I guess the fucking dog can sleep inside you ungrateful bastard

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>>2196093
That sucks.

I did the pet store thing when I was younger, and one night somebody brought a cockatoo and budgie in and left them in the store in their cages. Birds are cunts, but I took the budgie even though I didn't really want to break them up.

Didn't like to be handled a lot, but I tried to keep it entertained. Lots of toys and kept it in the kitchen so it was around lots of action during the day and it seemed to like that. I would open the door a lot too and the thing like to climb around the outside of the cage and kinda watch people.

Not sure how old it was. Had it for a year or two before it died. I would never want another bird though, especially anything larger than a budgie.

Now I'm stuck with this stupid bunny that my mom got bored of. Bought him one of those pens and left him in there too long so he doesn't like going back in his cage (which is the biggest fucking one they had at the pet store) so I leave him in the pen and he makes a goddamn mess of the floor scattering food and hay everywhere. At least he goes in his litter box.

>>2196162
Is it a cultural thing? I can't help but feel that it is but I don't know anything about why it might be

>>2196163
I've told people about thus before and that's what they always say

>>2196168
Well from personal experience I guess is because they're small and cute and cheaper than any other small animal. I never thought about it until now.

>>2181831
this triggers the mexican

>>2194912
Potential for intelligence is genetic. Actual intelligence, meanwhile, is dependent on environmental factors. This is why Mexican and African scientists, politicians, writers, and doctors exist, despite there being documented differences in average IQ between broadly "white" and broadly "black" groups.

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I remember when I was a teenager I got a collard lizard. It took me a week to realize I was not able to give it the responsible care an animal needs as a matter of time and attention.

I took it back to the pet store and explained. I thought it was odd that they thought I might expect a refund and noted it wasn't possible. I thought it was obviously not something I was even considering. I just realized I was unfit as a care-taker, admitted it to myself and them, and simply wanted to leave it with people who could care for it. It wasn't expensive and the business aspect had long since departed the equation. It was just a little lizard that deserved a better home, and the pet store was the first solution to come to mind.

It was entirely without incident and worked. I would note though that it was a family business; I don't know if I would've gotten such a basic humane understanding from a modern franchise.

He was a good little guy that loved his crickets and freedom. But his love of 'freedom' was a bit more than I could responsibly manage, and I didn't want him to be trapped in a habitat all day neglected. It just didn't seem natural for such a plucky lively little critter that loved to roam and explore. He loved to scale the curtains and spy on me while I worked.

He was friendly, social even. But I was busy and didn't want him getting used to routine freedom that I couldn't always provide. I like to think he was matched with someone who could give him the attention and play time he deserved.

Looking back, I think the primary mistake was mistaking the size of the animal as factoring more into the scale of habitat it needed than was accurate. Had I known it liked to roam so much, I'd have realized it needed a much bigger habitat to feel comfortable, which is why I let him out to roam so much. I didn't have space for the habitat he should've had.

>>2196425
I suspect sometimes that adequate habitat size must be a very common mistake for people like me who didn't know enough about the pet they were getting. The store that sold him to me never told me any different, and it began my distrust of pet stores, as well as my own basic sense of inadequacy as a pet keeper. I just accepted my schedule and routine makes me a poor candidate to own pets, so I just enjoy wildlife now.

>>2196172
Mom, grandma and rest of females in family have the same lovebirds. They're just cheap, as in they keep it in a cage with nothing but those small wood nests, seeds and water.

>>2196165
If anon's dad wanted their kids to grow up in a hellhole where animal rights aren't respected because of muh roots he could have stayed where he was.

Why is it always Latin Americans? From what I've seen people in Spain treat pets completely normally so it's not like it's a Hispanic thing.

>>2185608
this is a really random question

>>2196682
Because they are poor and uneducated

>>2196682

Have you freaking seen what they do to Greyhounds in Spain? Not to mention, what they do to bulls.

But but I'm Mexican and I take good care of my beagle :x

Where do you live? Where I live all the Petsmart workers are Mexican.

How do you know they're Mexican if you don't speak Spanish? They could be Central American.

There are lots of Mexican mixtures, the various tribes in Mexico are very diverse, some Mexicans are mixed with black from diverse regions in Africa, the European mixture is also diverse, lots of Semitic mixture as well in Southern Spain and the Canary Islands.

Maybe we're (((white))). No machismo culture in my family. The females are the jefes.

I also took my beagle to a veterinarian in Tijuana, Mexico once for a leg operation for dog's sprained ankle, lol. It was cheaper than in the U.S.

>>2196749
I wouldn't take it to heart.

These people are obviously trash. If someone started talking about white trash I wouldn't automatically assume they were talking about me.

You're clearly not trash, but the problem is that brown trash is a protected class because of "racism". So they can't be dealt with properly and thus people have more of a problem with them than they should.

>>2196681
Maybe he should send anon there where there are tons of dogs that need him, he can tell starving family's and gang members how to properly take care of a dog

>>2196165
>>2196782

>Justifying cruel behavior with past hardships
>Because my life is shit, everyone else's life around me should also be shit

Why are you even on this board? There is nothing ungrateful about wanting an animal to be properly taken care of.

>>2182079
This. Mother pulled this shit literally in the middle of my first year at Uni when NOBODY was home to take care of the dog (which is a genetic mutant pomeranian/poodle mix) and then allowed ny certified dumbfuck sister to buy ANOTHER one at the same time.

Now I'm out of uni for a bit, working 40 hours a week and every day the dogs are either left at home or I'm guilt tripped into taking care of them, and even worse my family won't hear to any basic animal care like "stop feeding them from the fucking table" on the basis of "WELL IT'S MY DOG NOT YOURS ANON"

Owning an animal should be a government-regulated privilege

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>grandmother lives on a ranch in the middle of buttfuck nowhere
>got horses and some cattle
>grandmother goes to hospital for diabetic attack
>is now super old AND too frail to take care of the animals but too stubborn to leave the house she raised her kids in
>Father inherits the property
>we live six or seven hours away
>he Decides to hire a white, well to do neighbor kid to feed animals
>I get a bad feeling about it
>I'm fucking right
>the events that follow:
>Cows are starving even though we provide the kid with hay
>Fences have been knocked down by cattle trying to find food
>equipment is broken or goes missing
>evidence of cows being let into alleys and obscure places outside of their normal pasture, causing further property damage
>one cow, (roughly $2,000 black angus) dies of neglect.
I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but she probably got ahold of a piece of metal or something when she grazed where cows aren't supposed to be. The kid hid it from us so I never got to examine the corpse to be sure.
>kid embezzles 10,000 fucking dollars from my grandmother who was not in her right mind
>money that was being set aside to pay off a mortgage
That's also a long story. Basically her original company went bankrupt and the "new" mortgage company refused to identify themselves so the money was being put aside.
>house goes into foreclosure
>grandmother has stroke from stress
>contact lawyers
>kid still gets away with it and gets to keep the money
>mfw I hate being right

Oddly enough, the guy we ended up hiring afterwards was a middle aged Mexican and we haven't had any problems since. The herd looks great now, even in the wintertime.

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>>2194590
>Pets used to be animals you adopted from your environment. You already knew what they liked and didnt like.
>Now any 14 year old with a fistful of money can buy a fragile creature from across the planet.
Bullshit. It used to be much much worse.

>>2197638
I think he meant over 100 years ago

>>2195204
This. Children owe you nothing. I have two kids and I rage at people who treat their kids like built in servants or guilt trip them into things they want to do.

My wife's aunt literally does no housework since she has like 5 kids and makes them do everything including take care of the younger ones. The oldest is almost 18 and I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they wake up on her birthday and she's nowhere to be found.

>>2197620

How awful. I'd find it nearly impossible not to beat the shit out of that guy. I'm glad you found someone with some basic decency later.

>>2198011
Yeah, we're really fortunate to have him. He's a handyman too and goes out of his way to repair something if he notices it.
I still thirst for revenge, anon

>>2197620
I watch a lot of cowboy movies and I'm pretty sure I saw that one anon...

>>2197985
Thank you. My dad and his girlfriend used to dump their baby on me all the time when I was 15 (now 21) and, when I got a job at 16, they still did it. I got four written warnings for missing shifts because they'd leave me with the baby and leave the house. Not to mention I got a lot of abuse, looking younger than I was, walking around with a baby. But I'm apparently a spoiled brat for complaining about it.

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>>2198126
Life is a western, anon

>>2182079
>Dad gets a pure bred shepherd, he loves animals and really cares for her rather than treating her like some trophy, but I still have my problems with his high opinion about pure breeds and his low opinion about mutts
>We all love this dog and give her lots of love and attention, but we don't really put much into training her (we were going through some problems near the time we got her, but I'll be honest, we have no excuse no to have broken her of bad habits or trained her properly) so she's a bit spoiled
>Life is going smoothly a few years later, doggo is a comfortable member of the family (especially since our older dog passed away a while ago, so my dad put a lot more love into this one to cope with the sadness)
>Suddenly my mom wants another dog, simply because our current shepherd is too big, too energetic and too untrained for her to "cuddle with and put in her lap"
>At first she wants a pug, but fuck that, those things are genetic horror shows and expensive as balls
>Next she, and my dad, want another shepherd
>We live in a trailer, barely enough room for a full grown shepherd to move about without stepping on our toes
>With absolutely no forewarning, dad buys a shepherd puppy
>Our current shepherd is having none of that
>Due to this, the puppy had to be kept locked in a back room during most of the day or else risking our current shepherd attacking it
>This presents a bunch of new problems, namely the puppy is a fucking puppy and wants attention and love, but because we have to barricade it in the back to keep our other dog away, we can't casually see it, thus it was barking non-stop day and night. My parents could sleep fine through this, I, however, could not, and it even led to me just sleeping in the truck outside.
>There were other problems, but after two days of this bullshit, my dad finally realizes just how bad of an idea this all was, and despite my mom's complaints, takes the puppy to work with him and gives it to his boss
I

>>2184655
This desu. Fuck people like that, gotta stab em in the gut

>>2182839
Burger here. Girlfriend is half Mexican. Her Mexican family is 10x as based as her Irish family (there are exceptions on both sides

>Live in a prominently Mexican area
>Most of the time get no problems, because it's not a ghetto the Mexicans seem to be of a higher quality than the ones in most of these stories
>The only problem I had seen before this moment was a small Mexican mother trying to walk a huge dog which was clearly too much for her to handle.
>On this event however, I was out going to get the mail
>As I am walking back from the mailbox a little yapper comes waddling up to me
>Of course I have no concerns with this, he's just a little guy being curious right?
>He sniffs a bit around me, and then starts growling
>Before I can shoo him off, the thing lunges and bites into my ankle
>It's a tiny fucker so it doesn't do much besides break the skin, but thats besides the point
>Return home, pissed off, contact the cops who do the usual stuff, check my leg, I lead them to the house the little fucker came from (they had three of them and they were all allowed to run around unrestrained (note that Florida has a leash law)) The one that bit me is on a leash and going berserk when we arrive. The kid who apparently 'owns' the dogs is a sobbing mess because of this, the parents, surprisingly, are very cooperative about the situation
>I decide not to press charges, the dog gets taken away to be checked for rabies, but is returned when it's cleared.
It was more of an annoyance than a major issue, so I didn't make more of it than needed, I just hope the incident pushed them to better discipline their dogs.

Though suddenly getting bitten by a tiny dog has made me a bit nervous around them, a few months ago I was taking a walk around the block and a tiny dog from some neighborhood, for about five minutes, was waddling behind me , stopping to mark places, or sniff a spot, before returning to following me, eventually it's owner came chasing after it and called it back, but I still felt nervous that it might just bite me for no reason.

>>2198508
What the fuck are you nervous about a little dog for?

Chiuauas are awful dogs and I have yet to meet one that didn't yap like crazy or try to go for ankles.

The worst one I deal with was of course some mexican woman's dog and this little shit ran after my feet multiple times if he got out. One time he was going straight for it, and I decided I was going to punt this fucker. Fortunately his owner ran over and grabbed him immediately.

Across the street though there used to be some trashy methheads that lived over there and they owned several of this little shitstains. They would also let them roam around front and do basically whatever they pleased, even after one of them got killed by my neighbor's dog when it went into his yard. They even had the audacity to say they were going to sue him, even though he paid the vet bills.

>>2198498
From a half Irish family. Generally, the Irish are fucking awful with animals

>>2183698
it's still sad, but at least with dogs you know that they will never be endangered as a species. I'm more worried about animals like reptiles that suffer from habitat loss, and then get stupid people killing them in captivity.

>>2198541
Chihuahuas are such shitty dogs. I worked at a pet store and once a month a little chihuahua club would meet there with all of their little yappers.

In the 4 years I was there (and the other 23 years I have been alive not working at a pet store) I have seen one chihuahua that wasn't a complete shitter. It was a fat little female one owned by an older guy probably in his mid-70s. Out of hundreds, possibly thousands of those dogs that is the only one that I thought to myself "Now that's a chihuahua that doesn't deserve to get put down".

My cousin decided she wanted to get a Maltese a few years ago. She bought one and that one died within a month for a reason I don't know, then she got another. That dog hates to go outside, she still pees on mats in the house, is scared to go downstairs unless someone's holding her at all times, hates other dogs. I don't think she was prepared to actually be tough on her dog and train it properly.

On the flip side my boyfriend's family has a big cuddly king shepherd which is so well behaved around everyone. Poor thing is scared of fireworks though, and idiots lately have been setting them off for no reason.

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>>2198541
>>2201446
Chihuahuas are not shitty dogs, they just attract people who are shitty dog owners 99% of the time. Think abut it: they're cute, small puppers that ladies who want a tiny baby can carry around and spoil. Hardly the type of person who's going to buckle down and properly train a dog; they just want a baby to spoil, and that's not how you raise a dog to behave properly. That's why the majority of chihuahuas are crazy, yappy little bastards

A properly trained and disciplined chihuahua will be just as behaved as a larger dog

>>2201645
This is why I want one, too many people hate small dogs for no good reason.

Cocker Spaniels are the ones that are just fucked up in the head 90% of the time.

>>2196165
>strive for better life and brave hardships to achieve it
>this makes treating animals like lawn decorations is ok
Dumbass

>>2181995
Its a rabbit, it will eat whatever it finds. Keep plastics away.

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>>2185639
But why is it abuse? If a male animal willingly fucks a human, why do you consider the animal the one being abused?

>>2192147
are you fucking retarded?

>>2196165
his fucking dad couldn't build a better mexico so he had to come slurp semen from gringos like the cucks you mexicans all are

you will never win any copa do mundo
concha

>>2203246
wew lad

How can mods even this thread

This thread is 100% /pol/

sage

Go back to /pol/ if you want to whine about races.