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What will they spend our taxes on next? Is this just pointing out the bl**dy obvious?
Pet owners face code of practice
Pet owners face code of practice
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Mmm - well I get most of those!!
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Well I for one don't get that well looked after.
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That article seems extremely cat-biased with barely no more mention given to dogs than to horses.
I know someone who has a cat that's getting on a bit and it wants to do nothing more than have a kip on the bed's electric blanket. It occasionally gets off to "do the rounds" and take in such heady sights as the food bowl, the litter tray, and the scratchy pole, and then it's back to bed. To paraphase "Red Dwarf", if he doesn't have 7 or 8 naps in the day he doesn't have enough energy for his main snooze.And it adds: "Cats need opportunities to climb and jump, such as a simple 'platform' type bed or safe access to shelves and the tops of cupboards.
If you introduce my Jack Russell mixes to any other animal and you put them at a disadvantage, they just get more wound up which ultimately leads to increased aggression. Let them figure it out for themselves and there's no problem. Even this ancient old cat taught our youngest dog what its place was - a threatening swipe of the claws, and li'l Domino soon knew her place. Chase it? Why do people assume that poor Tiddles is the hard done by one? Cats know how to take care of themselves. That's why you never see the BBC documentary called "The Big Dog Diary". It just doesn't happen..."Dogs should be introduced to cats very carefully; the dog should be held safely on a lead at first so that it cannot chase the cat," it adds.
Yes, and I can tell them what's stressing out our oldest dog at the moment - fireworks. Bang, bang, b!**din' bang! It feels like our house is in the middle of No Man's Land. What's wrong with just having pretty fireworks that light up the sky, instead of this artillery barrage for five hours each night?It says owners should watch for signs of stress
These guidelines are just like every other piece of legislation - the very people it's aimed at are precisely the people who'll never read them in the first place, while those who already treat their animals well will get more paranoid at the thought of some nosey busy-body knocking on their doors, barging in, and insisting on seeing the animal.Comment
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I just caught an RSPCA advert which mentioned this legislation. It means they're doing far more investigations than ever before...
...as a consequence, they're snowed under with work that they can't afford to do. They need even more money than ever before.
So it looks like this legislation has crippled the RSPCA. Was that its intended purpose?
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[QUOTE=JSR;36447 I know someone who has a cat that's getting on a bit and it wants to do nothing more than have a kip on the bed's electric blanket. It occasionally gets off to "do the rounds" and take in such heady sights as the food bowl, the litter tray, and the scratchy pole, and then it's back to bed. To paraphase "Red Dwarf", if he doesn't have 7 or 8 naps in the day he doesn't have enough energy for his main snooze. [/QUOTE]
Sounds like our Henry, he is over 17 now, a bit of arthritis in the back legs, but gets about when he wants to, usually to inspect the garden (his territory) sometimes even a little run.
He eats, sleeps a lot, he has just had a new blanket which now he has broken it in he loves, he purrs a lot and is fussed a lot.
Cant imagine the house without him.
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I must admit, I did laugh at the comment from you JSR the life of a cat is something to witness. Our cat 'Frank' is a self obsessed teenage bully at the moment. He's 2 now and comes to me for playtime during the evenings. usually does some weird short,fast, jerky movements and runs up the stairs like his tail's alight! He's an indoors cat as we live in a 1st floor flat but he owns the doorstep and is 2nd in command for security to Charlie our Springer at a gentlemmanly 11 years of age.
For those of us that feel privileged to have shared part of our lives with an animal, worried when they get sick, had a companion that will always cheer you up, there has never been any doubt about the care we have given our pets. So why now are we getting bombarded by these legislations that should be common sense? It's an insult to my intelligence quite frankly.
Graham - change your name to Fluffy and purr when your belly is tickled!!Comment
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I quite agree. We have two dogs at the moment - the eldest is Alfie (he's my avatar) and was effectively the first pet I'd ever had. Before him, I hadn't liked dogs much - had a few scares when I was younger - but Alfie soon cured me of that. He has a dodgy back leg which we thought was going to cause him serious trouble a couple of years back, but he only seems to notice it now when he's done too much ball-playing.Originally posted by Gina View Post
Our other dog is Domino - such a meek thing but she'll bark the house down if there's something going on she's not sure about. She has a one-track mind when it comes to chucking squeaky balls at you and insisting that you throw it for her. Alfie never did the "fetch" thing, but he loves his battered old football.
I've watched a number of those "Animal Cops" shows on cable and I can't believe how some people treat their pets. I'm left wondering why they bother having the pet if that's the way they intend to neglect them.
It's right that animals are treated as animals, but it's also right that pets are part of the family - otherwise they're not pets.
Although it's a bit outdated now, Alfie had his own website five years ago - http://www.alfieweb.com (Domino can be found at http://domino.alfieweb.com). I should update that one day.
How many pets have their own website? And is *that* in the guidelines?
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