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Losing a pet... (pg. 5)
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| Banora |
| My cat of 16 years died last fall; I stayed up with her all night waiting for the vets office to open. That was a really hard day. I'm sorry about your loss, dude, corgis rule. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
isnt it kind of upsetting that people breed dogs to deformity simply because they look cute.
It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
isnt it kind of upsetting that people breed dogs to deformity simply because they look cute. |
What breeds are you referring to?` |
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| Comrade Stalin |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Yes, Thunder Over Louisville is awesome. What is this doing in my thread? lol |
Lived in Louisville for 16 years, and just saw, you was in that really nice park right by the river. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Comrade Stalin
Lived in Louisville for 16 years, and just saw, you was in that really nice park right by the river. |
Oh yeah I forgot about that, sorry dude. Yeah, waterfront park is a great place to take your pets. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
isnt it kind of upsetting that people breed dogs to deformity simply because they look cute. |
Are we not breeding anorexic blond models for the exact same reason? |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by Comrade Stalin
Lived in Louisville for 16 years, and just saw, you was in that really nice park right by the river. |
Is it wrong that I thought it was you being "Comrade Stalin" posting fireworks in celebration and then proceeded to lol? :( |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
What breeds are you referring to?` |
pugs are my biggest peeve. They're breathing is hindered due to the formation of their muzzle.
Theres an excellent documentary called "the peidgree of dogs exposed" which touches on this more.
Basically breeding dogs for asthetics in order to give them a specific look and gait actually turns out to be quite debilitating to their health and projected lifespan.
and correction lira, we are not "breeding" anorexic models and what not. These are people who chose to change themselves throughout their lifespans through nutrition and external body modifications. This isn't changing of genetics.
I used to have a dog, a german shepphard. was the best dog ever. But its intresting to know that the amount of inbreeding that has gone through to get the pure breed has had adverse effects in her posture with hip displaysia.
To put things into perspective wolves can live up to 24 years outside the wild (6-10 in the wild).
Now compare that to the average domestic dog and you can understand how much breed creation through constant inbreeding has degraded that time frame.
Here's an intresting documentary to watch on the subject.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...ideoid=44215931 |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Are we not breeding anorexic blond models for the exact same reason? |
as long as the breasts are large i have no quarrel. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Pomeranians also come to mind. So very few of them actually survive birth - that just doesn't sound natural at all. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
as long as the breasts are large i have no quarrel. |
Oh, oh, neither have I. But I'm afraid this intense inbreeding may lead to a flat-chested population of so-called models, and that's a shame :(
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
and correction lira, we are not "breeding" anorexic models and what not. These are people who chose to change themselves throughout their lifespans through nutrition and external body modifications. This isn't changing of genetics. |
Oh, I'm really sceptic about that. Anorexic models often date other anorexic models, so they have anorexic modelettes and the cycle goes on.
I'm telling you, people thought Twiggy was a freak in the 70's, now we think she's all right. Something must be done, the gene pool is at stake! |
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