Animal Lovers Association Page 6

Started by Meganium December 20th, 2013 10:16 PM
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Meganium

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Houston, TX
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Posted February 1st, 2023
Ahh she sounds pretty smart and well trained! Kudos to you and the trainer for building such a great dog. :)

Here's another I liked. This is more recent and I was very amused by it. It's about a magician tricking dogs to having treats. Their reactions are so adorable.

Juno

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Dogs avoiding baths are always funny. :P



And this one playing dead to avoid his.

Meganium

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Posted February 1st, 2023
I watched this one just now and I was just...cracking up xD.

Both of my dogs hate baths...literally xD. But Abby tends to have more care than Bentley since Abby has longer hair and she produces more dander. Her hair has to be brushed often too. Bentley can't tolerate water and has a bigger fear of it than my cats. xD

Juno

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I know what you mean with the long hair, my yorkie's got a full length coat that touches the ground, lots of brushing and cleaning. :P I notice she's gotten a lot more vocal with old age, actually, she used to just shiver in the bath but now she cries and whines like a baby when someone else is nearby, as if she's calling for help.

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Posted January 19th, 2018
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I d like to join my name is Wolf Masin and I have a white albino sheperd named sheaba. Sheaba is 4 feet 5 inches tall from shoulder to ground while standing she is 6 feet. She is my cute fuzzy buddy. We watch animal planet all the time.
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Meganium

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Posted February 1st, 2023


Let's talk about a certain animal: Birds! We see them every day around us. Right now we have a ton of species, depending on the location. Anyone got a favorite bird in particular?

I d like to join my name is Wolf Masin and I have a white albino sheperd named sheaba. Sheaba is 4 feet 5 inches tall from shoulder to ground while standing she is 6 feet. She is my cute fuzzy buddy. We watch animal planet all the time.
Welcome Wolf! What shows do you like in particular on Animal Planet? I really like My Cat From Hell, it's such an..amusing show that teaches owners on how cats at first can be really evil but they can turn for the better. :)

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I have this weird obsession with llamas for some reason, and no one knows why. I've always wanted to own one, though there aren't that many llamas outside the Americas.

Anyway, I've owned a total of 7 dogs in my life (they're all dead), a tank and two bowls of different species of fish (they died as well :( ), a pair of lovebirds (they escaped), and shrimp larva that never made it to adulthood. As you can see I'm a terrible pet owner. But I've always loved animals anyway, and I do my best to stop animal abuses in my own little way. I don't have any pets right now, but I figured if I ever had the time my next one would be a praying mantis or hopefully a llama. >.<

Although I'm taking up physics now, I used to consider marine biology as a profession since I loved marine animals like whales and dolphins, and it never fails to amaze me how little we know about them.

Yay for animals!
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Posted January 19th, 2018
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9.4 Years
We watch dogs 101, big cat diary, wild man, these other ones r from different networks she likes cops, and law and order dunno y but she likes it. We have a way of communication as well with our facial expressions and paws. I had her since she was 4 now she is 10 and still lives healthy :D
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Posted March 16th, 2017
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Anyone got a favorite bird in particular?
Mockingjays are the best!

Hummingbirds and owls. Their both unique in their own way. I always see hummingbirds by my house. Out of all the kinds of owls, I like the snow owls the most.

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Hi, I'm Digimon Kaiser!
I know four dogs in my life. Two of them are my mother's. A mutt (Corgi mixed with.....?) named Momo, and a three-legged Jack Russell named Boomy (who likes dancing for cheese on his back legs).

My dad has a chocolate lab named Bonnie (turning 13 next month, she's literally three feet away from me as I am typing this sentence), and his girlfriend has Layla, the most psychotic, fat little Chihuahua I have ever met.

I used to have several goldfish (like ten of them), that all died within a month, a total of six leopard geckos (two at a time maximum), a pointer dog named Barney (no relation to that obnoxious dinosaur), and three Syrian hamsters (not all at once, one at a time).

My favorite animal is the honey badger. I think you all know why.... Thank you, YouTube!
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Meganium

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Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
I have this weird obsession with llamas for some reason, and no one knows why. I've always wanted to own one, though there aren't that many llamas outside the Americas.

Anyway, I've owned a total of 7 dogs in my life (they're all dead), a tank and two bowls of different species of fish (they died as well :( ), a pair of lovebirds (they escaped), and shrimp larva that never made it to adulthood. As you can see I'm a terrible pet owner. But I've always loved animals anyway, and I do my best to stop animal abuses in my own little way. I don't have any pets right now, but I figured if I ever had the time my next one would be a praying mantis or hopefully a llama. >.<

Although I'm taking up physics now, I used to consider marine biology as a profession since I loved marine animals like whales and dolphins, and it never fails to amaze me how little we know about them.

Yay for animals!
I don't hear much about llamas here in my area. Are they common in your area?

I can't say that you are a terrible pet owner. Every pet we own is actually a lesson learned in life, and how we take their lives for granted. Simply put, if you ever decide to own a pet again, whether something big or something small, it should become a lesson to you, especially since you're growing up and such.

I almost majored in Marine Biology myself, seeing that Biology is one of my favorite sciences. Marine life is so pretty! Welcome, btw xD

Hi, I'm Digimon Kaiser!
I know four dogs in my life. Two of them are my mother's. A mutt (Corgi mixed with.....?) named Momo, and a three-legged Jack Russell named Boomy (who likes dancing for cheese on his back legs).

My dad has a chocolate lab named Bonnie (turning 13 next month, she's literally three feet away from me as I am typing this sentence), and his girlfriend has Layla, the most psychotic, fat little Chihuahua I have ever met.

I used to have several goldfish (like ten of them), that all died within a month, a total of six leopard geckos (two at a time maximum), a pointer dog named Barney (no relation to that obnoxious dinosaur), and three Syrian hamsters (not all at once, one at a time).

My favorite animal is the honey badger. I think you all know why.... Thank you, YouTube!
"psychotic fat little chihuahua" that's a new term for me xD

I guess, by experience, female chihuahuas are more crazy than the males. They tend to be extremely overprotected of their owners. My chihuahua, Bentley, isn't much at all, and I assume that male chihuahuas are lenient and authoritative than the females. Bentley will bark at strangers at first, but he will be more friendly and sweet and he'll want to sleep on everyone's lap. lol

& Welcome! It's awesome to see new animal owners & lovers here. :D

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I recently started volunteering at the Stone Zoo, and one of the reindeer there recently gave birth. Saw pics online, and it's pretty cute. They have not revealed the gender, and they haven't decided on a name either.
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Meganium

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Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
I recently started volunteering at the Stone Zoo, and one of the reindeer there recently gave birth. Saw pics online, and it's pretty cute. They have not revealed the gender, and they haven't decided on a name either.
Awww baby reindeer! Future Santa's helpers, maybe? :3 Hopefully they decide on a name as soon as the find the gender. And hopefully the mom-baby bond goes well too. :)

Hello! I would love to join... :)

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Favorite Animal: Ohhh, this is a tough one... I love huskies, cats, hermit crabs, and red pandas! ^_^
Welcome! Do you own any pets of your own? If not, that's alright. We welcome animal lovers of all levels. I'm a cat owner myself. Never met someone who likes hermit crabs, I've seen a ton of those around the beaches in Mexico and they are really scary! xD Nice to see you are brave. :)

Meganium

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Seen February 1st, 2023
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Did any1 watch big cat diary?
I don't watch it as much as I want to. What about it? Tell us!~

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I don't watch it as much as I want to. What about it? Tell us!~
Teaches the life of cheetahs, lions, anything that is a cat in african savanna its awesome :D I like the cheetah the mom was the star
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I wanted to tell people about this, but couldn't figure out where. Then I remembered this club!

So I have a fluffle of wild rabbits living out in my backyard! A few weeks ago, my dog dug up the first nest that was under my pool deck. She didn't find any rabbits in the nest. Only a huge clump of rabbit fur. I didn't think anything of it at the time.

Until I was told that there was a rabbit nest under some garden planters. We made sure that the nest was being used, since the mother rabbit only comes at dawn and dusk to check on her babies. Sure enough, we had a few babies in our garden. I even have a picture of Mama Bunny checking on her babies, but it's on another camera so I don't have it right now.

There are two babies, and they're now old enough to leave the nest. I've seen them just resting in the sunlight, hidden in the tall grass my family left up for them to hide in. They're tiny but pretty much fearless, as they don't care when two dogs go running around them.

It's just adorable to think about having three bunnies in the backyard. I just saw Mama Bunny earlier tonight as she had a snack and leaped through the yard. Because of this, I've researched rabbits. While I never want to actually own one as a pet, it's been fun and interesting to see these three make their appearances.

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Awww baby reindeer! Future Santa's helpers, maybe? :3 Hopefully they decide on a name as soon as the find the gender. And hopefully the mom-baby bond goes well too. :)



Welcome! Do you own any pets of your own? If not, that's alright. We welcome animal lovers of all levels. I'm a cat owner myself. Never met someone who likes hermit crabs, I've seen a ton of those around the beaches in Mexico and they are really scary! xD Nice to see you are brave. :)
Apparently, the newborn reindeer is a male whom they named Apollo. I found that out today when I went back to volunteer there. They also added a permanent (but seasonal) American alligator exhibit.
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I wanted to tell people about this, but couldn't figure out where. Then I remembered this club!

So I have a fluffle of wild rabbits living out in my backyard! A few weeks ago, my dog dug up the first nest that was under my pool deck. She didn't find any rabbits in the nest. Only a huge clump of rabbit fur. I didn't think anything of it at the time.

Until I was told that there was a rabbit nest under some garden planters. We made sure that the nest was being used, since the mother rabbit only comes at dawn and dusk to check on her babies. Sure enough, we had a few babies in our garden. I even have a picture of Mama Bunny checking on her babies, but it's on another camera so I don't have it right now.

There are two babies, and they're now old enough to leave the nest. I've seen them just resting in the sunlight, hidden in the tall grass my family left up for them to hide in. They're tiny but pretty much fearless, as they don't care when two dogs go running around them.

It's just adorable to think about having three bunnies in the backyard. I just saw Mama Bunny earlier tonight as she had a snack and leaped through the yard. Because of this, I've researched rabbits. While I never want to actually own one as a pet, it's been fun and interesting to see these three make their appearances.


That sounds too cute, hope you can share the pictures here sometime!
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Seen September 17th, 2014
Posted August 2nd, 2014
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8.9 Years
Hi, I'm Pippitha! Pip for short.
My favorite animals are cats, but I really like everything. Close favorites are hyenas, cheetahs, mountain lions, and bats.
I have a cat, but she doesn't live with me because I can't have cats here :'(
I had a fish, but I got him from walmart and he came with some weird fish disease and died along with all the others at the store. And I've been too scared to get another one because I don't want that to happen again.
And I have two cockatiels named Newbird (she's about 5 years old) and Miley (she's almost a year old). Newbird is a pied, and Miley is a whiteface pearl.

Juno

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Hi, I'm Pippitha! Pip for short.
My favorite animals are cats, but I really like everything. Close favorites are hyenas, cheetahs, mountain lions, and bats.
I have a cat, but she doesn't live with me because I can't have cats here :'(
I had a fish, but I got him from walmart and he came with some weird fish disease and died along with all the others at the store. And I've been too scared to get another one because I don't want that to happen again.
And I have two cockatiels named Newbird (she's about 5 years old) and Miley (she's almost a year old). Newbird is a pied, and Miley is a whiteface pearl.
Hi Pip! Always nice to see new members here. Cockatiels are so adorable, I hear you can teach them how to sing tunes and stuff. :P Saw some videos on Youtube a while back, they could sing show tunes and whole songs, pretty impressive.

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I've recently made the decision to adopt a second dog! Been checking out all the shelters in my area and looking through listings online nonstop for the past two/three weeks. There were a few I had my eye on, but I haven't submitted any applications yet since I'm in the process of moving and figured I should settle in to my new home before doing so.

I have a question for you guys - what is your opinion on adopting pets vs. buying?

I'm a little torn right now. I initially had my heart set on adoption, but I've always wanted a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and they seem to be so hard to come by where I live for some reason. Not just through adoption, but aren't even any Corgi breeders in all of British Columbia, if I wanted to buy a puppy. There are one or two listings of new litters on kijiji/craigslist, but I'm just not very comfortable with buying a dog on sites like that.

Come to think of it, I hardly see anyone with pet Corgis around.

Anyway, some questions for you all:
What is your opinion on adopting vs. buying?
For those of you who've adopted, did you adopt with a specific breed/kind of dog in mind, or did you just look through shelters until you found the one?
Are you a horrible person if you buy a dog (from a breeder, not a pet store) instead of adopting one?


Pet stores are banned from selling dogs where I live, so I'd have to find a breeder if I wanted to buy one anyway. Still, I feel so guilty for considering buying a puppy, but their smushy faces are so adorable and irresistible, ahh.

I dunno, I'll probably just keep my eye out for new listings. There's no rush.

Venitardus

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Posted March 16th, 2017
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What is your opinion on adopting vs. buying? Well, I've done both. And I think of both as being kind of the same, just from different places. I mean, you're putting a dog, whether adopted of bought, into a better home.

For those of you who've adopted, did you adopt with a specific breed/kind of dog in mind, or did you just look through shelters until you found the one? Nope. First one was a lab/sheperd/beagle mix and the other is a lab/Rottweiler mix (both still living)

Are you a horrible person if you buy a dog (from a breeder, not a pet store) instead of adopting one?One simple word; NO. I think of it this way, whether you buy from a breeder, a shelter, or a pet store, you're a good person. I mean, sure in some cases it would be better to adopt a pet from a shelter or pet store, but the thing is, you do t know what they can catch from the other pet adoptees. Now don't get me wrong, depending on the breeder, their pups could be like mine; born and raised in the house until sold, or the other kind of breeder that breeds pets like dogs and leaves them out side since day 1. Then they can catch anything. So it all depends on what who or what ever does, ask questions before you adopt OR buy.
(But I'll leave this like this; it's 5:36 in the morning, and I'm sure there's a few typos in this post already.)
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Seen September 17th, 2014
Posted August 2nd, 2014
109 posts
8.9 Years
Hi Pip! Always nice to see new members here. Cockatiels are so adorable, I hear you can teach them how to sing tunes and stuff. :P Saw some videos on Youtube a while back, they could sing show tunes and whole songs, pretty impressive.

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I have a question for you guys - what is your opinion on adopting pets vs. buying?

There are one or two listings of new litters on kijiji/craigslist, but I'm just not very comfortable with buying a dog on sites like that.

Anyway, some questions for you all:
What is your opinion on adopting vs. buying?
For those of you who've adopted, did you adopt with a specific breed/kind of dog in mind, or did you just look through shelters until you found the one?
Are you a horrible person if you buy a dog (from a breeder, not a pet store) instead of adopting one?
Sadly, it's the male birds who usually learn the songs. The females can, they just don't like to talk as much. My old bird could do the little wolf whistle, but I don't have her anymore.

And I got all my birds from craigslist. There's some good people on there, but there's some bad ones too. My old bird had her wings butchered when I got her from the lady, and they never grew back. But Newbird was really well taken care of and loved everybody and everything.

I've bought the birds from people, but I've adopted cats from the pound or just saved them off the street. My Sally cat from the pound was really feral. She hid in the closet and I never even got to pet her for an entire year, but now she's a cuddle muffin. We had a dog from the pound and she was really nice. She was a big rottweiler mix, but she's sit on you like a little puppy. I used to work at the pound, actually. I think the animals know you're saving them, and they're usually really great pets. They have to go through a lot a 'tests' before they allow them to be up for adoption. Of course, if you want a certain breed that the pound doesn't have, it's ok to find them elsewhere.

Juno

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Thanks, guys! Appreciate the input and info. I also volunteer at a shelter, so I'm more familiar with adopting than buying, which is another reason why I would prefer to adopt. I don't really know where to begin to look for a good, reputable breeder.