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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: GROWLER on November 28, 2009, 06:22:57 PM
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Anyone wanna cat?
Horrible rancid skawking scrawny flea ridden greedy selfish overly self important mangy 20 year old disgusting shit machine that is driving me to the very edges of insanity, AND IF IT DOESN'T SHUT T.F UP AND STOP ITS INCESSANT YOWLING ALL DAY AND NIGHT AND SCRATCHING AT MY MY BEAUTIFUL FRONT DOOR IT'S GOING IN THE BASTARD OVEN REGULO 9. Explode:
Beautiful fluffy black and white delectable gorgeous affectionate purring caring pussy cat in its advanced years requiring an affectionate and equally patient caring sharing owner.
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Take it to the vet and get him/her to shave it's paw or just bury it. Would suggest you keel it first as burying it whilst alive seems a tad cruel.
happy100
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Take it to the vet and get him/her to shave it's paw or just bury it. Would suggest you keel it first as burying it whilst alive seems a tad cruel.
happy100
Dp YOU want it?
I'll gladly pay for it to disappear. It really really is pushing me to the edge of insanity with its constant yowling and howling. Banghead
Why can't it just meeeyow like normal moggies ey?
It stands there scrstching away at the door, you finally give in ..well the Growlers jnr do...it screams past you, dives into the kitchen, has a little nibble at it best rat cat food meat stuff, looks at you with its one eye, looks at the fridge, mooches around and then stands on THIS side of the door howling to go out again...GIVE ME BLOODY STRENGTH FFS! cussing:
Do cats get dimensia, cus something is defo wrong inside its scrawny little head. ::)
Trouble is, even I have a bit of heart as much as i dislike it and all cats, but I don't consider it very kind lobbing it out at night at the moment.
I lie in me pit and can hear it scratching at the front door trying to get back in. Trouble is it would probably do that at 03:00 trying to get OUT! Banghead
I'm in despair.
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Just a suggestion but seeing as it is obviously in distress while outside have you considered fitting a catflap? whistle:
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Just a suggestion but seeing as it is obviously in distress while outside have you considered fitting a catflap? whistle:
It's seemingly in distress when it's INSIDE too! noooo:
I really don't want to start cutting holes in the new back door we had fitted last year tbh, but the thought did cross my mind , yes.
I'm not so sure it's in distress though. It just seems to be seeking attention imo, and its driving me insane! angry041:
It was never ours in the first place. It belonged to the old dear next door before she was put in a home. I suspect she spoilt it rotten, problee with freshly cooked best haddock and roast chicken and stuffing on a Sunday.
None of the relatives wanted it, so it was a case of vets for a very long kip or come here. Mini Moose won when she heard the options, and now we are 'stuffed' sad32:
Even the next door neighbour is fedup with it, but I think he finds my suffering quite funny tbh....IT'S NOT!
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20 years old you say? eeek:
In human years you're looking after a 96 year old; that might explain your exasperation happy100
http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/agechart.htm
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Stupid question but doest it walk normally or constantly brush up against the side of everything? The yowling sounds like something one of my cats did before he died when his eyesight was going.
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20 years old you say? eeek:
In human years you're looking after a 96 year old; that might explain your exasperation happy100
http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/agechart.htm
Approximate apparently, but at least, yes. eeek:
Mrs G and Mini Mooselet took him to the vets for a check up back in august when this flamin' pantomime started, and he gave him a virtual clean bill of health!
Cliiped his paws, shaved out it's knotty fur and said tarar and kiss me arse. whistle:
Stuffed, that's what I am. STUFFED! Banghead
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Stupid question but doest it walk normally or constantly brush up against the side of everything? The yowling sounds like something one of my cats did before he died when his eyesight was going.
Walk? You want to see it bloody jump and climb! Amazing, and it can run like the very Bolt himself.
Nowt wrong with his one good eye. He can see a bacon butty from 2 miles, and smell it from 40. eeek:
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Stuffed, that's what I am. STUFFED! Banghead
Well, if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for the cat whistle:
A visit to the taxidermist beckons eveilgrin:
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I like cats cloud9:
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I like cats cloud9:
Aha Growler, I think I may see the cause here. Did it come into contact with Nick before starting to act strangely? whistle:
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I like cats cloud9:
Sorry, but i don't, Never have and never will. They remind me of the darker side of human nature too much.
Now dogs, I luv them generally speaking, 'specially if they aren't mine like, but will problee never have one, as I can't be doing with all the associated hassles.
Then of course you've got the dreaded 'The End' bit too. eeek:
I've seen grown and well 'ard men completely destroyed when the poochio finally coughs it. sad32:
Be excellent company for me on me trips up me 'ills though, 'specially a well 'ard gruff and scruffy one to match its owner like, that's had a sad life of being stuck indoors with little or no walkies. I really musn't though. noooo:
Young Growler jnr. has announced he's getting a pet pygmy hedgehog when he's saved up enough dosh.
Seems quite a reasonable hassle free idea on the face of it. rubschin:
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20 years old you say? eeek:
In human years you're looking after a 96 year old; that might explain your exasperation happy100
http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/agechart.htm
Hells bells! That chart only goes up to 20!
Is my life soon to become stress free...er again? 8)
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You might give it to someone who admits to liking cats and is planning to go and live in London ............ whistle:
Tell the child it ran away like eveilgrin:
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You might give it to someone who admits to liking cats and is planning to go and live in London ............ whistle:
Tell the child it ran away like eveilgrin:
Yet another flash of inspiration from The Man of the forum. Wow! cloud9:
Nick my mayte! cloud9:
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Now dogs, I luv them generally speaking, 'specially if they aren't mine like, but will problee never have one, as I can't be doing with all the associated hassles.
Then of course you've got the dreaded 'The End' bit too. eeek:
I've seen grown and well 'ard men completely destroyed when the poochio finally coughs it. sad32:
Don't I know it. Just had to have the middle one put to sleep only two hours ago. (13 Barman, that's 91 in human years)
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Now dogs, I luv them generally speaking, 'specially if they aren't mine like, but will problee never have one, as I can't be doing with all the associated hassles.
Then of course you've got the dreaded 'The End' bit too. eeek:
I've seen grown and well 'ard men completely destroyed when the poochio finally coughs it. sad32:
Don't I know it. Just had to have the middle one put to sleep only two hours ago. (13 Barman, that's 91 in human years)
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That's very very sad and ironic JOM.
Man;s best friend, and rightly placed in that catergory.
Far more loving and PERMANENTLY affectionate than any human could ever be, problee cus they don't have any 'hidden agendas.
Hope you're ok matey.
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Ta Growler. Bg tough man me... Yeah right! I did get a bit of dust in my eye, must have been that that made both eyes water ::)
Mrs JOM was an entirely different matter, she better blub that much when I finally go
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I'm sure she will JOM ~ after she barks her shin on the coffin whilst doing a jig ;)
I cried far more when my Afghan died than I did when MrsS#1 ran off.
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I blubbed when I buried Marmite sad24:
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I'm sure she will JOM ~ after she barks her shin on the coffin whilst doing a jig ;)
I cried far more when my Afghan died than I did when MrsS#1 ran off.
You had a servant? eeek:
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The Afghan died
The servant ran off with a bus driver.
NB This is a stock photograph not one of the actual beast.
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Several years ago I had a lab/collie x who was apt to wander she turned up one day with a dead white rabbit in her mouth. I buried rabbit and feigned innocence when some hours later a father and daughter rocked up on the door step asking if I had seen their pet rabbit. redface:
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You could have made a pie
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This cat 'ere seems to have vanished. eeek:
No sign this morning so far. rubschin:
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Check the patio
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Check the pie! eeek:
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Checked next doors garden and it's sitting there sunbathing. ::)
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Bugger! cussing:
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Bugger! cussing:
Yup. Norappy. noooo:
First sniff of half decent weather and we're surplus to requirements it seems. ::)
It'll be back howling and yowling later when it the sun goes down, mark me werds...RANCID TWAT CAT. sick2:
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I leaves the front door open while I'm ferreting outside, come back in and it's crept in behind my back and into the kitchen with its scrawny obnoxious head buried in the bin. cussing:
It can't be hungry as it's scoffed it's shit meat stuff, no it's just a greedy horrible (previously) spoilt rat cat. sick2:
If you're that hungry, you go out hunting, NOT scrounge and scavange. I know!
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Well even I was a bit concerned putting the rabid
rat cat out into the cold last night, so I tried locking it into the kitchen with food and water. Didn't want it wandering around the house all night.
Tiled floor with newspaper spread about, so if it needed a crap it would be easily....ish cleaned up....by Mini Moose. cloud9:
10 minutes after going to me nest, it started howling yowling and scratching at the door. evil:
1 cat launched into the night.
Still not particulary happy about the situation though, I asked Mrs G and MM to look out for a cat jumper of some sort, to try and keep it a bit warmer.
Came home tonight, and Mini Moose has MADE one for it, complet with straps and buttons! lol:
Her lessons in needle werk at scooooell have finally been put to good use. happy088
The cat however, now looks like a bloody Armadillo! happy001
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happy001
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Fat cretinous creature has been virtually static all day. Fills its face, goes for a gush 'n' dump in next doors garden, then saunters back in for yet another kip. ::)
Didn't shit on the carpet last night either. Amazing. eeek:
What a friggin' life ey?
No worries no heartache and no nagging wife. Bliss. cloud9:
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No wife !
That is why it has lived so long.
My dog managed to sneak out yesterday for it's usual Christmas walkabout. Luckily it didn't go far and was found checking out the local shops.
He has definitely mellowed. One year he got on the tube and ended up in a dog pound 10 miles away.
Going out in the cold at midnight soon sobers you up !
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Any vets in 'ere like?
Rat been in all night cus it was a bit nippy like, and was feeling slightly generous towards it. confused:
Gets up and it's yowling. Thought it wanted some nosh but it apparently didn't. Water? No. ::)
Launched it outside under its protest trying to dig its claws into the tiled floor lol: thinking that it p'raps wanted a dump 'n' gush.
Just seen it out there eating GRASS! eeek:
That's next years lawn mowing sorted then. lol:
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They do that to make themselves sick2:
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They do that to make themselves sick2:
Anorexsic Anourechsick Overly thin and wanting to lose more weight so it thinks it looks fit like...cat? rubschin:
WTF am I listening to you for ey, what?
WTF do YOU know about cats welfare like ey, WHAT exactly, ey, what, explain? rubschin:
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http://www.knowyourcat.info/info/catingrass.htm (http://www.knowyourcat.info/info/catingrass.htm) whistle:
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Oh, 'kin great ey? evil:
The RAT is going to throw up sometime soon. sick2:
It's going to have to stay outside permanent then in'it?
Thank you btw. Most helpful from you for a change like. eeek:
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whistle:
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Nick may well be right ~ cat prolly has a fur ball to get rid of. sick2: sick2:
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LOOK YOU LOT!
I'm now in a position to PAY someone to take this rancid flea ridden bastard Rcat away from here.
Being the kind caring generous creature that I am, I decided to let this disgusting 'thing' stay in here last night, being a bit nippy outdoors like.
I got up for a gush at 05:15, unbeknown to me that the horrible little bastard had beaten me to it, and pissed all over the carpet outside my nestroom. I was in BEAR feet too!
Yea, I really want to be standing there showering me bear paws at 05:15 you dirty digusting vile cretinous apology for an animal.
SOMEONE TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME, NOW!!!!
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LOOK YOU LOT!
I'm now in a position to PAY someone to take this rancid flea ridden bastard Rcat away from here.
Being the kind caring generous creature that I am, I decided to let this disgusting 'thing' stay in here last night, being a bit nippy outdoors like.
I got up for a gush at 05:15, unbeknown to me that the horrible little bastard had beaten me to it, and pissed all over the carpet outside my nestroom. I was in BEAR feet too!
Yea, I really want to be standing there showering me bear paws at 05:15 you dirty digusting vile cretinous apology for an animal.
SOMEONE TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME, NOW!!!!
Give it to Nick to keep him warm 8)
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2010 isn't going too well so far, is it? whistle:
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LOOK YOU LOT!
I'm now in a position to PAY someone to take this rancid flea ridden bastard Rcat away from here.
Being the kind caring generous creature that I am, I decided to let this disgusting 'thing' stay in here last night, being a bit nippy outdoors like.
I got up for a gush at 05:15, unbeknown to me that the horrible little bastard had beaten me to it, and pissed all over the carpet outside my nestroom. I was in BEAR feet too!
Yea, I really want to be standing there showering me bear paws at 05:15 you dirty digusting vile cretinous apology for an animal.
SOMEONE TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME, NOW!!!!
Give it to Nick to keep him warm 8)
I have pussy problems of my own to contend with whistle:
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2010 isn't going too well so far, is it? whistle:
No, so go piss off if you haven't got summat constructive to say. cussing:
The RAT is currently sitting on next doors window ledge above the boiler chimley thing.
Here's hoping it gases itself, dirty bastard. eveilgrin:
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Do chinky takeawys buy cats? rubschin:
Got a pleferidge many of them 'round here.
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Just bung it in tonight's family stir fry eveilgrin:
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I'm really close to getting nicked by the RSPCA here. eeek:
Look, I feed it with Tesco's finest shite meat pouches every day.
It was outside yowling just now...as usual..so I let it saunter in in its usual 'get out me way style'. evil:
It nibbles at its bowl of freshly opened nosh, turn me back, and 2 minutes later its in the friggin' pedal bin, presumably cus it sniffed a bit of pork fat that I lobbed in there last night whilst cutting the Sunday roast.
I've just re-launched it, and its bowl of grub.
How I wish the owld biddy next door had had a dog as a pet instead of this rancid flea bag. ::)
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I'm really close to getting nicked by the RSPCA here. eeek:
Look, I feed it with Tesco's finest shite meat pouches every day.
It was outside yowling just now...as usual..so I let it saunter in in its usual 'get out me way style'. evil:
It nibbles at its bowl of freshly opened nosh, turn me back, and 2 minutes later its in the friggin' pedal bin, presumably cus it sniffed a bit of pork fat that I lobbed in there last night whilst cutting the Sunday roast.
I've just re-launched it, and its bowl of grub.
How I wish the owld biddy next door had had a dog as a pet instead of this rancid flea bag. ::)
lol: lol: lol:
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I'm really close to getting nicked by the RSPCA here. eeek:
Look, I feed it with Tesco's finest shite meat pouches every day.
It was outside yowling just now...as usual..so I let it saunter in in its usual 'get out me way style'. evil:
It nibbles at its bowl of freshly opened nosh, turn me back, and 2 minutes later its in the friggin' pedal bin, presumably cus it sniffed a bit of pork fat that I lobbed in there last night whilst cutting the Sunday roast.
I've just re-launched it, and its bowl of grub.
How I wish the owld biddy next door had had a dog as a pet instead of this rancid flea bag. ::)
lol: lol: lol:
IT IS NOT funny...AT ALL. Banghead
I'm at me wits bastard end with it, really, and no one wants it...apart from Mini Moose. ::)
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I'm really close to getting nicked by the RSPCA here. eeek:
Look, I feed it with Tesco's finest shite meat pouches every day.
It was outside yowling just now...as usual..so I let it saunter in in its usual 'get out me way style'. evil:
It nibbles at its bowl of freshly opened nosh, turn me back, and 2 minutes later its in the friggin' pedal bin, presumably cus it sniffed a bit of pork fat that I lobbed in there last night whilst cutting the Sunday roast.
I've just re-launched it, and its bowl of grub.
How I wish the owld biddy next door had had a dog as a pet instead of this rancid flea bag. ::)
lol: lol: lol:
IT IS NOT funny...AT ALL. Banghead
I'm at me wits bastard end with it, really, and no one wants it...apart from Mini Moose. ::)
I've got three like that...
Me and the dog hate them... noooo:
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I like cats angel1
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I like cats angel1
Expect a wriggly parcel in the post... or a smelly one... rubschin:
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If it is next door's cat then why are you feeding it?!?!? eeek:
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If it is next door's cat then why are you feeding it?!?!? eeek:
Page 1, reply #4.
Can't be bothered repeating it as it winds me up even thinking about it tbqath.
Me and Mini Moose have now fallen out over the distasteful obnoxoius vile ratty little creature.
She sez I'm not nice to it, and that it has feelings and all that shite. ::)
It'll be feeling my boot again shortly, that's a bloody certainty. eveilgrin:
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That IS IT! cussing:
Heard a hissing noise whilst on here and thought someone had left the cooker on. Stood up went out into the hall, and it was the bastard RAT pissing on the carpet. Explode:
It whines and howls endlessly to come in, but not a whimper to go out. Banghead
It is going next week. I neither know or care how or where. Simple. End of. evil:
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Moral dilema time.
I went to the rescue center today to see if they'll take the old flea bag.
Errrrr, no. Too old. Won't accept any cat over 3 apprently, cus nobody wants them.
They did however offer a humane but lethal injection for ?15.
I feel bad and confuddled about this though somehow. confused:
What the hell am I going to do?
I actually AM going insane listening to it yowling and outside at this very moment. Banghead
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whistle:
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?15 for peace and quiet from the flea infested fur ball is no contest whistle:
However the aftermath of killing the 'adorable, cuddly family pet ' from MM could be even more costly
I am not a cat person though evil:
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whistle:
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rubschin:
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?15 for peace and quiet from the flea infested fur ball is no contest whistle:
However the aftermath of killing the 'adorable, cuddly family pet ' from MM could be even more costly
I am not a cat person though evil:
Precisely. scared2:
The wroth of the MM is most DEFINATELY NOT to be taken lightly on this matter...seriously. noooo:
I need to make up a story somehow, but one that the highly intelligent, not easily overcome, and even more cynical and suspicious than me in regard to everything I do think/ and/ or/say, will actually even remotely begin to consider even slightly/remotely/ plausible. whistle:
In a nutshell, I'm stuffed. Banghead
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?15 for peace and quiet from the flea infested fur ball is no contest whistle:
However the aftermath of killing the 'adorable, cuddly family pet ' from MM could be even more costly
I am not a cat person though evil:
Precisely. scared2:
The wroth of the MM is most DEFINATELY NOT to be taken lightly on this matter...seriously. noooo:
I need to make up a story somehow, but one that the highly intelligent, not easily overcome, and even more cynical and suspicious than me in regard to everything I do think/ and/ or/say, will actually even remotely begin to consider even slightly/remotely/ plausible. whistle:
"I haven't seen it all day love. Maybe it'll be back tomorrow." keep this up until she gives up asking where it is.
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How old is it?
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"I haven't seen it all day love. Maybe it'll be back tomorrow." keep this up until she gives up asking where it is.
Exactly what I was about to say.
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Mrs Growlers bessy mate lives in Brittany with 16 of the nasty bastards.
I've suggested she makes it 17, but she refuses to ring her as she apparently doesn't want anymore.
How the hell will she know the difference between 16 and 17 ffs, ey, HOW? Shrugs:
I've offered to take the thing over there too!
Apparently it would need injection certificates and a friggin' passport!
Give me bloody strength to persevere. Angry9:
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"I haven't seen it all day love. Maybe it'll be back tomorrow." keep this up until she gives up asking where it is.
Exactly what I was about to say.
Would you be able to maintain this with MM though especially if she gets upset ?
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How old is it?
It's only a kitten...ishish type age like ish.
You want it then? eeek:
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How old, I said?
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"I haven't seen it all day love. Maybe it'll be back tomorrow." keep this up until she gives up asking where it is.
Exactly what I was about to say.
Would you be able to maintain this with MM though especially if she gets upset ?
She'd be out scouring the streets, ads in the paper, asking all the neighbours, floods of tears lah de dah de diddly dum.
RSPCA would get involved problee if she thought I'd done something to it.
Trying to look as though I'm being totally honest would NOT be easy...tbh like. noooo:
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How old, I said?
Late teens, very lateish.
I personally think its very young, judging by the speed it shins it over the garden fence and wulfs its nosh up. happy088
It's black and white and quite fluffy. Got a dodgy looking eye, but the vet sez it's fine. cloud9:
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She'd be out scouring the streets, ads in the paper, asking all the neighbours, floods of tears lah de dah de diddly dum.
RSPCA would get involved problee if she thought I'd done something to it.
Trying to look as though I'm being totally honest would NOT be easy...tbh like. noooo:
Didn't think so - regardless of how much the animal drives you to despair , seeing MM in such a state would be worse
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How old, I said?
Late teens, very lateish.
I personally think its very young, judging by the speed it shins it over the garden fence and wulfs its nosh up. happy088
It's black and white and quite fluffy. Got a dodgy looking eye, but the vet sez it's fine. cloud9:
Late teens? Natural causes whistle:
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It's as fit as a butchers dog! Years left in it yet.
You need company, being all cooked up there on yer own like. cry:
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Had a canine pet put down once, well you can't really do it more than once, it was very large and it bit some one I could not cope with it had young children at the time. Boy did I cop it. I never knew that shite could be so deep.
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?15 eh...? rubschin:
We could have a whip round like...
I'll give a quid... whistle:
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?15 eh...? rubschin:
We could have a whip round like...
I'll give a quid... whistle:
I think she thought I was on the soc'h tbh. She mentioned about it being a special price for the 'unfortunate ones'
MM does say quite regulary that I do in fact look like a tramp. ::)
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?15 eh...? rubschin:
We could have a whip round like...
I'll give a quid... whistle:
I think she thought I was on the soc'h tbh. She mentioned about it being a special price for the 'unfortunate ones'
MM does say quite regulary that I do in fact look like a tramp. ::)
You'll be happy with 50p then... for a cup of tea like...? whistle:
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When was the last time you bought a cup of tea - 50P eeek: eeek: eeek:
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When was the last time you bought a cup of tea - 50P eeek: eeek: eeek:
1974... redface:
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How awesome the 70's were... cloud9:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYQvc6X4Ms4&feature=related
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Cats have long been thought to be cleverer than dogs - and now it seems the same is true of their owners
People with cats are more likely to have university degrees than those with dogs, according to a scientific survey of pet ownership.The study also revealed that the combined cat and dog population of Britain is more than 20.8 million - 50 per cent higher than previously thought.
More educated people tend to work longer hours and choose a pet to fit their lifestyles. Unlike dogs, cats require no walking and can manage with little human company.
Dr Jane Murray, Cats Protection Lecturer in Feline Epidemiology, who led the study, said: "We don't think it is associated with income because that was one of the variables we looked at, and there was little difference.
"Cats require less time per day than a dog, so they are more popular with educated people who work late and have long commutes."
Homes with degree-holders were 1.36 times more likely to have a cat than other households. The same homes were less likely to have a dog than households where no-one went to university.
noooo: noooo: noooo:
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We have three cats! whistle:
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Isn't that called over compensating whistle:
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Isn't that called over compensating whistle:
evil:
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I think the dog cancels them out, like
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I think the dog cancels them out, like
Quite so! cloud9:
Um... rubschin:
cussing:
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I think the dog cancels them out, like
....and you have got............? rubschin:
Exactly. ::)
Meanwhile, back here at Growlersville, this vile slithery ratcat pissed all over the carpet again on Saturday night. sick2:
Oh I was so so happy cleaning a carpet at turned past midnight. cussing:
I'm going to see about its extermination this week, but have the fearful Mini Moosies reaction to consider if she finds out. scared2:
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Do you have to wear gas masks in your house? That cat pee stuff is eye-watering noooo:
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Do you have to wear gas masks in your house? That cat pee stuff is eye-watering noooo:
Precisely. Vile in every dept., and the disgusting noises this thing makes when it's eating, quite frankly, beggars belief. eeek:
It was still gushing when I caught and launched it on Saturday night, so stinking damage was minimal, but still more than enough.
Never smelt a Skunks defensive odour, but it can't be much werser than cat piss surely?
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I'm going to see about its extermination this week, but have the fearful Mini Moosies reaction to consider if she finds out. scared2:
I don't envy you that one ......but there is no benefit that the cat actually brings you ....gotta go to my mind noooo:
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I think you have to tell her before you do it. Think of it as a 'life' lesson, after all she's not a child to be protected from such realities any more.
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I think you have to tell her before you do it. Think of it as a 'life' lesson, after all she's not a child to be protected from such realities any more.
Make her do it like... eveilgrin:
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Why couldn't it have been a dog ey, why? Shrugs:
I'd love a dog, bounding alongside me up 'me ill'. Great company, and always look pleased to see you.
I was talking to an elderly arthritic sheepdog today about this very topic.
The owner was most sympathetic when she heard me emptying me heart out to it.
It's the picking up of dog shit, dog hairs all over me car, dog slobber on the windows, dog pong they leave behind everywhere, dog kennel fees when you go away, leaving it in the house alone during the day and if we all go out for an evening, and then of course the ultimate of anguish, because they do actually become part of the family, the absolute trauma you have to go through when they snuff it. sad32:
I'm confused and unhappy that it probably isn't going to happen. noooo:
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What did the dog advise?
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You are better off on your own.... No cats, dogs, wives, children... they only bring grief.
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He could get himself a guinea pig. He could eat it in an emergency, like
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He could get himself a guinea pig. He could eat it in an emergency, like
Apparently, we've got our name down for a mini hedgehog when they're old enough.....so the Mini Moose tells me. ::)
Yea, very nice,verycute, but can't actually see me attaching a lead to one and taking it for a yomp up 'me 'ill' though, can you? noooo:
The rat is currently clawing away at the front door making the most horrendous noise, the sort of noise they make when they're just about to have a punch up with another rat.
It's been fed outside and wulfed the lot, so it's not ill.
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WTF is a mini hedgehog?
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WTF is a mini hedgehog?
A small hedgehog you durk. ::)
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Is it housetrained? point:
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Is it housetrained? point:
How tf do I know ey, how? I know nowt. I exist purely for 'the ride' seemingly. ::)
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I'm obviously just TOO damned soft.
This vile RAT THING is still breathing eating shitting pissing and yowling. sick2:
THAT is just about all it does....apart from scratching the bonnet and wing of my beloved car that I've just discovered. Explode:
It obviously decided to sit on it following my exciting trip to the Asda last night, and then slide off it, claws first.
I'm just going to have to pluck up the courage to get the bastard exterminated.
I'm just too soft, just too soft. I need to toughen up, I really do. eveilgrin:
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I'm obviously just TOO damned soft.
This vile RAT THING is still breathing eating shitting pissing and yowling. sick2:
When it does all of that, can't you get mini-moose to sort out the results, she may change her opinion of it given her new "responsibilities" rubschin:
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No. Fedup to the back teeth now. I'm going to have to just bite the bullet and do it.
Can't believe I've been/am so bloody hesitant.
I'm not the wild crazy axeman that some think I am you see. noooo:
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What?s it done now?
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What?s it done now?
#105 you duffer....if you can find the energy to scroll back that far after your hot and steamy night of passion with the lushious 'Natasha'. lol: ::)
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Growler is an jealous bear noooo:
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My Big SIs loves cats (Growler please note)
She won't have one full time nowadays as she is forever on her travels ( cussing:) but she does do short term cat fostering rubschin: (Growler please note)
Her latest waif is Tigger who is proving troublesome. She sent me this pic of him yesterday
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noooo:
12 hours hiding inside her oven extractor hood and only lured out with a sardine on a string eeek:
eeek:
A new bulletin arrives. He spent all night and all this morning here.
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She only located him because of the stuff he broke on the way up!
Only three weeks to go scared2:
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I don't like cats evil:
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Me neither noooo:
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I do. I even like dogs (MOST dogs that is evil:)
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They have their place in my world. . .
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Me neither noooo:
Funnily enough.........
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Planning to have a lovely lie in this morning......woke up the usual time which was not a problem just snuggled deeper into the mass of the duvet.
Lying there , eyes closed , drifting and thinking, and planning and chilling when all of a sudden the shrill of a banshee pierced the peace.
2 of the neighbours cats were going out hell for leather to kill each other......what a high pitched , screaming scrapfest it was.
Bastard bloody things evil:
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One of ours shat all over my favourite shirt during the night.... evil:
bastard, bastard bloody things! cussing:
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It was the litter tray pattern on it that obviously confused the poor thing lol:
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point:
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It was the litter tray pattern on it that obviously confused the poor thing lol:
evil:
Disgusting, filthy little bastard thing... cussing:
Shirt is now in the bin... sad24:
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Any excuse eh whistle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCcxwBNLFM&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCcxwBNLFM&feature=related)
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It was the litter tray pattern on it that obviously confused the poor thing lol:
evil:
Disgusting, filthy little bastard thing... cussing:
Shirt is now in the bin... sad24:
I take it the cat wouldn't fit in the bin then
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It was the litter tray pattern on it that obviously confused the poor thing lol:
evil:
Disgusting, filthy little bastard thing... cussing:
Shirt is now in the bin... sad24:
I take it the cat wouldn't fit in the bin then
He may be rolled up in there for all I care.... cussing:
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Any excuse eh whistle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCcxwBNLFM&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjCcxwBNLFM&feature=related)
eeek: Webcam?
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It was the litter tray pattern on it that obviously confused the poor thing lol:
evil:
Disgusting, filthy little bastard thing... cussing:
Shirt is now in the bin... sad24:
I take it the cat wouldn't fit in the bin then
He may be rolled up in there for all I care.... cussing:
"Lovey-dovey" was just a passing phase then point:
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It was the litter tray pattern on it that obviously confused the poor thing lol:
evil:
Disgusting, filthy little bastard thing... cussing:
Shirt is now in the bin... sad24:
I take it the cat wouldn't fit in the bin then
He may be rolled up in there for all I care.... cussing:
"Lovey-dovey" was just a passing phase then point:
I named this one 'Stinky' when it was a kitten... I've spent the last seven years cleaning up its shite... noooo:
How long do they live...? Shrugs:
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I named this one 'Stinky' when it was a kitten... I've spent the last seven years cleaning up its shite... noooo:
How long do they live...? Shrugs:
Before they die of natural causes like? whistle:
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It was the litter tray pattern on it that obviously confused the poor thing lol:
evil:
Disgusting, filthy little bastard thing... cussing:
Shirt is now in the bin... sad24:
I take it the cat wouldn't fit in the bin then
He may be rolled up in there for all I care.... cussing:
"Lovey-dovey" was just a passing phase then point:
I named this one 'Stinky' when it was a kitten... I've spent the last seven years cleaning up its shite... noooo:
How long do they live...? Shrugs:
Every second is a second too bloody long imo, filthy dirty scrounging flea ridden louse filled bastards.
You do actually have my sympathy on this one, having been a victim of these cretinous creatures dusgusting and vile behaviour on several occassions myself. sick2:
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http://www.amazon.com/101-Uses-Dead-Simon-Bond/dp/0517545160
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Question: What is the life span of the common cat?
Answer: Thats a rather broad question, and I'd have to give a general answer.
A strong genetic background for longevity can't be discounted. Given proper care, nutrition, and regular veterinary visits, a cat kept indoors can live as long as 21 years or more. (The average age of cats is 12-15 years) This is, of course, barring any serious medical conditions or untimely accidents.
Fuck! cussing:
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Question: What is the life span of the common cat?
Answer: Thats a rather broad question, and I'd have to give a general answer.
A strong genetic background for longevity can't be discounted. Given proper care, nutrition, and regular veterinary visits, a cat kept indoors can live as long as 21 years or more. (The average age of cats is 12-15 years) This is, of course, barring any serious medical conditions or untimely accidents.
Fuck! cussing:
There is hope in there whistle:
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noooo:
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... and she proudly tells me she's been cooking it sausages and chicken, and letting it drink milk!
FFS wumman! Banghead
No wonder it won't eat the rat food and stagnant rain water I keep trying to give it outside. Shrugs:
So, it's been seeking vengeance cos it sees you taking its sausages up yer 'ill. Shame on you lol:
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It's days are surely numbered now
Oh dear, oh dear.
Looks like I wrote without realising what was in store just two days from posting that ^^.
The cat is dead. eeek:
Combination of a possible stroke I strongly suspect, and old age.
Growlers jnr. are extremely upset, and I feel a bit of a bad twat now.
It was such a pain in the arse, but even this grizzly old bear feels a pang of guilt for all the things I've said to it and about it now tbh.
I must admit that it was bloody horribly harrowing watching its last few minutes of life ebb away, writhing and gasping.
I have a very large hole to dig in the morning.
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It's days are surely numbered now
Oh dear, oh dear.
Looks like I wrote without realising what was in store just two days from posting that ^^.
The cat is dead. eeek:
Combination of a possible stroke I strongly suspect, and old age.
Growlers jnr. are extremely upset, and I feel a bit of a bad twat now.
It was such a pain in the arse, but even this grizzly old bear feels a pang of guilt for all the things I've said to it and about it now tbh.
I must admit that it was bloody horribly harrowing watching its last few minutes of life ebb away, writhing and gasping.
I have a very large hole to dig in the morning.
Amazing how we get attached to these animals Growler happy100
Although you moaned about it, you looked after it and I'm sure it appreciated it smile:
Don't go feeling guilty, just dig a smaller hole for the cat instead ;)
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Oh dear noooo: Mini Moose will be especially upset noooo:
She will need cheering up.
rubschin:
Maybe you should get her a kitten
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Writhing and gasping! eeek:
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It's days are surely numbered now
Oh dear, oh dear.
Looks like I wrote without realising what was in store just two days from posting that ^^.
The cat is dead. eeek:
Combination of a possible stroke I strongly suspect, and old age.
Growlers jnr. are extremely upset, and I feel a bit of a bad twat now.
It was such a pain in the arse, but even this grizzly old bear feels a pang of guilt for all the things I've said to it and about it now tbh.
I must admit that it was bloody horribly harrowing watching its last few minutes of life ebb away, writhing and gasping.
I have a very large hole to dig in the morning.
So you DO have a soft spot after all. ;)
A shame, but it was on the cards at that age and your grumbling won't have made any difference.
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He IS a soft spot ::)
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Writhing and gasping! eeek:
Yes mate. I was in two minds as to wheather I should have actually have used those words tbh, but yes, they quite accurately describe how it all ended for 'Fluffy'.
Best tell it how it is.
Awful was how it did actually feel tbqath, and MM was unconsolable.
Took me an hour to gently move her away from its basket in the back room here.
I've personally never actually witnessed anything going through the last 'motions' of life and don't want to ever again. You feel as though you should be doing something to help, but feel desperatyely helpless. You just have to kneel there and pitifully watch with a total feeling of uselesness.
I do actually feel very sad now and am strangely missing that awful meowing howling yowling and scratching at the front door noises.
I'll go start digging a grave for it. Nerxt doors garden beckons, and I just hope and pray the daughter doesn't suddenly turn up.
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Put a rock on top. Marmite was dug up by a fox ` noooo:
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Put a rock on top. Marmite was dug up by a fox ` noooo:
I was going to suggest that. Or one of Tipsys manhole covers.
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It's days are surely numbered now
Oh dear, oh dear.
Looks like I wrote without realising what was in store just two days from posting that ^^.
The cat is dead. eeek:
Combination of a possible stroke I strongly suspect, and old age.
Growlers jnr. are extremely upset, and I feel a bit of a bad twat now.
It was such a pain in the arse, but even this grizzly old bear feels a pang of guilt for all the things I've said to it and about it now tbh.
I must admit that it was bloody horribly harrowing watching its last few minutes of life ebb away, writhing and gasping.
I have a very large hole to dig in the morning.
So you DO have a soft spot after all. ;)
A shame, but it was on the cards at that age and your grumbling won't have made any difference.
Evidently yes.
I do feel utterly crap for not being nicer to it now....not that I physically hurt it like, I just could have been a bit friendlier towards it, yes.
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Perhaps you need counselling rubschin:
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Perhaps you need counselling rubschin:
No, just some help digging.
I suspected their was something wrong with it a few days ago, as it wasn't eating its food.
However, the daughter next door had been there quite a bit, tidying and cleaning/sorting stuff, as the house has just gone up for rental 2 days ago, so I logically and initially suspected that she's been feeding it, like she admitted to doing a couple of weeks ago...sausages and milk. ::)
It was when it literraly fell over outside yesterday afternoon that I felt something was seriously wrong.
Gave it some milk which it didn't really drink much of, tiny bit of food, and then it just went and lay down in it's basket for 6 hours before finally 'shutting down'.
Those last 20 minutes will haunt me forever. cry:
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happy100
At least it died peacefully and lived to a good age though Growler
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happy100
At least it died peacefully and lived to a good age though Growler
"writhing and gasping"
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Always sad to watch a pet die, even if you didn't like it but it comes to us all in the ned.
You say you've never watched the last moments before ~ trust me it's even worse when it's a person.
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in the ned?
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Typo ~ or should I say TYpo ::)
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Perhaps you need counselling rubschin:
No, just some help digging.
I suspected their was something wrong with it a few days ago, as it wasn't eating its food.
However, the daughter next door had been there quite a bit, tidying and cleaning/sorting stuff, as the house has just gone up for rental 2 days ago, so I logically and initially suspected that she's been feeding it, like she admitted to doing a couple of weeks ago...sausages and milk. ::)
It was when it literraly fell over outside yesterday afternoon that I felt something was seriously wrong.
Gave it some milk which it didn't really drink much of, tiny bit of food, and then it just went and lay down in it's basket for 6 hours before finally 'shutting down'.
Those last 20 minutes will haunt me forever. cry:
Was the place unoccupied before that? If so, may she have had a good clean-up and possibly put rat poison down? Your guilt is assuaged angel1
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Whenever anybody dies here the Cypriots say "this is life"... Shrugs:
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Always sad to watch a pet die, even if you didn't like it but it comes to us all in the ned.
You say you've never watched the last moments before ~ trust me it's even worse when it's a person.
No, 'tis true.
Fortunately confused: missed those dreadful , almost unspeakable moments with both my parents.
I never knew it could actually be so harrowing, literally just having to stand there...watching helplessly, feeling as though you should be doing something but not knowing what.
Anyway, the poor old creature has gone to his place now, and no doubt some plant will be sitting there on top within the next few days.
Can't believe just how choked i am, especially after all I've said about it.
I'm bloody evil.
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Whenever anybody dies here the Cypriots say "this is life"... Shrugs:
When you say "Here" ? scared2:
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Whenever anybody dies here the Cypriots say "this is life"... Shrugs:
And they are right
Most religions have a basic belief that is expressed at funerals. In the Church of England the most common form of words is
We have but a short time to live.
Like a flower we blossom and then wither;
like a shadow we flee and never stay.
In the midst of life we are in death;
to whom can we turn for help,
but to you, Lord, who are justly angered by our sins?
Yet, Lord God most holy, Lord most mighty,
O holy and most merciful Saviour,
deliver us from the bitter pain of eternal death.
Lord, you know the secrets of our hearts;
hear our prayer, O God most mighty;
spare us, most worthy judge eternal;
at our last hour let us not fall from you,
O holy and merciful Saviour.
I imagine that religion in Cyprus follows this theme thus saying "this is life" is a recognition of the fact that death comes to us all, it is an inevitable outcome of life.
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sad24:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc)
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Whenever anybody dies here the Cypriots say "this is life"... Shrugs:
When you say "Here" ? scared2:
lol: lol: lol: Not at my house specifically sponge ed! lol: lol: lol:
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There may be hope yet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260322/Cat-killed-car-comes-life-months-owner-buries-him.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260322/Cat-killed-car-comes-life-months-owner-buries-him.html)
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There may be hope yet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260322/Cat-killed-car-comes-life-months-owner-buries-him.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260322/Cat-killed-car-comes-life-months-owner-buries-him.html)
Oh Nick.... noooo:
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Shrugs:
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Shrugs:
Yes you.... shame on you.... noooo:
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There may be hope yet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260322/Cat-killed-car-comes-life-months-owner-buries-him.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260322/Cat-killed-car-comes-life-months-owner-buries-him.html)
You joke, but I've just come back from taking MM to scooooell, and there out of the corner of my eye was a black shape on the front door mat in the porch, quite a usual sight waiting to come in to be fed.
I tell you, it really gave me a hell of shock for a micro second, eeek: until I actually realised that it was simply my black work boots that I'd left out to be washed of all of the mud on them, after digging that large hole in next doors front garden yeaterday morning.
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Why next door's garden? rubschin:
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Why next door's garden? rubschin:
Cus our garden is now full.
He belonged there anyway.
Talk about timing to absolute perfection yesterday. ::)
Had literally just arrived in their garden, shovel in hand, not even dug out the first shovel full, and the daughter walks in on me. eeek:
Floods of tears to then contend with whilst standing there getting piss wet through in the rain.
What a lovely morning. noooo:
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Your garden is full of WHAT?
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Your garden is full of WHAT?
Dead things.
Hearse arrives almost daily here now. Another new enterprising venture of mine. ::)
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eeek:
Did you put a rock on top like we told you?
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eeek:
Did you put a rock on top like we told you?
A paving stone, yes.
Birds paradise at the moment. Must have disturbed all the worms from far below.
A robin was sitting there within seconds of me finishing. Cute.
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But if you want to put flowers/tribute tins of catfood/balloons on the grave you have to climb over the fence?
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But if you want to put flowers/tribute tins of catfood/balloons on the grave you have to climb over the fence?
No. It's in the front garden where it used to sit, looking longingly at our kitchen extractor fan.
Good actually, as the spot can be seen from our front door.
Couple of plants are going to be planted there over the weekend, yes.
Got some gorgeous dafs growing over the bunnies graves now.
Baloons and cat food?
You're being silly now. ::)
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My big sis's foster cat is not making much progress noooo:
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When you step on the brakes do those eyes turn red?
PS How much bigger than you is this sister? scared2:
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When you step on the brakes do those eyes turn red?
PS How much bigger than you is this sister? scared2:
Piccy? rubschin:
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There is a piccy you oaf. She is looking for a new home for it angel1
And she is 72
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So she is "Big Sister" due to age and not "Big Sister" as in hooooge.
Stay with me Nick ~ the mists are clearing. ::)
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I have 2 sisters. One is 63 (nutter with place in Southern Spain - Nerja) and one is 72 (rich cat fiend with place in Lanzartotty).
OK evil:
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I have 2 sisters. One is 63 (nutter with place in Southern Spain - Nerja) and one is 72 (rich cat fiend with place in Lanzartotty).
OK evil:
I shall get meself over to Faceache and become their friend then angel1
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Oo-er ~ she does look a bit like you eeek:
No visible beard I grant but not small either.
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She looks like my AUnty Lilly, not me Banghead
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I don't know your Aunty Lilly but I can see a family resemblance ~ it's the hat that does it. whistle:
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Furry basket, eating bowls, comb, collar and 12 pouches of food if anyone wants them.
Most weirdly, I AM actually missing the scrawny old thing now. cry:
I suppose he was a good verbal release for my pent up anger and frustration.
Good job he couldn't actually understand what i was constantly ranting at him about.
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Furry basket, eating bowls, comb, collar and 12 pouches of food if anyone wants them.
Most weirdly, I AM actually missing the scrawny old thing now. cry:
I suppose he was a good verbal release for my pent up anger and frustration.
Good job he couldn't actually understand what i was constantly ranting at him about.
He wasn't alone there noooo:
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Furry basket, eating bowls, comb, collar and 12 pouches of food if anyone wants them.
Most weirdly, I AM actually missing the scrawny old thing now. cry:
I suppose he was a good verbal release for my pent up anger and frustration.
Good job he couldn't actually understand what i was constantly ranting at him about.
You should have buried all his old shite with him - for use in the afterlife like...
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Was the cat Egyptian? eeek:
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Was the cat Egyptian? eeek:
How TF would I know...?
Anyhoo... it saves having the place all cluttered up and reduces the temptation to gen another.... whistle:
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He is getting a kitten for Mini Moose cloud9:
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My gardener has just dug up the hamster I buried 2 months ago noooo:
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Nice timing ~ Should be about ready for his lunch. whistle:
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One of our cats died last November, or at least I think he did. 20 years old, got scrawnier and scrawnier, stopped eating, started dragging around. Disappeared under my bed one night and I thought he had carked it. He eventually made it out to the back yard and was never seen again. To weak to climb the walls, he must be under the decking somewhere. And I am supposed to renew that this year. Great.
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He is getting a kitten for Mini Moose cloud9:
I've just been to the RSPCA rescue.
I'm in lurrrrve. cloud9:
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You big softy noooo:
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He is getting a kitten for Mini Moose cloud9:
I've just been to the RSPCA rescue.
I'm in lurrrrve. cloud9:
Oh dear oh dear... noooo:
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A babby cloud9:
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Get down Shep! point:
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Seems to fit the bill ~ one eye and all. whistle:
How much do they charge these days ~ for a "rescued" dog like?
Local kennels (pet charity) were asking ?160 last month for a mongrel of indeterminate age.
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Seems to fit the bill ~ one eye and all. whistle:
How much do they charge these days ~ for a "rescued" dog like?
Local kennels (pet charity) were asking ?160 last month for a mongrel of indeterminate age.
eeek: eeek:
You told me you could get a Thai bride for less than that!
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Seems to fit the bill ~ one eye and all. whistle:
How much do they charge these days ~ for a "rescued" dog like?
Local kennels (pet charity) were asking ?160 last month for a mongrel of indeterminate age.
eeek: eeek:
You told me you could get a Thai bride for less than that!
Send the money and bride will be posted by return whistle:
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Wulfy???
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Smiffy ???
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Booboo
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If you click to make the picture bigger and then hover the curser on it, it says 'wulfy jpg'
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Wulfy???
Is right. That's what he'll be called if I'm deemed suitable enough to meet their very high criteria.
?95 btw Snoops.
He's absolutely gorgeous. Soft as a brush. Soon as I went up to his nest he rolled over to have his tummy tickled.
He just lay there like a big soft bear with his tail slowly flopping up and down,
I melted instantly. cloud9:
Got to go back and fill some forms in and show the Growlers tomorrow or Sunday, then it's accustomisation visits over the next week or two, followed by a Growler Towers home visit by the RSPCA to make sure he'll be all safe warm and cosy.
MM has been busy looking for stuff to buy him....insurance, brushes, leads, collar, name tag, bath soap, fur dryer,anti perspirant dedoderant stuff, blankets, and most importantly, a large kennel, big enough for the two of us like. cloud9:
I've even found him a back pack so he can carry all his own clobber when we get yomping together in them there 'ills of mine.
WE are going to be the besiest of mates. cloud9:
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Deodorant? rubschin:
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Deodorant? rubschin:
Quite. Everybody knows dogs need mouthwash much more
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I'm not sure it is right to get a new pet... on the rebound like.... noooo:
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Deodorant? rubschin:
For Growler?
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I'm not sure it is right to get a new pet... on the rebound like.... noooo:
The cat was never really our pet tbh.
We (particulary me) just sort of reluctantly inherited it, fed and launched it.
I/we'd been considering a dog for a few years now, but I always found an excuse to say no, but had been wavering more and more until the moggy arrival last summer.
Havin' the cat sniffin' around sort of put a temporary lid on the matter.
We came mighty close to purchasing a Lurcher pup 3 years ago when Growler jnr/snr bought one of the litter.
So glad we didn't succumb to the temptation, as his is absolutely bloody mental....lovely but far too bouncy and horse like. eeek:
It'll be my mate to accompany me up 'me 'ill anyway, and I'm sure it'll appreciate all the walking opportunities it'll receive, unlike some of the poor hounds around here that barely ever see more than their back gardens. evil:
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But all that grooming equipment and scent and stuff might turn it gay, like
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Deodorant? rubschin:
Yea, you can get some anti-doggy smell stuff for their coats apparently.
THAT is my biggest gripe about dogs, the pong some of them create, probably cus the owners don't dry them properly after getting wet?
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I'm not sure it is right to get a new pet... on the rebound like.... noooo:
Rest assured, I'd never do that. Recipe for disaster.
Bit like with wimmin really, only I could never actually understand WHY anyone would want another wumman immidiately after binning one. Shrugs:
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Deodorant? rubschin:
Yea, you can get some anti-doggy smell stuff for their coats apparently.
THAT is my biggest gripe about dogs, the pong some of them create, probably cus the owners don't dry them properly after getting wet?
Doggy smell is usually caused by poor diet and lack of exercise.
Wet dogs always smell.
Chappie Dog Food makes dogs stink.
Thus spake the resident dog hound
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Deodorant? rubschin:
Yea, you can get some anti-doggy smell stuff for their coats apparently.
THAT is my biggest gripe about dogs, the pong some of them create, probably cus the owners don't dry them properly after getting wet?
Doggy smell is usually caused by poor diet and lack of exercise.
Wet dogs always smell.
Chappie Dog Food makes dogs stink.
Thus spake the resident dog hound
'Chappie' is supposedly a highly recommended dog food, well that's what the RSPCA seem to think.
Smells vile apparently. sick2:
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It does smell vile and it makes most dogs coats smell ~ see also their breath. Chappie is often recommended because it is CHEAP!
When I had dogs I bought some Chappie at the local Damn-it! shop at about 11 pm as we had run out of dog food and it was the only dog food the shop had.
Neither pooch would look at it. noooo:
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It does smell vile and it makes most dogs coats smell ~ see also their breath. Chappie is often recommended because it is CHEAP!
When I had dogs I bought some Chappie at the local Damn-it! shop at about 11 pm as we had run out of dog food and it was the only dog food the shop had.
Neither pooch would look at it. noooo:
Chappie it ISN'T then. noooo:
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We feed the dog 'Fish for Dogs' She loves it
See here (http://www.fish4dogs.com/)
Will be taking the dog for a long ramble tomorrow
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Growler...if you do get Wulfy, I suggest you also get pet insurance...vet bills are high
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Growler...if you do get Wulfy, I suggest you also get pet insurance...vet bills are high
THAT is very clever Mr Pirate. happy088
Without wishing to seem ungrateful and pedantic like, you could have attached a lead to Wulfy. I'm a responsible pet owner. Don't want sheeples getting the wrong impression. noooo:
Going to see him shortly.
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Growler...if you do get Wulfy, I suggest you also get pet insurance...vet bills are high
THAT is very clever Mr Pirate. happy088
Without wishing to seem ungrateful and pedantic like, you could have attached a lead to Wulfy. I'm a responsible pet owner. Don't want sheeples getting the wrong impression. noooo:
Going to see him shortly.
And the bear should be carrying shit bags too like... whistle:
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S'all gone tits up...for now at least. ::)
If anyone is going to have their chips pissed upon 'round here, or anywhere come to think of it, it'll be ME. ::)
Went down this avvy with Growlers jnr to hand the application form in.
RSPCA wumman said, ok, I'll file it. Someone will be in touch when Wulfy is ready for re-homing.
Slightly puzzled, I asked her what why wasn't he ready now...ish, and could I place a deposit down to reserve him?
No was the short answer.
Apparently, he's got some sort of 'issues' with other dogs. confused:
She couldn't elaborate, but simply said the staff were re-training him. Could take days, weeks or months apparently.
I asked her if anyone else had shown an interest in him.
Oh yes, plenty, and we'll sift through all the applications when we feel he's ready for release.
This sounds like a bloody lottery to me, and I'm NOT holding my breath that I'm going to win it.
Ahh well, disappointed, but plenty of time and choice I suppose.
Just wish they'd told me in a bit more detail yesterday about this apparent screening process, re-training my arse.
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On a serious note Growler, the RSPCA are the scum of the earth in my opinion...
You don't wonder why they have so many poor dogs there when people literally can't take them off their hands.
Some of their behind-the-scenes legal actions against people that have left them money are quite disgusting too.
Fuck them. Tell them that for sixty-five quite you'll buy a puppy down the pet shop and not have to be treated like shite for it....
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Poor Growler noooo: And poor Wulfy.
What are the idiots playing at?
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I dunno lads. All a bit of a mystery to me.
As you rightly say BM, the RSPCA are constantly whinging about needing money and to re-home these poor animals asap, and yet they seem to throw obstuctions up when you enquire.
I do however appreciate that they can't be seen to handing out animals randomly
The poor buggers are all locked up in cages....it really does look like a prison, barbed wire fencing, security gates etc, and some of the dogs look well pissed off, just sittting there with their heads bowed down, eyes glancing up as you walk past, pitiful really. cry:
Went to see Wulfy while I was there, and he looked as bright as the day before, rolling over immediatley to have his tummy tickled, tail slowly wafting back and forth.
Really took an instant shine to him which I found suprising, as I was fully expecting to not see any dog that I'd be interested in tbh
Only went there out of curiosity and modest interest on Friday more than anything else tbh.
No other dogs interested me, even though they suggested a pit bull they'd had for 10 months.
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On a serious note Growler, the RSPCA are the scum of the earth in my opinion...
You don't wonder why they have so many poor dogs there when people literally can't take them off their hands.
Some of their behind-the-scenes legal actions against people that have left them money are quite disgusting too.
Fuck them. Tell them that for sixty-five quite you'll buy a puppy down the pet shop and not have to be treated like shite for it....
Totally agree
Growler, you have a PM
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On a serious note Growler, the RSPCA are the scum of the earth in my opinion...
You don't wonder why they have so many poor dogs there when people literally can't take them off their hands.
Some of their behind-the-scenes legal actions against people that have left them money are quite disgusting too.
Fuck them. Tell them that for sixty-five quite you'll buy a puppy down the pet shop and not have to be treated like shite for it....
Totally agree
Growler, you have a PM
Received and replied to.
I'm now going to be the proud owner of a full pack of 30 hunting hounds from the extensive and exclusive grounds of JOM Towers. cloud9:
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Buy shares in Chappie
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On a serious note Growler, the RSPCA are the scum of the earth in my opinion...
You don't wonder why they have so many poor dogs there when people literally can't take them off their hands.
Some of their behind-the-scenes legal actions against people that have left them money are quite disgusting too.
Fuck them. Tell them that for sixty-five quite you'll buy a puppy down the pet shop and not have to be treated like shite for it....
Totally agree
Growler, you have a PM
Received and replied to.
I'm now going to be the proud owner of a full pack of 30 hunting hounds from the extensive and exclusive grounds of JOM Towers. cloud9:
Beagles! I'll sort the bitches for you Growler eyes:
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In reply to BM regarding having a puppy, errrrr, no thank you. I saw the destructive power of one of these little chaps at Growler Jnr/Snr Towers 3 years ago.
Even managed to chew his way through the freezer mains lead and next doors Sky cable.
Cost him an absolute fortune in repairs, and how the hell the dog wasn't electocuted, Lord only knows. noooo:
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Buy shares in Chappie
Chappie is now a BIG no no if it makes their coats stink, as Snoopio claims.
Probably my biggest stalling block on ownership tbh.
I will not put up with my car stinking of rancid sweaty dog. noooo:
Growler Jnr suggests we buy another old tatty car specifically for dog transportation. lol:
Is yours for sale Nick? rubschin:
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The dog might complain about the smell of wet bear
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The dog might complain about the smell of wet bear
I'm as sweet as a nut. cloud9:
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char048
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Wulfy undergoing Growler training excercise. eveilgrin:
http://www.orschlurch.de/2010/03/27/hunde-attackieren-polizeiauto/
Contains extremely annoying pop up at the beginning. evil:
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Not 'erd a werd from the RSPCA. noooo:
I keep thinking about and visualising poor old Wulfy stuck in that cage, all lonely and dying for a good ole romp up 'me 'ill. cry:
Growler jnr came across a really grumpy dog this morning whilst delivering a few papers during half term like, by the name of simply 'DOG' lol:
Luvit! cloud9:
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In a previous life, with a previous wife,we had a dog that I called "Dog" and, unsurprisingly, a cat that I called "Cat". Both animals answered to these names. The wife and children called them by other, very fluffy, female type names ::)
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In a previous life, with a previous wife,we had a dog that I called "Dog" and, unsurprisingly, a cat that I called "Cat". Both animals answered to these names. The wife and children called them by other, very fluffy, female type names ::)
I know. Sheeples have no imagination anymore.
Ben, Jack, etc, I mean why sheeples names ey? ::)
Mrs G has just told me that calling a dog DOG shows a lack of imagination. BOLLOX I retorted.
She's the one lacking in that dept., except of course when she chose me like. cloud9:
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Does she have a guide dog?
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No ~ But clearly her imagination ran away with her. ;)
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Does she have a guide dog?
Do you actually want a damned good mauling, great titmouse? evil:
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No ~ But clearly her imagination ran away with her. ;)
I'm suprised at you. eeek:
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Does she have a guide dog?
Do you actually want a damned good mauling, great titmouse? evil:
Pop round. My shed is your shed angel1
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My dog is called 'dog'... In Greek tho - Skilos. redface:
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My dog is called 'dog'... In Greek tho - Skilos. redface:
I like that. Same but different if you get me drift. 10/10 BM
What do you call a dog in Chinese?
Dinner!
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Not 'eard a werd from the RSPCA regarding Wulfy #1. cry:
Seeing some of these sheeples up 'me 'ill' this morning with their mutts just reinforces the fact that I need a 4 legged soul mate to accompany me on me trips out in the wilds. cloud9:
I'm going to look at these other places that some of you's have recommended.
Be good for me to have a good close friend to talk and moan to again at last, and good for him/her instead of being cooped up and lonely in some rancid kennels somewhere.
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Not 'eard a werd from the RSPCA regarding Wulfy #1. cry:
Seeing some of these sheeples up 'me 'ill' this morning with their mutts just reinforces the fact that I need a 4 legged soul mate to accompany me on me trips out in the wilds. cloud9:
I'm going to look at these other places that some of you's have recommended.
Be good for me to have a good close friend to talk and moan at again at last, and good for 'it' instead of being cooped up and lonely in some rancid kennels somewhere.
Fuck the RSPCA Growler - anywhere but from there...
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Not 'eard a werd from the RSPCA regarding Wulfy #1. cry:
Seeing some of these sheeples up 'me 'ill' this morning with their mutts just reinforces the fact that I need a 4 legged soul mate to accompany me on me trips out in the wilds. cloud9:
I'm going to look at these other places that some of you's have recommended.
Be good for me to have a good close friend to talk and moan at again at last, and good for 'it' instead of being cooped up and lonely in some rancid kennels somewhere.
Fuck the RSPCA Growler - anywhere but from there...
Quite so BM, quite so.
I will, not literally like though. noooo:
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Still searching.
Went onto a dog rescue site last night for a sniff around, and found a NO EYED dog looking for a good 'ome.
Down in Telford IIRC.
Sweet looking little fellah too. cloud9:
I'm actually considering, but feel a bit sad that it wouldn't be able to appreciate the beauty on me 'ills. cry:
About 85% of rescue dogs seem to be Pit Bulls or equivelant.
Don't like. noooo:
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You could get it a guide dog, like rubschin:
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You could get it a guide dog, like rubschin:
I'd be its guide BEAR. cloud9:
I could throw it white sticks like.
Had cataracs catraracks catarachs summat wrong growing over both its eyes apparently.
Problee make a real good friend for me. Dunno really. rubschin:
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a NO EYED dog looking for a good 'ome.
doh:
Should be available for quite a while then.
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I don't want to upset anyone but surely there has to come a point where "putting an animal down" is the better option?
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I don't want to upset anyone but surely there has to come a point where "putting an animal down" is the better option?
I would miss our Growler. sad32:
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I don't want to upset anyone but surely there has to come a point where "putting an animal down" is the better option?
I would miss our Growler. sad32:
And Snoopy! lol: lol: lol:
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I don't want to upset anyone but surely there has to come a point where "putting an animal down" is the better option?
Shrugs:
Deemed inappropriate by the vet in this case apparently.
He's a fine looking little fellah, and is apparently quite content and 'appy.
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I don't want to upset anyone but surely there has to come a point where "putting an animal down" is the better option?
Shrugs:
Deemed inappropriate by the vet in this case apparently.
He's a fine looking little fellah, and is apparently quite content and 'appy.
Did he tell them that...? ::)
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Throw him white sticks? happy001
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I don't want to upset anyone but surely there has to come a point where "putting an animal down" is the better option?
Shrugs:
Deemed inappropriate by the vet in this case apparently.
He's a fine looking little fellah, and is apparently quite content and 'appy.
Did he tell them that...? ::)
I don't bloody know do I?
I wasn't actually there at the time. ::)
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Throw him white sticks? happy001
I refer my dumb 'friend' to post #250 on the previous page, IF he can actually be arsed reading previous posts for a change like? ::)
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That WAS about your post you great furry oaf Banghead
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That WAS about your post you great furry oaf Banghead
Well you would say that now you've been found 'wanting' wouldn't you, bloody great scruffily bearded Baboon? ::)
If ypu are commenting on someone elses' post, normal peoples like everyone else in here...nearly...use what is called the 'quote facility' you dumb arse. ::)
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sad32:
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sad32:
Pig whisperer whistle:
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Fish murderer cussing:
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1Yr old gerl apparently. Daft as a brush so they say, and ded friendly, but needs long walks. happy088
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Got a sort of cheeky scruffy look about her that I find most appealing. cloud9:
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I assume she's at a sanctuary of some sort Growler. Have they said why she's there? Any vices etc? My last three dogs were all from NCDL (Dogstrust), all had vices, but a bit of time and effort is rewarded many times over.
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I assume she's at a sanctuary of some sort Growler. Have they said why she's there? Any vices etc? My last three dogs were all from NCDL (Dogstrust), all had vices, but a bit of time and effort is rewarded many times over.
Dogtrust, Roden branch. No vices disclosed.
For fuller description:
http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/rehoming/kia1054402.aspx
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1Yr old gerl apparently. Daft as a brush so they say, and ded friendly, but needs long walks. happy088
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Got a sort of cheeky scruffy look about her that I find most appealing. cloud9:
She looks like you point:
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1Yr old gerl apparently. Daft as a brush so they say, and ded friendly, but needs long walks. happy088
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Got a sort of cheeky scruffy look about her that I find most appealing. cloud9:
Has it got a pink tail...? rubschin:
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1Yr old gerl apparently. Daft as a brush so they say, and ded friendly, but needs long walks. happy088
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Got a sort of cheeky scruffy look about her that I find most appealing. cloud9:
She looks like you point:
So? Shrugs:
Still, I'd rather look like that than be totally embarrased and ashamed having to walk around amongst the public with a face like yours, haddocks 'ed. sick2:
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1Yr old gerl apparently. Daft as a brush so they say, and ded friendly, but needs long walks. happy088
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Got a sort of cheeky scruffy look about her that I find most appealing. cloud9:
Has it got a pink tail...? rubschin:
SHE, dya mean?
Dunno.
Fine lookin' gerl in'she ey?
Nowt fancy pants about her like.
Looks dead mischivous and cheeky like. Most appealing. cloud9:
Shame it's so far away to go and see her.
Got no chance of going down there this weekend. Too many off roady type things to be doing
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I'm likely to be in Telford tomorrow, I could visit and show her your picture. See how she reacts like
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Is that wise do you think?
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I'm likely to be in Telford tomorrow, I could visit and show her your picture. See how she reacts like
Good job she's blind like whistle:
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Is that wise do you think?
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I'm a fine lookin' beast though, and problee get on better with animals that sheeples tbqath
Ask anyone who's met me like...apart from that great titplank Nick of course. ::)
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I'm likely to be in Telford tomorrow, I could visit and show her your picture. See how she reacts like
Good job she's blind like whistle:
Do try keeping up ffs. ::)
THAT was another dog that we were discussing yesterday.
Haven't found her/his picture yet
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So what about WUlfy? rubschin:
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
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So what about WUlfy? rubschin:
Wulfy 1,2 or 3?
Wulfy 1 is presumably still in the RSPCA home down the Wirral like. cry:
I'm not chasing them like it's some sort of competition
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck. cloud9:
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Another bonus is that if Scruff comes to live with you MM will have to clear up the tat mountains cloud9:.
Anything left lying around will be fair game to the scamp for either playing with or trying to eat whistle:
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And how is the Brat? Popcorn:
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At her dads this weekend cloud9: cloud9: cloud9:
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Being treated no better than a dog? razz:
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Being treated no better than a dog? razz:
Nicely back on topic Nick! razz:
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck. cloud9:
Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs noooo: WTF is that all about?
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck. cloud9:
Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs noooo: WTF is that all about?
They do have runny noses... whistle:
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Mrs G doesn't approve. ::)
She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum. ::)
I've suggested I buy her a pet Sloath. Banghead
I despair. Banghead
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck. cloud9:
Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs noooo: WTF is that all about?
They do have runny noses... whistle:
Snotty Snoopy point:
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Mrs G doesn't approve. ::)
She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum. ::)
I've suggested I buy her a pet Sloath. Banghead
I despair. Banghead
SHe is a wumman. Is there anything you do that she would approve of, eh?
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck. cloud9:
Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs noooo: WTF is that all about?
It goes back a long way ~ before Dog Collars were the norm.
Barge Folk used to tie these round their dog's neck as they were always on the move and dogs could sometimes be left behind. Other bargees would recognise the dog by the neckerchief and take it on board until they met up with the owner on the way back.
Source
My great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side worked the Canals around Berks/Oxon.
There was also a great fashion for dogs to appear in "end of pier" shows and they would invariably be fitted with a "Ruff" or Frilly collar. Very popular in Victorian times.
Toby, the Punch and Judy dog, often had a ruff or frill round its neck. This, of course, hid the join where the puppet ceased to be fabric and became a wooden head. Punch and Judy has its origins in the 14th Century but, as we know it, came into its own in this country at the fairs and subsequently the seaside shows.
It is a short step from the canal bargees to the fairgrounds and those who led that nomadic life shared many habits.
Yes I have worked (in my extreme youth) on the fairgrounds and I have always hankered for a life on the canals. One out of two ambitions fulfilled ain't bad I suppose and I am now too old and too ill to realise the latter or repeat the former.
The modern fashion for neckerchiefs on dogs is just a bit of retro chic ~ much like "shabby chic" furniture. People pay a lot of money to achieve a look that our ancestors had out of necessity.
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck. cloud9:
Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs noooo: WTF is that all about?
They do have runny noses... whistle:
Snotty Snoopy point:
You can go off people you know evil:
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Mrs G doesn't approve. ::)
She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum. ::)
I've suggested I buy her a pet Sloath. Banghead
I despair. Banghead
SHe is a wumman. Is there anything you do that she would approve of, eh?
No. Never. Ever.
Fedup. Not worth arguing with.
She'll only be happy with one of those nasty little snappy yelping rug rat things, Pekinese or summat equally as shite. sick2:
I want a proper ruff 'n' gruff wulf, you know, with bags of character spirit and fun, that likes rummaging in the wilds, not afaraid of the cold and wet, and not a bloody showpiece to pamper and comb all day long.
Bloody wimmin. They really really piss me RIGHT off, completely and utterly/ Banghead
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Mrs G doesn't approve. ::)
She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum. ::)
They're only noisy and boisterous if allowed to be. They make fantastic house dogs and yes, they will let people know if they come on their territory. As for slobbery, I've had German shepherds for 31 years, never had a slobbery one yet. I suppose she thinks all dobermans, rottweillers and pit bulls are killing machines too
Have you thought of getting a tamagotchi? (they're digital though) ;)
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck. cloud9:
Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs noooo: WTF is that all about?
It goes back a long way ~ before Dog Collars were the norm.
Barge Folk used to tie these round their dog's neck as they were always on the move and dogs could sometimes be left behind. Other bargees would recognise the dog by the neckerchief and take it on board until they met up with the owner on the way back.
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My great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side worked the Canals around Berks/Oxon.
There was also a great fashion for dogs to appear in "end of pier" shows and they would invariably be fitted with a "Ruff" or Frilly collar. Very popular in Victorian times.
Toby, the Punch and Judy dog, often had a ruff or frill round its neck. This, of course, hid the join where the puppet ceased to be fabric and became a wooden head. Punch and Judy has its origins in the 14th Century but, as we know it, came into its own in this country at the fairs and subsequently the seaside shows.
It is a short step from the canal bargees to the fairgrounds and those who led that nomadic life shared many habits.
Yes I have worked (in my extreme youth) on the fairgrounds and I have always hankered for a life on the canals. One out of two ambitions fulfilled ain't bad I suppose and I am now too old and too ill to realise the latter or repeat the former.
The modern fashion for neckerchiefs on dogs is just a bit of retro chic ~ much like "shabby chic" furniture. People pay a lot of money to achieve a look that our ancestors had out of necessity.
You are David Essex, do I win a fiver? ;D
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Mrs G doesn't approve. ::)
She's (Wulfy 3) too big, and being a cross breed German',, too noisy, too boistrous, too slobbery lah de dah de diddly dum. ::)
They're only noisy and boisterous if allowed to be. They make fantastic house dogs and yes, they will let people know if they come on their territory. As for slobbery, I've had German shepherds for 31 years, never had a slobbery one yet. I suppose she thinks all dobermans, rottweillers and pit bulls are killing machines too
Have you thought of getting a tamagotchi? (they're digital though) ;)
I should just ring up, make some tentative enquiries and go and get her if positive answers are forthcoming. Simples really! lol:
Growlers Jnr both approve which makes a pleasant change. Normally everyone's against me. ::)
I still think she' d look sweet with a neckerchief on (red and white spotted pikey style) cloud9:
Saddle on her back to carry her shite...bags of....literally, and treats and water and stuff cloud9:
Proper outdoor ruff and tuff dog and Bear together in 'armony like. cloud9:
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I'm not far from Telford either. She looks like she also knows a few gipsies, very cute. angel1
True that. Could picture her with a red and white spotted neckerchief 'round her neck. cloud9:
Nooooooooo! Dogs with neckerchiefs noooo: WTF is that all about?
It goes back a long way ~ before Dog Collars were the norm.
Barge Folk used to tie these round their dog's neck as they were always on the move and dogs could sometimes be left behind. Other bargees would recognise the dog by the neckerchief and take it on board until they met up with the owner on the way back.
Source
My great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side worked the Canals around Berks/Oxon.
There was also a great fashion for dogs to appear in "end of pier" shows and they would invariably be fitted with a "Ruff" or Frilly collar. Very popular in Victorian times.
Toby, the Punch and Judy dog, often had a ruff or frill round its neck. This, of course, hid the join where the puppet ceased to be fabric and became a wooden head. Punch and Judy has its origins in the 14th Century but, as we know it, came into its own in this country at the fairs and subsequently the seaside shows.
It is a short step from the canal bargees to the fairgrounds and those who led that nomadic life shared many habits.
Yes I have worked (in my extreme youth) on the fairgrounds and I have always hankered for a life on the canals. One out of two ambitions fulfilled ain't bad I suppose and I am now too old and too ill to realise the latter or repeat the former.
The modern fashion for neckerchiefs on dogs is just a bit of retro chic ~ much like "shabby chic" furniture. People pay a lot of money to achieve a look that our ancestors had out of necessity.
You are David Essex, do I win a fiver? ;D
noooo: And I'm not Kim either.
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My great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side worked the Canals around Berks/Oxon.
So that's where you got it from. whistle:
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rubschin: Possibly