Am I ready to adopt a dog / cat

[irunthepeg]

How about adopting a child

Make a difference in a kids life

Could even take in a rough teenage street kid much like Sandy Cohen did with Ryan Atwood in the television show The O.C.

Plus if he's a teenager he'll be ready for an hf account straight away

Or maybe a kid from Tibet!

 

[John Price]

How are you dealing with the Caps loss? Cause having a real dog literally ******** on your carpet is like the Caps figuratively doing it by losing that series.

As I ranted about in the post game thread you all need to be here next year. No hopping off the wagon and no overreacting. Because we lost to a better team that out played us over the course of 6 games. So don't talk about choke jobs or "I quit on this team" here. Because you and I damn know that this city isn't that good in sports, and they always set you up to tear you down. All the hyped teams in this city fail to deliver, so it's not only the Caps.

IT's just something you have to deal with as a DC / MD / VA resident. And tomorrow is another day. So just go to work tomorrow and wear your Caps jersey and be PROUD to support their effort throughout this year.

They didn't choke. They didn't collapse. They were just outplayed by a better team. It happens. That's why the President's Trophy is so meaningless. And people thought that the Caps were entitled to the championship, their dumb 15 or whatever they wore on their hats like they were ENTITLED to play that many more wins. No. You earn those wins on the ice. And you get four wins first before you start thinking of 15 and the cup.

 

[Goonzilla]

As I ranted about in the post game thread you all need to be here next year. No hopping off the wagon and no overreacting. Because we lost to a better team that out played us over the course of 6 games. So don't talk about choke jobs or "I quit on this team" here. Because you and I damn know that this city isn't that good in sports, and they always set you up to tear you down. All the hyped teams in this city fail to deliver, so it's not only the Caps.

IT's just something you have to deal with as a DC / MD / VA resident. And tomorrow is another day. So just go to work tomorrow and wear your Caps jersey and be PROUD to support their effort throughout this year.

They didn't choke. They didn't collapse. They were just outplayed by a better team. It happens. That's why the President's Trophy is so meaningless. And people thought that the Caps were entitled to the championship, their dumb 15 or whatever they wore on their hats like they were ENTITLED to play that many more wins. No. You earn those wins on the ice. And you get four wins first before you start thinking of 15 and the cup.

Well said that man. I'm not a Caps fan, but if you've done all you can do, that's all you can do. The effort was there and they didn't play badly. That's good enough. Better luck next time..and luck sure plays some part.

 

[Baby Punisher]

Declawing is cruel as ****.

I used to think that too. My Vet is excellent. Yes, it was a little painful for her. Not nearly as painful as it could have been. I have had a few cats in my life and I always accepted the fact that they would be some destruction in my house from them. My current cat ruined a fairly new couch and chair which i was able to replace under warranty. She shredded the carpeting on the side of the steps, and she ruined my office chair that I threw out. She shredded my massage chair, which I patched upm doesn't look great but whatever. These things I could live with. Once we moved to a new home a few months ago and made a huge investment in a top to bottom renovation and bought fancy expensive furniture we knew it had to be done. She started going after all the new furniture immediately. Frankly if we had not had her de-clawed she was going to be put on the street. That would have been much more cruel than having her de-clawed. The cat has a great life here.

 

[ChiGuySez]

Most cats will understand to only use a scratching post if you provide one for them. The small ones you buy at stores are junk. I had an old heavy 3 x 2 foot box and tacked on used carpet to completely cover the exterior. Worked perfectly. It also had access holes to the interior for the cat to hang out in.

 

[Dr Pepper]

If you have to ask.....probably not.

 

[John Price]

I heard they have paw gloves so that you don't need to declaw

 

[ChiGuySez]

Probably not a good idea. The reason why cats scratch is to shed their nails. Exo nail covering kinda like snakes shedding their skin but its hard. I had shedded cat nails all over the scratching post.

 

[MikeyMike01]

You deserve to be alone

Or even worse to own a cat

 

[Yung Rotini]

don't feed your cat spaghetti

 

[Devourers]

I find declawing is cruel. I've had 4 cats in my life. Two of them did destroy furniture, the other two never did. The one I currently have hasn't destroyed anything and I've had her for nearly a decade. Personally I wouldn't be able to bring myself to declaw her or any other cat I own.

IMO, when you buy a cat you're choosing the cat over your fancy furniture, either that or you at least do so knowing you'll make an effort to get her to scratch elsewhere. If you're the type of person who chooses fancy furniture over your cat having claws you probably shouldn't even own one. Like those people who leave their cat when they move because they chose to move somewhere that doesn't allow them or don't want it ruining their brand new house

I understand you don't want your material possessions ruined and some cats are little ***** when it comes to that, but personally I don't think you should even have a cat then if you're more concerned with that versus allowing your cat to have claws.

 

[Disclose]

my cat has claws cuz i dont want her to get beat up by the 300 other cats on the street.
i let her go out take a ****. (no smelly cat-litters in the house) she comes back when she wants.
and yeah i dont think its fun for them to be locked in a house (have a dog too) so not gonna mutilate their claws because i own a nice couch. what a dumb mentality. dont get a pet if your material stuff is more important.

dogs are cool. but its another story and too much responsibility.

 

[Baby Punisher]

I find declawing is cruel. I've had 4 cats in my life. Two of them did destroy furniture, the other two never did. The one I currently have hasn't destroyed anything and I've had her for nearly a decade. Personally I wouldn't be able to bring myself to declaw her or any other cat I own.

IMO, when you buy a cat you're choosing the cat over your fancy furniture, either that or you at least do so knowing you'll make an effort to get her to scratch elsewhere. If you're the type of person who chooses fancy furniture over your cat having claws you probably shouldn't even own one. Like those people who leave their cat when they move because they chose to move somewhere that doesn't allow them or don't want it ruining their brand new house

I understand you don't want your material possessions ruined and some cats are little ***** when it comes to that, but personally I don't think you should even have a cat then if you're more concerned with that versus allowing your cat to have claws.

I have the best of both worlds. A cat that is de-clawed and happy as well as my fancy expensive new furniture in my new home.

I used to have the same feelings about de-clawing a cat, used the same argument. I will admit that not all cat's are the same and it could have gone a different way than it did with Getty. She could have become a bitter angry cat. We were fortunate that it was the opposite. After speaking to many people about the issue I frimly believe 50% is the attitude of the cat, the other 50% is the skill of the surgeon doing the procedure. My vet is fantastic. She saved my dogs life a couple of years ago.

 

[Devourers]

I have the best of both worlds. A cat that is de-clawed and happy as well as my fancy expensive new furniture in my new home.

I used to have the same feelings about de-clawing a cat, used the same argument. I will admit that not all cat's are the same and it could have gone a different way than it did with Getty. She could have become a bitter angry cat. We were fortunate that it was the opposite. After speaking to many people about the issue I frimly believe 50% is the attitude of the cat, the other 50% is the skill of the surgeon doing the procedure. My vet is fantastic. She saved my dogs life a couple of years ago.

I've definitely heard the skill of the vet is important for declawing. A lot of the time when they botch the surgery it can be bad for the rest of the cats life. That's why I would never dream of even risking it even with a good vet.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

You're crowd sourcing a response on HF...so the correct answer is "No".

Try keeping a cactus alive for a month or two first.

I find declawing is cruel. I've had 4 cats in my life. Two of them did destroy furniture, the other two never did. The one I currently have hasn't destroyed anything and I've had her for nearly a decade. Personally I wouldn't be able to bring myself to declaw her or any other cat I own.

IMO, when you buy a cat you're choosing the cat over your fancy furniture, either that or you at least do so knowing you'll make an effort to get her to scratch elsewhere. If you're the type of person who chooses fancy furniture over your cat having claws you probably shouldn't even own one. Like those people who leave their cat when they move because they chose to move somewhere that doesn't allow them or don't want it ruining their brand new house

I understand you don't want your material possessions ruined and some cats are little ***** when it comes to that, but personally I don't think you should even have a cat then if you're more concerned with that versus allowing your cat to have claws.

It is cruel - and in fact it's banned or severely limited in many countries. Declawing is not 'clipping nails'; it's maiming your cat. Even in Toronto (it's still legal in Canada) there are some vets that refuse to do it.

If you clip your cat's nails regularly and introduce appropriate scratching areas early on. Keep in mind that when a cat scratches, it also is kneading. It's not just sharpening nails, it's also spreading scent. That's why you want to avoid a cat getting started early "flexing" on your furniture...because even if you later start to clip nails, there's a decent chance the cat is also spreading its scent.

I won't bore everyone to death posting/quoting articles - but there is a lot of information available on line about why it's a terrible idea to declaw and the many options available.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Please don't.

 

[Runner77]

Only thing I’m willing to adopt:

 

[Runner77]

Piss, poop, hair everywhere.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

No eating your pet!!!