Rose: Thanks, Rose. She's a bold one, and she's in that phase where everything is a potential toy--including electric cables and rolls of toilet paper... arghhh! Oh, these adolescents.

wetware: That's so kool! Aren't calico's such neat cats? I have one in my herd.

BTW, love your icon!

Rose: The little calico (her name is Munch now) who could barely breathe, was severly anemic, and didn't weigh as much as a can of Coke now weighs 5 1/4 pounds and is doing just great!

Tuesday: Awwwww, I'm getting choked up here

Rose: wow!! really surprised that they didn't just put the kitten down!!
A few years back,oh probaby more like 10 or so now (how the time flys!) A woman was getting into her car and noticed that there was a guy tying a collie to the back of his car,to the bumper...the guy got in the car and started to drive off! The woman jumped in her car,called the police while following him..I guess some others had seen what was going on and also chased the guy down.When they finally got him to stop,she ran,untied the dog,got the dog into her car and strait to the animal ER.It was the one I use to work at.By the grace of God the dog survived..I truely have no idea how though.Most of her fur and skin had been ripped from her body,broken bones.She had said the dog tried running as much as she could to keep up with the car but finally her legs just gave out.The woman ended up adopting the dog...I would like to know how the rest of her life was.I'm sure the woman made sure she had as happy and loving life as she could.The dog would,just from age,be dead by now.The guy that did this,got a fine and told he was never permitted to own another dog.My thought..HE should have been tied to a bumper and see how long HE could run to keep up with the car before finally colapsing and being drug behind it! Laws DO need to be changed...animals have feeling and thoughts,and hurt when in pain,and it pises me off that anyone could do such things to animals!!!!

anastasia: I'm not sure if I told you about 'Shivers'. She is a tiny kitten at the local vet emerg hanging on to dear life. She was not quite 3 months old when her owners boyfriend whacked her with a 2by4. She has so much neurological damage that she just shakes now as if she has bad parkinsons. It is so sad. They took the cat away from the owner but no charges were laid. I asked why not and the reply I got was that by the time the SPCA investigates it the guy wouldnt be around to be tried in court. OUR laws need to change and these animals that hurt inocent creatures need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law!!!

Rose: I think it shows a sick,weak person...anyone that would abuse an animal like that....If you want to hurt something,try a person your own size that would probably whop the snot right out of you.Hurting or killing a kitten doesn't make a man...someone that would take the time and get that kitten from a tree,or give it some love,THAT is a man.

Tuesday: I hope his head was kicked in and he was stomped on too before his demise. This is whyI love animals over people most of the time. Animals show unconditional love. Some people dont even know love.

Tuesday: rofl....taint no cold medicine....just plain old "caring" tablets :)

Tuesday:it is called in australia "pissing into the wind" you will get your own back LOL

sorry about the language......K A R M A

anastasia: Humankind

On April 13, one worker showed how he could paralyze birds by repeatedly punching their necks. No animal should be subjected to such cruel treatment. That is why PETA's unique undercover investigations are so important: They help us expose—and hopefully stop—animals from suffering such horrible pain and abuse. PETA investigations take months or even years to arrange. They are expensive and dangerous, placing the safety and even the lives of our undercover workers at risk. Yet our investigators have succeeded in bravely securing video footage from factory farms and slaughterhouses in order to amass irrefutable evidence of the atrocities that take place there. There's nothing comparable to having someone inside a slaughterhouse witnessing this abuse firsthand and exposing what animal abusers try so desperately to hide. If you are disgusted by this senseless animal abuse, please take these three important steps today:

Send a letter to your member of Congress. Ask your representative why birds aren't covered by the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. Ask him or her to initiate a federal investigation of the Butterball plant and other cases of animal abuse.

On May 3, another worker swung a live turkey like a baseball bat against a metal bar, smashing the bird's head and spraying blood everywhere. On May 8, one worker laughed out loud as he crushed a turkey's skull with the heel of his boot.

On July 13, two workers attempted to decapitate a live turkey by twisting her neck and pulling her head through a hole in her enclosure.

my dad has just sent me a wav file which is sooo funny about a cat, i want to post it in here so you can all click on it and play it, does anybody know how i can do it

Tuesday: ROFL - he's hungry - or he really, really doesn't like kibble - mine will eat anything, she's got an ongoing skin condition, is always, on/off steroids (but it helps), and I tell her all the time she's lucky she's not human, she could top 300 easy with her appetite The puppy I watch on the weekends just plants himself in the middle of the kitchen floor and won't budge, I just step over him and keep cooking

Tuesday: Yea, we do, but we just give her simple things like meat, chicken, fish, rice, and eggs, nothing with sugar, but she has a thing for popcorn

Tuesday: LMAO - I think that means he's smart (or cunning, or something) - I've never had a dog that watched TV, I'm envious

Tuesday: Thanks Much for the link - and give Ozzy a hug for me

Tuesday: Is it based on a true story? And, since it's one I've seen, anything along the lines of the Horse Whisperer?

Tuesday: Our dog's name is "Baby Cujo" (ha-ha, but not really). She was downright scary to be around for the first few months we had her (I used to wonder if she'd take me out in my sleep, she was truly certifiable, somebody did something horrendously bad to her) BUT she's turned out to be a real love, very smart, very sweet, and still cautious, but that's okey, I guess she has a right to be. Other things that calm her, case they help you, are low country music, nightlights in a couple rooms (doesn't relax in the dark) and I put a blanket over her when I leave for work in the morn, maybe it's hiding in her mind? She's pretty much stopped barking at every little noise, but she seems to need to growl everytime still. I'll have to rent the Dog Whisperer and see if it'll give me some more ideas

Tuesday: He sounds soooo adorable, I'm sure if you really can't keep him that there's someone out there who would love to give him a home, and I'm sure he loves you for being there for him when he needed someone to care. Either way, I wish you both well. The only pets we've ever had are those that were in need for whatever reason (dogs, rabbits, ferrets, frogs, we even took in someone's pet squirrel once) and I think they mean more to you when they've had such a rough go of it. There are people everywhere who take on animals with issues, I have a friend who takes in feral(sp?) cats every year at this time when it starts to get too cold, even though it causes her own cats to go bonkers, they calm down after she finds the strays homes. I also LOVE animals, I'm the type of person who calls the SPCA to help save wild baby birds that have fallen from a nest that I can't find to put them back

Tuesday: When we first took our present doggie from a shelter, she was an abuse case and we were the sixth family to take her in the course of a few months, people kept bringing her back over and over.....She had (and still does in some ways) major issues with a whole lot of things. She used to bark and growl at everyone and everything. A whole lotta love, attention, and giving her other outlets to occupy her mind (toys, rawhide, a blanket to snuggle with) has done wonders. She still growls for no apparent reason sometimes, but when we call her, hug her, etc. she's ok now... just takes time for them to know things are alright, she still doesn't trust us to protect her fully, but it'll come in time...it took her a full year to stop showing her teeth when scared too And if he loves to be outside, why not? I had a dog for twenty-odd years who practically had to be dragged in kicking and screaming every night, the only reason I didn't let him live outdoors in the yard was the cats, raccoons, etc...he was part-lab and loved to hunt

Tuesday: yes,actually,dogs CAN suffer from a tramatic incident.He still must work through this issue though.Our Dalmatain was fine when we went and got him,walked right up to him no trouble at all.After we had him,nobody else could come up to him that easily,if at all,really.Vet said he may have association that we came and took him...maybe someone else will come and take him.Like I said though,you NEED to get him through this issue :)

Tuesday: sounds like he needs to be decenitized (sp) put him on his leash and make him site about 6 feet away from the door...have someone walk through it...if he starts acting up,you IMIDIATLY say NO! or AHH-AHH and walk him away from the situation.Down the hall,whatever s he can't see what is going on anymore.Walk him back a few feet at a time and make him sit after each time you stop.This will help get him out of this frame of mind..You will have to keep doingthis with your dog...don't overwhelm him though.Only do it about 5 or so times at first,while teaching him.EVERYTIME though when someone just comes to the door,say to visit you.REPITITION is the key.

heavenlyemma: Oh heck no, no farm. We'd be having to have the animal food delivered by a 7 1/2 tonner

Fiona: If my place was bigger yes lol me mum always said and still does say, that I should have a farm lol

heavenlyemma: awwwwwww you will just have to keep them all then lol

Fiona: No, I was trying to get me mum to have one but she said "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO more cats thankyou" lol

heavenlyemma: i can imagine its very hard to do - have you got homes for any of them yet?

Fiona: Yeah i'd love to keep them all but no can do i'm afraid, maybe one but choosing which one is hard.

heavenlyemma: awwww they are adorable

srnity: you should think twice about ever letting an unfixed male off lead...they are way more prone to running away...they have been known to run for MILES when they have the scent of a female in heat.

gogul: His dog,besides the jumping is friendly,but yes,when it is a known jumper,you should keep it on a leash.There are alot of elderly that walk down there,what is she jumps on one of them and knocks them down...would that be the elderly person fault then? No,it wouldn't.How much does it take to just put the lead on her.All the other dogs that are off lead are all well behaved.It's not them being off lead I have the problem with,it is the BEHAVIOR of the dog.And you're right...they WOULDN'T admit it was a problem with her.

anastasia: . You shouldn't have to leave or find another place to go. The other dog should be kept on a leash I know around here that is a big fine if not on a leash.

srnity: Damien gets along well with all the dogs...my thing was the dog jumping on ME,lol...and the guy blaming ME for his dog jumping...Even if it was a different situation though,and it was my dog havig problems with the others...WHY should I have to take him somewhere else? He is on a leash (under the township ordinance,they HAVE to be) the others are not..so agian,why should I have to leave?