By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News

An Argentine man who thought he bought a pair of poodles at an outdoor market in Buenos Aires brought them home to the vet only to be told they were actually ferrets on steroids, reports the Daily Mail.
The man, a retiree from Catamarca, purchased the animals at La Salada, Argentina's largest bazaar.
The veterinarian informed him the ferrets "had been given steroids at birth to increase their size and then had some extra grooming to make their coats resemble a fluffy toy poodle," the paper says, translating a report from a local Argentine TV station. He paid $150 per poodle.
Another woman interviewed by the station said she was tricked into thinking she had purchased a chihuahua at the same market.
It's unclear what the duped pet owners did with their faux poodles. But if you're thinking about buying a poodle at an Argentine market, the Daily Mail has a handy guide on how to tell whether the pooch you're purchasing is actually a ferret:
• Ferrets typically have brown, white or mixed fur and are around 51 cm in length—which includes a 13 cm tail.
• They weigh around three pounds and have a lifespan of 7 to 10 years.
• When happy, ferrets may perform a routine known as the weasel war dance—which is characterized by a series of hops and frenzied attempts to bump into things.
• This is often accompanied by a soft clucking noise called dooking. When upset, ferrets make a hissing noise.
• Toy poodles are known for their intelligence and are around 25 cm tall and weigh around nine pounds.
• If a toy poodle exceeds 25 cm height, it cannot compete in any dog show as a toy poodle.
• Toy poodles have been known to live as long as 20 years.
• Toy poodles are described as sweet, cheerful, perky and lively, and they love to be around people.

Does anyone have experience using diapers for their cat? I might be headed down that road

I knew it !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9exyjULHkCA&feature=player_embedded

Tuesday: not my "A" material

Pedro Martínez: I think she found an escape claws

Tuesday: he sure earned it

DANVILLE, Pa. — A 900-pound bull escaped on his way to slaughter and led his owners and authorities on a two-mile chase through two eastern Pennsylvania townships for an hour.

Wayne Myers of Bald Top was headed to the butcher with the raging 2-year-old bull when he stopped at a red light near a middle school Wednesday. He says that's when then the bull made a break for it.

The bull fled ran at least two miles before being shot to death by its owners.

No one else was hurt

Tuesday: sometimes just diet regulation, sometimes daily shots, just like people.They are a hard sell though

Tuesday: I've been actively working with my local humane society to get diabetic cats adopted

Tuesday: I assume it means a stay of execution

Tuesday: Is Costner also sending cash to help pay for the upkeep of these dogs?
No humane society is rolling in dough

Tuesday: I'm not a vet, but he is old and apparently in pain, it's a really tough call, but coming back to life kinda makes you wonder if he deserves to go out on his own terms

Tuesday: Maybe he is a Zombie Dog now

I would not want to be in this owners position now,what a nightmere/blessing

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/14/euthanized-dog-comes-back_n_762792.html

In his latest look at animal behavior, Jeffrey Masson suggests a mutually beneficial evolution of our two species

http://www.salon.com/books/int/2010/10/09/jeffrey_masson_the_dog_who_couldn_t_stop_loving/index.html

they land claws pointed, hardly worth the risk..................honestly though, it's pretty cruel

Tuesday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4

Tuesday:

Artful Dodger: the rules strictly stipulate, if any post is accompanied by a: bark,meow, or pig like snort, it qualifies for this board

Artful Dodger: meow

Artful Dodger: oh please,you fill pages all by yourself all the time.......................scroll down, other than this page there is a variety of posters bark bark.....gotta keep it topical

Artful Dodger: that's rich considering your exposure on the politics board

Tuesday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEQp4gR04pE

Tuesday: I've met two faced people, but two faced cats

Pedro Martínez: is it the bug swallowing reporter?

ScarletRose: become unappetizing

Tuesday: At the 1992 American Academy of Forensic Sciences conference in New Orleans, a forensic pathologist stated that individuals living alone sometimes died unexpectedly and unnoticed. He claimed that, in his experience, a pet dog would go for several days before it resorted to eating the owner's body. A pet cat would wait only a day or two. What he didn't mention was that cats are obligate carnivores and, unlike dogs (which are more omnivorous), cats cannot consume other potential foodstuffs that might be lying around the home (fruit, veg, cookies). For a dog, the corpse might be a last resort, but for an obligate carnivore, it may be the first resort.

Like other scavengers, those cats are doing a clean-up job. Without scavengers, we would be knee-deep in rotting flesh. Even when bodies are decently buried, it is being invisibly consumed

Tuesday: The proper way is to grab them with your mouth, trust me, I've got the furballs to prove it

wetware: I don't see it being a realistic option now that I've learned they are classified as livestock, but from the little I've learned they seem to be able to be trained to live in a house.

Tuesday: disguising the "oink" might take some work

Tuesday: maybe I could dress it up as a dog when I take him outside

Tuesday: A friend just told me they are outlawed in Toronto, they're considered livestock

Tuesday: yikes,300 pounds is a tad big for my house

Tuesday: I wonder if they are also known as potbelly pigs,I remember hearing of a guy who owned one in the apt I lived in back in the 90's.I think they have been outlawed as pets, at least in an apt

Tuesday: The wheels are already in motion, I sent my wife the video link,those pigs were meant for me,lol

Tuesday: I'm not sure, but he uses a litter box and seems to get along with the cat, perfect!

Tuesday: I've decided I want a piglet, this guy is too cute for words

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JruylU429E&feature=PlayList&p=270EC5C2BB2D2ACF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4