this is a board that talks about issues concerning animals...your own pets as well as animal rights,alerts,bills before congress that need our attention.This is a family board but as abuse cases may be posted it may not always be for the sensitive readers.Please be kind to each other,thanks!
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Check this site out..you can create your own webpage for your dog,upload his picture....you can even create your own cover of Dog Fancy for free with your dog's picture on it!! It's all free too/This site also has quizes,polls,and alot of useful info that you can use
YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THERE IS A CHEMICAL IN CHOCOLATE THAT AFFECTS DOGS.... BUT IT CAN DO A LOT MORE THAN AFFECT THEIR MOOD!
CHOCOLATE HAS A CHEMICAL CALLED THEOBROMINE IN IT THAT IS TOXIC TO DOGS! IT CAN BE LETHAL!!!! PLEASE NEVER GIVE IT TO YOUR DOGS OR LEAVE CHOCOLATES SITTING OUT WHERE YOUR BELOVED PET CAN GET INTO IT AND CONSUME A LETHAL QUANTITY.
wetware: My brothers and I would sneak the tube of vitamins which looked alot like a dollup of chocolate.. (hershey kiss).. and eat them, it tasted like chocolate.. LOL
Following tens of thousands of e-mails to Nike, as well as PETA protests outside <span>Niketown stores calling on the company to cut ties with Michael Vick in light of horrific allegations of his involvement with dogfighting rings, Nike has released the following statement:
"Nike has suspended Michael Vick's contract without pay, and will not sell any more Michael Vick product at Nike-owned retail at this time."
Thanks to all of you for writing to the company about this issue—this couldn't have happened without your support.
Reebok has also made the decision to stop sales of Michael Vick apparel, stating:
"While we respect the legal process we find the allegations against Mr. Vick too disturbing to ignore, therefore, we have decided to immediately suspend selling Vick NFL product, both at retail and online through the Reebok website."
This is great news for anyone who is concerned about cruelty to animals. But we still need your help! Please <span>click here to ask the NFL to follow Nike’s lead and suspend Michael Vick immediately.
anastasia: All the millions of dollars that man has made, all that talent he has.......and THIS is what he does with it (and his time).......Vick NEEDS to be severly punished for this, WAY too many people accept this as a "sport" and need to realize what it REALLY is - nothing but animal cruelty at it's worst
heavenlyemma: They need to hit him BIG in the wallet, or give him incredible amounts of Humane Society Community Work.....I volunteered at an animal shelter in my neighborhood years ago & it changed me for life. After REALLY seeing just how many "pets" they put down every day of the year, I will NEVER, EVER have a pet that is anything but a mutt, or unwanted, or abandoned in my lifetime again - until people stop seeing pets as "owned" and/or "disposable", things can't change.....When a "shelter" doggie, kitty, ferrett, bunny, snake, whatever, comes home with you, you have just saved a life & even if they can't say how much it means to them to be rescued, somebody upstairs is smiling down on you *My pitch for Animal Rescue Shelters everywhere - Bless Them For All They Do*
srnity: I bought my dog from a dog shelter (not sammy) it was a small shelter and all they wanted from you was a small donation to have a dog so my dad gave them a big donation, the people who run it was a really nice couple.
Tigger: I agree..I really don't think that he will get off to light..ok maybe no jail time (which he should die in there as fas as I am concerned) but Tigger has it right..public opinion is 100% against him..e-mails,pickiting,and public out-cry has been the MAJOR forces behind his endorsments being pulled.I am sure that his suspention from the NFL will soon follow.I think he should be made to volunteer at animal clinics/shelters untill the day he dies.The things he is said to have done to those dogs..he and the OTHERS...don't forget their are others involved that must also be punished......is unforgivable.
srnity: Thats wonderful that you get your animals from the shelter!! I wanted one from the shelter (have had several and they are WONDERFUL dogs!!) but the kennal master where we got Damien from talked my husband out of it...(we were GOING to get Damien,no question about that..but we were also going to get a second dog around the same time..and I wanted a shelter dog) GRRR! I do not regret Damien in anyway shape or form BUT I really would have like to have given him a lil sissy from the shelter.I am glad their are people out there that will!! Damien's new lil sister is also not a shelter dog BUT I know that we will give her a wonderful home with lots of love and excercise and training (and dog cookies,LOL!!!)
heavenlyemma: I'm on my third shelter dog (and I'm her thirteenth home, how crazy is THAT?!), I've had three shelter bunnies at different times, two shelter snakes, and an incredibly beautiful and loving shelter ferrett ... I almost took home a fox once, too, but was afraid of him, so I chickened out Wish people would stop wanting puppies and kittens and go get those sitting in a cage just waiting for someone to love them
anastasia: Sadly I don't think much is going to happen to Michael Vick (or the other defendants), as Emma said, it's only animal abuse and cruelty, and our standards of punishment aren't strict enough where that's concerned.....Anyone know if there are any actual felony charges pending, or is it all just misdemeanors?
srnity: I think(as anastasia mentioned) it's important to remember the aspect of image in his situation.He's losing endorsements left and right.I doubt he'll be proven to not be involved in the sport,that alone will destroy his career,regardless of it being declared a misdemenor or felony.
Jim Dandy: Pardon my cynicism here, but I think I live in a country where people can get as much "justice" as they can afford. And unfortunately Mr. Vick can afford plenty of it.
wetware: I think..and maybe this is a really bad comparision here..please forgive me if it is...but....sort of like O.J Simpson...he was found not guilty of a horrific crime but look at his public reputation..he has a scarlet letter branded on him forever now because of the trail...Vick, now...no matter if he even goes to trail or not....has a scarlet letter on him now.Sometimes public conviction is better then any court can hand out.
Jim Dandy: There's a huge difference between being charged with misdemeanors and/or being charged with a felony crime in the US. A misdemeanor means you pay some fines and get slapped on the wrist, maybe, with a strict judge, a bit of probation - basically, your free. A felony is a whole different world. There are statutes set in our courts for each crime that judges are supposed (ha-ha) to go by. But, as wetware said, money talks, and Michael Vick is not only a VERY talented and admired NFL Quarterback but he's worth millions upon millions, endorsements or not. We shall see.....maybe, just maybe, they'll nail him
srnity: Again,I agree with anastasia's last comment.Forget the penalty he recieves,if he's shown to have been involved to the degee it's been described,he's finished in the court of public opinion.
Onderwerp: Two-day-old baby giraffe Inge nuzzles her mother Elli, in Tierpark Berlin zoo August 3, 2007. After two days Inge is already 1.90 meters high.
Aangepast door srnity (6. augustus 2007, 19:39:01)
Aangepast door ~Patty~ (7. augustus 2007, 22:27:06)
Tuesday: Look at the top of the birds beak at the cere ( the fleshy area where the nose holes are)... if it is the blue it is a male.If it is brown it is female.
Jim Dandy: I had a cat that I had to get put down because he had diabetes the main reason was at the time I couldnt afford to give him the insulin he needed, was going to cost me a fortune, he was such a sick lil pussy....
Bernice: We had a dog that had diabetes and had to give him shots every day. The first time I gave him a shot I was so nervous I went in the skin, out the skin, and into my thumb!
Bernice: He was blind too. And if you didn't watch him, he'd walk right off the edge of the deck. But he's was a fat boy and he'd just bounce and keep going. He eventually had to be put down. Very sick. Another of our dogs went in for a checkup and was found to have cancer. He was put down that day. Both dogs were about 15 years old so I guess that's good. The last one we have has been dead for over a year but she's doesn't know it yet. So we keep feeding her and stuff til she figures it out.