How wonderful for them and Tasha. ---- Ardy Robertson <ar...@centurytel.net> wrote: > This is a tad off topic but I have a friend who bought a chocolate lab puppy > supposed to be certified or whatever to have healthy hips, because labs are > prone to hip dysplasia or something like that. Anyway, after their family > fell in love with the puppy and it was firmly a member of their family, > "Tasha" developed a painful hip problem. The vet said the dog would probably > need surgery and quoted them a ballpark of a couple thousand dollars. They > contacted the breeder they had purchased the dog from who told them he would > give them a puppy from the next litter. Of course that was probably all he > could offer at that time but I thought it was kinda cold sounding after they > already loved THEIR dog! > > At any rate, I gave my friend a small Homedics brand battery-operated > massager ($6.00) like one that my hubby uses on his shoulder and for sciatic > nerve pain in his legs, and he tried it on the dog's hips. Later on he was > going to give it back to me and I told him I had meant for him to keep it. > He said they had purchased one because the dog loves it so much. He said > Tasha actually goes and gets it in his mouth and brings it to them for them > to use on his hips, and now the vet says he may not need surgery. I think it > stimulated blood flow / oxygen to the area and has made quite a difference. > Such a simple, cheap therapy! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > Amani Oakley > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 11:08 AM > To: felineres...@frontier.com; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats as "property" > > Lorrie > > I completely agree with you, but the law often lags behind the views of > society, and if legislators don't push forward these issues, the law can > remain mired in the dark ages. As "property", the law only considers animals > to be worth their replacement value, period. They don't "deserve respect" in > the eyes of the law, because they are the equivalent of a lawn mower or > chair. Of course this is totally out of step with the views of most > Canadians and Americans, and other nationalities around the world, and there > is the occasional judge who recognizes that fact, but you sure can't count > on it when starting litigation. In the U.S., it is possible to initiate > litigation for significant numbers, claiming punitive or aggravated damages, > but I would guess that only in circumstances where a vet has been overtly > and deliberately cruel would there be in the potential for someone to be > successful in advancing those kinds of heads of damages. > > There was a discussion on my legal chatline some time ago, regarding an > unpleasant divorce. The husband had promised to look after the wife's cats > until she found a place to stay. Instead, he took her cats in to the local > shelter. The shelter refused to let the woman know who had adopted the cats, > or if they even had been adopted. The lawyer representing the wife was > asking the rest of us lawyers, if there was anything he could do in terms of > going after the husband for this nasty behaviour, and sure enough, all the > lawyers told him that there was no legal basis to pursue damages related to > what he had done. I was the only one on my chatline saying that if MY > husband EVER handed over my cats during a family dispute, then he had been > run and just keep on running. But that's taking the law into my own hands, > of course. The courts are unlikely to do much, nor do they have the legal > grounds to do something, even if they wanted to do so. > > Amani > > -----Original Message----- > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > Lorrie > Sent: October-25-15 8:09 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats as "property" > > On 10-24, dlg...@windstream.net wrote: > > > It is a shame that cats and dogs, any animal is "just property". > > That reduces them to almost 'nothing in the law's eyes. As property, > > do they not have any value? They deserve respect at the very least. > > Any one tell me my cats are just property and not deserving of love, > > respect and proper care had better be prepared to run as fast as he > > can. Someone once said he would use them for target practice. I told > > him he would be lying on the ground next to them. > - > I rescue abandoned cats and kittens and last year I found a calico kitten > about 8 or 9 weeks old. She was walking down the street right in the middle > of town and this creep saw her at the same time and wanted to feed her to > his "pet python". Well you can be sure he didn't get this poor baby. She is > still with us, spayed, happy and loved. > - > Lorrie > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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