:-)
yeah, vets are quite expensive these days!
My neighbors just adopted a "rescue" dog. They said it took 6 months and
involved every bit as much scrutiny as it does to adopt a kid!
On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 11:19:19 AM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote:
>
> LOL! Good on "You/Ya'll"! Yes, I admit I am a softie when it comes to
> dawgs.....My ex and I had a Springer Spaniel that we adopted and I loved
> that dawg! Shortly after the breakup, which was back in 2012, I joined
> the English Springer Rescue Association, ("ESRA") and around this time in
> 2013 I got both Woodrow and Willow!
>
> I love my vet; (I have known him for 18 years!) but I also hate my vet!
> Every time I stroll into his office I know that it's a thousand dollars
> coming out of my pocket! Even when he will tell me, "Oh! No Charge! You
> come in, we'll take a look at it!"
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:32 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum <
> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
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>>
>> That's just wonderful.
>>
>> Right now I have a cat that wandered into my yard while I was gardening.
>> He was half dead (injured, infected, and starving); the vet said he had a
>> 50% chance of living - that was 9 years ago.
>>
>> And we have a dog we adopted from Animal Control (which was a huge kill
>> shelter in Indianapolis at the time); she'd been there a month, was still
>> about half her ideal weight and was on her way out. Six months later she
>> required $4K in surgery to repair hip dysplasia (she was only 9 months old
>> at the time). That was 12.5 years ago, and she still demands a 1.25 mile
>> walk nightly, lol.
>>
>> And I have another cat I rescued from a cornfield during an ice storm 2.5
>> years ago (saw him in my peripheral vision as I was driving), and a third
>> my kids adopted from Animal Control 3 days before this past Christmas. I'd
>> seen her when we were there adopting one for my college-age daughter and
>> mentioned I might come back after Christmas and take her home as she was
>> beautiful and so sweet and the poor thing was 10 years old and found
>> homeless on the streets of Indianapolis after having been adopted out of
>> that very same shelter 10 years earlier. They surprised me with her on
>> Christmas morning.
>>
>> I just can't say no to an animal in distress. And frankly I see a
>> goodness in them that you simply don't see in most people.
>>
>> On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 10:17:54 AM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote:
>>>
>>> Good Morning Perp!
>>>
>>> Naaah......I got them both the same day, and they both came from
>>> Alabama; but they were from separate parts far and between.....Both were in
>>> fairly bad shape. The male, Woodrow had heart worms and was covered in
>>> ticks, oil, etc. Woodrow still suffers from several issues, but he's
>>> happy, glad to be here and enjoys life every day!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:13 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Aww, they're beautiful Keith! Are they siblings?
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 6:01:01 PM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> FYI; the two other members of the "KeithInTampa" Hacienda; Ladies &
>>>>> Gentlemen, meet Woodrow and Willow; two rescued English Springers
>>>>> originally from Alabama, who are now Florida dawgs!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 4:33 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here was the great dog that raised our kids:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We had one of the most kid-tolerant cats known to mankind as well; he
>>>>>> would even let them put a bib on him and feed him in a high chair, lol.
>>>>>> Or
>>>>>> stack stuffed animals on him while he was napping:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have always had at least 3 animals at a time in our home; I tend
>>>>>> to take them in whenever they find me. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 3:44:14 PM UTC-4, Travis wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Good kids are raised by good dogs."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 1:18 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Those are great, Travis. Though I hate hearing about them dying in
>>>>>>>> the line of duty, I imagine they are about all that makes life
>>>>>>>> bearable
>>>>>>>> when serving in places like Iraq or Afghanistan for many of our
>>>>>>>> soldiers.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 8:01:01 AM UTC-4, Travis wrote:
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