Some people shouldn't have pets.

[SeaCat]

Behind me are two sisters, I call them the Heffers. (These are the same ones who thought I had to feed them.) A while back they got themselves a kitten. This kitten, a beautiful black, slowly grew. He often escaped by slipping past them as they came and went. I often found him and returned him home. They never seemed too worried about this.

The other night when I arrived home from work I saw him sitting in the yard. All night we heard him howling at their door, he wanted in.

The next day he was still in the yard. That morning I watched as one of the sisters came home and went inside. She walked right past the cat and when he tried to get back inside she blocked him. When the second sister got home she actually kicked him to get him away from the door.

It was supposed to rain that night so I opened the door to the shed while placing a small bowl of cat food inside. The next morning the cat was in the shed and was very happy to see me. He sat in the yard trying to get back inside all day. He wasn't able to.

This went on until this morning. This morning I was outside when one of the sister came home from work. I asked her about the cat. "Hey isn't that your cat?" She told me it had been their cat but they didn't want it any more. That was all it took. I was pissed but I didn't say anything to her. Instead I called some people I knew and before long I found omeone who wanted a very well mannered but skinny cat. She showed up this afternoon and I introduced her to the cat. Thankfully the cat took to her right away. I loaned her a carrier and she took the cat home. I was happy.

Hopefully these sisters never get another pet, they don't deserve one. If they do though I will be calling animal control.

Cat

 

[starrkers]

Assholes.

 

[Guest]

Assholes.

Agreed.

I hate people who mistreat animals.

We have a new stray coming by for food. She's a tiny kitty, maybe four months old, beautiful white coat with random grey patterned markings.

She was shy for two days but snuck in to eat after we went inside. Once she understood the food was plentiful and there was ready access without danger she became very friendly. Purrs and smiles.

We're looking for a home for her, too. Lovely little thing.

I wonder how she wound up a stray.

 

[Katyusha]

Hopefully these sisters never get another pet, they don't deserve one. If they do though I will be calling animal control.

Cat

Oh my god that made me cry. How can people do that? My heart breaks whenever I hear about a pet that's been shunned or abandoned.

 

[shereads]

MOST people shouldn't have pets. Most people don't want the responsibility. Most people who discover that fact, after having acquired the pet, shed it like old skin.

 

[shereads]

Want to feel lousy?

Yesterday a local police officer was put on administrative leave pending an investigation into the death of his canine 'partner,' a bloodhound used in missing persons cases. The officer reported finding the dog dead in its crate. An autopsy revealed that the dog died of malnutrition.

 

[Guest]

Want to feel lousy?

Yesterday a local police officer was put on administrative leave pending an investigation into the death of his canine 'partner,' a bloodhound used in missing persons cases. The officer reported finding the dog dead in its crate. An autopsy revealed that the dog died of malnutrition.

Christ.

 

[Katyusha]

Want to feel lousy?

Yesterday a local police officer was put on administrative leave pending an investigation into the death of his canine 'partner,' a bloodhound used in missing persons cases. The officer reported finding the dog dead in its crate. An autopsy revealed that the dog died of malnutrition.

Oh my GOD. ::shaking head sadly::

 

[starrkers]

Agreed.

I hate people who mistreat animals.

We have a new stray coming by for food. She's a tiny kitty, maybe four months old, beautiful white coat with random grey patterned markings.

She was shy for two days but snuck in to eat after we went inside. Once she understood the food was plentiful and there was ready access without danger she became very friendly. Purrs and smiles.

We're looking for a home for her, too. Lovely little thing.

I wonder how she wound up a stray.

Three of my five cats came to us as mistreated waifs. Pantene belonged to the people (and i use that term loosely) two doors down. She regularly slept on the road because they wouldn't let her in and was routinely kicked and thrown. She decided she'd rather live with us. She was about 6 weeks old. My Burmese hated her, but she stayed anyway. They now have a truce and a common enemy
We found Billy and Harry at a lookout and picnic ground about two weeks after Christmas. They were hungry, thirsty and desperate for human company. They followed us back to the car. Of course they came home. They purred non-stop for the 20 mile trip. They were also only babies. They would've died.

As I said before: assholes.


eta: Pantene and Juliet's common enemy? Harry. He's a shit stirring idjit who likes to jump on his sleeping elders. He's not game to do it to Randall (he got properly flogged the only time he tried it), but Juliet and Pantene are small, and dainty and get REALLY pissed off! He loves it.

 

[shereads]

Christ.

Malnutrition: that's what's not happening to our piggy little friend Jonesy today, I understand.



Has he hit you up for grilled salmon steaks yet?

 

[rgraham666]

Humans.

Good for you, Cat.

 

[Guest]

Malnutrition: that's what's not happening to our piggy little friend Jonesy today, I understand.



Has he hit you up for grilled salmon steaks yet?

Do you know what he's eating now? Those little expensive cans of kitty food.

I've been offering one every couple of hours. He's been eating nonstop.

He does still hide in the closet at times though.

When it's time to give him his medicine.

 

[shereads]

Do you know what he's eating now? Those little expensive cans of kitty food.

I've been offering one every couple of hours. He's been eating nonstop.

He does still hide in the closet at times though.

When it's time to give him his medicine.

He has your number now. I predict grilled salmon steaks by Tuesday next.

 

[starrkers]

He has your number now. I predict grilled salmon steaks by Tuesday next.

Or King prawns

 

[Guest]

He has your number now. I predict grilled salmon steaks by Tuesday next.

I'd grill a couple.

 

[Guest]

Or King prawns

Those too.

We could share.

 

[shereads]

Or King prawns

Prawns, definitely. And perhaps a sushi platter, light on the wasabi.

 

[Guest]

Prawns, definitely. And perhaps a sushi platter, light on the wasabi.

Some cicadas tossed in.

He likes them lightly toasted.

 

[shereads]

Some cicadas tossed in.

He likes them lightly toasted.

Eww!

When we lived in Houston, our dog used to pluck dried cicadas off of the chainlink fence in the back yard, and much them like potato chips.

Maybe I won't have those Cheezits after all.

 

[Guest]

Eww!

When we lived in Houston, our dog used to pluck dried cicadas off of the chainlink fence in the back yard, and much them like potato chips.

Maybe I won't have those Cheezits after all.

Crunch crunch crunch

 

[3113]

You were way too nice to those women, Cat. Our kitty was abandoned as well, at just under a year old. We found her dehydrated, ribs showing and scratched up. Luckily, she healed fast and attached herself to us very quickly. I will never understand people who take on loving, affectionate, intelligent animals and then dump them like old toys when the novelty of having a pet has worn off.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Behind me are two sisters, I call them the Heffers. (These are the same ones who thought I had to feed them.) A while back they got themselves a kitten. This kitten, a beautiful black, slowly grew. He often escaped by slipping past them as they came and went. I often found him and returned him home. They never seemed too worried about this.

The other night when I arrived home from work I saw him sitting in the yard. All night we heard him howling at their door, he wanted in.

The next day he was still in the yard. That morning I watched as one of the sisters came home and went inside. She walked right past the cat and when he tried to get back inside she blocked him. When the second sister got home she actually kicked him to get him away from the door.

It was supposed to rain that night so I opened the door to the shed while placing a small bowl of cat food inside. The next morning the cat was in the shed and was very happy to see me. He sat in the yard trying to get back inside all day. He wasn't able to.

This went on until this morning. This morning I was outside when one of the sister came home from work. I asked her about the cat. "Hey isn't that your cat?" She told me it had been their cat but they didn't want it any more. That was all it took. I was pissed but I didn't say anything to her. Instead I called some people I knew and before long I found omeone who wanted a very well mannered but skinny cat. She showed up this afternoon and I introduced her to the cat. Thankfully the cat took to her right away. I loaned her a carrier and she took the cat home. I was happy.

Hopefully these sisters never get another pet, they don't deserve one. If they do though I will be calling animal control.

Cat

Reminds me of a similar (sort of) story. Personally I'm a big animal lover. Have a rental house next door, the owner (a grandfather) rented to his two adult male grandchildren, like 19 and 20. The wife and I noticed the cutest puppy in their backyard. At the time we had a dog so we fed it and used a hose to keep the water bowl fresh, growing continually upset that nobody from that house seemed to care about the puppy's welfare.

As it turned out the puppy was a stray that found its way into their backyard, and the teen males were completely unaware of its presence. So don't judge too harshly, we felt bad about thinking poorly of the guys after all was said and done.

 

[Guest]

I just love this picture - had to share -

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/funny-pictures-white-cat-bites-cond.jpg

 

[SeaCat]

There are constantly stories in the news here about people getting arrested and charged with cruelty to animals. Usually by the time the authorities are called in it is too late for the animal. Occasionally though there is the story of one that survives. It is then that you see and hear of people donating large sums of money to help heal this poor animal. Where are these people when it isn't in the news?

All too often I see cats and dogs being released from a house or trailer to run free. This angers me no end as we live on a main road. All too often I find these animals on the side of the road. I have been known to catch these animals and approach their owners only to be told to mind my own business. I file these people away and remember them. I can't save every animal. On the other hand I know these people treat other people the same way they treat their pets.

Cat

 

[shereads]

From today's Miami Herald:

Cop charged in K-9's death

After death, Dynasty the Miami police bloodhound was ''an emaciated, wasted corpse, whose eyes have sunken into the eye cavity with a cut or sore on the right paw, where the bone is seen protruding [from] the skin,'' according to an arrest warrant.

Dynasty's handler, Miami Officer Rondal Brown, 48, accused of starving the dog to death, surrendered Monday.

Prosecutors charged Brown with cruelty to animals and an offense against a police dog, both third-degree felonies.

Jailed briefly Monday, he was freed after posting $10,000 bond.

''We disagree with the state's allegations. Many of the facts on which they rely are inaccurate or false,'' said Brown's attorney, William Matthewman. ``We intend to vigorously defend this matter and clear Officer Brown's name.''

A 20-year-veteran, the popular officer had been relieved of duty with pay as investigators probed Dynasty's death. The 4-year-old bloodhound, donated by the Jimmy Ryce Foundation in 2004, specialized in finding missing persons.

Brown is the second officer in the past year charged in the death of his K9 partner.

Last year, Miami-Dade Sgt. Allen Cockfield was accused of fatally kicking his German shepherd, Duke. Cockfield pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.

Hired by Miami police in 1987, Brown has worked most of his career with police dogs. His wife is Broward Sheriff's Deputy Florence Edwards Brown.

The investigation was spearheaded by Miami internal affairs Sgt. Andrew Boan and Assistant State Attorney Isis Perez. Their arrest warrant outlined the case:

On Nov. 30, 2007, Brown called supervisor Sgt. Brendan Monroe to say he found Dynasty dead in the backyard kennel.

Don't touch anything, Monroe told him as he drove from Miami headquarters to Brown's home.

Brown replied that ``he already bagged up the dog and had placed her in his police vehicle.''

When Monroe arrived, Brown said the dog had been playing in a construction site across the street the night before. ''She possibly had eaten rat poison and died overnight,'' he said, according to the warrant.

But the dog's body smelled awful. Questioned about the stench, Brown theorized Dynasty had rubbed or played with a dead animal.

''Sgt. Monroe also noticed the dog's kennel was wet and appeared to have recently been washed down and cleaned,'' the warrant said.

Veterinarians noticed the dog's rib cage and hip-bone protruded noticebly. The wound on her paw was so deep that bone and tendon were visible.

Dynasty's body was so wasted that skin and tissue had come off around her floppy ears, apparently after touched. Vets found no food or fecal matter in her body.

Dr. Carlos Canino ``found the dog had no body fat or muscle tissue.''

Vets did not believe that Dynasty, her body destroyed, could have been playing in the construction site as Brown had said. They estimated it took at least a month for the dog to reach her condition.

Weighing 66 pounds during a checkup in January 2007, Dynasty was only 33 pounds at death, vets found.

Although Dynasty was on active duty, she had not been involved in any active searches since Brown had been transferred to a desk job because of heart problems.