Vent/Rant - Persians

"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in message
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In article Spmge.11608$aB.7273@lakeread03,
"blueberries79" wrote:

I have always thought the best remedy is to let the
people who treat their animals that way be treated in the same manner so
they can understand what harm is being done! Of course, it will never
happen, but it does make me feel a little better instead of just being
outraged and helpless.

Aha! When I see people just screaming and screaming irrationally at
their kids for no particular reason (I mean, the kid had usually just
done a kid thing, like skipping on the sidewalk, horrors), I feel like
taking them into a room and having someone screech at them for hours on
end, with no recourse, so they get to know what it's like to be a kid at
the mercy of an idiot parent.

/rant

--
http://www.slywy.com/


I wonder if there is a correlation between the people who scream/hit/abuse
their children and the people who scream/hit/abuse their animals?

I wonder if there is a correlation between the people who
scream/hit/abuse
their children and the people who scream/hit/abuse their animals?

There is- see

http://groups.msn.com/AllBreedAnimal...rwebpage2.msnw

for a list of stuff on this

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in message
k.net...
In article ,
"KellyH" wrote:

They do require daily brushing, not hours, though.

How hard can it be?

--
http://www.slywy.com/

Not hard, but definitely time-consuming. My first cat was feral but
definitely a Persian mix (but this was years ago before some breeders ruined
the beautiful Persian face to develop that squashed-in look -- and created
breathing problems along with it). He had to be *very* carefully combed and
brushed over every inch of his body. Otherwise, he would quickly begin to
develop mats that would compact very tightly to his body. Since he was
feral, you can imagine the sad shape he was in when I adopted him.

This was a procedure that I actually enjoyed, and eventually so did he.
However, it certainly was not a routine where a person could count on
setting aside just a few minutes a day and assume that the "brushing" would
be finished.

MaryL

Kelly wrote:
Anyone who neglects, abuses, tortures another living creature should
have the same thing done to them. It's sick, and I don't understand
how
people can do things like that.
--
-Kelly


You go, girl. It's never too late for a career change....I want you to
consider going to law school and becoming this county's next DA :-)

Seriously, it's hard to prosecute any kind of animal abuse case when
the district attorney isn't sympathetic toward animal issues.

They're still calling me "Little Bo Peep" at the sheriff's office over
a sheep neglect case from five years ago.

Sherry

Diane L. Schirf wrote:
In article Spmge.11608$aB.7273@lakeread03,
"blueberries79" wrote:

I have always thought the best remedy is to let the
people who treat their animals that way be treated in the same
manner so
they can understand what harm is being done! Of course, it will
never
happen, but it does make me feel a little better instead of just
being
outraged and helpless.

Aha! When I see people just screaming and screaming irrationally at
their kids for no particular reason (I mean, the kid had usually just

done a kid thing, like skipping on the sidewalk, horrors), I feel
like
taking them into a room and having someone screech at them for hours
on
end, with no recourse, so they get to know what it's like to be a kid
at
the mercy of an idiot parent.

/rant

Heh. Your forgot something. In addition to being locked in a room and
having someone screech at them for hours, they need to have someone in
there who will also "yank" on their arms incessantly. I was in Wal Mart
checkout behind a screeching arm-yanking mother the other day. That's a
circle of hell in itself not only for the child but the spectator.

Sherry

"Wendy" wrote in news:yKqdnaeoJe0TcxzfRVn-
:

At any rate he was left at the SPCA because he had fleas
but the previous owners said he'd never been outside. Yea right!

In all fairness, it is possible for cats to get fleas without going
outside. My cat Nickleby, who never went outside in his youth, got fleas
one time that I had apparently tracked in. It was a terrace-level apartment
with carpeting. I didn't even know that could happen before it happened to
us.

--
Catherine
& Rosalie the calico

"blueberries79" wrote

I'm sure this has been expressed before but I just *cannot* stand the way
some people treat their animals... cats, dogs, horses, etc. At our house,
we can't watch Animal Planet unless we make sure the Animal Cops show
isn't
on because I will start tearing up as soon as I see it. How some people
can
neglect their 'beloved pets' is just amazing!

What killed me last night was the fat woman who had left her
dog chained in her kitchen and starved him nearly to death.
In her KITCHEN, meaning that she had to fix meals with
him standing there starving. And he is the sweetest dog.
He gained 12 pounds in two days. That was on
Animal Precinct.

"ceb" wrote in message
...
"Wendy" wrote in news:yKqdnaeoJe0TcxzfRVn-
:

At any rate he was left at the SPCA because he had fleas
but the previous owners said he'd never been outside. Yea right!

In all fairness, it is possible for cats to get fleas without going
outside. My cat Nickleby, who never went outside in his youth, got fleas
one time that I had apparently tracked in. It was a terrace-level
apartment
with carpeting. I didn't even know that could happen before it happened to
us.


It happened to me when I lived on a lake where the soil was sandy
and the weather tropical. I tracked them in and my cat got them.

"ceb" wrote in message
...
"Wendy" wrote in news:yKqdnaeoJe0TcxzfRVn-
:

At any rate he was left at the SPCA because he had fleas
but the previous owners said he'd never been outside. Yea right!

In all fairness, it is possible for cats to get fleas without going
outside. My cat Nickleby, who never went outside in his youth, got fleas
one time that I had apparently tracked in. It was a terrace-level
apartment
with carpeting. I didn't even know that could happen before it happened to
us.

--
Catherine
& Rosalie the calico

Yes, this can happen, but anyone who spends even a modicum of time caring
for a cat should notice the presence of fleas long before it gets to the
point of a major infestation (and he certainly would *not* have had leaves
embedded within fur mats, as described here).

MaryL

"ceb" wrote
In all fairness, it is possible for cats to get fleas without going
outside. My cat Nickleby, who never went outside in his youth, got fleas
one time that I had apparently tracked in. It was a terrace-level
apartment
with carpeting. I didn't even know that could happen before it happened to
us.


That is true. I had fleas in my house and I'm not exactly sure how they got
in. But still, I'm talking about a cat in horrible shape. If they had been
brushing him at all, they would have noticed the fleas.

--
-Kelly