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Soft Paws
In rec.pets.cats.health+behav Tara wrote:
This, IMO, is more the equivalent of asking how to go about dealing with a dog who is particularly hard to housebreak. Some dogs housebreak easily, some are incredibly difficult. Just because someone is having a harder time with theirs than you had with yours doesn't make them lazy, nor does it make them unconcerned. Once agian, I was responding to who I quoted to... And anyways, when I said that I had more in mind people getting dogs and then wondering why they were chewing things up, or wanting to stick the dog in a crate for 8 hours! Or buying dogs without doing any sort of research on the breed they get or even on how to care for the dog! (or cat). Or just getting whatever pet they can get first or if it looks cool with no regard to whether they can care for the pet or if they are even supporting thigns like puppy mills. I hope she never gets another pet of *any* kind. But these examples and your subsequent labeling of *all* people experiencing difficulty is pretty misplaced. You're defining anyone who asks how to resolve an issue as though they were the above extreme examples....and they're just not the same. No, I'm just pointing out examples of why I have such a low opinion of most people in general. I just feel that at least 50% of people with pets treat them like throwaway objects. As I have said, i wasn't using this to direct this at any person on this thread, the commetn the person I quoted made me feel like ranting on something that has been bothering me. If it makes you feel better I applaud people who actually look liek they are generally interested in learning how to train their pets and get along with them. But I find they are far too few. A lot just want magical cures (like wanting barking collars to cure their dogs barking without having to work witht he dog themselves). Alice -- The root cause of problems is simple overpopulation. People just aren't worth very much any more, and they know it. Makes 'em testy. ...Bev |\ _,,,---,,_ Tigress /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ http://havoc.gtf.gatech.edu/tigress |,4- ) )-,_..;\ ( `'-' '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Cat by Felix Lee. |
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