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As was told off by Admin (Sorry!) I have stared this thread...


Vik Wrote:

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> Cute indeed but i'm going to have to bite my lip

> over the whole 'animals for sale' thing.sad smiley


Yes, very cute, but why "bite your lip" over selling them? I'm confuddled by that?


E (Being told by his wife to buy one!)

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Apologies for the confuddlement (Oooh what a good word!) E!


I don't agree with breeding animals for money, even if the dog got pregnant 'by accident' there are plenty of animal charities that will help to find suitible homes for the pups and then neuter the dog to stop it happening again, i'm really against using animals for financial gain.


*Steps off of soap box;-)*

Whoever sells the puppies will have to spend a fair bit of money and time caring for them before they're old enough to head on to a good home. Which is obviously a better solution for all concerned than a sack and a river. One way of looking at it could be that the buyer is part-funding this process. After all, you have to pay to get a puppy (or kitten) from Battersea or similar places for much the same reason.


(And Battersea do a great job, btw. Highly recommended to anyone looking for a pet.)

I don't agree with using animals to produce as many pups as possible for you to sell, I think that is bad. But don't have a problem with people selling pups if they find themselves with a litter they can't handle.


I always remember an Irish friend of mine telling me his mum wouldn't have the cat sorted at the vets because of her catholicism, so instead she'd be down the river with a bag on a regular basis... Now which is more "christian"? I think I'd rather those animals had been sold for a few quid.

> his mum wouldn't have the cat sorted at the vets because of her catholicism..


WHAT?!?!?! That's bonkers?

I'm no expert on the catechisms, but I'm sure the whole contraception thing doesn't extend to cats. And if it does, like you say, whatever happened to though shan't drown things in sacks with bricks in?

Bizarre. To the best of my knowledge the catholic church has no standpoint on neutering animals. Are you sure she wasn?t just a nutter?


The only problem I have with people selectively breeding dogs is that mutts then get born by accident and don?t get decent homes because everyone wants some kind of pure bred dog as a fashion accessory or status symbol.


In my experience mutts are generally healthier, more intelligent and make better pets. It?s something called hybrid vigor. Although I must declare my bias here as all the dogs I?ve ever had have been unwanted mongrels that I have taken in. They have all been great pets though.

Vik Wrote:

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> Apologies for the confuddlement (Oooh what a good

> word!) E!

Go, use it, give it life!



> I don't agree with breeding animals for money.

Taking the totally opposite stance then surely that brings our whole food system into question. (Perhaps the veggie argument ?) Or do you just mean pets? .



> even if the dog got pregnant 'by accident' there

> are plenty of animal charities that will help to

> find suitible homes for the pups and then neuter

> the dog to stop it happening again, i'm really

> against using animals for financial gain.

Is that approach not simply putting more burdon on said charities? I guess you're talking about breeders, as opposed to people who find themselves up to their ankles in Puppy poo, and trying to sell them on?.


> *Steps off of soap box;-)*

CAREFUL! It's a high one! ;-)


Not tying to argue, just questioning, that's how you understand other people's POV.

Oh Keef darling, I forgive you - it is simply that I hate to feel exposed. My mother really is clinically insane you know! I have started a group called "Recovering Roman Catholics" on facebook, but she does not yet recognise she has a problem - and so she is unwilling to engage with it. What more can I do? I have even confiscated her cat.

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