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Dogs are cruel, Cats are cool

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Which do you like best?

Cats
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33%
Dogs
30
26%
Neither
6
5%
Both
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28%
I am so indifferent to this topic, I can't think of an answer
10
9%
 
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Re: Dogs are cruel, Cats are cool

#741 Post by Maria Mac » August 24th, 2011, 2:25 pm

Latest post of the previous page:

I guess sometimes a photo works out even better than you could have hoped.

http://aconitum-napellus.deviantart.com ... -131719239

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#742 Post by Val » August 28th, 2011, 8:40 pm

loved that pic. big mama.

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Re: Dogs are cruel, Cats are cool

#743 Post by Maria Mac » September 2nd, 2011, 11:08 am


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Re: Dogs are cruel, Cats are cool

#744 Post by getreal » September 4th, 2011, 1:21 am

Loved the picture, Athena. There is a hostelry on the road to Gen Coe, the Drovers' Inn, which has a selection of dead anomals in the lobby including a very fine two headed lamb. I suppose even taxidermists have a sense of humour.

I'm getting me another dog next year, but am dithering about what to get. I'd appreciate any comments/advice/thoughts.
I've always had collies and know the breed pretty well, but I have a bit of a hankering for a brittany-just for a change. I thought I was pretty set on this untill I was speaking to my neighbour this evening. he often takes my dog along with hsi two when he takes them for walks. He was telling me that he took them from Derghorn to Kilmarnock along the old railway, got the bus back and Tip still had the energy left to join some local lads playing football (on a proper 11 aside pitch) for an hour. He said how much he loved the dog and what a character he was.
This has made me re think my brittany idea. Tip was a very difficult dog for me to train, but has turned out to be a wonderful, reliable and biddable family pet and I'm thinking that maybe I should stick to the breed I know best.

Please don't anyone suggest a re homing. It makes me feel very guilty.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFg3HBMJyV4
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Re: Dogs are cruel, Cats are cool

#745 Post by Dave B » September 4th, 2011, 9:35 am

Just found this and wanted to add it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFg3HBMJyV4


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#746 Post by Sel » September 4th, 2011, 5:28 pm

Dave B wrote:
Just found this and wanted to add it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFg3HBMJyV4


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:hilarity: :hilarity: :hilarity:
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Re: Dogs are cruel, Cats are cool

#747 Post by getreal » September 9th, 2011, 5:36 pm

Satire has now crept into the world of dog training.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y20K-prz ... r_embedded


It's quite disturbing though as some trainers (such as Cesar Milan) still hold with this sort of totally discredited crap
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#748 Post by Alan H » September 30th, 2011, 4:54 pm

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#749 Post by Dave B » September 30th, 2011, 5:52 pm

That disturbed me, I have never seen a cat express what seems like abject fear to that degree - not fighting fear, just terror. But we don't know the cat's normal demeanour.
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#750 Post by Fia » September 30th, 2011, 9:26 pm

Alan H wrote:No No No No No Cat
Ugh. The humans were winding the very distressed cat up by mimicking it. Cruel.

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#751 Post by Alan C. » September 30th, 2011, 9:29 pm

That disturbed me,
Me too Dave, I couldn't even watch the whole clip, the cat quite apart from the vocalisations was clearly distressed.
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#752 Post by getreal » September 30th, 2011, 11:12 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcN4S0jSYI0

Spoiler:
love the winking jack russell!
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#753 Post by Fia » October 17th, 2011, 9:34 pm

Just posting to say that Willow, our fabulous half Scottish wildcat has just returned to us for the winter :happyclappy: Last seen in June, he seems fatter than last year. No mites, a few ticks - now removed - and I'll get defleaing stuff tomorrow. Must be cause the vile dog currently living with us has gone on hols... bridges to jump off...

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#754 Post by Dave B » October 18th, 2011, 5:04 pm

To have a semi feral animal return to you like that must be a very emotional experience.

I once remember a swift that was quite evidently at the point of death from old age (that someone had brought into the animal centre where I worked as a volunteer) willingly climb onto my finger, just like a budgie, when it fell off its perch (not yet for the final time). Something told that bird that it was in a safe place with safe people. I felt quite honoured.
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#755 Post by Alan C. » October 18th, 2011, 5:17 pm

Just posting to say that Willow, our fabulous half Scottish wildcat has just returned to us for the winter
Fia, one of Rosa' 5 cats always disappears around May and returns about now, apparently it lives on baby rabbits all Summer.
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#756 Post by Nick » October 18th, 2011, 5:17 pm

I know this sounds bizarre, but I assure you it is true. When I was sailing home from the Canaries a small bird landed on my head and went to sleep!

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#757 Post by Alan C. » October 18th, 2011, 5:27 pm

Nick wrote:I know this sounds bizarre, but I assure you it is true. When I was sailing home from the Canaries a small bird landed on my head and went to sleep!
Well Nick your head does have a nest like appearance :smile:
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#758 Post by Alan H » February 1st, 2012, 12:44 am

Alan Henness

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1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#759 Post by Marian » February 1st, 2012, 1:07 am

How very strange, AlanH. How did those cats get there? :D

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#760 Post by Alan H » February 1st, 2012, 1:13 am

Marian wrote:How very strange, AlanH. How did those cats get there? :D
The cat God, presumably.
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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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#761 Post by Nick » February 1st, 2012, 3:24 am

Alan H wrote:
Marian wrote:How very strange, AlanH. How did those cats get there? :D
The cat God, presumably.
Not "presumably". Definitely!

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