S/o. Trashy pets?

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Anonymous wrote:I sort of think betta fish are trashy. They are all wavy, floating in their cheap tank.

Ha, this made me laugh. You don't like a fish because it is wavy. Sounds like what the other fish would say in The Rainbow Fish book.

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Anonymous wrote:How could we omit snakes up til this point? And I LIKE snakes. But any pet that requires you to feed it another live animal = trashy.

Not saying it isn't natural -- it surely is. But why would you want to watch a helpless mouse die every few days? What the heck is wrong with you that you want to facilitate that?

You don't have to feed live animals to snakes. We buy frozen food at the pet store. You can put it a bowl of warm water to thaw and the snake will eat it.

We had a redtail boa because my husband rescued it from the window of a barbershop. The window was way too cold for it and it had a chest cold. He talked to the owner and the owner gave it to him. Snakes are great pets. Quiet, pretty, never bother anyone.

I like the wild snakes outside that eat rodents. I really do not approve of rescues/pounds etc adopting out pit bulls and mixes to anyone. By anyone I include first time dog owners. Many of whom are clueless.

It is now the cool and hip thing to adopt a rescue dog. I've been around several dogs like this and all were in dog school with loving young attentive owners-cool to get a rescue. And never had any dog or a large breed as youth.

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Anonymous wrote:It is now the cool and hip thing to adopt a rescue dog. I've been around several dogs like this and all were in dog school with loving young attentive owners-cool to get a rescue. And never had any dog or a large breed as youth.

What? Yes, it is "cool" to adopt a rescue dog. You know why? Because these dogs need a home and you aren't paying a breeder (whether registered or a backyard one) tons of money which they profit off of and which lets them to continue to breed more pets when there are enough in this world already. A rescue dog doesn't mean it is a bad untrained dog, that it is an aggressive dog (like a pitbull), or anything else other than it being a dog that needs a home and has been rescued from death at a shelter (which could have been from a group or YOU by adopting it from a shelter). Just a dog that has been saved/rescued. So yes, again, it is cool to do this. Doesn't matter if it is a first time dog owner, a small or large breed or anything else. Save the dogs from death, adopt don't buy.

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Anonymous wrote:parakeets are cute.

+1 or maybe +2. Not everybody is up for a macaw.

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Anonymous wrote:"Hypo-allergenic" mutts from breeders that have special names like Labradoodle, Cockapoo, Maltipoo. I'm sorry... You spent thousands of dollars on a mutt that still has dander. And if your pooch is intact, you're extra trashy.

This!

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Anonymous wrote:parakeets are cute.

+1 or maybe +2. Not everybody is up for a macaw.

I really have no idea what the parakeet hate is about. They're nice little birds, with none of the problems of larger parrots.

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Anonymous wrote:It is now the cool and hip thing to adopt a rescue dog. I've been around several dogs like this and all were in dog school with loving young attentive owners-cool to get a rescue. And never had any dog or a large breed as youth.

What? Yes, it is "cool" to adopt a rescue dog. You know why? Because these dogs need a home and you aren't paying a breeder (whether registered or a backyard one) tons of money which they profit off of and which lets them to continue to breed more pets when there are enough in this world already. A rescue dog doesn't mean it is a bad untrained dog, that it is an aggressive dog (like a pitbull), or anything else other than it being a dog that needs a home and has been rescued from death at a shelter (which could have been from a group or YOU by adopting it from a shelter). Just a dog that has been saved/rescued. So yes, again, it is cool to do this. Doesn't matter if it is a first time dog owner, a small or large breed or anything else. Save the dogs from death, adopt don't buy.

I've adopted from a shelter. In the past month I met several pitbull [or mixed] adult rescues. Loving, young, active, attentive first time dog owners. Young cool first time dog owners who had them for over a year. These were not dogs that had been abused or in terrible condition when arriving at shelters with sad stories:
http://www.ahscares.org/showarchive.asp?id=5118

The time and effort spent should have resulted in those dogs being as trained as a dog actor playing lassie.

So yes the shelters are irresponsible adopting this breed or mixes to inexperienced owners. Landlords allowed the dogs - gave them a chance- but based on months or a year of the dog evicted or refused to renew leases.

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to continue my post here is a link to a pitbull breed afficiondo site. Please note that successful owners I know follow this pattern and advice . No dog parks etc:
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/breedinfo.php

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People with pictures, statues, windchimes and dolls that resemble whatever breed dog they have.

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A sugar glider bought at a mall kiosk. Thought that was the height of trashy first time I saw it. Alligators are pretty trashy, too.

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I can't wait to get my baby snakes next year!

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Owners of intact dogs and cats.

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Pure breeds. Bought by people who overspend for appearance's sake. These people also drive black SUVs, wear Tory Burch flats, have highlighted hair, and a running decal on the back of their car.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a guinea pig.

It's possible it's in the "trashy pet" category.

I don't consider it trashy, especially since it's a low-allergen pet that's cuddly.

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Anonymous wrote:A sugar glider bought at a mall kiosk. Thought that was the height of trashy first time I saw it. Alligators are pretty trashy, too.

What is a sugar glider? (yes, I am going to google, now, but...)