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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also have to laugh when people here say horses are a mark of rich people, even in rural areas. I knew several people on Medicaid who had horses out back in our rural area.

Also, the dog thing--a lot of people get dogs for hunting season, then abandon them, or they abandon or give away puppies that are bad hunters. That's how we adopted our puppy.
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Haha, that’s how we got our dog.

He was clearly bred to be some kind of hunting dog (border collie-greyhound-pointer mix) but he must’ve sucked at it. Clearly exposed to abuse/trauma, then abandoned and wound up in a shelter.

He’s a good dog, but clearly haunted by experiences of his first 18 months before we got him. [/quote]

I am from rural Appalachia and grew up in poverty.  We had hunting dogs.  I think it is funny you think your mutt was “bred” for that purpose.  You don’t hunt with mutts and no one “breeds” that kind of cross.  They just happen in a culture where many dogs are kept outside.  I have one myself.  We call her a WV road hound, it is a common joke.

A well bred hunting dog puppy is as expensive as your designer doodles.

I also know no one who rotates through pets like in OP’s post.  It might happen sometimes but it is pretty rare.  [/quote]

Go volunteer at a rural shelter. Then get back to me. [/quote]

I don’t need to.  I am actually friends with rural poor people I grew up with and this is not a fair generalization of them.  I know many of their pets too.  I myself am a huge animal person and have never given a pet away and do give them medical treatment.  2020 being 2020, to the tune of 5 figures-worth, sigh[/quote]

So because you've never seen a thing- it must not exist. Got it. I've never seen Antarctica but I still believe it's there.  [/quote]

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