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[quote=Anonymous][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]

No, because I have seen a thing I know a generalization saying the exact opposite is true is erroneous.  People from all walks of life dump animals at the pound.  It is not just the “rural poor.”  But go on, rich urban elites hate the rural poor for so many reasons already, add Fido to the list.  What does it matter anyway at this point.[/quote]

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