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CA, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:06:40 PM EDT
In regards to the recent controversy regarding Gov. Kristi Noem killing a dog, I can't blame liberals for being angry about it. Having to kill an animal(unless it was attacking me) just horrifies me to the very core. How do the rest of you do it and not feel a thing?
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USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:07:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: borat]
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Horrified ? My stupid fucking pets are the least of my concerns or some fucking animal somewhere. Country is going to shit.
I could give a shit about our pet cat or the birds. I’m more worried about my kids growing up in this socialist democracy once known as the United States. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:08:35 PM EDT
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I’ve killed lots of animals which were not attacking me without any remorse
I’ve also watched a dog of mine get put down, it’s heartbreaking |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:08:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 1Andy2]
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I'd probably have to call a friend over to do it for me with Dug.
 I'm pretty sure I don't have it in me to euthanize my buddy
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USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:09:55 PM EDT
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Had to put my girlfriend’s dog down after he was run over by a delivery truck in their driveway. It fucking sucked but him lying there in horrible pain was not acceptable. Sometimes you just have to do what needs to be done.
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KY, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:10:01 PM EDT
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Watched my dad choke my dog to death when I was a kid. We were checking on a new calf and my dog started to chase it. Dad grabbed his collar and the dog snapped at him. Dead dog right on the spot.
I believe dogs are family but they're not people. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:10:14 PM EDT
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I called to have my dog put down and the vet came to my house and did it.
I hate I had to do it. Its been over 9 years and I hate it still |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:10:50 PM EDT
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There’s probably a difference between suburban/city upbringing and people who grew up on farms/ranches.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:12:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ARandomClaymore]
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No. None what-so-ever.
There are millions of "pets". Just go get another one. Rinse and repeat. If it's horrifying, consider no being a "pet" owner. Problem solved. Stays solved. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:12:45 PM EDT
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There isn't "and not feel a thing."
I've euthanized a few strays that were in really bad shape. It fucking sucks. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:13:23 PM EDT
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I think it says a lot about someone with regards to how they treat animals. We have plenty of p psychopaths on this site that out themselves when topics like this come up.
Harvesting an animal for food is fine as long as it's quick and the animal doesn't suffer. Shooting your dog because it ruined a hunt is mental illness |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:13:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Leisure_Shoot]
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I shot birds with a pellet gun when I was a kid. Then I saw one lof them flop around on the ground after I shot it. That was last time I ever did anything like that. I was probably around 12-ish
I put down a dog once. It was late at night and he was 17 (or 16?) and having trouble breathing. I took the next dog to the vet.  doing it for anything other than putting it out of its misery is pretty disgusting |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:14:22 PM EDT
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I couldn’t do it, but my grandfather did. He was a good man and probably felt that was his responsibility. Of course there was a time that he lived in that if you didn’t, or wouldn’t, do many things, there was nobody else to do it. We are an unprecedentedly soft nation now. We would be appalled at the things men used to do.
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NH, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:15:19 PM EDT
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Guy my Dad knew got sibling puppies. One dog was perfect, but the other was just bat shit crazy and bit everyone. He put it down as that shit happens. I shot a feralcat that was fucking up the family pets and getting into trash daily. Not all pets arenice and these people really need to mind their own busines. A story that happened 20 years ago to boot. Sheesh
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MT, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:15:51 PM EDT
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Depending on the circumstances you owe it to the animal to do what needs done. If circumstances require me to do it I can and have done it. If I can get the vet, then I go that route
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:16:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BooJangles: I think it says a lot about someone with regards to how they treat animals. We have plenty of p psychopaths on this site that out themselves when topics like this come up. Harvesting an animal for food is fine as long as it's quick and the animal doesn't suffer. Shooting your dog because it ruined a hunt is mental illness That's not why she killed the dog. She killed the dog after the failed hunt, and after the dog killed chickens and bit her. Oh, and she lived on a ranch. This story definitely illustrates the difference in those familiar with ranch/farm life and city. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:17:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:17:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: delemorte]
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Horrified? No. As a good Steward you need to be prepared to put an animal down. Either by your self or able to pay someone to do it for you.
As long as it's done ethically I have no issues either way. I love my pets more than I like most people, It's simply the price you pay for the unconditional love of an animal. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:20:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Deputyjason]
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I had to put Max down. He was about 12. He had been declining, had a seizure and you knew “lights were on but nobody was home”. Just laid there on the floor unresponsive and periodically having black, projectile diarrhea. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done and I cried like a baby. He was a good boy.
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OK, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:21:00 PM EDT
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I've put down a few of my own pets and relative's pets. It's not pleasant for me but if it's the humane thing to do, I believe it's the right thing to do.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:23:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: cms81586]
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City thread? I mean I don’t take pleasure in putting an animal down but I’ve put down several injured deer on the side of the road and a dog that attacked my boss’s kid. Killing critters for food is just a way of life in the country. Chicken stops laying eggs and it ends up in the oven. I can’t imagine being horrified about having to kill an animal though.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:23:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 1245xx]
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My furrrbaby! Oh, nos! I’m sure it sucks, but horrified? Get a grip.
Animals are killed everyday. Some eaten, some not. Get professional help, if needed. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:24:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: floridahunter07]
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Meh, vet euthanasia is my only choice. I'm not going to plug Sparky in the back of the head with a 12ga slug because I need to prove I'm a man on the internet, I already know doing that to domesticated pets I've loved for years would fuck me up in the head.
If someone else's pets were attacking my family or my pets... all bets are off, same with pest animals (squirrels, feral hogs, etc) when it comes to garden/crop protection or farm management. The only thing I've ever felt in those circumstances? Successful.  Animals grown to provide food are a different story. |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:25:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redfish86: I’ve killed lots of animals which were not attacking me without any remorse I’ve also watched a dog of mine get put down, it’s heartbreaking I've had to dispatch a few raccoons which were going after my chickens. I didn't particularly like it, but did it. Don't think I could do my own pet, unless I couldn't get to a vet and it was in serious pain (think gets hit bad during a hurricane or something). I think I still have the Prozac we used to give my old dog during thunderstorms; when we had to let him go we just gave him an extra pill and he went to sleep before the vet came with the shot. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:28:59 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By jackthom8: In regards to the recent controversy regarding Gov. Kristi Noem killing a dog, I can't blame liberals for being angry about it. Having to kill an animal(unless it was attacking me) just horrifies me to the very core. How do the rest of you do it and not feel a thing? The whole "Not feel a thing", thing is just not true, at all, in the vast majority of this type of necessary act. It fucking rips your guts out, even though you know it's necessary, for various reasons. Could be the animal is suffering, vicious to people or livestock, etc. It isn't easy and sucks, always. If you didn't grow up with it being pretty much the only option it can be shocking. The notion that folks who don't farm it out to others are heartless, or filled with some sick bloodlust is just not so. Now, the rare someone who enjoys it, does it for fun, or gets off on animals suffering in some demented power tripping way, yea, but many here purposely ignore that line, and refuse to acknowledge the clear difference. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:29:36 PM EDT
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No.
I grew up having watched Old Yeller. Sometimes it's kinder to put a pet down yourself. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:29:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: pr24guy]
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Her dog was killing other people's animals. It would have never got back in my truck.
I have no problem killing an animal like that. It no longer is a pet, it's a liabilty. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:31:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By jackthom8: In regards to the recent controversy regarding Gov. Kristi Noem killing a dog, I can't blame liberals for being angry about it. Having to kill an animal(unless it was attacking me) just horrifies me to the very core. How do the rest of you do it and not feel a thing? I was horrified every time I had to kill a pet animal. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:31:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 56xdx_Z]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pr24guy: Her dog was killing other people animals. It would have never got back in my truck. I have no problem killing an animal like that. It no longer is a pet, it's a liabilty. This should be common knowledge. What do these people (the left outraged at this story) think should happen to dogs out in the country that get a taste for chicken blood |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:32:38 PM EDT
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I've had to mercy kill some wild small animals. Never fun.
We have a small flock of chickens. The wife and kids always name them. One got very sick and I had to put it down last week. I blew it's head off with a 12 ga. Instant death. She was suffering and I did what needed to be done. Didn't feel great, but felt good knowing I didn't increase any suffering. Dogs and cats get an injection from the vet. I'm not going to let their last conscious thought in this life be of their master betraying them. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:32:50 PM EDT
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lol
Fucking GD “I’ll kill my pet cat or dog at the drop of a hat because I’m so fucking hard and if you are not willing to kill your pet you are a socialist pussy!” |
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MT, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:33:03 PM EDT
[#31]
Nope
When it needs to be done, it gets done |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:34:04 PM EDT
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State checks out
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:34:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:37:23 PM EDT
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What’s GD’s second favorite topic? Shooting fluffy!
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:38:10 PM EDT
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Horrified???? LOL! Come on man.
Putting a pet down sucks and yes it is hard but in many cases can be the right thing to do. As far as hunting goes I don’t know how many animals I have vanquished in my lifetime and I feel no remorse what so ever about it. Some needed killing and most were just tasty. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:39:11 PM EDT
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The perspective changes when comparing city folks and farm folks. City folks can't wrap their heads around animals being possessions/tools which are expected to fulfill a function. If the animal cannot fulfill that function, then it becomes a waste of resources that can be better used elsewhere.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:40:19 PM EDT
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I have put my own dogs down.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:40:30 PM EDT
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I'm not shooting my German Shorthair for killing some stupid fucking chickens, which are hardly livestock that soccer moms can raise in the backyard. I can get more chickens at Tractor Supply. For some reason my GSP never harmed my chickens, which is a surprise.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:41:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fttam: lol Fucking GD “I’ll kill my pet cat or dog at the drop of a hat because I’m so fucking hard and if you are not willing to kill your pet you are a socialist pussy!” Yep. To not feel anything, or worse, get off, on killing...I think there's a word for that. I still feel like an asshole for putting down animals where it was the only option I had left. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:42:16 PM EDT
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HORRIFIED!
Jeeez, what the hell man. No one wants to put an animal down that is a pet or is not a danger/ hunted animal but HORRIFIED? City people need to stay in the city. Living on a ranch or farm for more than ten minutes would scar you for life. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:44:03 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By jackthom8: In regards to the recent controversy regarding Gov. Kristi Noem killing a dog, I can't blame liberals for being angry about it. Having to kill an animal(unless it was attacking me) just horrifies me to the very core. How do the rest of you do it and not feel a thing? The "liberals" are only angry because her politics is in opposition to theirs. That is all. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:44:47 PM EDT
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nope.
zero attachment to animals. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:49:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By treeboar: The "liberals" are only angry because her politics is in opposition to theirs. That is all. Yeah, they are trying to turn this into a political death blow because they already hate the person involved. They make a bunch of noise and hyperbole, then accuse people of defending Cruella from 101 Dalmations Dean Obeidallah from CNN had this to say: Noem — a top contender to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate in this year’s presidential election — reportedly writes in her book that she took the pup, a wirehaired pointer who was proving to be high-spirited and something of a handful  , to a gravel pit and shot him. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:57:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: pestilence12]
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I've had to put down pets. We're over an hour away from any vet.
My wife had an egg hen that she particularly loved because it was so much smaller than the others. Well one day the girls decided they didn't like that chicken in particular. So they pecked her head until you could see the whole top of her skull. My wife was SOBBING. And any guy who is married, you know when your wife is breaking down. Everyone's been there. It was ripping my heart out. I took her hen out back, whispered a prayer for her and apologized, then laid her head on a log and removed it with a cleaver. She didn't fight it or struggle, I think she knew what was coming and was so injured that she didn't care anymore. She even closed her little hen eyes before I swung. It made me feel sick. I've lopped many a chicken head off for food. We didn't eat this hen, we buried her. She was not an eating chicken, she was a beloved pet. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Killing is no fun, doesn't matter how it's done. I'm in the process of fighting off the hoard of prairie dogs invading my land. They are fucking up the adjacent land and trying to move into mine. So I sit in the garage with a suppressed .22 and shoot them. I would not say I relish it, just something that has to be done. ETA I will never put down a family dog again unless I am absolutely forced to. They're going to my wife's work for the blue juice from here on out. That was one event I wish I could unwind and remove from my memory. ETA 2 or horses. That was a horrible, horrible day. ETA 3 for the OP. Not feel anything? I feel it in my heart and soul when I pull that trigger. Every time. Elk, deer, fish, chickens, mice, p.dogs, on and on. I feel it every time. Not sad, not angry, not happy, just some odd wrenching you get in your lower chest area when you put pressure on the trigger, knowing this will end a life. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:58:22 PM EDT
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FPNI
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:58:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Morgan321]
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gspointer: ..... there was a time that he lived in that if you didn’t, or wouldn’t, do many things, there was nobody else to do it. We are an unprecedentedly soft nation now. We would be appalled at the things men used to do. When I was a kid there was no dog pound or animal shelter and the vet was the guy you called only if he could fix an animal that was valuable or provided meat(because he gave you a bill when he left). Kittens and puppies were cool until I was around 7 or 8, then I discovered what happened to most of the kittens and puppies when my grandfather delegated to me the job of giving away a litter of kittens a barn cat had. I was able to give away one kitten, then I learned it was also my job to kill the remaining kittens. From then on I made sure our barn cats were boys to eliminate the kitten issue. I wonder why anyone, much less a politician, would include details like that in a book. It doesn't take a genius to know that such a story from a politician would not be well received. Then I remember that she's a female politician and that explains everything. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 2:59:34 PM EDT
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I do it almost daily. I don't like it but it is part of the job.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 3:01:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lungbuster: There's probably a difference between suburban/city upbringing and people who grew up on farms/ranches. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 3:03:51 PM EDT
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Life is not fair. Life is short.
Pets teach us both. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 3:04:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Lou_Daks]
[#50]
Originally Posted By jackthom8: In regards to the recent controversy regarding Gov. Kristi Noem killing a dog, I can't blame liberals for being angry about it. Having to kill an animal(unless it was attacking me) just horrifies me to the very core. How do the rest of you do it and not feel a thing? |
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