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Posted: 4/29/2024 7:46:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ExFed1811: Don't ever talk to a race horse breeder. You don't want to know what happens to the slow thoroughbreds. . They become emotional support animals? |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 7:50:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BuckeyeRifleman]
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Years ago I was having a few friends over to my new property to help me clean up the place. My GSD was outside. He met most of the guys who showed up with me present and was cool with everyone.
Well one dude showed up late that the dog didn’t know. He walked down the driveway unannounced while I was in the back yard. The dog sees a strange man walking down the driveway and does what he was bred to do. Being in a new unfamiliar home and with a newborn inside certainly heightened his protective instincts. He ran up to “the intruder”, barking in his face and nipped him. Not breaking the skin, but certainly letting him know what was up. Was this unacceptably aggressive? Yup. It was also 100% my fault. A) I failed fo control my dog and B) I failed to socialize him properly. I apologized profusely, and thankfully my friend was cool about it. With some added training and socialization that dog has been the best dog I’ve ever had in my life. The vet says he is the best behaved shepherd they have seen. He is amazing with my now 4 yo.  Attached FileBut apparently I should’ve just taken him out back and shot him because I failed as an owner. Guess I’m just not “country” enough. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 7:53:09 PM EDT
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The GD tough, country men never fail to disappoint.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:01:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ExFed1811: Don't ever talk to a race horse breeder. You don't want to know what happens to the slow thoroughbreds. If they're lucky they go to a Canadian slaughterhouse. If not they go to a slaughterhouse in Mexico. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:08:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FistPeso: I would absolutely put down a problem pet or one that was in agony. X 2 All of you whining about putting down problem pet are pathetic, what needs to happen to make problem pet enough "problem"? Rip kids face off or what? |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:22:28 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. Significantly different I think. Rural life has it's own challenges/benifits. I've handled everything I ever needed to on my own minus 1. Our long time lab I paid a doc to come to our house when he had bone cancer. It was worth it to us even though money was extremely tight. |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:25:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HoodyHoo21: 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. I didn't know the full story, killing livestock is a non starter in most rural settings. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:28:50 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BoneB1B]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Springer09: Noem is an idiot for putting that in her memoirs Definitely She wasn’t going to be trump’s VP anyway, despite what the media is pushing |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:31:41 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. I agree. I've put down many over the years. I've also held two while the vet put them down. Some can't tell the difference between doing the needful and doing a kindness. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:40:08 PM EDT
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Horrified? Good lord people are getting so weak and pussified.
My wife is a vet and has euthanized plenty. Would I shoot a pet? Probably not unless I had to. Anything that chased livestock or looked at someone sideways got shot when I was younger. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:54:05 PM EDT
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I admit I am extremely reluctant to end the life of a pet. To assuage grievous pain, to end suffering, yes- to spare the life of another, yes. But to end a trusting animal’s life out of mere economy or convenience, never. I have made the difficult decision to euthanize a beloved pet many times over the years, and it has been heartbreaking each and every time. The least I could do was ensure that the last thing they heard was my heartbeat and assurance that they were, then and forever, loved. I have cried and grieved each time, as my animals have uniformly proven the greatest of companions. If in the eyes of any that makes me less masculine, then I honestly don’t care to have the approval of such shallow judges.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:54:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: Years ago I was having a few friends over to my new property to help me clean up the place. My GSD was outside. He met most of the guys who showed up with me present and was cool with everyone. Well one dude showed up late that the dog didn’t know. He walked down the driveway unannounced while I was in the back yard. The dog sees a strange man walking down the driveway and does what he was bred to do. Being in a new unfamiliar home and with a newborn inside certainly heightened his protective instincts. He ran up to “the intruder”, barking in his face and nipped him. Not breaking the skin, but certainly letting him know what was up. Was this unacceptably aggressive? Yup. It was also 100% my fault. A) I failed fo control my dog and B) I failed to socialize him properly. I apologized profusely, and thankfully my friend was cool about it. With some added training and socialization that dog has been the best dog I’ve ever had in my life. The vet says he is the best behaved shepherd they have seen. He is amazing with my now 4 yo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/68059/IMG_7340_jpeg-3201560.JPG But apparently I should’ve just taken him out back and shot him because I failed as an owner. Guess I’m just not “country” enough. If you chose to put down your dog after that incident, that’s 100% your choice. You know your dog better than anyone else. If the purpose is there, and it’s not some kind of thrill kill, who am I to judge your decision? |
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KS, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 8:55:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By  NattyLaw0044:Not horrified one bit she is a politician. Politicians have to have psychopathic tendencies to screw us over and steal from us. Reading some of the comments here only shows the lack and care for life itself. One poster said "If the animal cannot fulfill that function, then it becomes a waste of resources that can be better used elsewhere..." As if life itself is viewed through the lens of a resource. This is a very Satanic mindset. The same way you view animals is the same way the Satanists view you! Because you serve no purpose to them they want you exterminated. Ironic it seems yet the Beauty of the Principle of Correspondence in effect. As long we we view animals and other life as resources we will continue to take advantage of and exploit them... As long as we have this mindset we will continue to be exploited by the Satanists... ITT I learned that farming and ranching are satanic. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:29:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BuckeyeRifleman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ZW17: If you chose to put down your dog after that incident, that’s 100% your choice. You know your dog better than anyone else. If the purpose is there, and it’s not some kind of thrill kill, who am I to judge your decision? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ZW17: Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: Years ago I was having a few friends over to my new property to help me clean up the place. My GSD was outside. He met most of the guys who showed up with me present and was cool with everyone. Well one dude showed up late that the dog didn’t know. He walked down the driveway unannounced while I was in the back yard. The dog sees a strange man walking down the driveway and does what he was bred to do. Being in a new unfamiliar home and with a newborn inside certainly heightened his protective instincts. He ran up to “the intruder”, barking in his face and nipped him. Not breaking the skin, but certainly letting him know what was up. Was this unacceptably aggressive? Yup. It was also 100% my fault. A) I failed fo control my dog and B) I failed to socialize him properly. I apologized profusely, and thankfully my friend was cool about it. With some added training and socialization that dog has been the best dog I’ve ever had in my life. The vet says he is the best behaved shepherd they have seen. He is amazing with my now 4 yo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/68059/IMG_7340_jpeg-3201560.JPG But apparently I should’ve just taken him out back and shot him because I failed as an owner. Guess I’m just not “country” enough. If you chose to put down your dog after that incident, that’s 100% your choice. You know your dog better than anyone else. If the purpose is there, and it’s not some kind of thrill kill, who am I to judge your decision? If I had, I would’ve been a shitty dog owner and shitty person. It would’ve crushed my wife just like it crushed Noem’s daughter. I had the introspection to realize I was the problem in that scenario, not the dog. Noem failed to have that introspection even years later in a memoir which says a lot. Nobody, at least on arfcom, is saying Noem didn’t have a right to do what she did. Based off the story she presented, which I’m sure is more favorable to her than the reality, still made her look irresponsible, emotional, and frankly cruel. I really don’t give a shit that she’s a Republican. Her politics doesn’t and shouldn’t factor into how I view her story. Yup, sometimes shit needs to die. Lord knows I’ve done my share of the killing. But that stuff doesn’t include purpose built dog breeds doing what they are bred to do that the owner failed to control or train. You’re right to do it sure, but don’t act surprised when folks judge you for it either. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:33:16 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 live on a farm. Your "pet" fucks up my shit....well, he shouldn't have. I also put down my own pets when the time comes. I don't believe I've ever used the word horrified. 
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:37:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Gamma762]
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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 guess some of us have the fortitude to be able to do things that need to be done, even though it's heartbreaking to do so. Originally Posted By fssf158: ITT I learned that farming and ranching are satanic. Apparently. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:43:20 PM EDT
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Horrified is not the word, and it depends. Out hunting, it does not bother me at all. I am feeding my family and honestly the animal had a better life than on a mega farm. An animal I raised for food, normally no, but maybe a time or two felt something. Especially if I watched them grow up. Still not horrified, but had a few nightmares about and shed a tear over, yes. Shot a horse I had rescued about four months earlier. It was my vets advice she could not get there and he was suffering. That horse and I had built a short bond. I’ll never forget looking at him in the face before I pulled the trigger. However, part of life’s is dealing with this stuff. If you farm or live long enough you will end up dispatching one or two animals. It’s just part of life, so no I am not horrified, but take no pleasure in putting animals down. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:44:27 PM EDT
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I’ll add this story…
Years ago there was a guy at my department who was gonna go on vacation and was having trouble finding someone to watch his dogs. Someone at the station asked him if he found a dog sitter. “Nah, I just shot them instead.” He replied. Everyone was dumbfounded. They thought he was joking. Then he’s like, “not joking, go look in the dumpster.” Sure as shit 3 dead dogs in the dumpster. He got fired for that stunt, at a job that you 100% have to put in effort to get fired from. Even the union was like “fuck that psycho.” |
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ID, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:48:44 PM EDT
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It's typical to kill an animal that just doesn't work out.
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ID, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:51:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: wspe1]
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There is a difference in a pet being a nuisance and destroying property and a pet that is doing its job.
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AK, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:52:36 PM EDT
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I couldn't bring myself to put my brat down and her strength gave out before I could get her to a vet. It sucked more than anything I can describe
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:57:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: If I had, I would’ve been a shitty dog owner and shitty person. Why? I wouldn’t have thought of you as a shitty person. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 9:58:30 PM EDT
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Had to put down several horses, dogs and cats. You never get used to it.
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Posted: 4/29/2024 10:03:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ZW17: Why? I wouldn’t have thought of you as a shitty person. Because I would’ve killed an animal that in his mind, was protecting both me and my family from a dire threat. Furthermore, I was the one who put him in that situation. If you think it doesn’t, I guess we just have a very different sense of morality. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 10:06:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Carpe_Carp: I don't which is the greater bullshit . . . that statement itself. . . or the fact that it's a suspiciously exact paraphrase from the character Lazarus Long in Robert Heinleins's novel "Time Enough for Love." What is it with Biden lovers and their never-ending desire to poorly plagiarize? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Carpe_Carp: Having the vet do it doesn't change anything, you're just outsourcing it so you can feel better about yourself, and that isn't something that should be about you at all. I don't which is the greater bullshit . . . that statement itself. . . or the fact that it's a suspiciously exact paraphrase from the character Lazarus Long in Robert Heinleins's novel "Time Enough for Love." What is it with Biden lovers and their never-ending desire to poorly plagiarize? Additionally, if you're accusing me of being a Biden lover, you're so fucking far off the mark you may want to check your boots to make sure you didn't accidentally shit in them at some point previously. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 10:54:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: Because I would’ve killed an animal that in his mind, was protecting both me and my family from a dire threat. Furthermore, I was the one who put him in that situation. If you think it doesn’t, I guess we just have a very different sense of morality. Except it wasn’t a dire threat, it was a family friend walking up the driveway. If you chose to put your dog down, I wouldn’t see it as immoral, I would view it as someone who didn’t want to accept the risk that the bitting could have been a kid, or the mailman, or an elderly person, all of which could have led to a call to the police and thousands in becoming a defendant in a civil court case. I get it, it’s your family pet, it’s a hard pill to swallow to have to put it down, but the cattle on our farm are family pets, we raise them from birth and care for them, yet we put them down and then put them in our freezer. What’s the difference between the two? |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:10:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By borat: 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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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:17:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HoodyHoo21: 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. This right here. |
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Posted: 4/29/2024 11:23:58 PM EDT
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I can’t believe a man would use the word “horrified”
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:31:37 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BuckeyeRifleman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ZW17: Except it wasn’t a dire threat, it was a family friend walking up the driveway. If you chose to put your dog down, I wouldn’t see it as immoral, I would view it as someone who didn’t want to accept the risk that the bitting could have been a kid, or the mailman, or an elderly person, all of which could have led to a call to the police and thousands in becoming a defendant in a civil court case. I get it, it’s your family pet, it’s a hard pill to swallow to have to put it down, but the cattle on our farm are family pets, we raise them from birth and care for them, yet we put them down and then put them in our freezer. What’s the difference between the two? The difference is cows are livestock, and you are raising them to ultimately kill and eat. Suggesting they are the same is sort of ridiculous. Our dog is a family companion whose job is to protect the family. Why would I kill him for trying to do his job? The liability of him biting the mailman is something I should’ve considered when I decided to buy a 100 lb working line GSD rather than a golden retriever. This is my whole point. If you buy a dog bred to do a job then get upset and shoot the dog for “doing” what it was bred to do, you’re a shit person. It’s your job as the owner to ensure the dog does that job in a controlled manner. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:36:39 AM EDT
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Not feel a thing ? A little tiny piece of you dies when you take a life if you have any kind of soul . You do what you have to . Sometimes its for the best . Putting an animal “ out of its misery” is as old as man has been on this earth.
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IN, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 6:58:15 AM EDT
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It's obvious in this thread how people grow up in different times and places.
I've seen whole litters drowned and bashed with 2x4s to save bullets. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:18:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pr24guy: 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. This. Sometimes you have to handle it yourself. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:25:37 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 77Bronc]
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Having a pet euthanized is not easy, we have been through that enough and dont want to think about it.
30 years ago, my son was 5 and we got him a kitten and we loved the kitten. I was on a ladder in from of the house cleaning the gutters and when I stepped down, I stepped on the very small kitten and clearly did some significant damage and the small cat was flipping up and down and I knew it was in pain so I had to put it down. That still pains me today and every time I ride over the area of the yard where it is buried, I think about the little kitten. My grandmother and aunt lived out in the country and they always had stray cats hanging around. When one would have babies my aunt would drown the babies in a bucket of water. I remember, and this is going on 60 years ago, going to my aunts house and seeing a pile of dead kittens. Back then, that was a way of life, today it is fucked up. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:51:01 AM EDT
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My wife rescued a wild little kitten and it became a very loving and attentive family member. I live in a dead end short street and one of the neighbors ran it over but didn’t kill it. My wife witnessed it and screamed for me.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 9:48:49 AM 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 yup. Having empathy towards domestic animals is a feature not a bug. There are some troubled people around here. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:17:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: FivespeedF150]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DV8EDD:yup. Having empathy towards domestic animals is a feature not a bug. There are some troubled people around here. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:22:25 AM EDT
[#38]
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? Horrifies you??  It would suck, and be very hard, but if I had a dog that was eating and/or attacking the neighbors livestock, I'd rather be the one to put it down than my neighbor. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:26:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HoodyHoo21: 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: 4/30/2024 10:30:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: Years ago I was having a few friends over to my new property to help me clean up the place. My GSD was outside. He met most of the guys who showed up with me present and was cool with everyone. Well one dude showed up late that the dog didn't know. He walked down the driveway unannounced while I was in the back yard. The dog sees a strange man walking down the driveway and does what he was bred to do. Being in a new unfamiliar home and with a newborn inside certainly heightened his protective instincts. He ran up to "the intruder", barking in his face and nipped him. Not breaking the skin, but certainly letting him know what was up. Was this unacceptably aggressive? Yup. It was also 100% my fault. A) I failed fo control my dog and B) I failed to socialize him properly. I apologized profusely, and thankfully my friend was cool about it. With some added training and socialization that dog has been the best dog I've ever had in my life. The vet says he is the best behaved shepherd they have seen. He is amazing with my now 4 yo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/68059/IMG_7340_jpeg-3201560.JPG But apparently I should've just taken him out back and shot him because I failed as an owner. Guess I'm just not "country" enough. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:34:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: I'll add this story Years ago there was a guy at my department who was gonna go on vacation and was having trouble finding someone to watch his dogs. Someone at the station asked him if he found a dog sitter. "Nah, I just shot them instead." He replied. Everyone was dumbfounded. They thought he was joking. Then he's like, "not joking, go look in the dumpster." Sure as shit 3 dead dogs in the dumpster. He got fired for that stunt, at a job that you 100% have to put in effort to get fired from. Even the union was like "fuck that psycho." |
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ID, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:38:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: Years ago I was having a few friends over to my new property to help me clean up the place. My GSD was outside. He met most of the guys who showed up with me present and was cool with everyone. Well one dude showed up late that the dog didn’t know. He walked down the driveway unannounced while I was in the back yard. The dog sees a strange man walking down the driveway and does what he was bred to do. Being in a new unfamiliar home and with a newborn inside certainly heightened his protective instincts. He ran up to “the intruder”, barking in his face and nipped him. Not breaking the skin, but certainly letting him know what was up. Was this unacceptably aggressive? Yup. It was also 100% my fault. A) I failed fo control my dog and B) I failed to socialize him properly. I apologized profusely, and thankfully my friend was cool about it. With some added training and socialization that dog has been the best dog I’ve ever had in my life. The vet says he is the best behaved shepherd they have seen. He is amazing with my now 4 yo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/68059/IMG_7340_jpeg-3201560.JPG But apparently I should’ve just taken him out back and shot him because I failed as an owner. Guess I’m just not “country” enough. This is a different circumstance your dog was doing its job. The other examples provided here sounds like the dogs were out being nuisances by destroying others property. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:40:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pardt: 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 I hit a cat on dark 2-lane country road one night. I stopped and walked back to it. I'd broken its back and it was trying to drag itself off the road. I grabbed the tire iron and smashed its skull to end the pain and suffering. I pity the folks here who would have just kept driving. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:41:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prae: Now that's fucked up. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prae: Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: I'll add this story Years ago there was a guy at my department who was gonna go on vacation and was having trouble finding someone to watch his dogs. Someone at the station asked him if he found a dog sitter. "Nah, I just shot them instead." He replied. Everyone was dumbfounded. They thought he was joking. Then he's like, "not joking, go look in the dumpster." Sure as shit 3 dead dogs in the dumpster. He got fired for that stunt, at a job that you 100% have to put in effort to get fired from. Even the union was like "fuck that psycho." Goes to my point. If you work in a remotely dangerous job, and someone would do that to their dogs, you simply cannot trust that person to watch your back. They will get you killed or injured, guaranteed. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:42:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lou_Daks: ITT we discover that OP is a vegan, or a hypocrite. ITT we discover that Lou_Daks goes on my Ignore list. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:49:33 AM 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 |
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MT, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:51:03 AM EDT
[Last Edit: hugh1]
[#47]
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? Edit; The world ain't Disneyland. 
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WI, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 10:54:30 AM EDT
[Last Edit: TheRX7Project]
[#48]
IDK about "horrified", but it sucks putting pets down.
I dread the day I have to put my cat down. He turns 17 next month and he is showing his age. We've had him since he was a kitten and he has special needs, so I'm glad we were able to give him such a good, long life, but that doesn't make it easier knowing his time is getting shorter.ETA: There's also a giant difference between a "pet" and a "working animal". We don't have mice, our cat doesn't have a "job" other than to sit on our laps or lay in our bed. We were concerned he would be aggressive towards our son when he was born and we would have to do the needful but he has been remarkably nice to our son since day one. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:02:20 AM EDT
[#49]
Idk if I would describe it as horrific but putting down a pet is definitely one of the saddest things in life. I still have dreams about past pets and sometimes find myself shedding a tear thinking about them.
I definitely wouldn’t do it with a gun, I’d want to hold my girls as they pass. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:05:31 AM EDT
[#50]
If you have a conscience then anything you kill stays with you. That said, I also like to eat, protect my animals and in one occasion had to protect one group of my animals from another of my animals.
Hard choices suck and leave marks. |
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