Pets Outnumber Children in the US 4:1

**Kamie** · 02-01-2013, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Lemmy

Our retired Appy is a retired mounted unit horse and our other is a retired therapeutic riding pony. I love 'em and help care for them but they are Mrs. Lemmy's deal.......just other pets to me. We boarded for someone else briefly.....I'd rather kill myself than do that again. She was a menace. We are a home and not really a business so that was part of the problem.

You have an Appy too! Is he crabby? Mine is crabby, but that's the breed. Horse people are notoriously crazy, so I don't blame you for not wanting to have boarders.

**Lemmy** · 02-01-2013, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by tv910

Wish I could get a tax deduction for my dog, I'm pretty sure I spend more on him than some people spend on their kids. Had to bring him to the Doggie ER around midnight a couple of weeks ago for a digestive problem - cost me $538 for that visit, plus $58 the following day and another $18 after that for medication. I also missed 2 days of work which I didn't get paid for. Ouch (but well worth it since he's feeling better now).

I got nicked at the emergency vet a few years ago during Memorial Day weekend for $400. ER visit, exam and xrays because my 14 year old Sheltie had a distended belly and was in pain. Xrays confirmed that he needed to take a dump......which he did all over the vet's office. He wagged his tail the whole way home.

**Kamie** · 02-01-2013, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Lemmy

I got nicked at the emergency vet a few years ago during Memorial Day weekend for $400. ER visit, exam and xrays because my 14 year old Sheltie had a distended belly and was in pain. Xrays confirmed that he needed to take a dump......which he did all over the vet's office. He wagged his tail the whole way home.

You wanna hear something funny? The same thing happened to my husband when he was a kid. My mother in law felt a lump in his stomach area and ran him to the doctor, who pronounced that it was "tomorrow's stool".

**Lemmy** · 02-01-2013, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Kamie

You have an Appy too! Is he crabby? Mine is crabby, but that's the breed. Horse people are notoriously crazy, so I don't blame you for not wanting to have boarders.

That's his snout in my avatar. He's actually not crabby. Quite playful and curious. He's 22-ish and his name is Blaze.

**Kamie** · 02-01-2013, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by Lemmy

That's his snout in my avatar. He's actually not crabby. Quite playful and curious. He's 22-ish and his name is Blaze.

How do you do, Blaze? He is handsome. This is my Eddie, who is also 22.

**Lemmy** · 02-01-2013, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Kamie

You wanna hear something funny? The same thing happened to my husband when he was a kid. My mother in law felt a lump in his stomach area and ran him to the doctor, who pronounced that it was "tomorrow's stool".

Nice......must have been an impressive stool to be felt from the outside! Kudos!

Our dog, Monty, is a notorious sissy when it rains out and it had been raining for a few days so even though he went out he probably just hid under a tree until he thought it was enough time that we'd let him back inside. Jerk!

**Lemmy** · 02-01-2013, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Kamie

How do you do, Blaze? He is handsome. This is my Eddie, who is also 22.

Eddie is a cutie.....love the sign!

**tv910** · 02-01-2013, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by Lemmy

I got nicked at the emergency vet a few years ago during Memorial Day weekend for $400. ER visit, exam and xrays because my 14 year old Sheltie had a distended belly and was in pain. Xrays confirmed that he needed to take a dump......which he did all over the vet's office. He wagged his tail the whole way home.

Very similar to mine - 12.5 years old, had rigid stomach, gas, no appetite, and appeared to be uncomfortable. Vet originally thought he had some sort of blockage but Xrays just showed a lot of fluid and gas in his stomach. They also did some blood tests to make sure his organs were functioning OK and gave him an IV and a shot of Pepsid. Still don't know what caused it but they suspect he found something rotten laying around on the ground and ate it (the moron).

**tv910** · 02-01-2013, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by Kamie

Oh boy, I feel for you. That happened to me on Thanksgiving morning, and the diagnosis was basically "your dog is a pussy". He must have pulled a muscle or something and they gave him Tramadol (pain med), which I already had at home!! Glad your guy is better, but they can be expensive. They're good friends, though.

Mine had a "pussy" moment of his own a few years ago. Got up in the morning and could barely move and yelped every time he tried to. Rushed him to the Vet, turned out he had strained a neck muscle from running around in the deep snow the previous day. Took one muscle relaxer pill and was fine the next day.

**Kamie** · 02-01-2013, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by tv910

Mine had a "pussy" moment of his own. Got up in the morning and could barely move and yelped every time he tried to. Rushed him to the Vet, turned out he had strained a neck muscle from running around in the deep snow the previous day. Took one muscle relaxer pill and was fine the next day.

Fucking dogs......here's the pussy

**newcastlefan** · 02-01-2013, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by tv910

Mine had a "pussy" moment of his own a few years ago. Got up in the morning and could barely move and yelped every time he tried to. Rushed him to the Vet, turned out he had strained a neck muscle from running around in the deep snow the previous day. Took one muscle relaxer pill and was fine the next day.

that happens a lot to dogs. they can't lift their heads. my beagles used to do that all the time. the vet would give them prednisone and the next morning they were fine.

**tv910** · 02-01-2013, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by Kamie

Fucking dogs......here's the pussy

How cute! Love the big beautiful eyes.

**tv910** · 02-01-2013, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by newcastlefan

that happens a lot to dogs. they can't lift their heads. my beagles used to do that all the time. the vet would give them prednisone and the next morning they were fine.

Yep, he's a short stubby-legged little guy and was trying to hold his head up above the snow.

**Kamie** · 02-01-2013, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by tv910

How cute! Love the big beautiful eyes.

I think he looks like this llama:

**Wangold** · 02-01-2013, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by jokeland

Even the cleanest pet owners have a smell in their house. It's like a smoker who doesn't think he smells of cigaretts.

Absolutely correct.

Fat people can't smell their own ass cheese either.

**SouthernListen** · 02-01-2013, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by jokeland

Even the cleanest pet owners have a smell in their house. It's like a smoker who doesn't think he smells of cigaretts.

True. I have dogs and think it's fine, then we leave for a day or so and come back and it's funky. Actually it's the beagle that does it. The other two are probably not big contributors.

Before anyone comes over it's a big cleanup production.

**WholeAssholeOut** · 02-01-2013, 04:32 PM

i've got four cats, an IUD, a beer in my hand and 10 in the fridge. my barren womb feels fine knowing the pets will make do with a bowl full of food and the leaky sink faucet for the next twelve hours while i'm drunk/passed out

**DlistCelebutard** · 02-01-2013, 04:38 PM

Let's see..I don't need to save to send my dog to college only to have them drop out b/c they partied too much, I have never had to bail my dog out of jail b/c he got a DUI while driving at 18, my dog has never knocked up the teenage female down the street, and my dog will never become addicted to drugs...

My friends kids on the other hand??? All of them have had to do at least one of these things.

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