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Wrar posted:Yorkies are awful and whoever conspired to breed them I hope their souls are burning for eternity. Sorry, they are in fact great dogs.
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Wrar posted:I am still meat pregnant. Wrar posted:Yorkies are awful and whoever conspired to breed them I hope their souls are burning for eternity. I can't help but think these posts are related.
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Mar 25, 2018 22:21
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I was also meat preggers and I miscarried into the toilet earlier.
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Mar 25, 2018 22:26
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Sorry, they are in fact great "dogs". Fixed. I have a cat that is more dog-like than most Yorkies.
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Mar 25, 2018 22:34
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There's nothing wrong with Yorkies per se, but their recent popularity has got a lot of lovely breeders into them which has resulted in some odd and unpleasant traits becoming a lot more common than they ought to be.
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Mar 25, 2018 23:04
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I think the governments completely ignoring puppy mills will completely destroy quite a few breeds, and that's not even considering the ones already completely ruined in the name of cuteness.
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Mar 25, 2018 23:32
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Sorry, they are in fact great dogs. No. They definitely are NOT great dogs. Your up for a pet toll BTW
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Mar 25, 2018 23:33
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:No. They definitely are NOT great dogs. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Your up for a pet toll BTW 
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Mar 25, 2018 23:41
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Yeah, overbreeding for inane "breed standard" horseshit properly fucks dogs up. A healthy, normal Yorkie is a great dog. They're not meant to be some kind of frail handbag dog, but for my part I prefer Norwich/Norfolks.
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Mar 25, 2018 23:41
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Even though I am a cat person through and through, I will admit that Beagles and Dobermans are top tier dogs.
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Mar 26, 2018 02:13
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Designer dogs are poison Working dogs are best dogs. Not the working group of most kennel clubs, but dogs that are bred primarily to do a specific job. Temperament and physical health are prioritized instead of aesthetics InitialDave posted:Yeah, overbreeding for inane "breed standard" horseshit properly fucks dogs up. The breed standard is 4-7lbs for a yorkie I don't want to be the "I can put your car in the back of my pickup truck"  guy of dog breeds with my 85lb lab/shepherd mix, but even my family's 18lb whippet was bred to hunt rabbits that are about the same size as the ideal Yorkshire terrierEven when you look at what yorkies are supposed to do, they're just not good dogs. They're supposed to be ratting dogs, but considering their hosed up jaws, spines, legs, eyes, and their entire, poorly functioning respiratory systems; my money is on the rats every day
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Mar 26, 2018 03:18
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The Door Frame posted:Designer dogs are poison Pythons are pretty much a muscle tube designed to crush and swallow rats and it doesnt always work out
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Mar 26, 2018 04:24
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The Door Frame posted:Designer dogs are poison I'd say people are the ones that "poison" dogs. If pitbulls can be good dogs then yorkies can be good dogs, but any dog is a Good Dog™
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Mar 26, 2018 04:37
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The Door Frame posted:Designer dogs are poison If you feel the need for a small terrier, just get a Schnauzer. They'll have a vastly better temperment and personality than 99.9% of Yorkies.
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Mar 26, 2018 05:03
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Christ, I think I have a toothache coming on in a tooth that has a 25ish year old filling in a top left mollar. Whelp, this is going to throw a wrench in my next week. Dull continuous ache and I think a bit of swelling...feels like my top and bottom teeth are touching earlier than they should when I close my mouth. 
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Mar 26, 2018 05:06
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slidebite posted:Christ, I think I have a toothache coming on in a tooth that has a 25ish year old filling in a top left mollar. Whelp, this is going to throw a wrench in my next week. I got all my lower fillings replaced about two years ago, got a molar yanked last year and was finally mostly tooth pain free. And now my upper fillings are aching.
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Mar 26, 2018 05:20
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You have no idea how satisfying it would feel to be able to floss right now and its loving with my brain so hard
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Mar 26, 2018 05:21
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I really want a labradoodle for our next dog, minimal shedding seems very appealing after this black lab mutt we have
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Mar 26, 2018 05:25
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I’m in LA and I never want to leave holy poo poo
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Mar 26, 2018 05:58
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:I’m in LA and I never want to leave holy poo poo Man, Michigan must be loving awful then. Unless you're talking about the food or car museums.
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Mar 26, 2018 06:10
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nm posted:Man, Michigan must be loving awful then. TT lives close to the Detroit Metro. I think literally anywhere else is a step up.
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Mar 26, 2018 06:18
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nm posted:Man, Michigan must be loving awful then. I haven’t really explored much of the US as an adult and I forgot what having constant sunshine was like For instance, I forgot that in a good state 65F feels significantly warmer than it does in Michigan where the sun doesn’t shine Rhyno posted:TT lives close to the Detroit Metro. I think literally anywhere else is a step up. Yeah I’m about 8 miles from Detroit and 14 from downtown. It’s pretty ok but the more I experience LA the more I think it’s not what I’ve convinced myself it is
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Mar 26, 2018 06:24
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:Yeah I’m about 8 miles from Detroit and 14 from downtown. It’s pretty ok but the more I experience LA the more I think it’s not what I’ve convinced myself it is Michigan is a dirty gross hole.
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Mar 26, 2018 06:26
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:I haven’t really explored much of the US as an adult and I forgot what having constant sunshine was like At least in Minnesota when it is -20F, it is likely sunny. It doesn't help, but it is there, taunting you. LA has its high points (food, cars to look at), but much of the rest of California has the same (though the cars aren't as good) with fewer downsides.
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Mar 26, 2018 06:27
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Also today someone told me I looked like "that dude from Sum 41" and I've never wanted to murder someone so quickly before.
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Mar 26, 2018 06:28
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Do you look like a young Guy Fieri?
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Mar 26, 2018 06:43
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Rhyno posted:Also today someone told me I looked like "that dude from Sum 41" and I've never wanted to murder someone so quickly before. Maybe he just mean you had a fat lip
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Mar 26, 2018 06:56
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The Door Frame posted:Do you look like a young Guy Fieri? No! Elmnt80 posted:Maybe he just mean you had a fat lip 
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Mar 26, 2018 07:01
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The Door Frame posted:Designer dogs are poison And yeah, don't be the "only large dogs are proper dogs" guy.
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Mar 26, 2018 07:45
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Mar 26, 2018 07:48
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Border collies are the best dogs. Just try and keep up. E: As evidenced by the gate, the one on the right is a jumper, might even be part rabbit. Fermented Tinal fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Mar 26, 2018 |
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Mar 26, 2018 10:04
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Fermented Tinal posted:Border collies are the best dogs. My girlfriend's best friend and her fiance have a ~1 year old border collie and he's just the most lovable playful intelligent curious thing, such a sweetheart. Hyper energetic as well, of course. Absolutely wonderful. My girlfriend's family have beagles and they're just lovely too, in a different, food-obsessed and very stubborn way 
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Mar 26, 2018 11:09
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NOTHING is more destructive than an unemployed Sheepdog. Speaking of which, Mum n Dad just got a new kelpie. Meet Skipper!  He's already eaten 4 pot plants and destroyed a pillow.
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Mar 26, 2018 12:11
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Ferremit posted:NOTHING is more destructive than an unemployed Sheepdog. I assume you mean potted plants, not that he's just mowing down some weed  Wife and I were gone for the weekend, in-laws watched our dogs. I don't think they calmed down for over an hour when we got home, holy poo poo they were so loving happy. As for fillings needing re done, 20+ years is a good run. I've had one fall out the same day.
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Mar 26, 2018 12:15
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Rhyno posted:TT lives close to the Detroit Metro. I think literally anywhere else is a step up. Rhyno posted:Michigan is a dirty gross hole. You're really trying to bait me here. My midwestern rust belt state is better than yours. LA sucks. Michigan in the winter is so loving long and sometimes depressing (it's been sunny for the last week or two straight and it's really loving with me because it's always grey here in the winter, almost makes me thing it's going to be warm outside but nope) so going somewhere warmer during Feb/March/April always feels like removing a weight from you. Summer here is awesome at least.
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Mar 26, 2018 12:26
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COOL DICK LUKE posted:You have no idea how satisfying it would feel to be able to floss right now and its loving with my brain so hard Just think how much better your teeth are now. This time last year, you could floss with a serpentine belt and use a tyre iron as a toothpick. Now you only have to flash your beautiful nashers and ladies fall at your feet.
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Mar 26, 2018 12:32
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Never change, Australian Cricket 
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BraveUlysses posted:I really want a labradoodle for our next dog, minimal shedding seems very appealing after this black lab mutt we have Just get a poodle. There's no reason to dumb it down with Labrador genes.
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Getting onboard the loving breeding to show standards train. Had to put a 3 year old dog down just over a week ago because of a number of neurological issues. Ignoring how hard it is to have to put an animal to sleep that is so young and you have had since it was 8 weeks old the breeders are either ignorant of the problems which is a concern in of itself or don't care. I do work with Pug Rescue of New England because hey they are hosed up little mutants but it is not their fault the breeders however can all go to hell. If there was never again another pug born I would feel good about it because the sheer number of animals that are born with horrific problems and the breeder just tries to dump them off to rescues saying they will just put the animal down if we don't take it. Example being a couple in Maine who breed their two Pugs that are already pretty hosed up but they carry a defective gene that causes 1 in 5 of the puppies to have a condition where the esophagus has slack in it so food get trapped on the way down and they cannot eat without being sat up in a high chair like a child and fed liquid food for their entire lives. They have dumped 3 puppies off on the rescue in the last 2 years all of which are hard to get homes for since most people don't want to deal with the hassle and they have tons of other issues as well that cost thousands to try and control. When confronted about this they just told us they were their dogs and they will do with them what they want and Animal Control just shrugged. So yep next year there will be another litter of Pug puppies born with a ton of problems and will never have a good quality of life but the owners don't care because hey people will pay thousands for each puppy and the ill ones will get dumped on charities or just put down. I am a mix of guilty and angry about my Olde English Bulldogge I got from a breeder because I paid to buy her and so incentivised them to continue breeding. Of course there is always the upside to this and because the wife and I work with rescue organisations doing event work and fostering someone reached out about a Bulldog in Texas that needed a home with someone who had experience looking after the breed so he is on his way up this week to look at snow on the ground and be very confused. I will help dogs that are already here even when I know their breeds are unhealthy but I am against "pure breed" dogs because even the working ones are getting hosed up, take a look at show german shepherds for a good example.
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BigPaddy posted:Getting onboard the loving breeding to show standards train. Had to put a 3 year old dog down just over a week ago because of a number of neurological issues. Ignoring how hard it is to have to put an animal to sleep that is so young and you have had since it was 8 weeks old the breeders are either ignorant of the problems which is a concern in of itself or don't care. This was pretty much what happened to our Doberman, although he made it to 10 days before his 7th birthday. We got him at 10 months from my cousin, who was in the middle of a messy breakup with her deadbeat boyfriend who had bought him on a lark and pretty much dumped him with my cousin. Deadbeat boyfriend bought him from an Amish breeder. While his temperament and intelligence were incredible (he was seriously the best dog I've ever had, out of a long line of dogs stretching back to as far back as I can remember) and he didn't have any health issues from birth he died of osteosarcoma, which Dobermans have a genetic prediliction for and which breeders should work to avoid - but to the Amish dogs are just another form of livestock to make money off of.
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