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I think we of SPO need to help remind those stupid (and typo-prone non-stupid) pet owners that we run across of some of their terminology.

For example:

* Beagle is to BREED as Bagel is to BREAD
or perhaps
* Breading your Bagel is redundant
and similarly
* If one "breads" a dog, they'd better be a gourmet cook somewhere in Asia. (Bad joke, I know.)

Or that * "Spade" is a shovel (or an actor) not what sterilizes a female dog.

* Dew claws =/= Doo Claws
Or Do Claws
or Too Claws

* If you're feeding live mice to your Snack, I hope you've got something else for your Snake. (And for that matter, what the heck are you eating?)

* While a Hamster does, in fact, have plenty of pee in it, they didn't when the word was translated.

Any one up for making some of these, and maybe more like them, into icons? I have no photo manip. software, or I'd probably have made and posted them by now.

(Please note, my tongue is firmly planted in my cheek, and I'm also a bit of a grammar nazi in real life too. But, we've had a lot of posts from classified ads, etc. that have included horrible spelling and grammar along with bad pet ownership, and I thought maybe we could at least have a little fun with it.)

This reminds me of an old Joey Skaggs hoax from years past where he advertised a "Cathouse for Dogs".

I like the one guy who essentially offers his dog to be a fluffer.

Today was our last visit to our local dog park. I usually take Howie when it's later and quieter, but today it was super busy - it was 8pm and the parking lot was FULL.

I usually take Howie so he can just run - because that's basically what he does. He'll just run, and occasionally body-slam or leap over another dog who gets in the way of his running. He has NEVER attacked another dog.

The last time we went, some guy brought his way-too-timid lab to the park. Howie would whiz by this dog, and s/he would flop down onto their back, making the weirdest squeeling noise I'd ever heard from a dog. And if the dog wasn't throwing itself to the ground in submission, it was hiding behind it's owner - who eventually yelped, "Get your pit bull off my dog!" As if Howie ever laid a tooth on that damn dog.

Today, the first element of disgust was comment, "I love coming here. I can giver the exercise she needs without having to do any myself." Okay, lazyass. No wonder your dog has no recall and poor social skills.

Not to mention the people who bring their Chihuahuas into the "big dog area" when there is a smaller fenced off area that would be perfect for the small dogs and puppies, and then yell at the big dog owners to "control their dogs."

Are you kidding me?

Howie has a fantastic recall. It needs some work, but it's there. I'll call him, he'll come over - usually at the dog park he'll whiz right by me, but at least he comes back to me no matter what he's doing.

Today, some guy brought his 7 month old pit bull mix into the park. Howie was fine until this little dog started nipping at his face. This guy first starts freaking out because apparently the dog has bad hips, and he doesn't want his dog getting body-slammed and toppeled. When he said that, I replied, "I'm not trying to be judgemental, but you probably shouldn't bring him to the dog park if he has bad hips. He could really get hurt just by running."

His reply? "Oh, well, maybe it's not bad hips. He probably just gets sore from being out here."

Yeah, okay. Either way, he shouldn't be there.

Then this little dog got into Howie's face and Howie flipped him over and pinned him. He digs his snout into a dog's neck, but I have NEVER seen him bit a dog. I grabbed him and held him by the collar to calm down, and this damn dog kept coming back trying to nip my dog. Finally the dog leaves him alone, and I let Howie go to go running again, and this little dog comes back after Howie. So, Howie pins him again - again, no teeth. No growling, no snarling, no yelping, no fighting. Dog bouned right back up and Howie's just standing there. Then there's barking and playing, and Howie runs over to get in the middle of it, because he has to be in the middle of everything. A German Shepard starts growling at my dog. I go over and pull Howie out of it.

Guy freaks out and blames my dog, "I think you should leave."

So, we did.

The SPO at a dog park baffles me.

Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter

Publishers Weekly's description:
One frigid Midwestern winter night in 1988, a ginger kitten was shoved into the after-hours book-return slot at the public library in Spencer, Iowa. And in this tender story, Myron, the library director, tells of the impact the cat, named DeweyReadmore Books, had on the library and its patrons, and on Myron herself. Through her developing relationship with the feline, Myron recounts the economic and social history of Spencer as well as her own success story—despite an alcoholic husband, living on welfare, and health problems ranging from the difficult birth of her daughter, Jodi, to breast cancer. After her divorce, Myron graduated college (the first in her family) and stumbled into a library job. She quickly rose to become director, realizing early on that this was a job I could love for the rest of my life. Dewey, meanwhile, brings disabled children out of their shells, invites businessmen to pet him with one hand while holding the Wall Street Journal with the other, eats rubber bands and becomes a media darling. The book is not only a tribute to a cat—anthropomorphized to a degree that can strain credulity (Dewey plays hide and seek with Myron, can read her thoughts, is mortified by his hair balls)—it's a love letter to libraries.





My thoughts:
It was a cute story, but the structure was somewhat lacking. I was hoping for more from a librarian-authur, but there seemed to be a whole lot of 'fluff' (no pun intended) just to fill the pages; to make a novella into a best selling novel. It just needed more substance, rather than 'he was more than just a cat' or 'he changed the whole town!' which seemed to repeat itself.... a lot.

I have to stop looking at Craig's List when I'm bored...

One solid black male left. Puggle/ Toy Poodle mix. 8 weeks old. Ready to go home! Very loving and loves to cuddle! Please email for pictures, if seriously considering.
Thank you!

Puggle/Toy poodle mix? That makes my head hurt. I'm surprised they didn't say "puggloodle."

Enjoy!

Enjoy!

Hello Gamers!

I am going to be downloading L4d FINALLY using the Steam internet client to play with friends and others. I was wondering if anyone else here uses it to play?

I have been using my friend computer to play with her and another gal pal of ours but I have found playing with girls is alot more about team work then playing with the boys. When I do play with my guy friends they run through every campaign and never communicate what they are doing OR run ahead and crown the witch, grab the pills/pipebomb/ molitovs and never share, :(. Anyone else noticed this or are my friends just stereotypical male gamers, haha.

My name on Steam is biracialsocks for anyone who wants to friend me! I should have the game in about a week maybe two at the most. I look forward to meeting new players from this awesome community.

I'm so surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. I even made sure Xboxer360.com got a post about their marathon, despite Mario really not being a 360-related game ;]

Mario Marathon is a charity event run by three gamers who are playing through all of the major Mario titles non-stop to raise money for Child's Play, a charity dedicated to bringing video games, toys and movies to children’s hospitals worldwide.

As of now, they have raised over $26,000 and have been playing for an astonishing 82hrs.

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to MarioMarathon.com, check out the live webcam feed and donate if you're able to!

Be sure to pass this on, tweet about it etc & just get people interested! It's all for a good cause :]

I just thought I'd tell you all that alidocious has deleted her old LJ and now goes under the name of piedwick. Like that's going to fool people.

I wanted to post this so that you all can keep a sharp eye out for her and her special brand of cruelty, should you see her posts. I checked her profile, and she's a member of several pet communities (surprise, surprise) including, ironically, smartpetowners. I'm thinking of PM'ing the mods there and seeing if they'll ban her.

If this isn't allowed/too OT, mods, please tell me, and I'll delete it. I know it's probably okay, but I want to err on the side of caution here.

EDIT: D'oh. It's been pointed out to me that she didn't in fact have her LJ deleted, but got a name change instead. *facepalms* My bad. Carry on. She does epically fail at being sneaky, luckily for us.

I'm sure most of us here have encountered many different kinds of SPOs in our lives. I know there's been disagreement at times on how to approach them. Attacking should be reserved only for the abusive, willfully stupid, or indifferent. Most of the ones I've met had simply been given wrong information, and were very eager to learn how to better care for their pets.

And then you have ones like this winner.


I'm sorry to get your panties in a bunch lass.... but pine shavings are plenty good enough for some rats. I have 2 fat fancy's that have no issues with it and if they did I would use carefresh like I do for my 2 hairless. While I agree the formulated diet can be fattening it's the better than blocks any day. But cat food works too, so do french fries, potato chips....rats are rats, they are survivors who will eat just about anything and they enjoy a constant switch up in daily diet. My fave treats to give them are the honey sticks, they love them.

My guys get plenty of air, if they didn't they would die, and I've had these guys for years... so lets be reasonable here....

They are also taken out daily and get to freely run around thus exercise in a closed room away from the cats of course. They are also handled and have never bitten anyone. I prefer male rats to females, females are usually bitches (less friendly).

Anyways....say what you will, hate on me, I'm not gonna change my way of raising them.

Stick with changing your cage once or twice a week and smelling rat piss...I'll stick to washing out my tanks and replacing bedding/shavings every two weeks.

Tanks FTW.


Let's play a game! Find the number of things wrong with above Asshat's animal husbandry, aside from his indifference to his animals' well-being. You don't even have to be a rat owner to guess.

Speculate at will, i.e. I'd bet you anything he didn't bother to freeze his bedding and all four rats have mites.

Kerrin, my Tri-Form Warshade on Justice dinged 50 tonight, right at the same time as his partner Inoya Shaw, played by celiaelani .

It took me 258 hours to get there and lots of practicing and thouhgts to get around with him. Though the first time was hard I really loved the character and after all he didn't disappoint me. He's a great character and a great Hero (though he's still squishie due to player dumbness from time to time XD).

So let me say thank you to all my comrades and espcially to Celia. *hugs*

( No sparkles this time, but good times )

I really like point and click adventure games and I was wondering if anyone here could recommend a few titles to me, preferably on the PC and the DS
I already have the first 7 Nancy Drew games and plan to buy more soon as well as Hotel Dusk and Trace Memory for the DS.

I'm already thinking about purchasing Grimm Fandango (if I can find it), a few CSI games, the Penumbra series (not exactly point and click, but close), The Black Mirror, Indigo Prophecy, Secret Files: Tunguska, and A Vampyre Story.

I remember seeing a thing on X-Play about a game with strange noises in an old house, but I can't remember the title. I think it was released between 06 and 08.  Thanks luscioustension for remembering that it was Scratches! I'll add that to my list of games to look for.

From my local Craigslist today:

" I have a female Saint Bernard. She has food allergies which are controlled by some medicine. But I know she is not up to par on weight. She seems to always have something wrong..... I take her to the vet (run by students) I can only take her hear because I cant afford anywhere else and they just give me meds and send us on our way.... But then she comes up with something else..... Does anyone have any ideas of what to do?"

Link to the actual ad: http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/pet/1267992599.html

Maybe take her to a real, certified, vet? It probably would cost less at that point than all the stupid little trips she keeps paying for.

*headdesk*

ETA: Ok, I fail. Though I merely meant she should seek a qualified second opinion versus asking around on Craigslist. lol, if the vet school can't fully help her dog, might be time to try something different, and Craigslist would be the LAST place to ask. :)

I was looking through the comm's rules and didn't see anything regarding fanart, but here's to hoping that sort of thing is okay here.

Title: A Job Well Done
Game: Assassin's Creed
Character(s): Altaïr
Rating: PG (For an eeeeensy bit of blood)

I would like to announce that I finally had the bravery to open my literature (reading) web page. you're invited to visit the page since I will be reviewing some books that have not been released yet. I will have three contests as part of the page's inauguration celebration. I will be giving away: One Harry Potter Gryffindor collector pin, a $100 Amazon Gift Card and the Twilight Diaries along with some other books too, so be very wary on updates and the mailing list.


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