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2nd Trimester
Sequoyah Shoars
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i farking hate people who get rid of animals b/c of a new baby.
Sequoyah Shoars
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i think they are all worthless pieces of shiit. when you adopted them, it was not for the time being, it was for life. ugh.
::steps off soapbox::
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Re: i farking hate people who get rid of animals b/c of a new baby.
As a fellow animal lover, and mommy to 3 four-legged doggy babies, I 100% agree with you.
Yeah I'm right there with you.
Same to people that get rid of them when they move/etc. We live in a big college town so it's common to see a lot of strays running around at the end of the school year. I want to rescue them all
diiiiitto- it irks me to no end.
honestly, i'd NOT have kids before i'd get rid of my pets. for real.
look at the birds | bless this food
it's so flaky!
My cats are my furry babies and are treated as family members. I wouldn't dream of letting either of them go!
I hate them, too. They are definitely worthless pieces of shiit.
Matthew Kevin
7/31/83-7/20/11
Met 1/8/00
Engaged 4/21/06
Married 9/29/07
Two beautiful legacies: Noah Matthew (2 yrs) and Chloe Marcella (8 mos)
Day Three
Agreed. While I only have 2 cats, I would never get rid of an animal unless it was being violent towards baby and nothing we tried helped. But then I'd give it to a friend or family member so I could still visit.Getting rid of the animal is an absolute final resort though.
People keep warning me to keep the cats away from the baby because they will take her breath away. They smell the milk and get in the baby's face. My cats don't even seem to like milk but thats not saying I won't pay attention to them.
just like you shouldn't get rid of your cat because you don't want cat hair on your baby's stuff.
i am looking directly at you. with hateful laser beams shooting from my eyes.
I want a furbaby so badly.
We can't have one where we live. We are hopefully moving once our lease runs out though. We're looking for a house and I will have all the furbabies I want!
Oh I DESPISE people who do this. One of my biggest pet peeves of all time.
well said.
There are exceptions to this....our dog went nuts while I was pregnant with my son. We had no choice. It was a safety/sanitation issue. I don't think I'm a worthless piece of ***. They are ANIMALS which are more important than HUMANS....I think people who put crazy animals in front of their child's safety are the idiots. Now if they do it just b/c they don't want the added responsibility, that sucks, I agree...but there are exceptions to everything....remember that. This post almost made me cry b/c I still struggle with us having to find a new home for our dog but we had no choice. My kids are more important to me. We had tried EVERYTHING.
Lol.. To each their own. I have no problems with my other cat or my black lab but this cat is out of control!!
Lol.. To each their own. I have no problems with my other cat or my black lab but this cat is out of control!!
?They are all idiots! I wouldn't let my cat go because of the baby!!! My cat is my baby, has been my baby for 3 years now... how can I get rid of him?????
Lol.. To each their own. I have no problems with my other cat or my black lab but this cat is out of control!!
that's different. if you tried everything you possibly could, then i could understand.
its people who want to get rid of their animals for petty reasons, such as a cat getting hair on the baby's stuff, that pisses me the hell off. get off your lazy ass and vacuum for crying out loud.
Well...never say never. We had a cat that had always displayed some crazy tendencies. After our first DD came, he went NUTS - like Pet Cemetary nuts. We tried the vet and they wanted to put him on kitty prozac. We tried this and it seemed to help, then one day he attacked me when I was holding DD. We were looking into giving him away and then the final straw happened and he totally flipped one night. I was locked in our bedroom and DD was down the hall in her room. Cat was in between our rooms literally stalking me like a wild beast. I could not leave my room to get to DD. DH was there thank goodness, but he could not get the cat to settle down. He called animal control and they couldn't help us unless the CAT was in danger (not that they cared that we were in danger!). DH finally got cat into the bathroom so we could get to DD.
We had to put the cat down the next day. Even the SPCA agreed it was the right thing to do and did not try to convince us otherwise. I wouldn't say it was BECAUSE of the baby, but at that point, we had tried everything and just could not have him in our house or give him away in good conscience - besides, who would want a crazy pet cemetary cat?
I will never get another pet again.
Flame away but I'd love to hear any other options we "should" have done. I cared about my cat but I put DD and our family's safety WAY above the cat.
Like animals were properties you could lease in and out!!! :O?
mmm, not really. did you know that you can actually train a cat, they are smart enough. if you try and modify their behavioral issues you could keep the cat, instead of adding to the millions of animals that are living and being put down in shelters because of people who can't handle an "out of control" cat. i highly doubt the cat is a safety issue. yeah, to each their own
also... I have 3 crazy dogs and I love them all... we are going to build a run in the back yard but that is it... we are not giving them away, etc... that's rediculous. and we have 2 cats... they will not be a problem.
a friend of mine was thinking about giving her dog away, but not because she has 3 kids and is pregnant with #4 but because his friend is gone and he is lonely and she feels bad that she doesn't give him the attention he desreves... I am trying to convice DH to let us take him in.
but giving away pets because of kids is stupid... IMO... and a friend of mine wont get a dog now.. she talked about it while she was pregnant but she wont now... her kid lives in a bubble I swear...