UO Thursday

dobrydney · February 2014

amberrrjade said:

dobrydney said:

I am not a religious person but can respect that it works for some people so don't think I'm bashing religious people. I just get tired of reading scriptures on my FB newsfeed every five minutes. It seems like a lot of work to come up with one every day, multiple times a day. The actual UO: I don't think people should constantly post scriptures on FB.

ETA: I realized it wasn't phrased in the correct way to be an UO.

I couldn't agree more. I hate seeing 30850395435 scriptures especially haphazardly slapped over stock images. However once you do that more than once I hide you from my feed. Problem solved.

I think I'm too much of a stalker at heart. I'm afraid if I hide them they'll post something interesting at some point and I'll miss it!

ranaverde · February 2014

Two UOs for today:

First, I dislike the common assumption that cats don't come when called, hate baths, are aloof, are disobedient, whatever "because" they are cats. No. This is because the people who own them don't understand cats or how to train them. Some cats do these things, but that's because they've not been trained properly, or have personality problems, not because they are cats.

Second, I don't really get the @TaviaBrad hate. I just don't. Most of the time it seems to come out of a desire to interpret what she says in the worst possible light, and, honestly, it - and making fun of her name - has gotten old for me. If this makes me a white knight, so be it.

amberrrjade · February 2014

ranaverde said:

Two UOs for today:

First, I dislike the common assumption that cats don't come when called, hate baths, are aloof, are disobedient, whatever "because" they are cats. No. This is because the people who own them don't understand cats or how to train them. Some cats do these things, but that's because they've not been trained properly, or have personality problems, not because they are cats.

Second, I don't really get the @TaviaBrad hate. I just don't. Most of the time it seems to come out of a desire to interpret what she says in the worst possible light, and, honestly, it - and making fun of her name - has gotten old for me. If this makes me a white knight, so be it.

1. I agree! I had a cat named Lola (I found her as a kitten in a box with her sister behind a dumpster). She was awesome! She came when called, loved being held, and if I closed my door she would freak out until I let her in so she could curl up and purr beside me. She stayed in my bed/room all night and didn't piss on stuff. She was amazing! RIP L-O-L-A Lola.

2. Eh. It's TaviaBread or TilapiaBread... everything else just goes by the wayside. I feel like like TB is just the weird kid of the group everyone teases but no one "hates" but that is just my opinion on that whole debacle.

Also ooooooooooooouuuuuuuuu white knight.... shammmmmmmmmmmeeeee shame shame! lol we still love you.

cagoldi · February 2014

@smilz4782 - you are such a sweetie. I'm that girl, too; always taking in strays. I snuck my first one into the house when I was 6. My Mom came into my room to find me with a strange cat dressing him in doll clothes. She was impressed with his tolerance for such activities and let me keep him.

When we moved to our current house there was a stray that had lived here no less than 17 years according to some neighbors. Someone moved out and didn't take her so she stayed. She had been fed by them all those years but never had much love. I started letting her in the house to sit by the fire at night and put a cat condo on the porch. Finally had to put her down when she got cancer.

Last year someone dumped a box of kittens in the parking lot at my office. All but one ran off and I got the security guards to help me wrangle him into a box. We took him to get his shots and convinced my sister to adopt him.

I could go on and on about all the random animals over the years. I'm glad you have been such an angel to the ones that have needed your help.

AlisonM12 · February 2014

Sing2phins said:

@cagoldi Your cat enjoys wearing his sweater? That's so adorable! Pic please!
I need to get the pics off DH's computer but I'll get around to it. I told @wedding06 I'd put one up of him being worn in his sling, too.
My cat would murder me in my sleep if I tried to make him wear a sweater.

My cats would eat the sweater then throw it up all over the house.

PeachsMama · February 2014

We never had the chance to adopt animals. We own a farm and when shelters won't take pets people find the nearest farm and drop them! We had like 10 cats and 4 dogs dropped off lol.

We had one dog (looked just like benji!!!!) show up and my dad said we couldn't keep him so not to name him! So we called him "little buddy" that's not a real name.. At least that's what we told my dad.. After about three weeks of me and my mom putting food, water, treats, and blankets out for him my dad said if I went door to door and couldn't find his owner we could keep him. After not finding his owner we got him fixed and not 24 hours after having his stitches removed he vanished.. We guessed he went back home and they got a huge surprise when he rolled over.. Lol. We reached for him for months! Never found him. ) :

Kaymee · February 2014

TaviaBrad said:
They are different. Some are disguised as puppy mills but not all are. That is why it is important to do research on them.

There are legit breeders. My grandmother was one most of her life. However, that wasn't her only source of income. She primarily did it because she loved dogs, not for the money.

I see both sides. Rescue pets are awesome and puppies are great too. Just depends what you're looking for. Just please don't buy from a pet store!!

amberrrjade · February 2014

rczamora said:

Ummm, that's a cat.

No this is cat!

PeachsMama · February 2014

amberrrjade said:

rczamora said:

Ummm, that's a cat.

No this is cat!

This is my moms cat! We lived with my parents for a month between our lease ending and buying our house and my husky was terrified of my moms cat! If he walked in the room my husky would either run out or jump on my lap and clinb up me lol.

EandIMommy86 · February 2014

mrsnikkimitchell said:

my dog literally ate shirts off of people when we got him. I swear he was part goat. It was a behavior we didn't like. Guess what? A week into having him and training him not to do it, he figured out it was not something we liked and stopped doing it. A lot of times, it takes less time to break a bad habit than it does potty training a brand new puppy. And now here's a sad story about adult dogs v puppy I worked at an animal shelter when i was in college. This mix came in and she was 6 years old and completely blind and her hearing wasn't the greatest. She was the sweetest dog I have ever met. A family came in and was almost ready to agree to take her home when someone brought a litter of puppies in. The little boy saw the puppies and begged his parents for one. Of course, the gave in and poor little Lucy didn't get to go to a home that day. She was euthanized a few months later because she was there for too long. If I could have taken her home, I would have. I really hate puppies. Why get them from a breeder when there are sweet dogs who just want a loving home but can't find one? Because you are lazy and don't want to retrain a dog. Edited because I am not sure if I can call out people.

Training a puppy requires a lot of work as well. Some breeds are also harder to train than others. What do you consider "lazy" because training a puppy take a lot of time and energy, just in a different way from training a rescue.

Mum2Be28 · February 2014

@sing2phins
I don't think anyone else thinks that you would advocate leaving a baby alone. I think Smilz is just a little over sensitive bc her kid can't tolerate alone time yet. We all know what you mean Sing.

Mum2Be28 · February 2014

It bothered me that Smilz called Sing out on that. I have seen Sing's posts that Smilz is referring to and they are never meant in the way that Smilz called her out on.

I don't think Smilz' kid is behind-- not what I meant. I just don't think she would be as offended by Sing's comment if her baby was having some alone time.

Edited- mobile posted too soon.

Mum2Be28 · February 2014

Ok, then I will change my statement to, "I know what you meant sing."

Mum2Be28 · February 2014

Approval... Opinion.... Whatever. I felt the need to say it just like you felt the need to say what you said. She's a sweet person and I just felt like you made her look bad and called her out when her comments are not meant to be interpreted the way you have.. In my UO it seems.

Mum2Be28 · February 2014

When I said "we all"... I was referring to the fact that I don't think anyone here thinks Sing literally means leave the baby alone in their room upstairs and go watch TV downstairs or something. Which is what Sing was afraid of people thinking. So I was just letting her know I didn't think anyone really thought that is what she meant.

Now, the argument on whether or not babies need alone time-- I would not speak for everyone on that as there would be differing opinions on that.

Littlemama01 · February 2014

@sing2phins fwiw my LO handles alone time/downtime/whatever you want to call it the same as yours. He kicks away in his crib, in his bouncy, on his playmat a lot of the time on his own. I even DO leave the room and go for a shower, poop, eat, cook, vacuum and *gasp*sometimes I watch tv!! I have a monitor, I know if he's upset and I go attend to him, but if he's happy and entertaining himself without my help (sometimes he even falls asleep) Then I am fine with it. In the course of a day we also spend a lot of time interacting and doing activities together. I have friends IRL who can't go to the bathroom without their baby, and that's just a bit outrageous to me, BUT all babies are different, and so are all moms so I wouldn't call someone out over a difference of opinion like that. ETA. Not that I think sing called anyone out at all.

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