Just shows how much stay cats and cat breeding is much more of an issue than stray dogs and dig breeding.
You really gotta delete your autocorrect and rebuild it…
Don’t act like there aren’t cat breeders selling Persians and Sphinxes for thousands.
My friends wife bought one of those she would never tell us how much they paid for it. They ended up offering it to me for free a few years later but I already had a cat that was not receptive to the idea. It was a really cool cat though. It would play fetch with you.
Don’t forget Ragdolls
who made this meme trying to imply there aren’t equally dumb cat people spending multiple thousands on a “purebred” cat?
if anything should be banned it’s the AKC and whatever the cat version is
I don’t endorse these websites, but an example of some really expensive cat breeds.
don’t buy designer pets
All my cats are designer pets. They redesigned the couch, the stair carpet, the back of my chair. Very good designers.
What is it with cats and stair carpet? It’s like a super shitty scratching post? I had one cat that refused to scratch anything but the top two stairs to the point where he pulled the carpet pad off
I got some of those corrugated scratching boards and popped one onto the second step from the bottom and another onto the top of the stairs and he never deviated from the scratchers after that.
As someone who wants a cat but is really allergic, I’m not looking forward to shelling out for a Bengal or sphynx when the temptation gets too high…
I watch shelters around here constantly, and only one of them has ever come through.
It was adopted in about 10 seconds
Do not buy a sphinx if you’re allergic to cats. People who are allergic are generally allergic to the oil (sebum). Sphinxs are awful for people who are allergic.
If not bathed regularly, they’ll cover your furniture in that oil too.
Ah, thanks for the info! A lot of the articles I was looking at said that they were good for people with allergies, including one from a vet service, so that’s good to know.
The whole hairless thing is also super unsettling to me so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My ex thinks they are cute.
But I guess some people think naked mole rats are cute too. Or mangy bears?
At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum… it’s breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
This might not be feasible if you’re in the states but if you have access to good healthcare, go to an allergist and get the shots! I’ve always had cats and been allergic to them , I survived with an inhaler and prescription pills. Since I finished my shots last year I’ve felt 100x better. The only time I need my pills now for cats is when I visit my mom who has 5 of them, with one long haired orange boi that just needs to sit on your head.
Unfortunately, I’m American :/
Had a friend who had two bengal kittens. They could leap up an entire flight of stairs in two bounds. Even ignoring all the issues with breeders, don’t fuck with bengal kittens. You’ll need to turn your whole house into a jungle gym.
Unless you’re putting your animal in shows, why tf would anyone care about having a pure breed? Get a mutt that resembles what you want, and you should be good to go (and have a healthier animal).
Some people allergic, some breed made for those people to not get reaction. Maybe mixing make problem worse again?
That’s kind of niche tbh and about the only dirty of breeding that sounds healthy to me. Not based on impossible aesthetic standards, I mean.
it’s also not true. hypoallergenic dogs/cats are just marketing nonsense designed to appeal to rich weirdos who want to spend five figures on dog because they think nothing has any value if they pay less than that.
The breeder fee is the cheapest part of owning a dog.
Food and vet bills will each cost far more over the lifetime of the animal.
Dogs: Goes to the vet every 6 months, dies at 8.
Cats: Lives to be 24, got shots once at 8 weeks old.
That’s not true, they also get fixed at some point lol.
We lost our 19 year old kitty back in November. she was a fuckin’ trooper :p
Cats still need so much vet, maybe less than dogs tho
Anecdotal survey of 30 or so cat owners, thry dont get nearly the vet checks as dogs. Aside from maybe Maincoons since they have a whole mess of problems. Tabbys are absolute battle tanks.
Kosmo made it to 24 on her own terms going peacfully in her sleep.
My single orange brain cell does scare me some times. I get worried that he’s the type to hide if he actually gets hurt or sick.
He’s 12, and I have to play with him a lot, otherwise he’ll start chasing his tail, including biting it and by the sound of it, very hard.
I’ve had many, many cats in my life and always the orange ones are f!cling weird. I went to search why that is but I think the researchers are wrong with the below. I want another one but I’m not sure that I have the energy for it now that I’m older. They’re such goobers.
“The facts: Does being orange really influence cat behavior? The fact is, at least according to science, there is no such thing as orange cat behavior. “To date, no studies have shown any impact of coat color on personality in cats,” veterinary behaviorist Dr. Mikel Delgado tells The Wildest.”
For real, I have much faith in science, but not when it comes to orange cats. Those cats are dumb and weird and loveable as shit and no stupid science bitch is gonna tell me otherwise.
Yeah well, they need to science harder, because they haven’t observed what orange tabby parents have observed for probably centuries.
This will also be true of our shelter cats
Pretty sure my dog belonged to someone else. He ran into our yard one day and stayed for almost 2 weeks. No one came looking for him after a few posts to social media.
Reminds me of The Mask
He seems… very… lovely.
He has a great personality…
JK I’d boop dat snoot
Did you take him to the vet to check for a microchip? (And get his health checked)
He wasn’t chipped / fixed at all when we took him to the vet. After the first two weeks we ended up just keeping him hoping the owners would eventually turn up.
That’ll do, pig
Aww, he’s smiling at you. It looks like he wants a kiss…
My dog cost $80 and the fee included all health stuff as well as an RFID chip. Adopt a dog (or cat), fuck buying from a puppymill.
Adopted from the pound, they threw that stuff in for free. (I threw money at them anyway)
dog tax included
Our dogs looks very similar!
Yup, I’ve noticed there are a bunch of similar looking black dogs like ours. I guess it’s the final form of the mutt 😍
Adopt a dog before buying from a reputable breeder.
It doesn’t matter how good a breeder is. There are a hundred dogs of the exact breed you are looking for being put to death today because there are too many pets.
That’s such an americentric statement. There are other countries in the world, you know?
In Germany we have such a small amount of stray dogs, or ones getting surrendered to shelters, that shelters have to import dogs from other countries to fulfill demand. And there have been tons of cases where those turned out to come from puppy mills abroad.
So yes, there are cases where buying from a reputable breeder is a much more ethical option than getting a dog from a shelter
The answer is still to adopt. The dogs are coming either from a shelter or a mill and both are good sources for adoption.
The former means it’s still giving a dog a home. It is still a dog that needs a home regardless of which country it originated from.
The latter seems completely nonsense if the German shelters are paying full price and still giving the dogs up for adoption at reasonable rates. They’d be losing a ton of money. And if they’re taking the leftovers from the puppy mills for cheap or free, then those are still losses to the mills and are discouraging more breeding. Also, those are still dogs that need homes regardless of source. Just because a dog was born in a mill doesn’t mean it deserves not to be adopted.
In either case the answer is still to get a dog from a shelter.
https://www.iamexpat.de/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/pandemic-pets-are-filling-animal-shelters-germany
There are 3 million dogs in US shelters and German shelters are getting their dogs from foreign puppy mills instead of the US?
Damn! The shelters around here want $600 for a mutt with no manners. The last city we lived in had an S.P.C.A. though, and we adopted a little pretty princess for -i think- $79.
You can negotiate with breeders? FML!
I’m ashamed to say I paid 100 bucks a gram for a 300 grams scrappy tiny thingy. Ashamed but unapologetic
You paid 30k?
I did not. I’m only bad at math.
Does it pee heroin?
Scrappy and tiny are the rarest and most coveted attributes of thingy, it will only go up in value.
#AdoptDontShop and don’t support breeders/puppy mills.
No such thing as a “pure bred” dog anyways.
Plus, mutts have far fewer health problems. “Pure breeds” are largely inbred and products of incest.
I spent $25 to adopt my cat from my local humane society and now he’s my best friend in the whole world.
He’s got the friendliest face omg
He’s the sweetest cat I’ve ever met. He loves to snuggle with me and he follows me around my apartment wherever I go. And he loves pets and belly rubs.
That sounds wonderful. Cat-dogs are the best.
He’s beautiful
every dog I’ve owned since adulthood was a rescue. they’re the best dogs. the only thing you get with a purebred is a known history of disease and inbreeding ailments.
Paying a breeder is a chump move.
“I found this cat in the garbage”
Got my dog for $30 bucks out of the back of a truck in a grocery store parking lot.
Not good either. These are often bred in terrible conditions, separated from their moms way too early (to get that extra cuteness) and may have unchecked health problems.
and may have unchecked health problems.
That part’s for sure. They were just some farm dogs.