Post by: buttface96 on January 30, 2007, 07:24:00 AM
Post by: _iffy on January 30, 2007, 08:33:00 AM
Before cars people had horses, and because horses are alive and cars are not, people grew large attachments to their horses.
If you can remember hearing this before, the penalty for stealing someones horse was death.
There's a millennium or two of this attitude towards horses thats, still lingers. Old People who were alive during the great depression, carried this belief.
I do agree that this is more of a "slow news day" kind of month, and this would not have even been a story if something else was happening.
Post by: Shoue on January 30, 2007, 08:57:00 PM
Post by: pug_ster on January 31, 2007, 07:49:00 AM
Post by: throwingks on January 31, 2007, 08:29:00 AM
QUOTE(pug_ster @ Jan 31 2007, 09:56 AM) 
People treats their pets or animals better than we treat ourselves. This is no different.
No shit! My dog has an ear infection in both ears and it is gonna cost $300 to put him under anesthetia and clean them out proper. Then we have to go back every 2 weeks for a bit, to clean them out regularly.I haven't spent that much money on myself in 1 shot since I built my PC 3 years ago.
Post by: throwingks on January 31, 2007, 10:00:00 AM
Well. actually, I told her to sell him to Vietnamese Monks.
Post by: Rylinkus on January 31, 2007, 07:51:00 PM
QUOTE(throwingks @ Jan 31 2007, 04:36 PM)
No shit! My dog has an ear infection in both ears and it is gonna cost $300 to put him under anesthetia and clean them out proper. Then we have to go back every 2 weeks for a bit, to clean them out regularly.
I haven't spent that much money on myself in 1 shot since I built my PC 3 years ago.
Dude, I dropped over 2K on my rabbit for an eye infection. 6-10 vet visits. Countless antibiotics. And finally, (sadly), his eye was removed. If you're gonna have a pet treat it well. If you can't take care of a pet, why bother?
That being said, this BARBARO (Spell the damn name right), thing is retarded. Everyone cares about ONE horse. No one points out that race horses are bred to have small legs that are fragile. That snap. All genetically engineered for speed. That far too many race horses get put down due to horrific injuries from being raced. I'm not a PETA guy. But when you bread an animal that has strong odds of living a short life, shortened by injury, merely so man can bet on how fast they are..... Well, something is VERY wrong with this whole deal.
Post by: throwingks on February 01, 2007, 10:12:00 AM
We have a rabbit too. She is 7 or 8 years old now. She is slowing down, losing weight and not eating well. I hope it is just cause its winter. This is her 1st winter in 5 years. We just moved back east from AZ.
Post by: hamwbone on February 01, 2007, 12:51:00 PM
Post by: Rylinkus on February 01, 2007, 03:53:00 PM
QUOTE(Arvarden @ Feb 1 2007, 08:00 PM)
Dude, rabbits are born to be free. How can you look him in the eye? You have imprisoned a furry against it's own free will.
My place is probably more hospitable than a Maine winter.
Odin's a good boy. He gets fed, sheltered, cared for. I have no issues with it. I doubt he does, as in the wild the same infection that cost him his eye would have cost him his life. Given death or an owner who takes care of him, Id have to say he's ok. My other rabbit is 7ish. He's slowing down a bit, but certainly not losing weight. Granted he's always been a bit lazy.
Post by: pug_ster on February 02, 2007, 07:16:00 PM
Post by: Alex548 on February 02, 2007, 07:46:00 PM
BTW, Barbaro was different from the majority of racehorses.
The horse was larger & more powerful than other racehorses his age (3 years old). Had the potential to be among the best racehorses in history until it's untimely injury.