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who has em, i dont have any, even though my kids want a dog, but i know ill be the one cleaning all the muck and feeding and walking em, and my house will stink, do you think im tight?
a neighbour as 2 dogs and 5 cats and there house (not being rude) really smells, that is what is putting me off, or does it smell cuz the owners are lazy and its not the dogs?:confused:

sometimes i wish i had a dog but like i said things like that put me off!!

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This is my babies

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they must be lazy not cleaning the house!

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dont like cats think they are sneaky thing, ironic though, look at me avatar!!...lol


like alsations think they are cuddly things:D

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Cats tend to look after themselves!

german shepards are great pets so easy to train! she is my baby,
shes 9 now so getting on a bit now, had her since 12 weeks old!

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chow chow i have just like my avatar. hope i spely that right

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shes like teddy bear! so cute!

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We have a labrador from rescue centre....... our neighbours have about 6 cats and theyre always trying to get in my house ....till they remember the dog lol.And they also have a problem cleaning up after their animals it always smells in their house .........ewwwwwwww

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How can people keep pets and not keep their house clean can you imagine what it smells like in summer! awful!

does not cost much to keep it clean!

your home is your castle!!:D

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Worst is they have small children too .......... not good for them

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exactly...

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Lazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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no not with cats!

my cat has never messed in my house i think its how you look after them and cats dont like dirty places! thats why they soil every where!

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Dogs have a peculiar smell when they are wet don't they? I mean wet after rain or a swim, not after a bath, it's a bit like old, wet carpets. Maybe your neighbours need to use a dog deodorant on them - or maybe it's the dog's breath (chlorophyll tablets are good for that). There's sometimes a problem with the other end too, canine "wind" always seems to smell of eggs! :eek: When I had dogs I was a bit obsessive about possible smells and always had air-fresheners around, used Febreeze a lot too.

Cats don't usually smell but their litter trays do. You have to clean them out every day, otherwise.......phhhhhhhworrrr! :(

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Yes i agree dogs stiNk when wet! and the smell of eggs so true! LOL:eek:

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yeah thats their problem they dont clean their trays .........and they're in the kitchen :eek:

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She had a thing about cats for years & o.k i tolerated it but when one got very ill & had to be put down who ha to take it to the vets to be put to sleep?Not her.No more pets in our house.Plus the weekly outgoings are less without one,less to clean,less to fork out if your going on holiday.No as far as i'm concerned pets are a no-no in our gaff.Unless i lived abroad,i might adopt a lizard:)

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Pets are wonderfull additions to any family

We have two dogs and 2 rats.

Main smell come from the dogs behind.:eek:

Dogs are wonderfull for companionship and would help children maybe take on some responsability, plus you are never alone when you have a dog.

What a burglar alarm to.

Having owned dogs for over 10 years I will now probably own a dog/dogs for the rest of my life.:)

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ill get a tortoise!!
oh i cant, they illegal now arnt they?.....damn

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Aquamania had one last time I was there.:)

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Aquamania?Sure it was'nt a turtle:confused:

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teenage mutant hero turtles;) :D

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I dont have any now, and dont want any 2 kids are enough, but we always had cats when we were kids, then dogs, rabbits, fish and a horse.

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No it was a minature tortoice.

Wasnt cheep either.

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I have had up to 4 cats at any one time.......two of my own, and two strays,but alas Monty my Maine Coon cat died in February(lovely boy)......and recently one of the timid strays has disappeared. He always used to come to sleep in a cat box in the garage, and would have a good scoff every morning...but haven't seen him now for something like 10 days. I do have a little black cat with white socks. She was a stray who turned up some 8 years ago. Hubby had just had a stroke and was very 'down'........she was a kitten then and made him smile.....and then made him laugh, and would drape herself round his shoulders like a big furry collar.
Once she became a member of the family, my hubby began to get better.
She is called Pashmina...Pasha for short.
We also have a stray white male cat visiting us for food and a comfy sleep on the sofa.......I'm not allowed to give him a name because he isn't 'mine'.
So now only two cats. My house would not feel like home without them.

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We have 2 cats, 'Toffee', & 'Harwood'. Love them to bits, & will probably have another couple before the year is out!

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Rabbits can make good house pets. We had one, years ago, called Snoopy. We got him when he was tiny and trained him to use a litter box. He used to go to sleep on my shoulder, would sit up and beg for Smarties and cheese sandwiches and used to lie on the rug by the fire with the cat and the dog.

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I have a cocker spaniel black and white called janey! :D:D:D And i think shes adorable. Shes so funny , for etc , she walks into doors and acts so dumb and its funny to watch ! :D:D:D:D:D:D She looks like this:

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I have two boxers a mother and son
my girl http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...2/STA71993.jpg
my boy
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...Picture011.jpg

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my dog does all mannor of secretions all over the place, poo, pee, slaver, blood, snot, spit, sweat etc, and farts constantly too. he snores loudly, weezes, grunts, has nightmares etc, her gets filthy, constantly licks his balls, ass n all, then trys to kiss you! Yet throughout all this he provides total loyalty, would lay down his life for me, is well behaved, patient, persistant, funny, idiotic, stubburn etc

i hate most all the dog hairs that get just about everywhere, but hey, all this is still worth owning him for

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very well said moon..i agree with all of the above:Banane06:

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Heres one of my lovely pets :D

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Mine 2.......he sits wherever he wants .......begs for food like he's never seen it be 4.......stinks like a wet cabbage........goes to sleep in the worst places( kids beds) licks ya to show affection after he's washed his nether regions!............but he's a killer of a guard dog and my kids seem to like him ( me too) and when everybody's out and it's just me and him .... he's a good pal ......only one who does what he's told LOL

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thanks guys, i made up my mind:D

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so what you getting?

:D :D

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none!! ......for now anyway, ill wait till my kids are older:D

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:dogrun: hello i have adog and it,s a jackrussle ive had him for 9years and he has been my best pal all them year,s he use,t to greet me when i came home from work and now iam retired with spondalosis and in a weel chair and i would be lost with out my dog but there is only one person to ask if you want a dog and that is your self because they take your time up and you have to think of the vet bill,s

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we have a rotti he is g8 we love him to bits

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We have a daft cat. I say we but I just tolerate her. She's Mick's pride and joy.
He loves her more than me. When he's not here she pines for him. She thinks she's a cross between a dog and a parrot ( sits on his shoulder when he's on his laptop.)
I miss my little dog scruffy. Wouldn't have another pet coz I hate all the flippin hair in the summer.

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When you've had animals all your life, like I have, it's a big decision not to have another. I won't have another dog because I can't go through the heartbreak of losing one again after the last time. I wasn't having another cat but Maddy adopted us 4 years ago, turning up in our garden fit and well and, apparently, abandoned.

Animals are hard work, sometimes expensive and they tie you down but the love and companionship they bring you compensates for all that. To see our cat settle down next to my granddaughter is a joy and an example of pure affection. Some people say cats are aloof, not nice, sneaky and all the rest of the biased crap but you should see the 2 of them together. That cat loves Laura to bits. She's quite nice to me, too.

If you've never kept a pet I can see why you'd be wary - but you've missed out on a lot.

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oh tombraider hes georgous..... i adopted my sons chinese water dragon not long back at first i was a bit wary of touching him ,now im really attached to him ..hes great he even lifts his front leg when i go to stroke him and as soon as he sees me go into the room he starts having a wacky do wanting to come out onto my shoulder ...just love him ...

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what i dont like is dog owners leaving their dogs out all day barking and driving their neigbours crazy its cruel on them and us

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i agree with my mum feed the scraps to the dog

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2 Dogs - a German Shepherd puppy and a mixedlab/Shepherd,
3 Cats -
28 guineas - 24 chicks and 3 adults (not pets per say but take as much if not more time!),
27 chickens - 25 chicks and 2 hens (Ditto to above),
5 turtles - 4 painted turltes and an eastern box turtles,
2 snakes - baby corn in garden and that huge black rat snake is back in the barn eating my eggs,
Fish - ~30 gold fish in outside pond,
Others - Peanut (the baby squirrel is now almost an adult but still hangs out begging for food), many 5 line skinks and eastern fence lizards, frogs and toads.

Brian Doolittle;)

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we have a miniture german shnauzer, great dog dont moult so no hairs, they love kids, had never seen one till i met paris, n gotta say Never had a better dog, n had quite a few.;)

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We have had a westie for about 12 years, a bit smelly now he is getting older, but washing bedding often and bathing him keeps the pong down. Have also 2 cats that we rescued off the streets. no smell at all, as they are litter trained and never do a thing in the house. love dogs, but will keep to cats in future as they are not half the work and give loads of affection, if the house smells it's always the owners fault.

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snakes, they make the best pets, get its home set up right and you can even go on holiday without anyone having to look after it, oh and the fish in the pond arent bad either but ponds are hard work, dont let anyone tell you different

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If ponds are hard work, doesn't that make fish hard work? Or do you keep your fish somewhere else? Oh, no, you've already said fish in ponds!:rolleyes:

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i dont think its tight like you said youll be the one cleaning up after it, your kids will have plenty of time to get a pet when they have left home lol

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although i do have a dog

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I have a Rotti, Hera, she is my best friend and home security system all in one package: two cats, Sadie, an eighteen yr old lady, and LB (it didn't seem right to call him little ******) who arrived on my deck as a starving little kitten about 3 mnts ago. I feed some stray cats and the raccoons, squirrels, wild birds etc. One of the cutest and sweetest pets I ever had was a de-scented skunk, back in Sask., about 20 yrs ago. I couldn't imagine a life without pets, and a few assorted friendly wild critters.

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I'm of the same opinion as you mate, when you have animals in the house it stinks. Wouldn't have one anywhere near mine.

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I did have 3 cats until some gobsh ite ran over and killed the mother of my two kittens,me an me Missus had to hand rear the 2 babies,I'm pleased to say that both of them are fine and dandy,loved to bits,sleep where they want,do what they want,wouldn't have it any other way,btw,thats them 2 in my avatar :)

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my chow chow is ten years old now they are the best dogs to have they dont bark unless they are realy upset so if you here them bark you no some one is around .we have two rabbits they are great as well

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When the house stinks the problem is the pet owner, not the pet.

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theres no such thing as a miniature tortoise. They are the same tortoises england has always imported, horsfields and hermanns tortoises. I have one myself, theyre around £140 to buy though you may find cherry red foot tortoises and leopard tortoises common in pet shops for a bit more than that.

I used to wrok for aquamania and know there is no such thing as a minature tortoise and they certainly cant sell something that doesnt exist.

I also keep many pet reptiles, 3 cats, 1 hamster and a fair few rats. My house is like a zoo :) lovely animals. we have over 30 pets currently :D

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omg your house must stink!!!, are you mad???????????Attachment 9900...lol

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i have two tortoises, horsefields you need a paperwork for some but not horsfield.

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this is my dog and my sons cat whom we wouldnt be without,