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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:15 PM Original message |
I'm old. Can I commit to my last dog? Fifteen years?!1 |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Can you clarify? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think he means the other way around? n/t |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah, I'm thinking of getting another (LAST) dog. But it's a BIG commitment n/t |
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Fed_Up_Grammy (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Get the dog----I'm in a condo where I can no longer have them but |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Getting a pet IS a big commitment, yes. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. I've had the same thoughts, UTUSN. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Do you have a will? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Have you thought about adopting an adult or senior dog? |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. ooo yeah! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh now I see what you're saying... |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why not get an older dog? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. talk to some local dog rescue groups? or shelter from which you adopt? |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think having a dog would improve two lives. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. I agree |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Adopt an older dog. I did. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Grooming is a problem. Walking is a problem. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. O.K., final response: I get REALLY attached, so I don't want to leave a dog BEHIND. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. ?? |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Am I reading this correctly? You want to get a dog, but if your |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Plenty of older dogs need a home. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. Get the dog |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. get a dog |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Get a dog and choose doggy 'god parents,' pardon the religious reference. |
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allalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
20. get a dog |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'd take the advice offered here |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. Get a dog, animals are really good for raising quality of life for their people |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. You don't even have the dog yet and you are attached to it? |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. Senior Dogs Project |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. no advice to offer, just commisseration.... |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. Can you gt a puppy and share him/her? |
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