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Friday, October 12, 2007

Puppy Lovers: No Longer Safe from Society

posted by on October 12 at 10:49 AM

It is not safe or smart to wire money for a puppy you have never seen. It quite possibly does not exist.

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1

This is just like that time I donated a thousand dollars to that guy, just so he wouldn't eat his pet rabbit.

I bet he ate it anyway!

Posted by Chris in Tampa | October 12, 2007 10:58 AM
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Isn't this old news? Puppies that don't actually exist are the best kind of puppies, since puppies and dogs in general are lame.

Posted by Little Red Ryan Hood | October 12, 2007 11:00 AM
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Oh, never mind:
http://www.savetoby.com/

Posted by Chris in Tampa | October 12, 2007 11:02 AM
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Never trust a person who doesn't like dogs.

Posted by Cody | October 12, 2007 11:02 AM
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Zzzzzz.

Posted by Mr. Poe | October 12, 2007 11:07 AM
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well does this really need the obvious "duh"?

Posted by NELBOT | October 12, 2007 11:18 AM
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@#4 I guess I can't be trusted then.

Posted by Little Red Ryan Hood | October 12, 2007 11:19 AM
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Never send money Western Union to someone you don't already know well EVER FOR ANY REASON. It's always a scam, always. I've got a niece who was taken for a couple of grand, for a Craigslist car, not a puppy, but same basic scam; there is no car, no puppy, just a con artist on the other end. Say no to Western Union!

Posted by Fnarf | October 12, 2007 11:26 AM
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i agree with 6. lotta stupid people out there.

Posted by rob | October 12, 2007 11:29 AM
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The Cameroon story killed me. Hello? Has that woman never heard of Nigerian internet scams? Did she not wonder why an American in Cameroon was asking her to wire money to Nigeria? Nigerians must be laughing their asses off at us.

Posted by keshmeshi | October 12, 2007 11:35 AM
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Puppies always exist.

In our hearts.

Posted by Will in Seattle | October 12, 2007 11:48 AM
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I gotta say it. SERVES THEM RIGHT!

Any asshole that would spend $750 on a "purebreed" instead of rescuing a mutt from the Humane Society desreves far worse than getting ripped off.

GO TO THE FUCKING POUND FOR YOUR PETS GODDAMNIT!!!!!!!

Posted by Mike in MO | October 12, 2007 11:49 AM
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Ok, I feel better.

Posted by Mike in MO | October 12, 2007 11:50 AM
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Was the puppy a pitbull? Cause that is the real question we should be asking ourselves.....

that and if it has good owners, is chained properly, and lives around children.

I mean, WILL SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

Posted by Original Monique | October 12, 2007 11:52 AM
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No one should ever buy a puppy. PERIOD. EVER. There are millions of dogs (literally) euthanized every week in the U.S. who could use loving homes.

Posted by Amy Kate Horn | October 12, 2007 11:57 AM
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Amy Kate puts it more eloquently and with less profanity.

Posted by Mike in MO | October 12, 2007 12:04 PM
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I love animals but I'd never get a pup from the pound. I've known several people who've gotten sick pups plus you don't know that dogs backround and a lot of times exactly what kind the dog is.

Bring home the wrong dog and it could eat your face off while you sleep.

Posted by durrr | October 12, 2007 12:05 PM
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@15 I hear ya...unless the pound dog has issues that helped 'em get to the pound. A friend of mine rescued a pitty from the pound that had arrived the from an abusive home. The poor bastard was a wreck. Alls it did was fart, shit, and drool any time it had to ride in a car. It ran away whenever it could, and it ended up back at the pound because it was too much for a reg-lar pet owner to handle. Poor goddamned bastard. Nervous wreck.

and Mike in MO, the only thing I'd debate on the purebreed thing is that, well, if you want a purebreed (like if you want a '57 Chevy), it's kind of weird to get a sheep dog that weighs 15 pounds and yip, yip, yips and hops up and down on its hind legs. That ain't no sheep dog.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | October 12, 2007 12:10 PM
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I've gotten a dog from the SPCA. I love her to death, but she's got a lot of issues. She's a husky/malamute cross that came out of a bad sled-dog breeding operation.

I don't blame people at all for wanting to get their dogs as puppies. It means that the behavioral issues you'll be dealing with are the ones you create, not those of whoever had the dog before you.

That, and if you get a dog from the SPCA around here, they're almost all shepherd/rottie crosses. Lovely sweet dogs, but they can be a handful for anyone who isn't used to dealing with them. We've got an enormous rottweiler, and he has to be handled carefully. I'd to think of him in the hands of someone with no clue how to deal with a large and potentially really dangerous dog.

Posted by wench | October 12, 2007 12:17 PM
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@ 17: OK, so you shouldn't stroll in, cover your eyes and point to a pup and take it home. You gotta talk to the reps there and ask lots of questions. The people that work there want to match up the right pets with the right owners.

Ask Sam Simon (co-creator of The Simpsons). He rescues stray dogs and trains them to be used as service dogs. If he can find the right dog for blind people, etc, you can find the right dog for companionship.

Besides, most purebreeds are inbred retards that only LOOK perfect.

Posted by Mike in MO | October 12, 2007 12:34 PM
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Hey, who posted this? I didn't post this. Fuck you, "Amelia."

Posted by Amelia | October 12, 2007 12:51 PM
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...and to reiterate, there is never, ever a reason you should wire money to someone you don't personally.

Posted by Dougsf | October 12, 2007 1:00 PM
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@20:

I'm sure many dogs from the pound are great. But no matter how many questions you ask the person working at the pound didn't grow up with the dog and doesn't really know how it was raised.

Thanks for the interesting tidbit about Sam, that's awesome!

Posted by durrr | October 12, 2007 1:09 PM
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Hey... my very own hostile impostor!

Posted by Amelia | October 12, 2007 1:13 PM
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@ 24: you've made it!

Posted by Mike in MO | October 12, 2007 1:30 PM
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I've used rescue organizations twice now and gotten AMAZING, wonderful, balanced dogs. Both came from bad situations and both turned out to be loyal, friendly, trainable, good dogs.
Maybe because rescue volunteers temperament test and prescreen and match the right dog with the right home much more than the shelters can.
When you adopt a puppy you have NO IDEA what kind of personality (or health issues) it will develop. I'd much rather take my chances with an adult dog who I can "interview" first.

Posted by Amy Kate Horn | October 12, 2007 2:23 PM
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Remember, as cressona says, only virtual puppies played on your Nintendo count.

He never had to really clean up the mess.

Aw, it piddled! cute!

(have had dogs and cats who wuvved me)

Posted by Will in Seattle | October 12, 2007 4:28 PM
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Es gibt Sicherheitsgürtel für Hunde. Es gibt Kuchen, die machen gesund. Es gibt intelligente Raketen. Es gibt Duschen für den Mund. Es gibt den grossen Lauschenangriff, es gibt Oliven so gross wie Melonen. Es gibt gefährliche Kugelschreiber, es gibt extreme Situationen. Es gibt schon so viel, und es wird immer mehr. Und wir können uns alles kaufen. Aber am Besten, "Amelia," ist immer noch: Saufen saufen saufen. Saufen, saufen, saufen, saufen, saufen, fressen und ficken. Saufen, saufen, saufen und die Kinder bierholen schicken.

Posted by Amelia | October 13, 2007 10:37 AM
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Umm... I just translated the last guy... Umm... here you go...
There is security belt for dogs. There is make cake, that healthy. There are intelligent rockets. There are showers for the mouth. It gives gives the large Lauschenangriff, it olive so largely like melon. It gives gives dangerous ball-point pens, it extreme situations. There is already so much, and it becomes more and more. And we can buy us everything. But best, "Amelia," is still: Drink drink drink. Driare, drink, drink, drink, drink, eat and fuck. Driare, drink, drink and send the children bierholen.

yeah, I don't know either...

Posted by Amelia | October 13, 2007 5:37 PM
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There are safety belts for dogs. There are cookies that make you healthy. There are intelligent rockets. There are showers for your mouth (= mouthwash). Illegal wiretapping exists, and there are olives the size of melons. There are dangerous ballpoint pens, there are extreme situations. There are so many things already, and every day there's more. And we can buy all of it. But the best thing still, "Amelia," is: drinking, drinking, drinking. Drinking, drinking, drinking, drinking, eating and fucking. Drinking, drinking, drinking and sending the children to buy more beer.

I think this was written by Hape Kerkeling.

Posted by Amelia | October 14, 2007 6:27 PM

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