What bothers me most about the story with the escaping dog is how he thinks that “she has never said no before” is a valid argument. People are allowed to change their minds about what they’ll put up with, but it wasn’t even that much of a change! He admits she’s ALWAYS had an issue with it but finally set a firm boundary- what’s wrong with her taking the next step? That’s just such a bad way to view things no matter what it’s about. And not feeling good is a perfectly decent reason for not doing any number of things you might normally do. It’s like getting angry at someone for not cleaning up after you when they have a cold. “Well you USUALLY do it” or “you’ve never said no BEFORE”… that reaction doesn’t make any sense, it just screams spoiled behavior to me… even more evidence of that with how most of his family backed him up. And it’s not like she’s neglecting her own responsibility, he’s mad that she won’t help him fix his mistake which is a whole other level of entitled. Could she have been more compassionate? Maybe. But maybe not. We truly don’t know how sick she was feeling… but for HIM to accuse her of showing a “lack of empathy” is seriously the pot calling the kettle black. The loving and compassionate thing for him to do would be to deal with his own mistake and let her rest. One could argue that even asking the second time was already rude of him.
Totally agree. And I side with his sister and would seriously consider if I wanted to stay with someone who was so self centered, didn't respect boundaries, negligent to his pet's needs, and was then verbally abusive when he didn't get his way regardless that he was the father of my child. So many many red flags here.
Yes to all of this!! The dog owner's behaviour sounded so childish, entitled, and borderline scary to me, even if he was scared for his dog's safety (and I love dogs)
The verbally abusive part is the only point in the video where I disagree with Shaaba actually. It doesn't matter if you "said something out of anger". There is no "I didn't mean it". We're adults, not 5 year olds, we can control that shit. I would never call my bf names just because I'm mad. I wouldn't accept it the other way around either.
Yeah, it’s always pretty telling when you get these brats tell their story and end with “my parents are on my side but my sibling thinks I’m a dick”. That’s because your parents made you the overgrown infant you are, and your sibling’s had to deal with your shit their whole lives, mate. I’ve also got to agree with the idea of the partner at least considering leaving him. For one, mans can’t even look after a dog, what use is he going to be with an actual child? For two, everything you’ve said. For three, I can’t help thinking about that statistic that says the most common time for relationships to turn abusive is once the woman gets pregnant. If he’s going to shriek abuse at his heavily pregnant partner for being too heavily pregnant to help him fix his mistakes, how’s he going to treat her when she’s recovering from childbirth or, worse, recovering from a c-section? When she can barely function because she’s had two hours of sleep dealing with a colicky baby? Or, god forbid, what if she gets post-natal depression?
@@Sandrina42 I agree. When a person's filters are off, they say exactly what they mean. Being scared for the dog is not really an excuse to verbally assault anyone.
My dog (a 45 lbs husky-eskimo mix) used to scale the 8ft privacy fence at her old house, they never took her out of the house and she did it every day just to get her energy out. I have grown up around dog trainers my entire life it would probably be a problem with the dog not getting enough enrichment or attention. My dog has never had that problem at my house and has never ran away because we take her on walks and do a lot with her. A lot of people don't understand if they get a high energy dog like a heeler they need to actually exercise it.
I once dog-sat an Australian cattle dog whose family sunk their fence in concrete to keep her from digging, and put electric wire across the top to keep her from going over… but the gate was still just a gate and she ATE A HOLE IN IT. I kept putting patio furniture in front of the hole and she would move it. She just sat in the front yard and wait for me (I was a college student and had to go to class during the day, and I stayed there at night to try to wear her out and give her as much attention as I could) but she would get out every day. I got worried that she would get bored (she eventually made friends with a little fleabag stray who would sit with her in the front yard and she got fleas from him… what if they went on adventures??) so I found a local kennel to put her in. SHE ESCAPED FROM THE KENNEL. I drove through a subdivision that was being built near the kennel with my windows down, calling for her… and then I saw her RUNNING after me in my rear view. I slowed to a stop but before I stopped she flew in through my window!!! She was a sweet girl but damn those people were NOT allowed to leave her ever again!!!
Not disagreeing with you: my American bully, Fudge, could barely climb onto the couch or walk a mile, but if a female dog walked by while he was out, he had to climb the fence. Dude was all upper body and could heave himself over the 4' fence. He was neutered, but even on vacation he tried to jump a cement wall when he heard a female poodle, dude was horny af
@@ghjgme even after being neutered? Holy heck 😅 that's.. um.. are you sure the neutering was done well? It is extremely rare but sometimes it doesn't. I'm bringing it up because it's also extremely rare for a dog to be that horny even after the procedure. Good luck with your sweet Fudge xp
Yeah I don't want to jump to conclusions but dogs jumping fences is often a sign of boredom (or even neglect/abus). I know people who have a small escape artist of their own, they have two other dogs, take two long walks a day and do daily brain games, but this dog is so darn smart that it gets bored of everything rather quickly. I don't think that they've tried a sport yet, that might be the next step but it's yet another thing to fit into their schedule :/ Our dog is.. well, it's kinda odd that people don't like to admit when their dog is less intelligent. Look at my little sweetheart being satisfied in her life while all those hyper intelligent dogs get into trouble :p
@@undefinederror40404 I'm told that's pretty common when they're neutered older, his previous life was a chained backyard dog in Detroit until he was nearly 3.
Dang. I’m very much a dog person and I don’t think I would blow up at my pregnant fiancé for not being able to help me fix my own mistake. She’s already curled up on the couch from nausea ffs!
As a self verified "crazy cat lady" THANK YOU for saying that cats don't get the same respect that dogs do. I would be scared, crying, and going to the worse possible scenario if my house cat found a way out of my house. Needless to say I would need help and the fact that nobody helped him really angers me. Her name is Oreo Cheesecake; she's black and white and very small for an 11 year old cat. Due to her size, it would be pretty difficult to find her if someone let her out.
I think it comes from the fact that cats are, compared to a lot of dogs, more independent. There are also many cats who walk outside freely and come home when they feel like it. I don't know if it's a case of disrespect, I'm more inclined to call it dangerous ignorance. Because people for some crazy reason, don't seem to understand that a cat that has always been indoors its entire life is NOT safe or suited to be outside. They don't know the way, they don't know how to avoid danger etc. When our neighbour's indoor cat went missing, I treated it like a missing dog (thankfully they found it hiding somewhere) because they are equally in danger..
And cats who are not normally outside don’t know how to keep themselves from becoming prey. They are tiny and don’t know any better. I had an indoor/ outdoor cat growing up and she could hold her own and hated staying inside. But my mom has 2 cats now (Pumpkin and Mini) who are not capable of taking care of themselves even though they have claws. If the OP says their cat belongs inside, that is law!
Yesss my kitty (Teo ❤️❤️❤️ / Teodoro) has been an indoor only boi since I adopted him 1.5 yrs ago and once one of my roommates locked him out the apartment in the hallway when they left the door open too long and weren’t paying attention and I went straight to cat-parent murderous rage, and now everyone knows damn well to be careful. It’s true that ppl seem to dismiss cats as independent or not as social or whatever, but mine is a loud, loving, maybe too needy kitty and if they think he isn’t a precious creature who must be protected then maybe they should spend time being a stray cat themselves, because all the rescues I’ve had in the family have been thru some stuff and deserve the best life…and my other one deeeefffffs couldn’t survive a day 😳
As both a dog lover and service dog partner, I understand where Peanut's owner was coming from, but she was in the wrong. She may have thought Peanut didn't misbehave, but there's a huge difference between not misbehaving (especially in the owner's eyes) and acting appropriately for the space that the dog was in. Was Peanut going up to other customers to "say hi?" Was she tugging at the end of her leash? Sniffing produce? Or, even worse, was she in the cart? All of these things threaten the rights of actual disabled people who genuinely need real service animals. Even if Peanut didn't cause trouble, there's a good chance the next service dog owner who visits that store will face increased scrutiny and/or access challenges because of Peanut's behavior - which, while it may not have been terrible, was almost certainly not up to the standards of a service animal with hundreds of hours of public access training (and hundreds more in task training). Also, I know multiple people who have had to retire their service dogs *years* early because some stranger's "good little doggy" was taken into a store "for just a few minutes" and attacked the service animal. Those attacks can cause both physical and psychological trauma, and can force an animal with years of training into early retirement, leaving their handler severely incapacitated - sometimes for *years* as they either wait for another service animal to be available or for a new animal to complete its training (not to mention the thousands of dollars involved in either purchasing or training a new service dog). So even if Peanut is usually friendly, the owner couldn't completely predict how Peanut would react to seeing another dog in such a strange place - especially since Peanut was likely already feeling stressed (as most untrained dogs are when taken into stores like that). Taking your dog into a store for a few minutes because it's convenient for you could cost a disabled person years of freedom and independence should your pet harm their service dog. It happens way too often. Tl;dr: Please don't take pets into public stores/restaurants that don't routinely welcome them. Aside from health codes, etc, you're also threatening the rights, and perhaps even the safety and independence, of people who rely on their highly trained canine partners having access to those places in order to live a normal life.
Everything about this. My own dogs are both failed attempts at service dogs - 'cause a professionally trained one costs too much and my seizures aren't that bad. The older one can alert and help with seizures, the second one is still learning. Neither are service dogs, therefore they are pets. I love them to bits, they're very well trained, but they never go to the grocery with me. Home Depot and PetSmart where pets are allowed? Yes. But not where pets aren't allowed.
i've got a bunny named sugar and you bet that if somebody let him out of the house i'd act the exact same way. he's free roamed so that could happen very easily and i don't care. it's so dangerous for pets to be let out. i get that people got their own things going on, but cmon she was warned about it 3 times. seriously i can't imagine how she, who's been living with this cat for a while, "forgot" about him so many times. seems more like neglect
Exactly, I also have a free roamed bun called clover. He enjoys going outside and we live on a quite road so in suitable temperatures I put his harness and lead on and we go out, he loves it he binkys around. He defiantly knows what house is his as when he’s done he will hop himself home, however that doesn’t mean if someone opened the door and he got out nothing would happen. Outside is completely out of our control so if he got out and something scared him he would run. My bunny has saved my life, I’ve struggled mentally and he’s the only reason I’m here so if I lost him my family would lose me.
@@Jessica-cz7zc omg i relate to you so much! my bunny saved and keeps saving my life too, he's everything to me 💘 and yes they enjoy being outside on the grass so much! and you're doing it responsibly. but going out on their own/escaping? bunnies are fast and get scared so easily, i'm always on the lookout everytime someone opens the door in my house. good on you for taking such good care of your bunny 🤍
it was most likely neglect. often people who dislike cats do things like this to try to get rid of them and be unaccountable for it. it's really upsetting even to think about someone doing this. my ex had his kitten thrown out of the house when he was at school, we were all so sad when it happened
Fun fact! Corgi's are also a type of cattle herding dog, they were bred to be short so that cows can't aim a kick at them, they're known to be very hardworking and nip at the cattle's heels to tell them where to go :D (this is also why heeler's have their name) So a corgi/heeler mix isn't that weird, as long as the dad was the corgi for the safety of mum and pups!
Yep! Also cattle dog crosses would likely be quite strong and agile, especially if kept fit and not overfed like too many corgis are. So could easily climb a fence, even an 8-foot one as long as the fence design allows it. Chain link fence for example is very easy for dogs to climb. If this has happened multiple times the guy should have seriously improved security ages ago. It doesn't take much of an overhang at the top to stop most dogs from escaping. Or a combination of leads, training and proper supervision.
I completely agree about cats getting the short end of the stick as far as consideration goes. Most stores have a full aisle for dog treats, toys, etc and the cats get an end cap of an aisle. Our cutie is turning 1 next month and his name is Huey. He is a bengal and his head stripes even look like an "H".
It’s the same with rabbits, I have a free roamed rabbit called Clover ( middle name grey!) and people don’t classify him as a ‘proper pet’. He is litter trained and knows many tricks. He requires just as much time and effort dedicated to him as dogs do. Especially because rabbits have such delicate gi systems and so few specialised vets. I really wish he got treated how dogs do. He has saved my life and needs the recognition.
It is also not a good idea to bring a non service animal into a public place like a grocery store because there could be a person there who has a service dog for a serious condition and the service dog could become distracted by the non service dog, which could cause some serious problems.
No. A real service dog does not become distracted by other dogs/animals they're specifically trained not to. If they can't pass that basic training they're not trained as service dogs.
@@elaexplorer if the pet is also minding their own business and behaving neutral of course a service dog is unlikely to be distracted. But if the pet is barking and pulling, or worse lunging at the service dog it’s perfectly reasonable for the service animal to get distracted. Like they’re still dogs, well trained or not and can make mistakes or be concerned, especially if they’ve been attacked before.
@@aradia6670 True, if they are under attack a service animal will be distracted. But they should be able to ignore a lot, such as most barking, because they went through strict training. Also, the story in this video is about a well behaved dog, so this whole thing doesn't really apply here. I still agree that dogs shouldn't be in the grocery store, but this argument here is just not applicable to the situation described.
Every time a service dog leaves their home they are going into a place where there can and often are non-service dogs. People walk their dogs on sidewalks, take them into malls, take them with them to stores that are not food-related, take them to sporting events, take them on public transit, take them to work, and lots of other public spaces. To the dogs, the grocery store is no different from a Pet supply store. People do take their dogs out in public both indoors and out, and this is within the law and the rules in so many places that for people to imply that "people shouldn't take their dogs places because it could negatively affect someone's service dog" is rude and stupid. First, a business can set their own rules about personal pets, but the ADA is federal law law that requires public spaces to have reasonable accomodations for people with disabilities, which mean stores can't legally prevent sevice dogs from entering. And like someone else said, service dogs are trained to behave even when in the presence of less trained dogs.
I really appreciate what you said about how people act about cats. I have two, Phoebe and Jasper, and they're both indoor kitties and people regularly act like I'm being a crazy cat lady for being strict about not letting them out and not being willing to leave them alone in my apartment for days at a time. They're mischievious little creatures with claws that are entirely my responsibility to keep safe, of course I'm serious about them staying inside and making sure they're checked on at least once a day lol
It blows me away how non cat people don't understand that cats are in fact social, with people at the very least, and do need contact at least semi frequently for their own mental health much like dogs do. They can generally go a little longer than dogs in most cases since they're generally more independent but independent doesn't mean they don't need you and some people do not understand that. It's just not good for the cat to be left alone for an entire week, not to mention the fact that you can't just leave a week's worth of food and water out and assume they'll be fine; animals don't want to eat stale food or drink stagnant water anymore than we do. Some people out here acting like cats are just walking plush toys or something.
I couldn’t stop myself from thinking that this fiancé in the last story isn’t up to the task (any of the tasks, actually). If I were in his fiancée’s place I would be questioning the whole thing. Like, is someone who thinks that their dog running away from the house every week is an okay behavior even ready to be a parent? Like… how responsible is this person? Do I want to have and raise a child with them? Will they be a good caretaker to a child when they are this irresponsible with a dog? Do I even want to marry them anymore? Idk… I wouldn’t.
I don't have any pets but my friend has a cat named biscuit who is an indoor cat and is the best milk bottle cap hunter and will always bring them around the house showing everyone his catch of the day
My cat Stella plays fetch with water bottle caps! She'll bring one to you when she wants to play. My best friend saved up a year's worth of caps for her for Christmas haha.
I have a cat. We got him from my husband's parents when they were thinking of getting rid of him. My husband had taught him how to give hi-5's, so of course we had to take him in. His name is Frost and he was de-clawed as a kitten I guess. We are very adamant that he doesn't get let out because on top of all the other issues, he wouldn't be able to defend himself from other animals. He could easily get hurt or killed.
I agree with the what you said about cats not being respected the same way that dogs are. Like just last week my mom asked me to drive her to Idaho right after a wedding (that's a 4 hour drive for me) and to spend the night at my sister's place. I told her no because of my cat, Winry. We had just moved to a new place so we don't know anyone that could watch her. And we can't afford to pay anyone. We got the suggestion to just leave enough food for her and drive anyway. But that's not a good idea because she has portion control issues. She's overweight and will 100% eat all the food in the first 2 hours and be starving the rest of the time. We've been tryin to lower her food so she looses weight and this would undo much of our work. If she was a dog, no one would even question my reason for saying no.
I literally paid someone to watch our two cats and bird $200 for a single weekend because none of them have any semblance of self control and the bird also throws tantrums, and they are needy attention animals. Love them all but imagining leaving them alone completely for a night would end so badly, especially now that we also have a kitten as well. Oliver(parrot) Maza, Galileo, Giacomo
There’s also the idea that cats can just be left to their own devices, bc they’re solitary creatures who don’t need attention. That’s not really true - yes dogs require more work in some ways (walks and the like) but cats are social creatures and will act out or get depressed if you don’t interact with them. I feel like there’s a tendency to try and apply dog logic and dog bias when judging cats. Like I’ve seen many people ignore a swishing tail warning while petting a cat, because dogs wag their tails when they’re happy. Then they’re shocked and when the cat hits their limit and smacks them, and I’m going, “Well, did you read any of the cat’s body language?” Not to knock dogs at all, but they are more accommodating to our desires than cats, and rather than approaching them on their own terms, people just call them assholes.
@@katieowlpower i agree. Many people think my cat doesn't like them because he doesn't look excited when he see them but they just don't understand his body language
@@kinashy8863 exactly! Cats show excitement not by tail wagging or bouncing around but by tail straight up with the tip bent, chilling next you, etc. I have a pic of my cat on as my phone lock screen where she’s giving me a slow-blink, which is cat-speak for “I love/trust you” (it’s the cat acknowledging they can be vulnerable with you) and I’ve had people look at it and say things like, oh she’s haughty or pissed
@@katieowlpower I agree, my mom has 2 cats with very different personalities. But both need mommy’s attention at times. Cats domesticated themselves for a reason. They need us.
I got a cat named Mido and I loved him more than I love myself. He's everything to me and I don't know what I'd do if anything were to happen to him, so I 100% understand that cat owner being pissed at the sister for not putting the cat in the room and letting it go outside. If your sibling is kind enough to offer you shelter in your time of need, the LEAST you can do is follow the rules they have set in place and respect their home and anyone living in it.
I’m so glad you said what you said about the first clip, I’m trying to fund a service dog for myself so I’ve done a lot of research and it’s so important for the legitimacy and safety of service dog teams that people leave their pets and emotional support animals at home rather than bringing them in public places. Even really well behaved pets can lash out when they’re scared and anxious which they’re going to be in busy public environments that they’re not used to. There are reasons Service dogs need to have the right temperament and a ton of public access training to be allowed in public but pets and ESAs don’t have that training and aren’t allowed in public because it’s not safe to them or other people. Whether it’s barking, going to the bathroom, snapping at a kid who pulls its tail because it’s scared, or getting in the way of genuine service dog teams who are just trying to move through life with fewer barriers there are genuine reasons dogs aren’t allowed in stores and it’s important to follow these rules for the safety and comfort of everyone involved.
Yes! It’s so dangerous to have an untrained dog that can distract service animals. I have a service dog, Prindle, who does important alerts for me. But because of fake SDs I am afraid to bring her to Walmart so I risk it and go without her. But not every team can or should be separated.
You wanted pet names, here we go. We have three dogs, Millie (black Labrador, nearly 13), Daisy (golden retriever, nearly 11) and Holly (Saint Bernard, 6) We have two cats, Maisy (brown and white tabby cat, nearly 13) and Goose (ginger merchant of Chaos disguised as a cat, nearly 1) And we have two turtles, Leo and Loki (yellow belly sliders, approx 11 ish) And if you want a happy story here you go, last week Millie went in for a scan at the vets and they found a giant mass on her spleen, and we thought they would have to put her down, especially if it was encroaching on other organs. They operated (to see how wide spread it was and if it was removable) the next day, and were able to remove it. So this time last week we thought it was the last night we would ever have with Millie, and one week later, she is doing well after having a 2.8 kg tumour removed and all her other organs look good. (She seems mostly annoyed about the fact I keep appearing out of nowhere to drape blankets on her😂)
When I name my pets, I find names from mythology that seem to suit them. The 2 cats I currently have are both rescues. The calico is named Iris, after the Greek goddess of the rainbow because of her multiple colors. The tabby is named Oba, after an African river spirit who was tricked into cutting off her own ear. I named her this because when she showed up outside my house, her ear was clipped from a local Trap, Neuter, & Release organization. If I didn't find the name Oba, I would have broken from my tradition & called her Vinny after Vincent van Gogh.
We got our first dog a couple of years back and he only managed to slip out the front door to very excitedly greet whichever poor delivery man had rung the bell a couple of times before we perfected the knack of shooing him into the nearest room and shutting him in. Bless him but Finn now thinks that this is what Must Be Done whenever the bell goes and he’ll happily push the door closed himself and watch through the glass panels 😅
We're currently working on training our dog to do that exact thing 😂 She's such a friendly dear, but she also jumps so we're teaching her that when there is a knock on the door, she needs to go to her bed/cage and wait to be told that she can come out, and then when she comes out that she must bec *calm* and not jump (we're getting there, but it takes time, of course)
As somebody with severe animal allergies, I SO appreciate owners who train their pets not to just physically assault visitors! 🙈 Being fully drugged up I can cope with ambient allergens in the house, but direct skin-to-fur contact causes major welts. In a lot of households, visiting the humans means the visit revolves around the pet/s with no opt-out offered, so owners who consider other options are such a treasure? Safer for the pet too, as some people have severe phobias & you never know how they may respond to a sudden jump-up.
I had a border collie who took off on or off the lead. She was born on a farm, so we tried to always have enough space and walk her daily - some times multiple times a day. That being said, she also took off from home quite a bit. She would have been 20 this year, bless her wee soul. Her son is her only surviving family member and such a rock in my adult life. I love him to bits. He'll be 11 this year. We got him a sister after his mum passed away. She'll be turning six.
@Larissa Pienaar yeah, our garden is for flowers, and to sit when the weather is good out. Not for a dog or cat to pee... also, ALL dogs need to go out, outside of their garden and get at least 4 x 15min walks a day. But that's just how I feel. Could be 'cause I'm european things are different here..
My grumpy old lady cat, Ziggy, is 12. She's very small, probably was the runt of the litter but we're not entirely sure, and has never been an outdoor cat, she never goes out without a harness and leash on unless she's in a carrier. If my sister, or any family member, continually showed such negligence to her well being, KNOWING full well how much her grumpy butt means to me, I would be furious. Such blatant disregard for what's important to someone you claim to care about is absolutely infuriating and I hope that cat parent takes some time to collect herself and cool off before they have to see their sister again because, if it were me, someone would be getting the verbal lashing of a lifetime.
I have an 8yo black cat named Riker. We rescued her as a kitten from an island/sidewalk between two separating streets when she was a kitten. We've always guessed somebody dumped her because she was 'bad luck" because she was a black cat. She is an indoor cat, has never run away when the doors are open, and seems to correlate me sitting down in a specific chair with it being time for me to pet her.
In the US, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) FORBIDS demanding proof that your animal is a service animal. (It still happens all the time of course.) I learned this from meeting a hearing impaired woman at a county board meeting. Her service dog, a Pomeranian, was ALWAY in her arms. The dog alerted her to the doorbell, telephone, smoke alarm, etc. And she was continually told her dog wasn’t allowed in public buildings / she had to show “proof” the dog was a service animal. She was in tears as she begged the Board of Supervisors to inform store owners that they had to stop the harassment. I sympathize with people who suffer from allergies: perfume allergies, peanut allergies, pet allergies, … I sympathize far more with the disabled, who are constantly being told that their accommodation needs are “inconveniencing” us.
Miss Jamie is an indoor cat who occasionally gets to walk in the backyard with her harness and leash. She's microchipped, but she doesn't wear her collar inside because she has frequently injured herself trying to get it off. Where I live is HER HOME, and her safety and wellbeing in that space is more important than a guest who doesn't follow the rules!
I have two lovely cats. Lilly and Lucy. 1. YTA. When your dog isn't a service dog, they don't belong in a grocery store even if it's for "just 10 minutes" 2. NTA. Told them multible time and they didn't even help look for the cat! 3. YTA. When it happens regularly, why don't you train your dog or put him on one of those long leashes when they are outside. Your 5 months pregnant wife who is growing a human inside her and is exhausted did not deserve those words. Also, she might have been a bit more snappy about it due to pregnancy hormones, so give her a break.
I have a tortoise named Tommy, he's like 80+ years old and altho hes exclusively a garden animal (except when he is hybernating) I am ALWAYS ever so careful to make sure things like the garden gate is always shut when other people are coming through (such as family, friends, etc) and I always go around to look for him at least twice a day to make sure he is still in the garden cos you would be amazed at the adventures that little guy likes to go on. Many neighbours have found him digging a burrow in their gardens and flower beds. If anyone is interested btw, when he hybernates we put him in a box with some hay and newspaper and soil, cover it in a blanket, put it in another box, and put it under a workbench in the garage. The garage has no heating so it's a good simulation of being in a burrow in a mild winter, but keeps him warm enough that he isn't in danger of freezing to death or anything, as he would be if he was in a burrow outside.
Agreed with you on all points. Only genuine service animals in stores. Don't let someone else's pet out if they've told you not to. The last guy needs to be taking the dog to a dog park, or hire a dog walker if he doesn't have time every day. Here is a completely irrelevant but funny story about my cat Squijum. One time I left a cardboard box in the living room for him to play with. Unfortunately, I was a negligent cat servant and put the box in the same spot where the sun would hit when he wanted to take his mid-morning nap. Shame on me! But Squijum decided he could forgive me this once. He looked at the box, circled around it a couple of times, looked at the sun, and did a bit of trigonometry in his head (I could actually see the calculations going on as he looked back and forth from the box to the sun). Finally, he put his head down and shouldered the box to the side, in the right direction so that it wouldn't be blocking the sun again in an hour, then plopped down in the sunny spot and took his nap. He was much younger then; now he would just sit and look at me until I get up and move the box for him like a proper servant.
Going to disagree about the dog park. Too many people bring their under-exercised dogs with poor manners to dog parks so most people who actually understand dogs avoid them at all costs unless they’re empty.
That last one? My dude, not only is this whole situation your own fault, which happens on a regular basis, but also... that woman is carrying *your child*, and she is sick because she is carrying *YOUR CHILD*, yet you threaten her to break up because she won't interrupt her oh so selfish vomiting (again, because of YOUR CHILD) to help you fix your own eff up?? If she stays with you, she's a much more patient woman than I would have been.
Fun fact, Corgis are actually a herding dog too. So that little Heeler/Corgi cross is just REALLY wanting to go herd some cows! Dude, you need to find some outlet for that dog's energy and curiosity. You are NOT being responsible if it's escaping EVERY week and at every two-second opportunity. Take your dog to a trainer. Don't SEND her to a trainer, you need training too. I have a houseful of pets. First up, Pippin Waggins-Longbottom, the canine Hobbit, AKA Basset Hound. She is in training to become a Therapy dog eventually. She scales her greeting to the energy of the person she's meeting, and has learned to be careful of mobility equipment. My favorite interactions with her are when she meets a fragile old lady in a wheelchair and gently rests her chin on a knee and just looks at them, or when she meets a toddler and is TRYING to sit still but her tail is wagging so hard her butt bounces. Next, Pumpkin Spice Puppy, who is not a puppy at nine years old, but IS still a spicy little Chihuahua mix. She's very shy and avoids meeting strangers if at all possible. She will play fetch for hours, and if she DOES decide she likes you, she will ask for neverending belly rubs. On to the cats - PopTart, the diva bitch who is either desperately seeking pets OR trying to kill everyone, Miss Ninja Bear, who was a stray, then became my barn cat, then moved into the house and will not walk on the floor. Then there are the rescue kitties...Percival, Bors, and Galahad. They were born to a feral cat I'd been feeding, and when her milk dried up early, she brought them to me, scolded them when they tried to bite as they had never been handled, and ran off. So I hand-raised these three lunatics...I'm currently looking for homes for them but as they ARE fourth-generation feral, they are a little wary of anyone who isn't me. (they're all fixed already)
our dog Kiki used to run away a lot when we first got her. she's a very independent lady and does what she wants. scared us to death when she would run, but she just kept digging so many holes under the fence, even after my mom got it replaced, that eventually we gave up trying to run after her. we knew she'd come back. were we worried? of course. even a street smart girl like her could still get hit, but there wasn't much we could do (she hated going on walks at the time). but OP's fiancée's attitude is the exact attitude my mom started to have (and Kiki was her dog!) whenever Kiki ran away, and my mom wasn't pregnant or nauseated. we figured out why Kiki was running away and it stopped (mostly--she still runs off for a short bit every once and a while now, almost like she just wants to prove that she can). OP was definitely the AH, and i would've dumped him for what he said too. those words stick with you. and he doesn't seem to understand how cruel he was.
Corgies are actually herding dogs too, so that mix makes sense. What doesn't make sense though is that a person who clearly doesn't train or exercise their dog would get that kind of mix... This is a prime example of "don't buy a dog without research, just because it's cute". Yeah, the queen had corgies. But she not only had many of them that would tire themselves out, but also a lot of staff, and probably trainers, that would take care of them... I used to have a big floofy Chow chow named Teddy. He sadly passed away suddenly 4 years ago, right before he turned 5. He suffered a spinal hernia that left his lower half completely paralyzed and without any sensation, while the rest of his back hurt so badly not even morphine helped.. I still miss that stubborn dustcloud every single day ❤ And I damn well studied up about the breed and made sure that no matter how stubborn and pigheaded he was, I would be worse. I would love to get another one, but I live with chronic pain and has just had to accept that if I want another dog, it'll have to be a smaller one. You have to see your limitations. YOU choose your pet, they can't choose where they end up..
I never understood house cats. It is weird to me. If you adopt a stray, it knows how to be outside. If you get a fresh kitten, you need to teach it about it's territory. It's just logical. My cat would leave for days at a time and had many friends in town, because he was once a stray and after being moved, was taught his new boundaries. He learned to look both ways crossing streets, be wary of dogs, and otherwise just be a functioning cat. He even managed to navigate after he started going blind. TL;DR: It's not natural to have a dog or cat that's never known nature! It's never been able to sniff the wind or feel the grass? 🤦🏼
Aw she sounds like a sweetheart and I love her name! The first dog I ever had as a kid was a German Shepherd named Tasha, and she was an absolute angel. I would always chase her around with toys trying to get her to play tug of war with me but she always refused because I was like three and she knew she would knock me over haha
Peanut’s owner is definitely TA. Pet dogs in non-pet friendly venues are a huge risk to service dogs (or Assistance Dogs, as we call them in the U.K., fyi). All AD handlers know people whose dogs have been attacked by “friendly little dogs” and can’t work or have had to retire, which basically removes a lifeline for the people who are depending on their AD.
10:25 well since you asked 😹 I have 3 cats, Luna, Kairi (girls) and and my boy Ventus (Ven for short, Ventus only when he misbehaves lmao) all spoiled brats and they know it 🤣 Luna is black and white, Kairi’s a calico and Ven is ginger (or orange if you prefer) and white 😋
The last one - if he can't handle a dog now, what is he going to do when the baby arrives? Nothing he did or said makes me want to coparent with him (if I were the pregnant one). If not a red flag, I'd call it a yellow one at least. They need to have a serious talk about their expectations for coparenting. My dog is named Piper - she's a yellow lab & a service dog for one of my family. My cat is named Holly - she's a grumpy old lady who needs a lot of elder care.
11:10 Corgis are actually herding dogs as well. I had a friend whose corgi hated it when everyone in the house was in different rooms and would try to round up everyone into the same room
My current pets are named Salem and Joker :) Salem is a little 4 year old black cat and Joker is a 9 year old pitbull/boxer mix! Salem is a very solitary baby, she doesn't get close and will only tolerate a few seconds of pets before she gently bites you to tell you she's done, but she absolutely loves Joker. She rubs herself on his legs and headbutts him constantly, she always wants to be near him. He, on the other hand, gives us the biggest, saddest eyes whenever she's showering him with affection. It's a total "save me!!" look, but he puts up with it and doesn't growl at her unless she's in playmode because she tends to go after feet and hands when you're least expecting it. She wasn't socialized properly (we found her abandoned at 6 weeks old and she hasn't been around another cat since) so we weren't able to teach her not to bite hard. We're trying to retrain her and play with her more, tho!
As somebody with allergies, everyone forgets the other reason for not allowing animals into enclosed public areas. You can have the best, most well behaved dog in the world, but I am still allergic to it. My allergies used to be not super severe and I didn't take a daily allergie pill. (I do now because of other allergies flaring up more often) However, running into a dog in an enclosed space is not good for me. I will be very unhappy to see a dog, cat, horse, hamster, etc. because they are going to set off a very unpleasant chain of events. My throat ill become itchy, I will begin to sneeze, my eyes will water, and if I do not vacate the area, my throat will begin to close. This is one of the big reasons I get my groceries delivered now. The worst part in my opinion (and an unpopular opinion) is I am the one who is required to leave in a service dog versus me situation, because everyone knows that the ADA protects them, but no one remembers that it protects me as well.
Speaking of indoor cats I grew up with a lot of cats in the house. The most we had at anyone time was 5. When we got to a point with only 3 in the house we had 2 girl cats and a boy cat and the older girl cat Duffy was an indoor cat. She was half deaf and very shy. When it got to a point where we couldn't keep the cats in the house any longer we had to find the right home for Duffy cus she would need somewhere quiet and calm. Thankfully for me and for her a friends of minds step dad was looking for an indoor housecat to come live on his house boat with him so that's where Duffy lives now.
fun fact, corgis are actually cattle dogs too! they're short so that they can safely run under the cows and nip their ankles. this is also why some corgis have nubby tails.
4:09 I’ve also seen dogs whose people have gone into a store for a quick ten min, who left the car running with their dog in the car (obviously locking the doors!!). I’ve also seen dogs in that situation with signs that say, “the car is running, AC/heat is on, and my person will be right back! Please don’t break window, I promise I am safe!” Maybe not the best for the environment, but definitely the best option if you don’t want to go home first
I completely agree that the 2nd person is NTA. If one of the kids were allergic to something and she kept buying that food and laying it out it would be a huge deal. Cats are so freaking sensitive to so many plants and knowing that this cat likes to eat plants means it cannot go outside. I always am careful when I go to someone's place to not let out the animals no matter what kind, the outside is a scary place. The sister had no respect and got the consequences. The kitty could have gotten very sick or worse. Saying it is "over nothing" is infuriating. PS my kitty's name is River and she is precious 3rd story that person needs to get a better solution. I know it can take some time to figure out how they are escaping but this has probably gone on way to long. If it happened more than a couple times and i couldn't figure it out then I would put the dog on a lead in the yard. They have plenty of options that give lots of room. And yes that kind of breed needs long walks probably several times a day. Or to go to the dog park or something. You can't just get one of the most high energy dogs and expect it to be ok in the back yard.
For #2 I would be so upset if someone kept letting my cats out! I'm terrified they're going to get out on the balcony and fall down, so we are super careful. If we had someone come stay and they left the door open I'd flip. By the way my cat names are Penguin and Rabbit.
That last guys dog is definitely escaping because its not getting enough exercise/enrichment. Corgis are really high energy dogs. I have a friend with 2 and she walks them for about two hours every day. If they don't get enough exercise they go crazy.
I have a dog named Neville. Neville has separation anxiety, so he has a pet cat, who is Jasper legally but informally is Jarvis, Jarvy, Harvey-Jarvey-Dent, or JJ Harvey Jarves.
I have a loving demon from hell named Little Bit (Tortoiseshell cat), a slightly chonky Potato (gray and white cat), and a giant cuddle bug named Copper (Pitt mix).
15:00 Geez this reminds me of a house where we always had to worry about the cat getting out. I get the struggle to some extent but, for the sake of the animal, it is important to put up extra measures and try to figure out the behavior.
I have a cat, Jack 11 years old, and he is 100% indoors. He only goes outside on a leash. Even my dad who doesnt truly care for pets makes sure Jack is no where near the door before he goes outside because he knows what would happen to Jack but also it would crush me if something happened to him. So not only is it disrespectful it also shows a level of i dont care about you because i dont care about something you care about.
I have a dog that would always run away when he found the door open, he never tried to actually scape but we were constantly chasing him and we never treated someone the way he did even though they weren't careful when they opened the door. That is such violent behavior for something that shouldn't make him panic as much, if you are chasing your dog on a weekly basis you get to a point where you kinda know where they go, and a pregnant sick woman is not in the -emotional- condition to go look every time because he couldn't find a better solution for the dog's scape.
Pet names: 4 cats. Sushi - very fat when I adopted her, so...she was rolly. Caprice - This was her name at the shelter but it means a sudden or unaccountable change in mood or behaviour. I adopted her somewhat spontaneously after she literally grabbed me through the bars of the cage. Vesper - tuxedo cat. Synonym for dusk or twilight. Not quite day, not quite night. She is both black and white. Dumblydore - because he was far too silly to be Dumbledore.
Once, i visited my parents with my cat (King Fluffkins). He's an indoor cat and can get out only on a leash. We got burglarized this weekend and the guy left the windows open and King got out... Nobody in the house cared about the stuff we got stolen, I spent 4h looking for King in my pyjamas in the winter with my family and friends. Fortunately, the cat was fine but he gave me the fright of my life.
I have two black GSD brothers , Atticus and Hugo ( they are 3 years old) and a African Albino Clawed frog named Eloise , everyone in the family spoils her by bringing her a new rock for her tank from their travels, she has pieces of Italy, Iceland, Sweden, Costa Rica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, England, France, Scotland, Spain and Japan in her tank so far ,she is 4 years old ( my last AACF, Albina was 28 years old when she passed)
I've got two cats, Oot and Floki. Oot likes to try and get outside or into our garage if someone isn't paying attention and doesn't shut the door behind them properly, and Floki almost always tries to follow her. He won't actually leave if he's on his own, but if and when she goes, so does he. Luckily we've only had one incident (with Oot, at 10pm, on a school night, during a rainstorm. And did I mention she's a black cat?) and that was lack of attention on my dad's part, but it's one of my biggest fears when we have large gatherings with people who don't know the cats or the rules as well as we do. You compared OP's cat to a child, and you're absolutely right. Any good pet owner would agree with the fact that we view them as just as important as any other family member! Side note, we also have a turtle named Tsar. We ended up finding out that she was a girl about nine months after we got her, but Tsar had already stuck as her name haha!
Corgis are also herders/working dogs just like cattle dogs. That breed combo has potential to be a WHOLE lot of dog, even though it's probably small to medium sized. Definitely some environment/training/exercise needs that need to be addressed. As a shelter worker and daughter of a veterinarian and therefore steeped in these issues my whole life, PLEASE be aware of the possible behavioral tendencies with working dogs and ESPECIALLY herders. They tend to be incredibly smart and have incredible potential for energy and endurance. This guy ITA for more reasons than trying to make his pregnant wife chase his dog. He needs to address the behavior.
I’m late but you you mentioned names of our pets so I wanted to pop in and tell you that my husband and I have a lovely hairless rat (I know some people get freaked but they are absolute loves and just want snuggles and play time and to give tiny kisses that you can barely feel with their little tongues lol). His name is Vincent. He has a ton of nicknames though including little monster (because he’s a treat monster, either grabbing them right away if awake or if you hand him one while he’s sleeping he’ll usually not even open his eyes, just grab it and munch hahaha), Lima Bean and Pancake. (The last because when he sleeps he just curls and flattens lol). We love him so deeply. The shitty part is that rats don’t live long and he’s an elderly boy now. A big part of why I wanted to post this is because I’m getting more uncertain how much time is left and I want to share his incredible existence. Thank you Shaaba for all you do, I love being a Peach, hopefully soon I’ll be a backstage Peach too!
Wait. If I accidentally would have let out a pet, I would go into panic mode and try to get it back in and than call the owner, not wait until they yell at me about it. Accidents happen, but you try to keep the consequences low.
My neighbor's dog scaled a 7-ish foot fence and jumped down right in front of me and my dog, Sheba. Thing is, Sheba's an ex-stray who has serious issues around other dogs and does NOT get along with them. Luckily, the neighbor's dog realized he was in someone else's territory and was very submissive when Sheba came over, but I still about had a heart attack trying to get her away and inside the house without letting her see my anxiety, since her own anxiety is what makes her attack other dogs and I didn't want mine to rub off. Once I managed it (don't worry, no one was hurt), I took the neighbor's dog back to them, told them their dog could scale the fence, and explained that Sheba has a history of attacking other dogs. I think they put their dog on a lead/runner instead of letting him have free run of the yard, but either way, he hasn't gotten back into our yard since. It only took them once. If this guy's dog is jumping the fence weekly, he needs to do something different NOW.
My boxer is an escape artist. When we first got her, it was because she was a rescue that had been abused and was still a little wary of being fenced in. She'd come right back when you called. We installed a zip line and hooked it up to a leash, so she could still be included when we're in the front yard but we didn't have to worry about her getting out and hurting someone (she's a big territorial shit and hates strangers)
For pet names, my dog is called Toby and my rabbits are called Teddy and Midnight. We also had a corn snake called Tortilla but we recently rehoused him
My dog is turning 2 soon, and she is a goldendoodle. Her name is Chef Annie (first name) Marie (middle name) Nielsen (last name). We have had her since she was 8 months old, and we love her so much, and it feels like just yesterday that we were picking her up and picking out her first bed.
I have two adopted furbabies, Saki (white and brown tiger girl, her face looks like the printer slipped when applying her patterns xD) and Blaise (grey tiger boy). They are loud and cuddly, love them.
Pet names! My mother, sister, and I love giving people names to them, my dad not so much. My cats are Dominic and Luna; Mam’s dog is Bryn; sister’s dog is Ella, her cats are Daisy, Clive, and Fluffy (originally my grandmother’s cat who she adopted after grandma snuffed it); dad’s cats are Trouble and Smokey. I agree completely on the ‘cats get less respect’ thing, honestly the way some people talk about their hatred of cats, they sound unhinged. I’m arachnophobic, and I don’t talk about spiders the way some of these lunatics rant about people’s pets. It’s always for the most hilariously asinine reasons, too - long, raving descriptions of the slow death they want to enact on a living creature because “cats dunt com runin up 2 u lik a dog do”. Can’t help but think it’s tied into the weird concept of cats being a more ‘feminine’ pet.
I have a little tabby cat named Charlie, he’s so cute! He was a stray cat that got taken in my gaws and they named him milo, he’s a little chubby boi and I love him so much
First off, I have a 2 year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi, whose name is Barktholomew Corgington I. ☺️ Secondly, Corgis are actually a working breed. They were originally bred as herding dogs, which is why they are built the way they are. It is also why they are nippy, bossy, and loud. 😅 They also need lots of exercise and are known for being hella stubborn! You can't simply toss them in a backyard with nothing to interest them or you are begging for trouble. So, having a Heeler Corgi mix would not only be stupidly adorable, but probably one hell of a working dog if trained. Without training, you will have a highly intelligent dog who is beyond bored, who can jump extremely high, and is stubborn enough to keep at it until they achieve whatever it is they want to do. 😅 I would recommend an invisible fence set up around the borders of your backyard. Always keeping a leash on them when they are outside. Schedule intense playtime, workouts, or buy a ball slinger so they can wear themselves out for you. Dog puzzles are something else we use alongside training and it works wonders for smart, active, stubborn breeds. 😊
My dog is named Briggs and he's a boxer / Plott hound mix. He doesn't run off due to his anxiety, but yeah, they're basically like having a forever-toddler in a lot of ways. Mine's been sick for a while, so I've been worried, but he seems to be slowly getting better.
If your dog is escaping your yard on a regular basis, there is something wrong. If the dog was happy in its environment and all its needs were being met, it wouldn't want to escape. Blue heelers are really high energy dogs and need a LOT of exorcise, so don't get one or even a heeler mix unless you're willing to take it for long jogs every day.
Yes!! My mother in law's ex husband left the door wide open and the cat got out when he wasn't looking (she wasn't home at the time). Then later he heard the cat meowing but just thought she was somewhere inside and didn't' want to get up off the couch to check. So now the cat is gone and mother-in-law is really sad about it. It's been 2 weeks and he said to her, "Why are you still upset about this? It's just a cat." Which really upset me cuz I loved that cat too. Plus I had just taken the car to the vet and gave her meds for an inner ear infection which wasn't cheap! So even if he didn't care about the cat he should at least care about the money and the ppl who love the cat... He's so dang selfish!
The second one, the sister got herself and her kids kicked out by not taking care of the cat 🐈⬛ seriously. Obviously she doesn't think the cat is important enough. She was warned, she didn't listen.
What stood out to me about the cat story was that the sister didn't try and look for the cat herself, at least based on the story. Letting the cat outside three times in the same way is bad enough, but not even trying to help look for the cat is so uncaring and rude. Also, I have three cats; Misty (a siamese), Newt (a dark tabby), and Jersey (a white cat with black spots).
We have two cats, Heidi, who is about 1.5 years and April who will turn 1 in April (huge surprise there). They're good friends and sooo cute when they cuddle/bathe each other!
I am from Italy, I've been traveling a lot and lived in the UK for 10+ years. I am still in shock by the amount of places dogs are not allowed in here in the UK. I am baffled people still have dogs tbh. Of course a rule is a rule, I would never go against them I agree the owner shouldn't have done that. But it's the rule that still confuses me to these day. There are no gloves at the groceries store and people serving ice cream do not wear hair covers, and yet you cannot walk into McDonald's with a dog, not even to get take away. It's just so bizarre 🤔
Here in my country lots of groceries stores and shops in general have hooks at the door to let your dogs tied there while you shop. I work in a store (not a grocery one) and your pets can enter at the "waiting room" because there is a bench near the entrance and we don't have the hooks, but the pets can't enter "inside" the shop. The pets owners only enter them when is really hot outside (38-40 ºC) because usually the pets are well behaved and don't mind waiting outside.
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I work in a Supermarket in the UK, and we used to have a ban on all dogs in our store, until this absolutely lovely group of American ladies started purposfully bringing multiple dogs into the store, and kicking up a huge scene, threatening to sue if anyone so much as touched them or their dogs. They began getting cheeky with it, sneaking their dogs into the store inside their handbags, for example. Our security guards weren't able to pursuade them to leave, and after getting away with it once, they decided to keep coming back with their dogs. Every single time, they would kick up a huge fuss until the Police had to be called, but they kept coming back. How did our store handle this? They lifted the ban on dogs, and all staff members were instructed not to interact with this specific group of ladies and their dogs. Once we stopped trying to prevent them from allowing their dogs to roam in the store, they stopped coming altogether. Absolutely ridiculous.
Hey Shaaba, I have 2 guinea pigs called Almond and Pecan. My first two piggies were called Snickers and Baileys. We have been buying for each other (and receiving from friends and family) presents based on their names 😁 Also, I used to have a goldfish called Fried, my proudest pet name ever 😂😂😂
My cat is a little tuxedo cat named kiki and i have definitely had my fair share of experiences with people not caring about cats as much. She got out and got stuck in a storm drain after being out all day once and i spent hours and stayed up until 2 am on a work night trying to get the poor scared baby out of there as my family quite literally laughed at me and told me to just suck it up and leave her there till morning. I did get her out and it was worth only getting 3 hours of sleep for work for the peace of mind but lord was that a panic inducing experience.
I have a creamy orange cat named Jasper, he’s 19 years old. As for the last dog story, corgis are herding dogs too & require a lot of activity, they’re also very intelligent so stuff like puzzles where they have to find treats or toys to keep them entertained is important.
Depending on the breed of Heeler (especially if it’s a blue heeler) they can grow pretty tall, plus they can jump well over 6ft at times. So I’m not surprised a heeler mix could scale a 8ft privacy fence. However taking into consideration how small corgis are I’d be interested to see the size of Op’s dog tbh. It’d be quite intriguing to know what the dominant genes are, yanno?
My family had a similar situation, with a relative and her kids moving into someone's home, and then behaving incredibly and outrageously disrespectfully, to a criminal degree. They moved out, but then years later tried to come back and pull a similar thing with the same relative. This time she didn't allow them past the front door & it created a huge rift between them, with the disrespectful party playing the victim, claiming how wronged they had been, for not being allowed in again. All I can say to the person who kept letting the cat out and not even helping to find him is, you are not the victim here... if someone is kind to you, you must not repay them with cruelty! PS my pets' names are Mina, Chester and J.D. (my 3 budgies)
Shaaba, Corgis are also cattle dogs! Both breeds of Corgis are hard working herding dogs usually with a good deal of herding instinct to round up anything they can find - children, sheep, cats, cattle, other dogs, etc. They aren't usually as high drive as Australian Cattle Dogs/Heelers, but they can still be extraordinarily high-energy and require a lot of energy outlet. Sincerely, a Corgi owner of 20 years!
My older cat (Abaline) loves going outside and knows how to keep herself safe so we let her out during the day. At night however their are dogs that roam the neighborhood and it's not safe so if anyone let her out repeatedly and didn't even try to get her back in I would be royalty pissed. Also I have another cat ( Bean Bean) that won't go outside, because she was left in a forest as a kitten so I don't have to worry about her going out at night.
i have a cat, and his name is basil! :) when he goes out, he’s either in his kitty backpack or harnessed and on a leash. he’s super sweet, but he’s not very smart, so he definitely would not survive for very long if he got out.
I had a heeler/corgi as a kid. Her name was Freckles, and she was a spotty sausage baby. There was no way she could have scaled anything, let alone a fence. I wonder if this dog was mostly heeler.
I have a dog, a Borzoi, named Artemis. She's fawn coloured and with how she moves, looks rather reminiscent of a deer. My sister has a grey tabby cat named Anonymous. When she got him, she couldn't think of a name, so he's anonymous.
I have three cats. One male cat called Ohnezahn (the german name for toothless) that especially during the warm day comes once a day for food, an elegant lady named whiskey, who doesn't like to get herself dirty and is therefore home alot, and the last cat is called bienchen (diminutive of bee). She has epilepsy and has to take meds 3 times a day. After she went missing for a week because she had a seizure and couldn't find her way home she became a house cat. If someone would let her out of the house I'd be furious!
For the third one, "usually" how often is your dog escaping? Yeah, if I was 5 month pregnant and the dog escaped all the time, I'd definitely be like "you sort it". Oh Christ, he said what?! Yeah, definitely the asshole. For the second one, even past the "just lock the cat in my room", I've looked after cats before, how hard is it to keep the door closed? Use it to teach your kids, we look after pets, we remember pets, and we go look if they go missing.
I have a miniature poodle cocker spaniel mix named Lucy who turned 4 years old on December 25. She's a mischievous pupper and always tries to sneak out when we open the door. A couple months after we got her, she managed to get out of our backyard while we were playing with her and she hadn't learned "come here" yet so she ran across the street and decided to play tag and me and my mom were it. We managed to get her back on our side of the street and back into our house. I was terrified that she was going to run into the road and a car was going to come around the bend and not see her. It was the scariest 5 minutes of my life. We are a lot more cautious with her now. Also, it always breaks my heart when I tell her I'm going shopping at the people store and she has to stay and guard the house because they don't let doggies in the people stores only the puppy stores. She always looks at me with her big brown sad eyes. But I never even thought to take her into a store because "I'm only going to be a few minutes." She stays at home because that's the way the rules are and they're in place for a reason. I've taken her to the pet store and brought her back home to literally go back to the exact same street (literally next door) to go do my grocery shopping.
Funny enough, Corgis were actually bred to herd as well, often nipping at the heels of the animal technically making them heelers as well so quite a good mix .😃 Also as you wanted pet names, my cat is called Floyd (almost Bagheera but I was outnumbered on the vote 😂).
My cat's name is Squeaky! She used to squeak instead of meow but now she's very chatty and likes to yell haha- she's a tuxedo cat who's very cuddly and loves kisses and giving high fives.
What bothers me most about the story with the escaping dog is how he thinks that “she has never said no before” is a valid argument. People are allowed to change their minds about what they’ll put up with, but it wasn’t even that much of a change! He admits she’s ALWAYS had an issue with it but finally set a firm boundary- what’s wrong with her taking the next step? That’s just such a bad way to view things no matter what it’s about. And not feeling good is a perfectly decent reason for not doing any number of things you might normally do. It’s like getting angry at someone for not cleaning up after you when they have a cold. “Well you USUALLY do it” or “you’ve never said no BEFORE”… that reaction doesn’t make any sense, it just screams spoiled behavior to me… even more evidence of that with how most of his family backed him up. And it’s not like she’s neglecting her own responsibility, he’s mad that she won’t help him fix his mistake which is a whole other level of entitled. Could she have been more compassionate? Maybe. But maybe not. We truly don’t know how sick she was feeling… but for HIM to accuse her of showing a “lack of empathy” is seriously the pot calling the kettle black. The loving and compassionate thing for him to do would be to deal with his own mistake and let her rest. One could argue that even asking the second time was already rude of him.
Totally agree. And I side with his sister and would seriously consider if I wanted to stay with someone who was so self centered, didn't respect boundaries, negligent to his pet's needs, and was then verbally abusive when he didn't get his way regardless that he was the father of my child. So many many red flags here.
Yes to all of this!! The dog owner's behaviour sounded so childish, entitled, and borderline scary to me, even if he was scared for his dog's safety (and I love dogs)
The verbally abusive part is the only point in the video where I disagree with Shaaba actually. It doesn't matter if you "said something out of anger". There is no "I didn't mean it". We're adults, not 5 year olds, we can control that shit. I would never call my bf names just because I'm mad. I wouldn't accept it the other way around either.
Yeah, it’s always pretty telling when you get these brats tell their story and end with “my parents are on my side but my sibling thinks I’m a dick”. That’s because your parents made you the overgrown infant you are, and your sibling’s had to deal with your shit their whole lives, mate.
I’ve also got to agree with the idea of the partner at least considering leaving him. For one, mans can’t even look after a dog, what use is he going to be with an actual child? For two, everything you’ve said. For three, I can’t help thinking about that statistic that says the most common time for relationships to turn abusive is once the woman gets pregnant. If he’s going to shriek abuse at his heavily pregnant partner for being too heavily pregnant to help him fix his mistakes, how’s he going to treat her when she’s recovering from childbirth or, worse, recovering from a c-section? When she can barely function because she’s had two hours of sleep dealing with a colicky baby? Or, god forbid, what if she gets post-natal depression?
@@Sandrina42 I agree. When a person's filters are off, they say exactly what they mean. Being scared for the dog is not really an excuse to verbally assault anyone.
My dog (a 45 lbs husky-eskimo mix) used to scale the 8ft privacy fence at her old house, they never took her out of the house and she did it every day just to get her energy out. I have grown up around dog trainers my entire life it would probably be a problem with the dog not getting enough enrichment or attention. My dog has never had that problem at my house and has never ran away because we take her on walks and do a lot with her. A lot of people don't understand if they get a high energy dog like a heeler they need to actually exercise it.
I once dog-sat an Australian cattle dog whose family sunk their fence in concrete to keep her from digging, and put electric wire across the top to keep her from going over… but the gate was still just a gate and she ATE A HOLE IN IT. I kept putting patio furniture in front of the hole and she would move it. She just sat in the front yard and wait for me (I was a college student and had to go to class during the day, and I stayed there at night to try to wear her out and give her as much attention as I could) but she would get out every day. I got worried that she would get bored (she eventually made friends with a little fleabag stray who would sit with her in the front yard and she got fleas from him… what if they went on adventures??) so I found a local kennel to put her in. SHE ESCAPED FROM THE KENNEL. I drove through a subdivision that was being built near the kennel with my windows down, calling for her… and then I saw her RUNNING after me in my rear view. I slowed to a stop but before I stopped she flew in through my window!!! She was a sweet girl but damn those people were NOT allowed to leave her ever again!!!
Not disagreeing with you: my American bully, Fudge, could barely climb onto the couch or walk a mile, but if a female dog walked by while he was out, he had to climb the fence. Dude was all upper body and could heave himself over the 4' fence. He was neutered, but even on vacation he tried to jump a cement wall when he heard a female poodle, dude was horny af
@@ghjgme even after being neutered? Holy heck 😅 that's.. um.. are you sure the neutering was done well? It is extremely rare but sometimes it doesn't. I'm bringing it up because it's also extremely rare for a dog to be that horny even after the procedure. Good luck with your sweet Fudge xp
Yeah I don't want to jump to conclusions but dogs jumping fences is often a sign of boredom (or even neglect/abus).
I know people who have a small escape artist of their own, they have two other dogs, take two long walks a day and do daily brain games, but this dog is so darn smart that it gets bored of everything rather quickly. I don't think that they've tried a sport yet, that might be the next step but it's yet another thing to fit into their schedule :/
Our dog is.. well, it's kinda odd that people don't like to admit when their dog is less intelligent. Look at my little sweetheart being satisfied in her life while all those hyper intelligent dogs get into trouble :p
@@undefinederror40404 I'm told that's pretty common when they're neutered older, his previous life was a chained backyard dog in Detroit until he was nearly 3.
Dang. I’m very much a dog person and I don’t think I would blow up at my pregnant fiancé for not being able to help me fix my own mistake. She’s already curled up on the couch from nausea ffs!
P.s my cat is Thomas
As a self verified "crazy cat lady" THANK YOU for saying that cats don't get the same respect that dogs do. I would be scared, crying, and going to the worse possible scenario if my house cat found a way out of my house. Needless to say I would need help and the fact that nobody helped him really angers me. Her name is Oreo Cheesecake; she's black and white and very small for an 11 year old cat. Due to her size, it would be pretty difficult to find her if someone let her out.
I think it comes from the fact that cats are, compared to a lot of dogs, more independent. There are also many cats who walk outside freely and come home when they feel like it.
I don't know if it's a case of disrespect, I'm more inclined to call it dangerous ignorance. Because people for some crazy reason, don't seem to understand that a cat that has always been indoors its entire life is NOT safe or suited to be outside. They don't know the way, they don't know how to avoid danger etc.
When our neighbour's indoor cat went missing, I treated it like a missing dog (thankfully they found it hiding somewhere) because they are equally in danger..
And cats who are not normally outside don’t know how to keep themselves from becoming prey. They are tiny and don’t know any better.
I had an indoor/ outdoor cat growing up and she could hold her own and hated staying inside. But my mom has 2 cats now (Pumpkin and Mini) who are not capable of taking care of themselves even though they have claws.
If the OP says their cat belongs inside, that is law!
Yesss my kitty (Teo ❤️❤️❤️ / Teodoro) has been an indoor only boi since I adopted him 1.5 yrs ago and once one of my roommates locked him out the apartment in the hallway when they left the door open too long and weren’t paying attention and I went straight to cat-parent murderous rage, and now everyone knows damn well to be careful. It’s true that ppl seem to dismiss cats as independent or not as social or whatever, but mine is a loud, loving, maybe too needy kitty and if they think he isn’t a precious creature who must be protected then maybe they should spend time being a stray cat themselves, because all the rescues I’ve had in the family have been thru some stuff and deserve the best life…and my other one deeeefffffs couldn’t survive a day 😳
Please tell Oreo Cheesecake that I love her.
Yo, Melissa! In reality, you are a Cool Cat Lady, like me! And I have all the feels for everything you said here!🐱♥
As both a dog lover and service dog partner, I understand where Peanut's owner was coming from, but she was in the wrong. She may have thought Peanut didn't misbehave, but there's a huge difference between not misbehaving (especially in the owner's eyes) and acting appropriately for the space that the dog was in. Was Peanut going up to other customers to "say hi?" Was she tugging at the end of her leash? Sniffing produce? Or, even worse, was she in the cart? All of these things threaten the rights of actual disabled people who genuinely need real service animals. Even if Peanut didn't cause trouble, there's a good chance the next service dog owner who visits that store will face increased scrutiny and/or access challenges because of Peanut's behavior - which, while it may not have been terrible, was almost certainly not up to the standards of a service animal with hundreds of hours of public access training (and hundreds more in task training).
Also, I know multiple people who have had to retire their service dogs *years* early because some stranger's "good little doggy" was taken into a store "for just a few minutes" and attacked the service animal. Those attacks can cause both physical and psychological trauma, and can force an animal with years of training into early retirement, leaving their handler severely incapacitated - sometimes for *years* as they either wait for another service animal to be available or for a new animal to complete its training (not to mention the thousands of dollars involved in either purchasing or training a new service dog). So even if Peanut is usually friendly, the owner couldn't completely predict how Peanut would react to seeing another dog in such a strange place - especially since Peanut was likely already feeling stressed (as most untrained dogs are when taken into stores like that). Taking your dog into a store for a few minutes because it's convenient for you could cost a disabled person years of freedom and independence should your pet harm their service dog. It happens way too often.
Tl;dr: Please don't take pets into public stores/restaurants that don't routinely welcome them. Aside from health codes, etc, you're also threatening the rights, and perhaps even the safety and independence, of people who rely on their highly trained canine partners having access to those places in order to live a normal life.
Yup, came here to comment the same thing as someone that will hopefully have an assistance dog in the future
I also have a service dog and came here to say the exact same thing. Pets don't belong in non pet friendly stores!
Everything about this. My own dogs are both failed attempts at service dogs - 'cause a professionally trained one costs too much and my seizures aren't that bad. The older one can alert and help with seizures, the second one is still learning. Neither are service dogs, therefore they are pets. I love them to bits, they're very well trained, but they never go to the grocery with me. Home Depot and PetSmart where pets are allowed? Yes. But not where pets aren't allowed.
Me currently dual watching the video and my 9 week old SD prospect to make sure he doesn’t get into trouble 😂
here here, you said it much better than I did in my little comment heh
i've got a bunny named sugar and you bet that if somebody let him out of the house i'd act the exact same way. he's free roamed so that could happen very easily and i don't care. it's so dangerous for pets to be let out. i get that people got their own things going on, but cmon she was warned about it 3 times. seriously i can't imagine how she, who's been living with this cat for a while, "forgot" about him so many times. seems more like neglect
i am so sorry this is off topic but that is the cutest name for a bunny omg
@@wornouthoodie thanks! i like to call him sugarbun, it's just so fitting 🐇
Exactly, I also have a free roamed bun called clover. He enjoys going outside and we live on a quite road so in suitable temperatures I put his harness and lead on and we go out, he loves it he binkys around. He defiantly knows what house is his as when he’s done he will hop himself home, however that doesn’t mean if someone opened the door and he got out nothing would happen. Outside is completely out of our control so if he got out and something scared him he would run. My bunny has saved my life, I’ve struggled mentally and he’s the only reason I’m here so if I lost him my family would lose me.
@@Jessica-cz7zc omg i relate to you so much! my bunny saved and keeps saving my life too, he's everything to me 💘 and yes they enjoy being outside on the grass so much! and you're doing it responsibly. but going out on their own/escaping? bunnies are fast and get scared so easily, i'm always on the lookout everytime someone opens the door in my house. good on you for taking such good care of your bunny 🤍
it was most likely neglect. often people who dislike cats do things like this to try to get rid of them and be unaccountable for it. it's really upsetting even to think about someone doing this. my ex had his kitten thrown out of the house when he was at school, we were all so sad when it happened
Fun fact!
Corgi's are also a type of cattle herding dog, they were bred to be short so that cows can't aim a kick at them, they're known to be very hardworking and nip at the cattle's heels to tell them where to go :D (this is also why heeler's have their name)
So a corgi/heeler mix isn't that weird, as long as the dad was the corgi for the safety of mum and pups!
Yep! Also cattle dog crosses would likely be quite strong and agile, especially if kept fit and not overfed like too many corgis are. So could easily climb a fence, even an 8-foot one as long as the fence design allows it. Chain link fence for example is very easy for dogs to climb.
If this has happened multiple times the guy should have seriously improved security ages ago. It doesn't take much of an overhang at the top to stop most dogs from escaping. Or a combination of leads, training and proper supervision.
I completely agree about cats getting the short end of the stick as far as consideration goes. Most stores have a full aisle for dog treats, toys, etc and the cats get an end cap of an aisle. Our cutie is turning 1 next month and his name is Huey. He is a bengal and his head stripes even look like an "H".
My kitties are Miss Cosmo 4yrs, and Mr Tailor 2 yrs.
It’s the same with rabbits, I have a free roamed rabbit called Clover ( middle name grey!) and people don’t classify him as a ‘proper pet’. He is litter trained and knows many tricks. He requires just as much time and effort dedicated to him as dogs do. Especially because rabbits have such delicate gi systems and so few specialised vets. I really wish he got treated how dogs do. He has saved my life and needs the recognition.
10:58 corgis were actually originally bred as herding dogs, so not as odd a mix as it sounds!
Corgis are even called heelers traditionally, that's their role XD
I immediately commented the same thing when I heard that.
Lol, came here to say this! So, two cattle dog breeds, that dog definitely needs LOTS of exercise and mental stimulation!
Really? But they’re so smoll🥺
@@Peachessssss13 I know! I think they nipped at the feet of cattle to move them
It is also not a good idea to bring a non service animal into a public place like a grocery store because there could be a person there who has a service dog for a serious condition and the service dog could become distracted by the non service dog, which could cause some serious problems.
No. A real service dog does not become distracted by other dogs/animals they're specifically trained not to. If they can't pass that basic training they're not trained as service dogs.
@@elaexplorer if the pet is also minding their own business and behaving neutral of course a service dog is unlikely to be distracted. But if the pet is barking and pulling, or worse lunging at the service dog it’s perfectly reasonable for the service animal to get distracted. Like they’re still dogs, well trained or not and can make mistakes or be concerned, especially if they’ve been attacked before.
Also it’s a literal health code violation.
@@aradia6670 True, if they are under attack a service animal will be distracted. But they should be able to ignore a lot, such as most barking, because they went through strict training. Also, the story in this video is about a well behaved dog, so this whole thing doesn't really apply here.
I still agree that dogs shouldn't be in the grocery store, but this argument here is just not applicable to the situation described.
Every time a service dog leaves their home they are going into a place where there can and often are non-service dogs. People walk their dogs on sidewalks, take them into malls, take them with them to stores that are not food-related, take them to sporting events, take them on public transit, take them to work, and lots of other public spaces. To the dogs, the grocery store is no different from a Pet supply store. People do take their dogs out in public both indoors and out, and this is within the law and the rules in so many places that for people to imply that "people shouldn't take their dogs places because it could negatively affect someone's service dog" is rude and stupid. First, a business can set their own rules about personal pets, but the ADA is federal law law that requires public spaces to have reasonable accomodations for people with disabilities, which mean stores can't legally prevent sevice dogs from entering. And like someone else said, service dogs are trained to behave even when in the presence of less trained dogs.
I really appreciate what you said about how people act about cats. I have two, Phoebe and Jasper, and they're both indoor kitties and people regularly act like I'm being a crazy cat lady for being strict about not letting them out and not being willing to leave them alone in my apartment for days at a time. They're mischievious little creatures with claws that are entirely my responsibility to keep safe, of course I'm serious about them staying inside and making sure they're checked on at least once a day lol
It blows me away how non cat people don't understand that cats are in fact social, with people at the very least, and do need contact at least semi frequently for their own mental health much like dogs do. They can generally go a little longer than dogs in most cases since they're generally more independent but independent doesn't mean they don't need you and some people do not understand that. It's just not good for the cat to be left alone for an entire week, not to mention the fact that you can't just leave a week's worth of food and water out and assume they'll be fine; animals don't want to eat stale food or drink stagnant water anymore than we do.
Some people out here acting like cats are just walking plush toys or something.
I couldn’t stop myself from thinking that this fiancé in the last story isn’t up to the task (any of the tasks, actually). If I were in his fiancée’s place I would be questioning the whole thing. Like, is someone who thinks that their dog running away from the house every week is an okay behavior even ready to be a parent? Like… how responsible is this person? Do I want to have and raise a child with them? Will they be a good caretaker to a child when they are this irresponsible with a dog? Do I even want to marry them anymore? Idk… I wouldn’t.
I don't have any pets but my friend has a cat named biscuit who is an indoor cat and is the best milk bottle cap hunter and will always bring them around the house showing everyone his catch of the day
Super cute!
My cat Stella plays fetch with water bottle caps! She'll bring one to you when she wants to play. My best friend saved up a year's worth of caps for her for Christmas haha.
Omg one of mine does that too!! Thought it was a silly little quirk that no other does but glad to hear that all cats are just a little stupid ❤😂
I have a cat. We got him from my husband's parents when they were thinking of getting rid of him. My husband had taught him how to give hi-5's, so of course we had to take him in. His name is Frost and he was de-clawed as a kitten I guess. We are very adamant that he doesn't get let out because on top of all the other issues, he wouldn't be able to defend himself from other animals. He could easily get hurt or killed.
I agree with the what you said about cats not being respected the same way that dogs are. Like just last week my mom asked me to drive her to Idaho right after a wedding (that's a 4 hour drive for me) and to spend the night at my sister's place. I told her no because of my cat, Winry. We had just moved to a new place so we don't know anyone that could watch her. And we can't afford to pay anyone. We got the suggestion to just leave enough food for her and drive anyway. But that's not a good idea because she has portion control issues. She's overweight and will 100% eat all the food in the first 2 hours and be starving the rest of the time. We've been tryin to lower her food so she looses weight and this would undo much of our work. If she was a dog, no one would even question my reason for saying no.
I literally paid someone to watch our two cats and bird $200 for a single weekend because none of them have any semblance of self control and the bird also throws tantrums, and they are needy attention animals. Love them all but imagining leaving them alone completely for a night would end so badly, especially now that we also have a kitten as well.
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There’s also the idea that cats can just be left to their own devices, bc they’re solitary creatures who don’t need attention. That’s not really true - yes dogs require more work in some ways (walks and the like) but cats are social creatures and will act out or get depressed if you don’t interact with them. I feel like there’s a tendency to try and apply dog logic and dog bias when judging cats. Like I’ve seen many people ignore a swishing tail warning while petting a cat, because dogs wag their tails when they’re happy. Then they’re shocked and when the cat hits their limit and smacks them, and I’m going, “Well, did you read any of the cat’s body language?” Not to knock dogs at all, but they are more accommodating to our desires than cats, and rather than approaching them on their own terms, people just call them assholes.
@@katieowlpower i agree. Many people think my cat doesn't like them because he doesn't look excited when he see them but they just don't understand his body language
@@kinashy8863 exactly! Cats show excitement not by tail wagging or bouncing around but by tail straight up with the tip bent, chilling next you, etc. I have a pic of my cat on as my phone lock screen where she’s giving me a slow-blink, which is cat-speak for “I love/trust you” (it’s the cat acknowledging they can be vulnerable with you) and I’ve had people look at it and say things like, oh she’s haughty or pissed
@@katieowlpower I agree, my mom has 2 cats with very different personalities. But both need mommy’s attention at times. Cats domesticated themselves for a reason. They need us.
I got a cat named Mido and I loved him more than I love myself. He's everything to me and I don't know what I'd do if anything were to happen to him, so I 100% understand that cat owner being pissed at the sister for not putting the cat in the room and letting it go outside. If your sibling is kind enough to offer you shelter in your time of need, the LEAST you can do is follow the rules they have set in place and respect their home and anyone living in it.
I’m so glad you said what you said about the first clip, I’m trying to fund a service dog for myself so I’ve done a lot of research and it’s so important for the legitimacy and safety of service dog teams that people leave their pets and emotional support animals at home rather than bringing them in public places.
Even really well behaved pets can lash out when they’re scared and anxious which they’re going to be in busy public environments that they’re not used to. There are reasons Service dogs need to have the right temperament and a ton of public access training to be allowed in public but pets and ESAs don’t have that training and aren’t allowed in public because it’s not safe to them or other people. Whether it’s barking, going to the bathroom, snapping at a kid who pulls its tail because it’s scared, or getting in the way of genuine service dog teams who are just trying to move through life with fewer barriers there are genuine reasons dogs aren’t allowed in stores and it’s important to follow these rules for the safety and comfort of everyone involved.
Yes! It’s so dangerous to have an untrained dog that can distract service animals. I have a service dog, Prindle, who does important alerts for me. But because of fake SDs I am afraid to bring her to Walmart so I risk it and go without her. But not every team can or should be separated.
You wanted pet names, here we go.
We have three dogs, Millie (black Labrador, nearly 13), Daisy (golden retriever, nearly 11) and Holly (Saint Bernard, 6)
We have two cats, Maisy (brown and white tabby cat, nearly 13) and Goose (ginger merchant of Chaos disguised as a cat, nearly 1)
And we have two turtles, Leo and Loki (yellow belly sliders, approx 11 ish)
And if you want a happy story here you go, last week Millie went in for a scan at the vets and they found a giant mass on her spleen, and we thought they would have to put her down, especially if it was encroaching on other organs. They operated (to see how wide spread it was and if it was removable) the next day, and were able to remove it. So this time last week we thought it was the last night we would ever have with Millie, and one week later, she is doing well after having a 2.8 kg tumour removed and all her other organs look good. (She seems mostly annoyed about the fact I keep appearing out of nowhere to drape blankets on her😂)
I have a puppy named Millie as well. She’s a rescue,
OMG what a nightmare. I'm glad she's fine and annoyed at you xDD
When I name my pets, I find names from mythology that seem to suit them. The 2 cats I currently have are both rescues.
The calico is named Iris, after the Greek goddess of the rainbow because of her multiple colors.
The tabby is named Oba, after an African river spirit who was tricked into cutting off her own ear. I named her this because when she showed up outside my house, her ear was clipped from a local Trap, Neuter, & Release organization. If I didn't find the name Oba, I would have broken from my tradition & called her Vinny after Vincent van Gogh.
We got our first dog a couple of years back and he only managed to slip out the front door to very excitedly greet whichever poor delivery man had rung the bell a couple of times before we perfected the knack of shooing him into the nearest room and shutting him in. Bless him but Finn now thinks that this is what Must Be Done whenever the bell goes and he’ll happily push the door closed himself and watch through the glass panels 😅
Omg he is such a good boy🥺
We're currently working on training our dog to do that exact thing 😂
She's such a friendly dear, but she also jumps so we're teaching her that when there is a knock on the door, she needs to go to her bed/cage and wait to be told that she can come out, and then when she comes out that she must bec *calm* and not jump (we're getting there, but it takes time, of course)
As somebody with severe animal allergies, I SO appreciate owners who train their pets not to just physically assault visitors! 🙈 Being fully drugged up I can cope with ambient allergens in the house, but direct skin-to-fur contact causes major welts. In a lot of households, visiting the humans means the visit revolves around the pet/s with no opt-out offered, so owners who consider other options are such a treasure? Safer for the pet too, as some people have severe phobias & you never know how they may respond to a sudden jump-up.
I had a border collie who took off on or off the lead. She was born on a farm, so we tried to always have enough space and walk her daily - some times multiple times a day. That being said, she also took off from home quite a bit. She would have been 20 this year, bless her wee soul. Her son is her only surviving family member and such a rock in my adult life. I love him to bits. He'll be 11 this year. We got him a sister after his mum passed away. She'll be turning six.
When we had dogs we always walk them multiple times a day. Where the hell do they poo or pee? Do they only do that one time a day?
@Larissa Pienaar yeah, our garden is for flowers, and to sit when the weather is good out. Not for a dog or cat to pee... also, ALL dogs need to go out, outside of their garden and get at least 4 x 15min walks a day. But that's just how I feel. Could be 'cause I'm european things are different here..
My grumpy old lady cat, Ziggy, is 12. She's very small, probably was the runt of the litter but we're not entirely sure, and has never been an outdoor cat, she never goes out without a harness and leash on unless she's in a carrier. If my sister, or any family member, continually showed such negligence to her well being, KNOWING full well how much her grumpy butt means to me, I would be furious. Such blatant disregard for what's important to someone you claim to care about is absolutely infuriating and I hope that cat parent takes some time to collect herself and cool off before they have to see their sister again because, if it were me, someone would be getting the verbal lashing of a lifetime.
I have an 8yo black cat named Riker. We rescued her as a kitten from an island/sidewalk between two separating streets when she was a kitten. We've always guessed somebody dumped her because she was 'bad luck" because she was a black cat. She is an indoor cat, has never run away when the doors are open, and seems to correlate me sitting down in a specific chair with it being time for me to pet her.
In the US, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) FORBIDS demanding proof that your animal is a service animal.
(It still happens all the time of course.)
I learned this from meeting a hearing impaired woman at a county board meeting.
Her service dog, a Pomeranian, was ALWAY in her arms. The dog alerted her to the doorbell, telephone, smoke alarm, etc.
And she was continually told her dog wasn’t allowed in public buildings / she had to show “proof” the dog was a service animal.
She was in tears as she begged the Board of Supervisors to inform store owners that they had to stop the harassment.
I sympathize with people who suffer from allergies: perfume allergies, peanut allergies, pet allergies, …
I sympathize far more with the disabled, who are constantly being told that their accommodation needs are “inconveniencing” us.
Miss Jamie is an indoor cat who occasionally gets to walk in the backyard with her harness and leash. She's microchipped, but she doesn't wear her collar inside because she has frequently injured herself trying to get it off. Where I live is HER HOME, and her safety and wellbeing in that space is more important than a guest who doesn't follow the rules!
I have two lovely cats. Lilly and Lucy.
1. YTA. When your dog isn't a service dog, they don't belong in a grocery store even if it's for "just 10 minutes"
2. NTA. Told them multible time and they didn't even help look for the cat!
3. YTA. When it happens regularly, why don't you train your dog or put him on one of those long leashes when they are outside. Your 5 months pregnant wife who is growing a human inside her and is exhausted did not deserve those words. Also, she might have been a bit more snappy about it due to pregnancy hormones, so give her a break.
I have a tortoise named Tommy, he's like 80+ years old and altho hes exclusively a garden animal (except when he is hybernating) I am ALWAYS ever so careful to make sure things like the garden gate is always shut when other people are coming through (such as family, friends, etc) and I always go around to look for him at least twice a day to make sure he is still in the garden cos you would be amazed at the adventures that little guy likes to go on. Many neighbours have found him digging a burrow in their gardens and flower beds.
If anyone is interested btw, when he hybernates we put him in a box with some hay and newspaper and soil, cover it in a blanket, put it in another box, and put it under a workbench in the garage. The garage has no heating so it's a good simulation of being in a burrow in a mild winter, but keeps him warm enough that he isn't in danger of freezing to death or anything, as he would be if he was in a burrow outside.
Agreed with you on all points. Only genuine service animals in stores. Don't let someone else's pet out if they've told you not to. The last guy needs to be taking the dog to a dog park, or hire a dog walker if he doesn't have time every day.
Here is a completely irrelevant but funny story about my cat Squijum. One time I left a cardboard box in the living room for him to play with. Unfortunately, I was a negligent cat servant and put the box in the same spot where the sun would hit when he wanted to take his mid-morning nap. Shame on me! But Squijum decided he could forgive me this once. He looked at the box, circled around it a couple of times, looked at the sun, and did a bit of trigonometry in his head (I could actually see the calculations going on as he looked back and forth from the box to the sun). Finally, he put his head down and shouldered the box to the side, in the right direction so that it wouldn't be blocking the sun again in an hour, then plopped down in the sunny spot and took his nap.
He was much younger then; now he would just sit and look at me until I get up and move the box for him like a proper servant.
Going to disagree about the dog park. Too many people bring their under-exercised dogs with poor manners to dog parks so most people who actually understand dogs avoid them at all costs unless they’re empty.
That last one? My dude, not only is this whole situation your own fault, which happens on a regular basis, but also... that woman is carrying *your child*, and she is sick because she is carrying *YOUR CHILD*, yet you threaten her to break up because she won't interrupt her oh so selfish vomiting (again, because of YOUR CHILD) to help you fix your own eff up?? If she stays with you, she's a much more patient woman than I would have been.
Fun fact, Corgis are actually a herding dog too. So that little Heeler/Corgi cross is just REALLY wanting to go herd some cows! Dude, you need to find some outlet for that dog's energy and curiosity. You are NOT being responsible if it's escaping EVERY week and at every two-second opportunity. Take your dog to a trainer. Don't SEND her to a trainer, you need training too.
I have a houseful of pets.
First up, Pippin Waggins-Longbottom, the canine Hobbit, AKA Basset Hound. She is in training to become a Therapy dog eventually. She scales her greeting to the energy of the person she's meeting, and has learned to be careful of mobility equipment. My favorite interactions with her are when she meets a fragile old lady in a wheelchair and gently rests her chin on a knee and just looks at them, or when she meets a toddler and is TRYING to sit still but her tail is wagging so hard her butt bounces.
Next, Pumpkin Spice Puppy, who is not a puppy at nine years old, but IS still a spicy little Chihuahua mix. She's very shy and avoids meeting strangers if at all possible. She will play fetch for hours, and if she DOES decide she likes you, she will ask for neverending belly rubs.
On to the cats - PopTart, the diva bitch who is either desperately seeking pets OR trying to kill everyone, Miss Ninja Bear, who was a stray, then became my barn cat, then moved into the house and will not walk on the floor. Then there are the rescue kitties...Percival, Bors, and Galahad. They were born to a feral cat I'd been feeding, and when her milk dried up early, she brought them to me, scolded them when they tried to bite as they had never been handled, and ran off. So I hand-raised these three lunatics...I'm currently looking for homes for them but as they ARE fourth-generation feral, they are a little wary of anyone who isn't me. (they're all fixed already)
our dog Kiki used to run away a lot when we first got her. she's a very independent lady and does what she wants. scared us to death when she would run, but she just kept digging so many holes under the fence, even after my mom got it replaced, that eventually we gave up trying to run after her. we knew she'd come back. were we worried? of course. even a street smart girl like her could still get hit, but there wasn't much we could do (she hated going on walks at the time). but OP's fiancée's attitude is the exact attitude my mom started to have (and Kiki was her dog!) whenever Kiki ran away, and my mom wasn't pregnant or nauseated. we figured out why Kiki was running away and it stopped (mostly--she still runs off for a short bit every once and a while now, almost like she just wants to prove that she can). OP was definitely the AH, and i would've dumped him for what he said too. those words stick with you. and he doesn't seem to understand how cruel he was.
Corgies are actually herding dogs too, so that mix makes sense.
What doesn't make sense though is that a person who clearly doesn't train or exercise their dog would get that kind of mix...
This is a prime example of "don't buy a dog without research, just because it's cute".
Yeah, the queen had corgies. But she not only had many of them that would tire themselves out, but also a lot of staff, and probably trainers, that would take care of them...
I used to have a big floofy Chow chow named Teddy.
He sadly passed away suddenly 4 years ago, right before he turned 5. He suffered a spinal hernia that left his lower half completely paralyzed and without any sensation, while the rest of his back hurt so badly not even morphine helped.. I still miss that stubborn dustcloud every single day ❤
And I damn well studied up about the breed and made sure that no matter how stubborn and pigheaded he was, I would be worse.
I would love to get another one, but I live with chronic pain and has just had to accept that if I want another dog, it'll have to be a smaller one.
You have to see your limitations.
YOU choose your pet, they can't choose where they end up..
I never understood house cats. It is weird to me. If you adopt a stray, it knows how to be outside. If you get a fresh kitten, you need to teach it about it's territory. It's just logical. My cat would leave for days at a time and had many friends in town, because he was once a stray and after being moved, was taught his new boundaries. He learned to look both ways crossing streets, be wary of dogs, and otherwise just be a functioning cat. He even managed to navigate after he started going blind.
TL;DR: It's not natural to have a dog or cat that's never known nature! It's never been able to sniff the wind or feel the grass? 🤦🏼
I have a German Shepherd named Tess, she's anxious, super territorial and protective. Big old softie
Aw she sounds like a sweetheart and I love her name! The first dog I ever had as a kid was a German Shepherd named Tasha, and she was an absolute angel. I would always chase her around with toys trying to get her to play tug of war with me but she always refused because I was like three and she knew she would knock me over haha
Peanut’s owner is definitely TA. Pet dogs in non-pet friendly venues are a huge risk to service dogs (or Assistance Dogs, as we call them in the U.K., fyi). All AD handlers know people whose dogs have been attacked by “friendly little dogs” and can’t work or have had to retire, which basically removes a lifeline for the people who are depending on their AD.
10:25 well since you asked 😹 I have 3 cats, Luna, Kairi (girls) and and my boy Ventus (Ven for short, Ventus only when he misbehaves lmao) all spoiled brats and they know it 🤣 Luna is black and white, Kairi’s a calico and Ven is ginger (or orange if you prefer) and white 😋
The last one - if he can't handle a dog now, what is he going to do when the baby arrives? Nothing he did or said makes me want to coparent with him (if I were the pregnant one). If not a red flag, I'd call it a yellow one at least. They need to have a serious talk about their expectations for coparenting.
My dog is named Piper - she's a yellow lab & a service dog for one of my family. My cat is named Holly - she's a grumpy old lady who needs a lot of elder care.
I have a guinea pig called Armageddon lol (we used to have another, called Pigwidget, but she is sadly no longer with us)
bless little Pigwidget x
11:10 Corgis are actually herding dogs as well. I had a friend whose corgi hated it when everyone in the house was in different rooms and would try to round up everyone into the same room
My current pets are named Salem and Joker :) Salem is a little 4 year old black cat and Joker is a 9 year old pitbull/boxer mix! Salem is a very solitary baby, she doesn't get close and will only tolerate a few seconds of pets before she gently bites you to tell you she's done, but she absolutely loves Joker. She rubs herself on his legs and headbutts him constantly, she always wants to be near him. He, on the other hand, gives us the biggest, saddest eyes whenever she's showering him with affection. It's a total "save me!!" look, but he puts up with it and doesn't growl at her unless she's in playmode because she tends to go after feet and hands when you're least expecting it. She wasn't socialized properly (we found her abandoned at 6 weeks old and she hasn't been around another cat since) so we weren't able to teach her not to bite hard. We're trying to retrain her and play with her more, tho!
As somebody with allergies, everyone forgets the other reason for not allowing animals into enclosed public areas. You can have the best, most well behaved dog in the world, but I am still allergic to it. My allergies used to be not super severe and I didn't take a daily allergie pill. (I do now because of other allergies flaring up more often) However, running into a dog in an enclosed space is not good for me. I will be very unhappy to see a dog, cat, horse, hamster, etc. because they are going to set off a very unpleasant chain of events. My throat ill become itchy, I will begin to sneeze, my eyes will water, and if I do not vacate the area, my throat will begin to close. This is one of the big reasons I get my groceries delivered now. The worst part in my opinion (and an unpopular opinion) is I am the one who is required to leave in a service dog versus me situation, because everyone knows that the ADA protects them, but no one remembers that it protects me as well.
Speaking of indoor cats I grew up with a lot of cats in the house. The most we had at anyone time was 5. When we got to a point with only 3 in the house we had 2 girl cats and a boy cat and the older girl cat Duffy was an indoor cat. She was half deaf and very shy. When it got to a point where we couldn't keep the cats in the house any longer we had to find the right home for Duffy cus she would need somewhere quiet and calm. Thankfully for me and for her a friends of minds step dad was looking for an indoor housecat to come live on his house boat with him so that's where Duffy lives now.
fun fact, corgis are actually cattle dogs too! they're short so that they can safely run under the cows and nip their ankles. this is also why some corgis have nubby tails.
4:09 I’ve also seen dogs whose people have gone into a store for a quick ten min, who left the car running with their dog in the car (obviously locking the doors!!). I’ve also seen dogs in that situation with signs that say, “the car is running, AC/heat is on, and my person will be right back! Please don’t break window, I promise I am safe!” Maybe not the best for the environment, but definitely the best option if you don’t want to go home first
I completely agree that the 2nd person is NTA. If one of the kids were allergic to something and she kept buying that food and laying it out it would be a huge deal. Cats are so freaking sensitive to so many plants and knowing that this cat likes to eat plants means it cannot go outside. I always am careful when I go to someone's place to not let out the animals no matter what kind, the outside is a scary place. The sister had no respect and got the consequences. The kitty could have gotten very sick or worse. Saying it is "over nothing" is infuriating.
PS my kitty's name is River and she is precious
3rd story that person needs to get a better solution. I know it can take some time to figure out how they are escaping but this has probably gone on way to long. If it happened more than a couple times and i couldn't figure it out then I would put the dog on a lead in the yard. They have plenty of options that give lots of room. And yes that kind of breed needs long walks probably several times a day. Or to go to the dog park or something. You can't just get one of the most high energy dogs and expect it to be ok in the back yard.
For #2 I would be so upset if someone kept letting my cats out! I'm terrified they're going to get out on the balcony and fall down, so we are super careful. If we had someone come stay and they left the door open I'd flip. By the way my cat names are Penguin and Rabbit.
Omg those are amazing names!!😄
I assume Penguin is a tuxedo?
@@HannahSoMaFu You'd think so but he's just a really fat orange cat!
That last guys dog is definitely escaping because its not getting enough exercise/enrichment. Corgis are really high energy dogs. I have a friend with 2 and she walks them for about two hours every day. If they don't get enough exercise they go crazy.
I have a dog named Neville. Neville has separation anxiety, so he has a pet cat, who is Jasper legally but informally is Jarvis, Jarvy, Harvey-Jarvey-Dent, or JJ Harvey Jarves.
I have a loving demon from hell named Little Bit (Tortoiseshell cat), a slightly chonky Potato (gray and white cat), and a giant cuddle bug named Copper (Pitt mix).
I have four cats, all rescues. They are Wojo, Lucy, Gandalf, and Mau. And I agree. She was not the asshole.
15:00 Geez this reminds me of a house where we always had to worry about the cat getting out. I get the struggle to some extent but, for the sake of the animal, it is important to put up extra measures and try to figure out the behavior.
I have a cat, Jack 11 years old, and he is 100% indoors. He only goes outside on a leash. Even my dad who doesnt truly care for pets makes sure Jack is no where near the door before he goes outside because he knows what would happen to Jack but also it would crush me if something happened to him. So not only is it disrespectful it also shows a level of i dont care about you because i dont care about something you care about.
I have a dog that would always run away when he found the door open, he never tried to actually scape but we were constantly chasing him and we never treated someone the way he did even though they weren't careful when they opened the door. That is such violent behavior for something that shouldn't make him panic as much, if you are chasing your dog on a weekly basis you get to a point where you kinda know where they go, and a pregnant sick woman is not in the -emotional- condition to go look every time because he couldn't find a better solution for the dog's scape.
Pet names:
4 cats.
Sushi - very fat when I adopted her, so...she was rolly.
Caprice - This was her name at the shelter but it means a sudden or unaccountable change in mood or behaviour. I adopted her somewhat spontaneously after she literally grabbed me through the bars of the cage.
Vesper - tuxedo cat. Synonym for dusk or twilight. Not quite day, not quite night. She is both black and white.
Dumblydore - because he was far too silly to be Dumbledore.
Once, i visited my parents with my cat (King Fluffkins). He's an indoor cat and can get out only on a leash.
We got burglarized this weekend and the guy left the windows open and King got out...
Nobody in the house cared about the stuff we got stolen, I spent 4h looking for King in my pyjamas in the winter with my family and friends.
Fortunately, the cat was fine but he gave me the fright of my life.
so glad you're all fine, including King! x
I have two black GSD brothers , Atticus and Hugo ( they are 3 years old) and a African Albino Clawed frog named Eloise , everyone in the family spoils her by bringing her a new rock for her tank from their travels, she has pieces of Italy, Iceland, Sweden, Costa Rica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, England, France, Scotland, Spain and Japan in her tank so far ,she is 4 years old ( my last AACF, Albina was 28 years old when she passed)
Omg that is so wholesome 🥲 Spoiled froggy!
I've got two cats, Oot and Floki. Oot likes to try and get outside or into our garage if someone isn't paying attention and doesn't shut the door behind them properly, and Floki almost always tries to follow her. He won't actually leave if he's on his own, but if and when she goes, so does he. Luckily we've only had one incident (with Oot, at 10pm, on a school night, during a rainstorm. And did I mention she's a black cat?) and that was lack of attention on my dad's part, but it's one of my biggest fears when we have large gatherings with people who don't know the cats or the rules as well as we do. You compared OP's cat to a child, and you're absolutely right. Any good pet owner would agree with the fact that we view them as just as important as any other family member!
Side note, we also have a turtle named Tsar. We ended up finding out that she was a girl about nine months after we got her, but Tsar had already stuck as her name haha!
Corgis are also herders/working dogs just like cattle dogs. That breed combo has potential to be a WHOLE lot of dog, even though it's probably small to medium sized. Definitely some environment/training/exercise needs that need to be addressed. As a shelter worker and daughter of a veterinarian and therefore steeped in these issues my whole life, PLEASE be aware of the possible behavioral tendencies with working dogs and ESPECIALLY herders. They tend to be incredibly smart and have incredible potential for energy and endurance. This guy ITA for more reasons than trying to make his pregnant wife chase his dog. He needs to address the behavior.
I’m late but you you mentioned names of our pets so I wanted to pop in and tell you that my husband and I have a lovely hairless rat (I know some people get freaked but they are absolute loves and just want snuggles and play time and to give tiny kisses that you can barely feel with their little tongues lol). His name is Vincent. He has a ton of nicknames though including little monster (because he’s a treat monster, either grabbing them right away if awake or if you hand him one while he’s sleeping he’ll usually not even open his eyes, just grab it and munch hahaha), Lima Bean and Pancake. (The last because when he sleeps he just curls and flattens lol). We love him so deeply. The shitty part is that rats don’t live long and he’s an elderly boy now. A big part of why I wanted to post this is because I’m getting more uncertain how much time is left and I want to share his incredible existence. Thank you Shaaba for all you do, I love being a Peach, hopefully soon I’ll be a backstage Peach too!
Wait. If I accidentally would have let out a pet, I would go into panic mode and try to get it back in and than call the owner, not wait until they yell at me about it. Accidents happen, but you try to keep the consequences low.
My neighbor's dog scaled a 7-ish foot fence and jumped down right in front of me and my dog, Sheba. Thing is, Sheba's an ex-stray who has serious issues around other dogs and does NOT get along with them. Luckily, the neighbor's dog realized he was in someone else's territory and was very submissive when Sheba came over, but I still about had a heart attack trying to get her away and inside the house without letting her see my anxiety, since her own anxiety is what makes her attack other dogs and I didn't want mine to rub off. Once I managed it (don't worry, no one was hurt), I took the neighbor's dog back to them, told them their dog could scale the fence, and explained that Sheba has a history of attacking other dogs. I think they put their dog on a lead/runner instead of letting him have free run of the yard, but either way, he hasn't gotten back into our yard since. It only took them once. If this guy's dog is jumping the fence weekly, he needs to do something different NOW.
My boxer is an escape artist. When we first got her, it was because she was a rescue that had been abused and was still a little wary of being fenced in. She'd come right back when you called. We installed a zip line and hooked it up to a leash, so she could still be included when we're in the front yard but we didn't have to worry about her getting out and hurting someone (she's a big territorial shit and hates strangers)
For pet names, my dog is called Toby and my rabbits are called Teddy and Midnight. We also had a corn snake called Tortilla but we recently rehoused him
My dog is turning 2 soon, and she is a goldendoodle. Her name is Chef Annie (first name) Marie (middle name) Nielsen (last name). We have had her since she was 8 months old, and we love her so much, and it feels like just yesterday that we were picking her up and picking out her first bed.
I have two adopted furbabies, Saki (white and brown tiger girl, her face looks like the printer slipped when applying her patterns xD) and Blaise (grey tiger boy).
They are loud and cuddly, love them.
Sinatra, Nutmeg, and Licorice, my rescue kitties say Hello!
Pet names! My mother, sister, and I love giving people names to them, my dad not so much. My cats are Dominic and Luna; Mam’s dog is Bryn; sister’s dog is Ella, her cats are Daisy, Clive, and Fluffy (originally my grandmother’s cat who she adopted after grandma snuffed it); dad’s cats are Trouble and Smokey.
I agree completely on the ‘cats get less respect’ thing, honestly the way some people talk about their hatred of cats, they sound unhinged. I’m arachnophobic, and I don’t talk about spiders the way some of these lunatics rant about people’s pets. It’s always for the most hilariously asinine reasons, too - long, raving descriptions of the slow death they want to enact on a living creature because “cats dunt com runin up 2 u lik a dog do”. Can’t help but think it’s tied into the weird concept of cats being a more ‘feminine’ pet.
I have a little tabby cat named Charlie, he’s so cute! He was a stray cat that got taken in my gaws and they named him milo, he’s a little chubby boi and I love him so much
First off, I have a 2 year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi, whose name is Barktholomew Corgington I. ☺️
Secondly, Corgis are actually a working breed. They were originally bred as herding dogs, which is why they are built the way they are. It is also why they are nippy, bossy, and loud. 😅 They also need lots of exercise and are known for being hella stubborn! You can't simply toss them in a backyard with nothing to interest them or you are begging for trouble.
So, having a Heeler Corgi mix would not only be stupidly adorable, but probably one hell of a working dog if trained. Without training, you will have a highly intelligent dog who is beyond bored, who can jump extremely high, and is stubborn enough to keep at it until they achieve whatever it is they want to do. 😅 I would recommend an invisible fence set up around the borders of your backyard. Always keeping a leash on them when they are outside. Schedule intense playtime, workouts, or buy a ball slinger so they can wear themselves out for you. Dog puzzles are something else we use alongside training and it works wonders for smart, active, stubborn breeds. 😊
My dog is named Briggs and he's a boxer / Plott hound mix. He doesn't run off due to his anxiety, but yeah, they're basically like having a forever-toddler in a lot of ways. Mine's been sick for a while, so I've been worried, but he seems to be slowly getting better.
If your dog is escaping your yard on a regular basis, there is something wrong. If the dog was happy in its environment and all its needs were being met, it wouldn't want to escape. Blue heelers are really high energy dogs and need a LOT of exorcise, so don't get one or even a heeler mix unless you're willing to take it for long jogs every day.
Yes!! My mother in law's ex husband left the door wide open and the cat got out when he wasn't looking (she wasn't home at the time). Then later he heard the cat meowing but just thought she was somewhere inside and didn't' want to get up off the couch to check.
So now the cat is gone and mother-in-law is really sad about it. It's been 2 weeks and he said to her, "Why are you still upset about this? It's just a cat." Which really upset me cuz I loved that cat too. Plus I had just taken the car to the vet and gave her meds for an inner ear infection which wasn't cheap! So even if he didn't care about the cat he should at least care about the money and the ppl who love the cat... He's so dang selfish!
The second one, the sister got herself and her kids kicked out by not taking care of the cat 🐈⬛ seriously. Obviously she doesn't think the cat is important enough. She was warned, she didn't listen.
What stood out to me about the cat story was that the sister didn't try and look for the cat herself, at least based on the story. Letting the cat outside three times in the same way is bad enough, but not even trying to help look for the cat is so uncaring and rude.
Also, I have three cats; Misty (a siamese), Newt (a dark tabby), and Jersey (a white cat with black spots).
We have two cats, Heidi, who is about 1.5 years and April who will turn 1 in April (huge surprise there). They're good friends and sooo cute when they cuddle/bathe each other!
I am from Italy, I've been traveling a lot and lived in the UK for 10+ years. I am still in shock by the amount of places dogs are not allowed in here in the UK. I am baffled people still have dogs tbh. Of course a rule is a rule, I would never go against them I agree the owner shouldn't have done that. But it's the rule that still confuses me to these day. There are no gloves at the groceries store and people serving ice cream do not wear hair covers, and yet you cannot walk into McDonald's with a dog, not even to get take away. It's just so bizarre 🤔
Here in my country lots of groceries stores and shops in general have hooks at the door to let your dogs tied there while you shop. I work in a store (not a grocery one) and your pets can enter at the "waiting room" because there is a bench near the entrance and we don't have the hooks, but the pets can't enter "inside" the shop. The pets owners only enter them when is really hot outside (38-40 ºC) because usually the pets are well behaved and don't mind waiting outside.
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10:28 my kitty’s name is Nettle, she’s a calico and I named her after a fairy in a story I loved as a kid
In Layla's defence, kids have a hard time learning rules they don't fully understand and tend to be in attentive. It's probably not disrespect.
"I'm not saying human boys are animals"
I mean, I'm pretty sure all humans are animals?
I work in a Supermarket in the UK, and we used to have a ban on all dogs in our store, until this absolutely lovely group of American ladies started purposfully bringing multiple dogs into the store, and kicking up a huge scene, threatening to sue if anyone so much as touched them or their dogs. They began getting cheeky with it, sneaking their dogs into the store inside their handbags, for example. Our security guards weren't able to pursuade them to leave, and after getting away with it once, they decided to keep coming back with their dogs. Every single time, they would kick up a huge fuss until the Police had to be called, but they kept coming back. How did our store handle this? They lifted the ban on dogs, and all staff members were instructed not to interact with this specific group of ladies and their dogs. Once we stopped trying to prevent them from allowing their dogs to roam in the store, they stopped coming altogether. Absolutely ridiculous.
Hey Shaaba, I have 2 guinea pigs called Almond and Pecan. My first two piggies were called Snickers and Baileys.
We have been buying for each other (and receiving from friends and family) presents based on their names 😁
Also, I used to have a goldfish called Fried, my proudest pet name ever 😂😂😂
I have a grey medium sized medium length hair cat called leilani. She acts like a cute yet entitled princess
My cat is a little tuxedo cat named kiki and i have definitely had my fair share of experiences with people not caring about cats as much. She got out and got stuck in a storm drain after being out all day once and i spent hours and stayed up until 2 am on a work night trying to get the poor scared baby out of there as my family quite literally laughed at me and told me to just suck it up and leave her there till morning. I did get her out and it was worth only getting 3 hours of sleep for work for the peace of mind but lord was that a panic inducing experience.
I have a creamy orange cat named Jasper, he’s 19 years old. As for the last dog story, corgis are herding dogs too & require a lot of activity, they’re also very intelligent so stuff like puzzles where they have to find treats or toys to keep them entertained is important.
Depending on the breed of Heeler (especially if it’s a blue heeler) they can grow pretty tall, plus they can jump well over 6ft at times. So I’m not surprised a heeler mix could scale a 8ft privacy fence.
However taking into consideration how small corgis are I’d be interested to see the size of Op’s dog tbh.
It’d be quite intriguing to know what the dominant genes are, yanno?
My family had a similar situation, with a relative and her kids moving into someone's home, and then behaving incredibly and outrageously disrespectfully, to a criminal degree. They moved out, but then years later tried to come back and pull a similar thing with the same relative. This time she didn't allow them past the front door & it created a huge rift between them, with the disrespectful party playing the victim, claiming how wronged they had been, for not being allowed in again. All I can say to the person who kept letting the cat out and not even helping to find him is, you are not the victim here... if someone is kind to you, you must not repay them with cruelty! PS my pets' names are Mina, Chester and J.D. (my 3 budgies)
Shaaba, Corgis are also cattle dogs! Both breeds of Corgis are hard working herding dogs usually with a good deal of herding instinct to round up anything they can find - children, sheep, cats, cattle, other dogs, etc. They aren't usually as high drive as Australian Cattle Dogs/Heelers, but they can still be extraordinarily high-energy and require a lot of energy outlet. Sincerely, a Corgi owner of 20 years!
My older cat (Abaline) loves going outside and knows how to keep herself safe so we let her out during the day. At night however their are dogs that roam the neighborhood and it's not safe so if anyone let her out repeatedly and didn't even try to get her back in I would be royalty pissed. Also I have another cat ( Bean Bean) that won't go outside, because she was left in a forest as a kitten so I don't have to worry about her going out at night.
Bean Bean! aww!
i have a cat, and his name is basil! :) when he goes out, he’s either in his kitty backpack or harnessed and on a leash. he’s super sweet, but he’s not very smart, so he definitely would not survive for very long if he got out.
I had a heeler/corgi as a kid. Her name was Freckles, and she was a spotty sausage baby. There was no way she could have scaled anything, let alone a fence. I wonder if this dog was mostly heeler.
I have a dog, a Borzoi, named Artemis. She's fawn coloured and with how she moves, looks rather reminiscent of a deer. My sister has a grey tabby cat named Anonymous. When she got him, she couldn't think of a name, so he's anonymous.
I have three cats. One male cat called Ohnezahn (the german name for toothless) that especially during the warm day comes once a day for food, an elegant lady named whiskey, who doesn't like to get herself dirty and is therefore home alot, and the last cat is called bienchen (diminutive of bee). She has epilepsy and has to take meds 3 times a day. After she went missing for a week because she had a seizure and couldn't find her way home she became a house cat. If someone would let her out of the house I'd be furious!
For the third one, "usually" how often is your dog escaping? Yeah, if I was 5 month pregnant and the dog escaped all the time, I'd definitely be like "you sort it".
Oh Christ, he said what?! Yeah, definitely the asshole.
For the second one, even past the "just lock the cat in my room", I've looked after cats before, how hard is it to keep the door closed? Use it to teach your kids, we look after pets, we remember pets, and we go look if they go missing.
Three dogs, two goats, and two sheep, Alfie, Voilet, Huey, Molly, Lucy, Uma and Omar.
I have a miniature poodle cocker spaniel mix named Lucy who turned 4 years old on December 25. She's a mischievous pupper and always tries to sneak out when we open the door. A couple months after we got her, she managed to get out of our backyard while we were playing with her and she hadn't learned "come here" yet so she ran across the street and decided to play tag and me and my mom were it. We managed to get her back on our side of the street and back into our house. I was terrified that she was going to run into the road and a car was going to come around the bend and not see her. It was the scariest 5 minutes of my life. We are a lot more cautious with her now. Also, it always breaks my heart when I tell her I'm going shopping at the people store and she has to stay and guard the house because they don't let doggies in the people stores only the puppy stores. She always looks at me with her big brown sad eyes. But I never even thought to take her into a store because "I'm only going to be a few minutes." She stays at home because that's the way the rules are and they're in place for a reason. I've taken her to the pet store and brought her back home to literally go back to the exact same street (literally next door) to go do my grocery shopping.
Funny enough, Corgis were actually bred to herd as well, often nipping at the heels of the animal technically making them heelers as well so quite a good mix .😃 Also as you wanted pet names, my cat is called Floyd (almost Bagheera but I was outnumbered on the vote 😂).
I have a cat named Daisy but we call her Doodlebug, she's a little tuxedo with a white strip on her chin that makes it look like she's drooling
My cat's name is Squeaky! She used to squeak instead of meow but now she's very chatty and likes to yell haha- she's a tuxedo cat who's very cuddly and loves kisses and giving high fives.