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Loc0nuts: Maybe I should get a pet. Any ideas?...
« on: September 23, 2013, 07:37:54 AM »
Yes. Get a rock. You are incapable of taking care of yourself and now you want the added responsibility of taking care of another living thing?  :thatsright:
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Maybe I should get a pet. Any ideas?...

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Pet's help a lot of emotional difficulties. I'd love to get a dog but so long as I'm still living at home with the family that has to be a family decision and my mother is dead set against that. We had a dog some years back and she doesn't want another (the excuse she gives is that it's not fair to the dog when we go on holidays and she doesn't want to ruin the carpets, I think she secretly just can't handle the loss of another one). I'll very likely get one when I move out which may not be very long from now. However a smaller pet I can keep somewhat more to myself may be a go. Trouble is it has to be a pet that gives something back to me emotionally I want to feel loved and needed by it too. I'm highly allergic to cats so that's out. I know all about it being a responsibility and not to make a pet purchase a snap decision, so let's not even go there. I would think long and hard about it first. But I need some ideas. I had a hedgehog for a short while but had to give it back to the store because no matter how hard I tried the poor little thing wouldn't bond with any of us in the house, it would just ball up terrified. But a little guy like that might be nice, anyone have any experiences?

If he gets a pet, I see this happening:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdHaNr0OAY[/youtube]

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4. Have you considered a service dog?

Your mother's objections would be rather trivial in the context of the big picture. There are several organizations that train and certify dogs to assist with various things. It may be something to investigate.

Otherwise, consider a rabbit - they can be quite loving and friendly if socialized properly.

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7. They do service dogs for anxiety and depression?...

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I know there are "therapy" dogs. But those usually go around to hospitals, hospices and the like to give comfort to the gravely ill. And I know it's not the right thing to say but I'm not sure I like the stigma attached to needing a "service" dog. Though to tell you the truth it would be very comforting, lol.

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13. Yes, they do.

No one would need to know why - you could tell them whatever you wanted - you have a seizure disorder or something.
Lying to get a service dog. Pretty low...
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Re: Loc0nuts: Maybe I should get a pet. Any ideas?...
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2013, 08:02:11 AM »
Yup.  A pet rock is the best choice.  One question, though--igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic? :???: :whistling:
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2013, 08:06:06 AM »
How about a pet shotgun?

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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2013, 08:16:36 AM »
Something poisonous.
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2013, 08:19:08 AM »
Gaboon Viper?
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2013, 08:38:25 AM »
I was thinking on the lines of a tank full of piranhas.
The next time he got good and depressed, he could just get his pets to give him a group hug.
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2013, 08:41:19 AM »
I'll very likely get one when I move out which may not be very long from now....DUmmie will move out when he is thrown out.....after mom dies.
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Re: Loc0nuts: Maybe I should get a pet. Any ideas?...
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2013, 09:16:07 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on September 23, 2013, 08:41:19 AM
I'll very likely get one when I move out which may not be very long from now....DUmmie will move out when he is thrown out.....after mom dies.

A pet male RAT, name him Ben.    "  Ben, the two of us need not look no more, we have found what we are looking for."

Good pet, one that will bond with you as long as you feed him, content to sit inside your shirt all day, some one to talk to and go through life with.

Only you know Ben is inside your shirt listening to those you encounter and prepared to defend you to the death.    No worry about talking to yourself,   Ben is there to listen as he pokes his nose out of your shirt collar looking for food or water.

I would not advise a dog, they tend to pick up the owners fears.  What cost a RAT, get as a baby and save it from the Snake owners that need feeder mice and rats for their obnoxious so called pets.

A female rat is going to be promiscuous, leave you for some  Hunk of big boy Rat and leave you with 12 baby's to bother with.    Go with the male Rats, they will turn down sex for food in a heart beat.

 

 
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2013, 09:25:56 AM »
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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2013, 09:30:51 AM »
Quote from: 67 Rover on September 23, 2013, 08:19:08 AM
Gaboon Viper?

Excellent choice.  For any DUmmies reading this, these delightful reptiles love a little horseplay now and then, like being tossed into the air and then caught by their owner.

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« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2013, 09:34:48 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on September 23, 2013, 08:02:11 AM
Yup.  A pet rock is the best choice.  One question, though--igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic? :???: :whistling:

As long as it is solid,weighs around 30 lbs and is delivered to the top of his head from about 20 feet high any of the above works.
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« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2013, 09:40:22 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on September 23, 2013, 09:30:51 AM
Excellent choice.  For any DUmmies reading this, these delightful reptiles love a little horseplay now and then, like being tossed into the air and then caught by their owner.

 O-)

Very low maintenance also, just a rat and a hug twice a day.

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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2013, 09:43:38 AM »
Quote from: Carl on September 23, 2013, 09:34:48 AM
As long as it is solid,weighs around 30 lbs and is delivered to the top of his head from about 20 feet high any of the above works.

....and must take it swimming every day.
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« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2013, 09:51:57 AM »
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They do service dogs for anxiety and depression?...
The only service dogs are seeing eye dogs and bomb/drug sniffers. Those animals do a great service.

The recent explosion in all kinds of personal "service dogs" is a pure scam. The sellers get a huge price, and the buyers get a mutt they can take into places where dogs are inappropriate to annoy other people.

Those service dogs probably go to acupuncture vets.
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« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2013, 10:47:15 AM »
I hope LocoNuts gets a dog or a cat. If he did, and then it got run over, his posts would be some of the funniest of the year.

This boy has potential.
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« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2013, 10:48:01 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on September 23, 2013, 08:41:19 AM
I'll very likely get one when I move out which may not be very long from now....DUmmie will move out when he is thrown out.....after mom dies.
And then there will be posts from Loconuts with his wishado requests for donations for his house payments, his food bill, his therapist(s) bills, his medications.  Probably already taking notes from the Stewert and Grits DUmmies on how to do this.
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« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2013, 10:57:19 AM »
Did LocOnuts quit college and move out of the dorm?
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« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2013, 10:59:12 AM »
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Did LocOnuts quit college and move out of the dorm?
Yes. Had a breakdown and moved back with his parents.
Failed once again to get laid.
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« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2013, 11:00:34 AM »
Quote from: dane on September 23, 2013, 10:48:01 AM
And then there will be posts from Loconuts with his wishado requests for donations for his house payments, his food bill, his therapist(s) bills, his medications.  Probably already taking notes from the Stewert and Grits DUmmies on how to do this.


     They should all move in together and put it on Current TV or Al Jazeera or whatever they call it these days. Their first reality show:

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« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2013, 11:00:46 AM »
OK I missed that announcement . Thanks for the update.
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« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2013, 11:03:24 AM »
A boa constrictor comes to mind.  They are so loveable.

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Rabid ferrets are pretty loving and fun.
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« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2013, 11:21:58 AM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on September 23, 2013, 11:06:52 AM
Rabid ferrets are pretty loving and fun.
One of the funniest documentaries I've ever seen is "The Pursuit of Excellence: Ferrets".

If you have Netflix, get it, you won't be disappointed.

Ferret people are as crazy as DUmmies.
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Maybe a honey badger?
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Pet's help a lot of emotional difficulties. I'd love to get a dog but so long as I'm still living at home with the family that has to be a family decision and my mother is dead set against that.

What happened to the dorm?   :rofl:

Please, do not get an organic pet.  Please?  I love dogs more than most people and I would hate the thought of an emotionally abused dog.

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