Bulletproof Wallets
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Too all the large bredd owners. Around what age did you feel comfortable leaving your dog outside when you're at work?
mryounggun
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Bulletproof Wallets;7393526 said:
It depends on what you're concerns are.
Juttythe3rd
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i would love to get a dog, but after my golden retriever died 2 years ago, on some real shit i dont think i can handle losing another one. I had her for damn near 12 years
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mryounggun;7393532 said:
Smh...theft. I live in Detroit. I'll keep my lil homie inside till he gets a lil more Trill.
This Husky And Kitten Are 'Match Made In Heaven,' Make Us Want To Adopt Every Shelter Animal
Barbara Autrey was sure she'd struck photographic gold when one of her assistants got the idea to have Kim the kitten pose underneath Ninja the husky's legs.
Autrey was photographing the two animals for the Fairfax County Animal Shelter in Northern Virginia, a government-run facility with an admirably high adoption rate.
It had been her hope to capture an utterly adorable image that would make even more people want to adopt from the shelter, and hopefully get Kim and Ninja new homes, too.
Kim had been chosen for the shoot on account of her cuteness, and because Autrey was "figuring a kitten would be safest in composure." She had initial reservations about pairing a kitten and a dog, but warmed to the idea of having them pose together once she saw Ninja's file, which said he'd been surrendered to the Fairfax shelter from a home with cats. As it turns out, she found Ninja to be "like a big stuffed animal!"
"They were a match made in heaven," says Autrey.
This past winter, Autrey was trained by Deb Cobb and Steve Sloop of the Shelter Art Foundation, a California-based nonprofit that offers workshops and other services to help shelters and rescue groups take excellent pictures of their animals.
"It was also Deb who had introduced me early on to mixing puppies and kittens together, and she was an inspiration to me for Ninja and Kim," says Autrey, who started volunteering with the Fairfax shelter two years ago, after her own dog's death. She considers photos like these to be an important step toward getting shelter animals into new homes.
"I like to think we are saving lives," says Autrey. "My goal is to see the adoption rate increase through the ceiling!"
Meantime, some folks have asked if, in Autrey's pursuit, she Photoshopped pictures of Ninja and Kim beyond their organic level of awwww.
Their photos weren't Photoshopped, says Autrey. To prove it she released some behind-the-scenes pics from Nijna and Kim's shoot:
Find out more about Ninja and Kim, and the Fairfax County Animal Shelter's other adoptable animals, on the FCAS Facebook page. While you're there, be sure to check out this bonded pair of elderly pups who are looking for a new home together:
Igby and Fiona came in together as a bonded pair and we've decided we couldn't possibly separate them because they are each other's family. We need your help to find them a home together!
They have been in a couple of foster homes and have gotten along great with cats, other dogs and all the new people they've met. We love these two and we're pretty sure you will too. Come see them tomorrow when we open at noon!
Barbara Autrey was sure she'd struck photographic gold when one of her assistants got the idea to have Kim the kitten pose underneath Ninja the husky's legs.
Autrey was photographing the two animals for the Fairfax County Animal Shelter in Northern Virginia, a government-run facility with an admirably high adoption rate.
It had been her hope to capture an utterly adorable image that would make even more people want to adopt from the shelter, and hopefully get Kim and Ninja new homes, too.
Kim had been chosen for the shoot on account of her cuteness, and because Autrey was "figuring a kitten would be safest in composure." She had initial reservations about pairing a kitten and a dog, but warmed to the idea of having them pose together once she saw Ninja's file, which said he'd been surrendered to the Fairfax shelter from a home with cats. As it turns out, she found Ninja to be "like a big stuffed animal!"
"They were a match made in heaven," says Autrey.
This past winter, Autrey was trained by Deb Cobb and Steve Sloop of the Shelter Art Foundation, a California-based nonprofit that offers workshops and other services to help shelters and rescue groups take excellent pictures of their animals.
"It was also Deb who had introduced me early on to mixing puppies and kittens together, and she was an inspiration to me for Ninja and Kim," says Autrey, who started volunteering with the Fairfax shelter two years ago, after her own dog's death. She considers photos like these to be an important step toward getting shelter animals into new homes.
"I like to think we are saving lives," says Autrey. "My goal is to see the adoption rate increase through the ceiling!"
Meantime, some folks have asked if, in Autrey's pursuit, she Photoshopped pictures of Ninja and Kim beyond their organic level of awwww.
Their photos weren't Photoshopped, says Autrey. To prove it she released some behind-the-scenes pics from Nijna and Kim's shoot:
Find out more about Ninja and Kim, and the Fairfax County Animal Shelter's other adoptable animals, on the FCAS Facebook page. While you're there, be sure to check out this bonded pair of elderly pups who are looking for a new home together:
Igby and Fiona came in together as a bonded pair and we've decided we couldn't possibly separate them because they are each other's family. We need your help to find them a home together!
They have been in a couple of foster homes and have gotten along great with cats, other dogs and all the new people they've met. We love these two and we're pretty sure you will too. Come see them tomorrow when we open at noon!
These Passionate Puppies Just Can't Keep Their Paws Off Each Other
These pups may be young, but they've already discovered their first love.
This video uploaded to YouTube captures the pure joy that is two puppies, Tuto and Juj, snuggling. Watch them hug, kiss and dream of everlasting love. You can totally tell they're still in the honeymoon stage.
Pit Bull Cuddles With Chick, And All Is Right In The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pl93Hc1uH2w
This pit bull's snuggly disposition just broke down basically any stereotype about the breed.
This week, a 2007 video of a pit bull named Sharky nuzzling up against his itty-bitty chick friend has experienced a viral resurgence on Facebook, winning the hearts of animal lovers everywhere.
"What a sweet, beautiful dog," wrote one Facebooker Friday.
"Awww so adorable!" exclaimed another.
Pit bulls get a bad rap, but the dogs' reputation seems to stem from many a misconception. For instance, despite rumors to the contrary, pits don't actually have locking jaws, many have been credited with saving human lives, and even pits that have been trained to fight can be -- and have been -- successfully rehabilitated. Plus, they've proven to be no more violent than any other dog.
Just ask Sharky. (Oh, he likes bunnies, too.)
These pups may be young, but they've already discovered their first love.
This video uploaded to YouTube captures the pure joy that is two puppies, Tuto and Juj, snuggling. Watch them hug, kiss and dream of everlasting love. You can totally tell they're still in the honeymoon stage.
Pit Bull Cuddles With Chick, And All Is Right In The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pl93Hc1uH2w
This pit bull's snuggly disposition just broke down basically any stereotype about the breed.
This week, a 2007 video of a pit bull named Sharky nuzzling up against his itty-bitty chick friend has experienced a viral resurgence on Facebook, winning the hearts of animal lovers everywhere.
"What a sweet, beautiful dog," wrote one Facebooker Friday.
"Awww so adorable!" exclaimed another.
Pit bulls get a bad rap, but the dogs' reputation seems to stem from many a misconception. For instance, despite rumors to the contrary, pits don't actually have locking jaws, many have been credited with saving human lives, and even pits that have been trained to fight can be -- and have been -- successfully rehabilitated. Plus, they've proven to be no more violent than any other dog.
Just ask Sharky. (Oh, he likes bunnies, too.)
Dog Runs Through Water Fountain, Is Basically The Happiest Creature On Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZqL5ZNidfVY
This Sweet Tabby Cat Lovingly Grooms Baby Rabbits As If They Were Her Own
There's no denying the power of maternal instincts.
Mango has the reputation among her household for being eager to care for any litter as if they were her own, according to her owner. But this time, the tabby cat jumped into the family's pen full of young rabbits by mistake. Watch as she proceeds to treat the cuddly bunnies like kittens, holding and licking them without discrimination.
We think she's considering adopting them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZqL5ZNidfVY
This Sweet Tabby Cat Lovingly Grooms Baby Rabbits As If They Were Her Own
There's no denying the power of maternal instincts.
Mango has the reputation among her household for being eager to care for any litter as if they were her own, according to her owner. But this time, the tabby cat jumped into the family's pen full of young rabbits by mistake. Watch as she proceeds to treat the cuddly bunnies like kittens, holding and licking them without discrimination.
We think she's considering adopting them.
Hospitalized Owner Reuniting With Beloved Pit Bull Is The Best Medicine
This is Karma the dog being reunited with her owner, Rick, who'd been taken away in an ambulance a couple of weeks earlier.
This is love.
About a month ago, Rick turned up at the Villalobos Rescue Center with his dog and a bad infection.
He'd gotten sick, he said, when Karma fell into a river and he jumped in to save her.
"It's no big secret that the waters of Louisiana are not always that healthy," says Tia Torres, who runs the New Orleans-based Villalobos Rescue Center, where the TV show "Pit Bulls and Parolees" is set. The rescue is home to hundreds of formerly abused and abandoned pit bulls who are tended to by ex-convicts.
Torres called 911, promising to look after Karma until Rick got out of the hospital. It was the first time she'd agreed to take in a dog under these circumstances, but "only when he knew his dog was safe would he get in the ambulance," she says.
Torres had met Rick before, when he'd come by for food and medical care for Karma.
"I offered him $20 at one point and he refused," she says. He was homeless, she says, but "just wanted help with his dog."
Not knowing Rick's last name, or even to what hospital he was being taken, Torres wasn't sure how long he'd be away or even if -- despite his obvious affection for Karma -- he'd come back.
"If time stretched on, I was prepared to keep Karma at VRC and start to prepare to find a new forever home."
People who read about Karma's limbo on Facebook, where Torres posted photos of the girl and updates on her predicament, sent in pink collars and other gifts. Karma appeared healthy, and Torres says she'd started to come out of her shell -- but she still looked a little uneasy.
Fortunately, some two weeks after he left -- which is more than three months in "dog time" -- Rick came back for Karma. And Karma gave him the warmest, doggiest, most loving greeting there is.
Rick was healthier, Torres says, and "all my staff including myself was in tears while Karma wiggled with happiness."
As anyone who's watched "Pit Bulls and Parolees" knows, Villalobos is a place where both people and animals with rough starts can get their second chances.
"Always pay it forward because one day it could be you needing help," says Torres, who was so moved by Rick's devotion to Karma, and Karma's to Rick, that she's set the pair up in temporary housing and offered Rick a job working at the rescue center. He is part time there now, with the hopes that it'll go well, and the hours will expand.
Call it the redemptive power of love. Or maybe just chalk this up to Karma.
"Even when Rick was homeless he told me his dog ate before him," Torres says, "which is the beautiful bond we expect when there is that much love between man and man's best friend."
This is Karma the dog being reunited with her owner, Rick, who'd been taken away in an ambulance a couple of weeks earlier.
This is love.
About a month ago, Rick turned up at the Villalobos Rescue Center with his dog and a bad infection.
He'd gotten sick, he said, when Karma fell into a river and he jumped in to save her.
"It's no big secret that the waters of Louisiana are not always that healthy," says Tia Torres, who runs the New Orleans-based Villalobos Rescue Center, where the TV show "Pit Bulls and Parolees" is set. The rescue is home to hundreds of formerly abused and abandoned pit bulls who are tended to by ex-convicts.
Torres called 911, promising to look after Karma until Rick got out of the hospital. It was the first time she'd agreed to take in a dog under these circumstances, but "only when he knew his dog was safe would he get in the ambulance," she says.
Torres had met Rick before, when he'd come by for food and medical care for Karma.
"I offered him $20 at one point and he refused," she says. He was homeless, she says, but "just wanted help with his dog."
Not knowing Rick's last name, or even to what hospital he was being taken, Torres wasn't sure how long he'd be away or even if -- despite his obvious affection for Karma -- he'd come back.
"If time stretched on, I was prepared to keep Karma at VRC and start to prepare to find a new forever home."
People who read about Karma's limbo on Facebook, where Torres posted photos of the girl and updates on her predicament, sent in pink collars and other gifts. Karma appeared healthy, and Torres says she'd started to come out of her shell -- but she still looked a little uneasy.
Fortunately, some two weeks after he left -- which is more than three months in "dog time" -- Rick came back for Karma. And Karma gave him the warmest, doggiest, most loving greeting there is.
Rick was healthier, Torres says, and "all my staff including myself was in tears while Karma wiggled with happiness."
As anyone who's watched "Pit Bulls and Parolees" knows, Villalobos is a place where both people and animals with rough starts can get their second chances.
"Always pay it forward because one day it could be you needing help," says Torres, who was so moved by Rick's devotion to Karma, and Karma's to Rick, that she's set the pair up in temporary housing and offered Rick a job working at the rescue center. He is part time there now, with the hopes that it'll go well, and the hours will expand.
Call it the redemptive power of love. Or maybe just chalk this up to Karma.
"Even when Rick was homeless he told me his dog ate before him," Torres says, "which is the beautiful bond we expect when there is that much love between man and man's best friend."
Rocket The Rescue Chihuahua Gets Forever Home With Built-In Canine BFF, Can't Stop Grinning
Crystal Coleman was an easy mark for the little 2-year-old Chihuahua mix at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington in Northern Virginia.
"We had visited four shelters last weekend, and this was the third. Rocket was all snuggled up in his little bed, recovering from being neutered," she says. "He looked so sweet."
rocket
But before she, her husband Paul Murray and their 13-year-old son Kobe Anderson could make it official, there was one more family member who had to give the okay.
"Our little dog Oliver is quite old and grouchy," she says.
Oliver had been lonely since the death of his companion, Texas, an 11-year-old toy fox terrier with diabetes. But he'd also been bullied by another dog recently, and Coleman wanted to be sure he'd get along well with any new pet. "So, we went home to think it over. We talked about Rocket non-stop for the next 12 hours and brought Oliver to meet him first thing Sunday morning," she says.
The meeting went well. Really, really well. Rocket had a family. And from the looks of his adoption photo, he -- and they -- couldn't have been happier about it.
Before landing at AWLA, Rocket -- then called Bucky -- was in West Virginia, "living on a chain and had been since a pup," according to Chestina Merriner of the Potomac Highlands Animal Rescue. A volunteer talked Bucky's owner into giving him up, putting this little pup into a position to be all smiles, adopted by his new Maryland family.
Who adore him. Yes, even Oliver.
"We grin a lot when we are with him, he is very cuddly and such a sweet little soul. He even makes grouchy old Oliver happy to sit next to him," says Coleman. "We are so glad we stopped by the shelter in Arlington. I would tell others to give a shelter dog a chance. They really do need homes with people. That is when they are happiest. And you can be happier too."
Crystal Coleman was an easy mark for the little 2-year-old Chihuahua mix at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington in Northern Virginia.
"We had visited four shelters last weekend, and this was the third. Rocket was all snuggled up in his little bed, recovering from being neutered," she says. "He looked so sweet."
rocket
But before she, her husband Paul Murray and their 13-year-old son Kobe Anderson could make it official, there was one more family member who had to give the okay.
"Our little dog Oliver is quite old and grouchy," she says.
Oliver had been lonely since the death of his companion, Texas, an 11-year-old toy fox terrier with diabetes. But he'd also been bullied by another dog recently, and Coleman wanted to be sure he'd get along well with any new pet. "So, we went home to think it over. We talked about Rocket non-stop for the next 12 hours and brought Oliver to meet him first thing Sunday morning," she says.
The meeting went well. Really, really well. Rocket had a family. And from the looks of his adoption photo, he -- and they -- couldn't have been happier about it.
Before landing at AWLA, Rocket -- then called Bucky -- was in West Virginia, "living on a chain and had been since a pup," according to Chestina Merriner of the Potomac Highlands Animal Rescue. A volunteer talked Bucky's owner into giving him up, putting this little pup into a position to be all smiles, adopted by his new Maryland family.
Who adore him. Yes, even Oliver.
"We grin a lot when we are with him, he is very cuddly and such a sweet little soul. He even makes grouchy old Oliver happy to sit next to him," says Coleman. "We are so glad we stopped by the shelter in Arlington. I would tell others to give a shelter dog a chance. They really do need homes with people. That is when they are happiest. And you can be happier too."
Bussy_Getta
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Bcotton5;7406617 said:Rocket The Rescue Chihuahua Gets Forever Home With Built-In Canine BFF, Can't Stop Grinning
Crystal Coleman was an easy mark for the little 2-year-old Chihuahua mix at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington in Northern Virginia.
"We had visited four shelters last weekend, and this was the third. Rocket was all snuggled up in his little bed, recovering from being neutered," she says. "He looked so sweet."
rocket
But before she, her husband Paul Murray and their 13-year-old son Kobe Anderson could make it official, there was one more family member who had to give the okay.
"Our little dog Oliver is quite old and grouchy," she says.
Oliver had been lonely since the death of his companion, Texas, an 11-year-old toy fox terrier with diabetes. But he'd also been bullied by another dog recently, and Coleman wanted to be sure he'd get along well with any new pet. "So, we went home to think it over. We talked about Rocket non-stop for the next 12 hours and brought Oliver to meet him first thing Sunday morning," she says.
The meeting went well. Really, really well. Rocket had a family. And from the looks of his adoption photo, he -- and they -- couldn't have been happier about it.
Before landing at AWLA, Rocket -- then called Bucky -- was in West Virginia, "living on a chain and had been since a pup," according to Chestina Merriner of the Potomac Highlands Animal Rescue. A volunteer talked Bucky's owner into giving him up, putting this little pup into a position to be all smiles, adopted by his new Maryland family.
Who adore him. Yes, even Oliver.
"We grin a lot when we are with him, he is very cuddly and such a sweet little soul. He even makes grouchy old Oliver happy to sit next to him," says Coleman. "We are so glad we stopped by the shelter in Arlington. I would tell others to give a shelter dog a chance. They really do need homes with people. That is when they are happiest. And you can be happier too."
that dog cheesing!!!
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Dog Adopts Farrow Of Wild Boat Piglets
A French bulldog named Baby has adopted six orphaned wild boar piglets after finding them in a forest near Berlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MO9FBW8Dlus
Cat Adopts Wolf-Cub
A wolf-cub in a Siberian zoo was adopted by a cat after it was rejected by its mother and was on the brink of death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kWR_mLFo1-k
Cat Adopts Baby Raccoon
It was love at first sight for a mother cat and baby raccoon that -- by a stroke of serendipity -- were placed together in the same cage at the Jonesboro Animal Control, The Huffington Post reports.
Last month, a 10-month-old cat named J.J. arrived at the shelter in Jonesboro, Ark., with two tiny kittens in tow. On the very same day, a 2-week-old baby raccoon -- now called 'Bandit' -- was rescued by an Animal Control officer.
The raccoon was having trouble eating and so, the officer placed it next to J.J., hoping that the mother cat would take to the little animal.
J.J.'s maternal instincts quickly kicked in and she immediately started nursing and cleaning the little fellow, Associated Press reports.
Mom Cat Adopts Red Panda Cubs
According to BBC News, a Dutch zookeeper's cat adopted two baby red pandas after the cubs were rejected by their mother. The cat -- which had just given birth to a litter of her own kittens -- nursed the panda cubs alongside her own babies, giving them a chance of survival.
The red panda is an endangered species that lives in Himalayan regions in China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Burma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wpP8Ciqbo3Y
A French bulldog named Baby has adopted six orphaned wild boar piglets after finding them in a forest near Berlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MO9FBW8Dlus
Cat Adopts Wolf-Cub
A wolf-cub in a Siberian zoo was adopted by a cat after it was rejected by its mother and was on the brink of death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kWR_mLFo1-k
Cat Adopts Baby Raccoon
It was love at first sight for a mother cat and baby raccoon that -- by a stroke of serendipity -- were placed together in the same cage at the Jonesboro Animal Control, The Huffington Post reports.
Last month, a 10-month-old cat named J.J. arrived at the shelter in Jonesboro, Ark., with two tiny kittens in tow. On the very same day, a 2-week-old baby raccoon -- now called 'Bandit' -- was rescued by an Animal Control officer.
The raccoon was having trouble eating and so, the officer placed it next to J.J., hoping that the mother cat would take to the little animal.
J.J.'s maternal instincts quickly kicked in and she immediately started nursing and cleaning the little fellow, Associated Press reports.
Mom Cat Adopts Red Panda Cubs
According to BBC News, a Dutch zookeeper's cat adopted two baby red pandas after the cubs were rejected by their mother. The cat -- which had just given birth to a litter of her own kittens -- nursed the panda cubs alongside her own babies, giving them a chance of survival.
The red panda is an endangered species that lives in Himalayan regions in China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Burma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wpP8Ciqbo3Y
Bussy_Getta
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I love this thread.
