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Pets advertised on facebook

gleee58 — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:00:31 GMT

I got lucky and adopted a cat from a family that were moving.

She is fully grown, desexed, vaccinated and came home with half a car full of accessories.

The owners had adopted her when their landlord was going to shoot her as she was a stray kitten.

She hid for the first few days. Got into the wall cavity behind the laundry and flatly refused any contact with me. One day I was late home and on my arrival she suddenly decided I must be OK after all and sat on me as soon as I sat down. Now she does it every day.

I often see pets on facebook as their owners are moving or because their owners don't have adequate space or time for their needs and invariably it turns into a **bleep**e fight. If someone can't look after their pets it beats them getting dumped or just left behind when the family moves.

On the other hand their seems to be a lot of people who allow their cats to breed then hope to give away the unwanted kittens. There also seems to be a lot of people who want an outdoors cat, which to me defeats the purpose of getting a cat.

I have also noticed a lot of bull terrier type of dogs, which don't seem to be the most appropriate thing to advertise for sale on facebook.

Overall, I'm a bit conflicted over pets on facebook. It's great for people who need to put their pet up for adoption but not so good when it's used for the unwanted kittens of cats that should have been desexed and dogs that are bred for the sake of breeding.

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

bushies.girl — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:20:11 GMT

Why is not appropriate to advertise "bull terrier type dogs" or do you mean pitt bull terriers?

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

gleee58 — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:45:49 GMT

@bushies.girl wrote:
Why is not appropriate to advertise "bull terrier type dogs" or do you mean pitt bull terriers?

Yes.

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

bushies.girl — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:56:45 GMT

Cant speak for other states but in Vic Pit Bull or Pit Bull x 's cant be advertised for sale ...bty a Bull Terrier is NOT a Pitt Bull

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gleee58 — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:37:32 GMT

They are Pitbull Terriers and I often see them on facebook. Some specify cross bred. They're not in Vic though.

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bushies.girl — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 14:20:23 GMT

Up to each individual state which dogs they allow to be advertised, if it's not against the law in a particular state then people are free to advertise them, so I cant really see what your problem is re them being advertised for sale .....

I wish all states would make de sexing compulsory for all non main registered cats and dogs, with the exception of working farm dogs,there are far too many unwanted puppies and kittens being given away these days because people cant be bothered to de sex their pet

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

gleee58 — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:05:58 GMT

@bushies.girl wrote:
Up to each individual state which dogs they allow to be advertised, if it's not against the law in a particular state then people are free to advertise them, so I cant really see what your problem is re them being advertised for sale .....

I wish all states would make de sexing compulsory for all non main registered cats and dogs, with the exception of working farm dogs,there are far too many unwanted puppies and kittens being given away these days because people cant be bothered to de sex their pet

It's not my problem if you can't see what's wrong with the ads. One person was advertising their dog for sale because the husband wouldn't allow it to be desexed and the dog kept escaping from their back yard. Another clearly spends it's life chained up. It has to go because it barks all day.

So you disagree with back yard breeders selling dogs on the one hand and yet can't see what my problem is with people selling the bred dogs on facebook. Confusing logic that is.

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

bushies.girl — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 20:12:27 GMT

Ok ...

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gleee58 — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:12:15 GMT

The cat has stolen my dressing gown..... and not she hasn't got a dirty bum I think it's the bedside light reflecting off her fur.

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j*oono — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:29:38 GMT

She's lovely Glee. One for the photo challenge?

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tasfleur — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:48:24 GMT

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

gleee58 — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:21:04 GMT

She's lovely Glee. One for the photo challenge?

haha, hadn't thought about that.

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gleee58 — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:22:16 GMT

Stuff it. I don't know what I've done to squish that in the post 😄

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

azureline** — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:24:53 GMT

Lol. Spooky squishing.
I find fb posts for rehoming pets a bit sad but those type of dogs especially. You never know what some people will do with them.
I am torn between anger at the owner and their lousy choices and happy that a new owner might be the better choice.
When my rescue dog heads over the rainbow bridge I will not be replacing him.

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

tasfleur — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 00:21:29 GMT

Poor cat did get a bit squished didn't he ..... ... what a gorgeous cat he is though Glee. Reminds me of a black and white cat who adopted us when we were first married. We called him 'Norman'. He was the most affectionate and mischevious wee beastie. He was our (but not really ours) one and only 'outside' cat because he seemed to belong to the whole neighborhood. Everyone in the street fed him and helped look after him, but he mostly stayed with us, especially at night.

One day, he just disappeared and nobody ever saw him again ... 😞 ... but what a lovely experience it was to have shared that part of his life.

This was Norman .... the one and only photograph!

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

gleee58 — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 07:15:29 GMT

That's a very handsome Norman.

My cat seems to have an obsession with water. When it hears the toilet flush it stands next to it with paws on side and watches the water and when I have the bath on it stands or sits on the side.

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

polksaladallie — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 07:30:08 GMT

He/she wants to do this.

Re: Pets advertised on facebook

gleee58 — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 08:03:56 GMT

@polksaladallie wrote:
He/she wants to do this.

hahaha, I am tempted to test her out with that method. She uses the litter tray then nages until it's cleaned.