Pet Thread

[RonnieFranchise]

Rosie passed away this morning, at home and on her own terms. She was a great dog and got a raw deal health wise. I'll miss her a ton.

[skullman80]

Rosie passed away this morning, at home and on her own terms. She was a great dog and got a raw deal health wise. I'll miss her a ton.

So sorry man. Take time to grieve. It's necessary.

[CBear3]

Sorry to hear Ronnie, it's such a heartbreak when they go so young.

[meow]

rip rosie

[Shyster]

RIP Rosie. That really sucks Ronnie, but it sounds like any sort of positive quality of life just wasn't available any more. You made the right decision.

[shafnutz05]

Rosie passed away this morning, at home and on her own terms. She was a great dog and got a raw deal health wise. I'll miss her a ton.

She was a good girl... You did right by her. So sorry RF

[Shyster]

Hershey caught mice four and five yesterday. Mouse four was DOA, and while mouse five was still alive when I got it away from him and then later released it, I'm betting it didn't survive the night. I'm nicknaming that cat the Black Death.

[tifosi77]

Why do you have so many mice?

[Shyster]

I imagine they are probably smelling the cat food and bird-food peanut/suet cakes that I have in storage bins in the basement. Alas for the mice, those bins are sealed (but not entirely air tight to block smells), and the only cat food is what is out in the dispensers, and when the mice come in and try to get at any of it, they run into the Black Death.

I can't think of anything else. All of my food is in closed pantries with no gaps, and there's nothing else around that they would be after. All of the other bird food/seed is kept outside in steel garbage cans where I thread chains though the side handles and then through the lid handle so that the lids are held down and raccoons and possums can't flip the lids off. (Protip: Raccoons and possums will try to chew open plastic birdseed bins. It takes something made of metal to keep them out.)

[redwill]

Chiefs players have been getting a lot of bad press and with good reason. Kareem Hunt, Tyreek Hill, Rashee Rice, Harrison Butker. I've probably missed a boatload of others.

But then there's this:

Inside K.C. Chiefs' Derrick Nnadi's quest to save shelter dogs
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/401 ... elter-dogs

To be sure, it's not a whopper of a revelation that stories of the good that people do doesn't get the press of the nastiness and irresponsibilities. I know a lot of NFL players do good work charity-wise.

What gets me about this story is 1) it's in my wheelhouse of dog rescue and 2) the guy is a fringe NFL player nonetheless doing what he can. The guy is not a superstar and every year the story is "Well, maybe we can get someone to replace Nnadi. No? OK, I guess we'll go with Nnadi." He lives on the edge of losing his job every year.

"I guess it's just a dog's world and I'm in it."

[AuthorTony]

That's awesome. He's helped save over 500 dogs. Such a shame stories like that don't go viral.

[CBear3]

Every Monday after a win he's on my Facebook feed. Nothing but love for the big man.