<tom lehrer> He majored in animal husbandry…until they caught him at it one day. </tl>
Neuticles huh… Can’t be as bad as Car Balls
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I was all set to ask who she is and where she loves, because I’m willing to be a pet lover, but then I saw that wasn’t what this thread was about.
I think the whole idea is nuts.
Well, nuts to you!
Do people really look for a dog’s balls that closely? Me, I’m busy looking at passing cars, birds, flowers, clouds when I’m walking down the street, not ogling canine genitalia.
That’s not nearly as silly as when people “marry” their pets.
I’ve heard of some people actually paying hundreds of dollars for guests, a minister, even little dresses and tuxes, and they marry their pets (i.e. two dogs) together! I mean, come on. I’m no stranger of lavishing attention on my pets (I made a birthday “cake” (seed cake) for one of my rats), but that kind of thing is going way overboard.
I can’t believe you have the balls to say that.
How do you make a seed cake? Would any rodent like it to ie chinchillas or hamsters?
You think that’s bad, last time I did a presentation on animal cruelty for aclass of high-school students, one of them told me that it was animal cruelty to neuter a dog.
Sheesh. I go back to that school Friday for another round.
Daniel
Or when the bury them. I was hired once to euthanize a dog at the owners’ home. They had a wake, with friends and family present, all saying their last goodbye to the dog. When I arrived, the dog was led into a seperate room and I gave “the injection”. Employees of Backyard Burials (a Pittsburgh based service) were present and placed the dog’s remains into a very nice coffin. Satin pillow, the works.
I left at that point, but mourners were allowed to see the dog in its casket and once again say goodbye. Backyard Burials had excavated a grave in the backyard, and mourners participated in burial.
I have no idea what Backyard Burials charged, but they had a little backhoe they trailered, and the coffin had to cost a good bit. IIRC I charged $200, and they gave me a thank you card that contained a $50 tip.
As Quark might say, dignity plus an empty sack is worth the sack.
The real question any dog would ask would of course be “How do they taste?”
Apropo of nothing, I remember when my college buddy got his kitten neutered. He had it done at this vet who has essentially a rolling surgery in a winnebago so the cats can recover at home from minor surgery.
Anyway, Chester-cat wakes up from the anesthesia on his favorite pillow, looks around groggily, stands, stretches. Rolls over on his back and goes to lick his balls (hey, priorities). Stops dead. Peers at his crotch. Carefully leans over and looks behind him, looks on the other side. Stands up, looks under the pillow. Looks around in a circle. Looks up at his owner and gives the single most piteous meow I’ve ever heard, as if to say “Help! They’re gone! Help me look for them!”
He was used to it after about two-three weeks, but yeah, to be on topic I can see where a neutered animal might get ever so slight psychological benefits from this.
My friends and I read about these in high school (circa 1996) and promptly created a character that thought he was royalty: Prince Neuticles (pronounced New-tih-clees).
It would actually be ILLEGAL for a show dog. A male must have both his natural testicles or be DQ’d. There was a case I heard of some years back where a fellow had a promising young male dog he wanted to campagne , but unfortunately only one nut had dropped. So he went to his vet and had 1 neutical implanted, waited several months for it to heal , and hit the show ring. First show he entered the dog in , the judge checked for the usual equipment , looked the fella righ in the eye , and asked “Are you aware your dog had 3 testicles?” . :eek: Yup , the other one had dropped , and said owner had not bothered to check. He was barred from showing and breeding , and if I remember correctly , suspended from owning AKC registered dogs. :wally
It’s an empty feeling and a hollow victory
I think the incident PapSett referred to was described (in a bit more detail, IIRC) in one of James Herriot’s later books.
Also, just so you know, there’s no space before a comma. (As I was typing that, I thought to myself “no comma before a space”, which is, indeed usually true; most spaces do not follow commas.)
I just use a tablespoon of peanut butter and roll in as many mixed nuts, seeds (I use chopped peanuts, chopped almonds, sunflower seeds) and raisins that will fit into that amount, then press it into a little cake shape. You wind up with a treat about the size of a ping-pong ball. If you want you can make a few and keep them in your fridge for later. My rats love them, I’m sure hamsters would too. I don’t know about what chinchillas can or can’t have as far as diet goes.
Man, I hope you aren’t using the peanut butter described in the fart thread :eek: