# Theories you have about the previous owners of your rescue pet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theories-you-have-about-the-previous-owners-of-your-rescue-pet/690322 "2014-06-08T10:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Not\_Tonight\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@Not\_Tonight\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Tonight_Dear)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theories-you-have-about-the-previous-owners-of-your-rescue-pet/690322/61 "2014-06-13T01:51:28Z")
[http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag394/Debbie\_Fox\_Wyrick/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/10405644\_10203582548345860\_1914200295187221900\_n.jpg](http://s1373.photobucket.com/user/Debbie_Fox_Wyrick/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/10405644_10203582548345860_1914200295187221900_n.jpg.html) Houston on the left, Dallas on the right ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theories-you-have-about-the-previous-owners-of-your-rescue-pet/690322/62 "2014-06-13T02:13:22Z")
My little guy is the sweetest dog I’ve ever had. So I know he was loved a lot. I don’t know when he lost his hearing (he’s 11 now), but he picked up on a few hand signals so quickly that I’m confident he’d been taught the basic obedience commands while he could still hear. He was placed at the shelter when his owner went into a nursing home. He was matted and needed dental work but I don’t think it was intentional neglect. Just his owner’s increasing infirmity. He doesn’t like car rides. Doesn’t play. He lives in his own little world. Fortunately that little world centers on being as close to me as he can get all day, every day.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theories-you-have-about-the-previous-owners-of-your-rescue-pet/690322/63 "2014-06-13T04:24:36Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > You guys are all lucky. All the rescues I had were total jerks. They weren’t given up to the shelter because the owners were abusive, the animals themselves had serious behavior issues. > > Here’s a list: > Yellow tabby, 6 weeks old: would let you pet her for about a minute before biting and clawing your hands and legs. That’s kind of what kittens do – you need to, I don’t know, play with them? When they claw and bite, they’re playing, they’re not trying to hurt you. > [@](#): > > Pregnant black cat: chose us to feed her while she was pregnant, but she was the biggest slut on the block. As soon as she had her litter, she would be out every single night calling her next one night stand. > > Since then, I’ve stuck to purebreds. Wait, you had an unspayed cat, and then were shocked because she was out trying to get laid while in heat? Maybe you should have, I don’t know, had her fixed? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theories-you-have-about-the-previous-owners-of-your-rescue-pet/690322/64 "2014-06-13T04:27:28Z")
Maybe **Superhal** is superteasing? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theories-you-have-about-the-previous-owners-of-your-rescue-pet/690322.md?page=3)