Carbon footprint of pet ownership

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 2021 #32

    The thought crossed my mind......😙

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  • JVB66
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    edited January 2021 #34

    Today, even with the rain/snow showers when out with Rosa there will be someone else out in "proper dog walking weather" the onlt difference will be that the "chat" will be much shorter than usualwink

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited January 2021 #35

    Yep, a crossbreed. I bet he was feisty, but a lovely cross. All dogs are costing a fortune sadly at the moment. Breeders asking silly money, (including the professional ones) and potential owners willing to pay silly money. It’s a vicious cycle fuelling dog crimes. Give it six months, most folks vaccinated, and the charities will be awash with unwanted pets sadly.
    Not enough people fully understand the implications, life style changes, compromises that come with dog ownership. You are sensible enough to know and recognise it isn’t for you, you have other calls on your life choices, absolutely nothing wrong with that at all. 

    Given the choice, I would love an Airedale/Irish Terrier cross. But it would need some training, and I would want a bitch. BIL has such a cross dog, huge, wilful and a right blinking handful. Not socialised enough.

     

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  • Takethedogalong
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    edited January 2021 #37

    My Mum grew up with a smooth coated Fox Terrier. You rarely see them nowadays. We shared a train carriage with a lovely one on Tall y bont railway a couple of years ago. BIL’s cross is huge. Proper big Airedale size, but unlike most Airedales, which tend to be quite laid back nowadays, he’s got the true Terrier temper. Bit of a handful.

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  • nelliethehooker
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    edited January 2021 #39

    That'll be me then, JVB. Out 4 times a day every day, come hail or shine, when at home and often the same when away in the van too. In fact heading out now for another hour walk. It's what keeps me fit, healthy and sane, although others might not think so.wink

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited January 2021 #40

    My Dad was like you Nellie, literally walked the dogs legs off!  He’d disappear for hours, umbrella, sandwich, off him and the dog would go. OH is same, sadly the pooch ain’t up to it now.

  • JaRT
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    edited February 2021 #41

    Noted.

    Amount of sleep lost over this - 'zero'

     

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  • eribaMotters
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    edited February 2021 #43

    I've just had a thought. If we banned all cats and dogs, in addition to becoming vegetarians, then greenhouse gases would decline and we could carry on driving diesel cars to tow our caravans.

    I also would not have to vac myself down when I return from my mothers as I'm covered in dog hairs. I must admit though the amount of dog muck has declined greatly as I've go older as more owners care about what there dog leaves behind for others to step in.

  • ABM
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    edited February 2021 #44

    Surely thats a FIN  print undecided

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