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[lokis_mayhem]

Today is National Mutt day. Set aside to encourage the adoption of dogs from shelters around the country. The goal this year is to save 10,000 dogs from euthanasia or a life in a confindment.
For more information : http://www.nationalmuttday.com/about.htm

Comments

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Yes, they do! Mutts are awesome!

[jes-m-r.livejournal.com]

I really, really want a mutt. I just can't get a dog at this point. When I can? A mutt from a shelter for sure!

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing the mutt love! Someday, you'll give a very lucky mutt a wonderful home!

[alfabet126.livejournal.com]

I'd totally adopt a mutt if I were in a position in my life to have a dog.

Jake and I are still trying to convince Gabe we need a cat. Or Jake would be happy with a new fish.

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Mutts are awesome! :D

If you do get a cat, adopt one - there are way too many of them in the animals shelters too :o) A new fish would be awesome! I used to keep bettas - I haven't had one in a long time though :(

[alfabet126.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, definitely. Frizzy was a shelter cat and even though he was crazy at times, I love the old grump. I was about to say that there are enough cats in the neighborhood that I could get a kitten (or 50) every spring if I wanted to but then I remembered I don't have the patience to raise a kitten. I'll definitely adopt an adult cat whenever the time is right to have another one.

Jake wants us to replace Fishtopher immediately, but I bet if we let it go for a week or so, his insistence will lessen. I'm not even doing a good job of feeding my kid this week so I don't want to be responsible for another creature. I mean, I'm feeding him regularly, but not good, nutritious things that he needs. It's definitely a junk food week around here. :(

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Don't feel too bad - it's a junk food week here too. Pickin's, they are slim!

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

Hey, hun, I have a question. I'm a team leader at team sweeps at femslash_land but I don't know how to host deal or no deal. Never been one for the games. Have you done it before?

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

as mayor of bon temps and such?

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

I've played it before in definitely_dead but I never ran a game and I'm not entirely sure how it works. I had several teammates that knew how to play so I just followed their lead. Sorry I can't be more help!

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

Nuts. Thanks anyway!

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

I just wish I could help more!

[staringiscaring.livejournal.com]

I know. Its cool :)

[thinlizzy2.livejournal.com]

Mutts make the best dog, don't they?

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

They really do! I was hoping to have my muttley at my house this weekend (he's been living at my mom's) but it's snowing too much and I'm not sure we're going to be able to bring him over :(

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

i dunno. the sentiment is absolutely wonderful, and mutts make great buddies.

but bringing a dog (or cat, or rabbit, or any other pet) into a household in the midst of december celebrations is just NOT a good idea. poisonous plants to munch upon, much less chocolates and various adult beverages, tinsel to injest, and crowds of people to an animal who probably needs some peace and quiet to adjust to a new home and new people? i honestly have my doubts about it.

i'm actually in the market for a dog. i need a little companion animal who is willing to be a lap puppy, who isnt going to pull me over when i'm trying to go walkies with him/her, someone whose main purpose in life is to be snuggled and loved on. i think an older small dog will fill that niche nicely.

but even though i've been looking at photos of dogs online, i'm not getting a dog till january or later, for exactly the reasons i named.

(and while a pedigreed doggie is cool, i absolutely believe in getting an animal fixed so that the excess pet population isnt added to. and you dont have to have "good genes" to be a good pet.)

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying go out and get one right now, just encouraging people to consider rescuing a mutt from a shelter when the time comes to get a pet.