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    Wink lets talk pets

    do you have a pet?
    if so what makes the best pet?
    and why.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Dogs make the best pets because they love you the most. I used to have this giant greyhound. He was sweet and really dumb. I would fake throwing a ball into the sky and he'd just look up there for minutes waiting for it to come back down. Other times, when we were playing rough, he'd rear up and punch me with these massive front legs until I dropped the ball. We loved to play keep the ball away from one another. It was a full contact aerobic workout. But when we weren't playing, he was gentle to the point of timidity. One bad day he died. After that my wife and I started traveling too much to have a dog. But he still turns up in my dreams sometimes, usually just as a dream gets bad and seems about to turn into a nightmare. Then I see him and wake up. Good boy.
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    We have a cat. It can curl up by you and give you a sense of companionship.

    I've also had chickens in my youth. And a dog. I liked both species about equally well and they seemed to like me. Unfortunately, they did not get along with each other. I mean I can see why the dog could not stand the chickens. They had nothing much to do except torment him since he had to be on a chain and they didn't. The inevitable happened and he got off his chain. After that the number of my pets diminished.

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    Arf! Arf! If patterns of consciousness survive, will they be there to meet me? They need me now, and perhaps I will need them as much later. Of course I talk to them in particular voices and they learn to talk back in dogese.

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    We have a cat, quite intelligent animals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    do you have a pet?
    if so what makes the best pet?
    and why.
    How about you, cacian? Do you have a pet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pompey Bum View Post
    Dogs make the best pets because they love you the most. I used to have this giant greyhound. He was sweet and really dumb. I would fake throwing a ball into the sky and he'd just look up there for minutes waiting for it to come back down. Other times, when we were playing rough, he'd rear up and punch me with these massive front legs until I dropped the ball. We loved to play keep the ball away from one another. It was a full contact aerobic workout. But when we weren't playing, he was gentle to the point of timidity. One bad day he died. After that my wife and I started traveling too much to have a dog. But he still turns up in my dreams sometimes, usually just as a dream gets bad and seems about to turn into a nightmare. Then I see him and wake up. Good boy.
    loving your story
    can we publish it?
    a dream you and a dog what a beauty of a read
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pompey Bum View Post
    How about you, cacian? Do you have a pet?
    well we have a cat but it is not my pet.
    he is called romeo and he is loving
    he sleeps on my pillow literally every night and follows me around.

    I guess he decided i am alright
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by YesNo View Post
    We have a cat. It can curl up by you and give you a sense of companionship.

    I've also had chickens in my youth. And a dog. I liked both species about equally well and they seemed to like me. Unfortunately, they did not get along with each other. I mean I can see why the dog could not stand the chickens. They had nothing much to do except torment him since he had to be on a chain and they didn't. The inevitable happened and he got off his chain. After that the number of my pets diminished.
    YesNo are you saying the cat is after the chickens?
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    well we have a cat but it is not my pet.
    he is called romeo and he is loving
    he sleeps on my pillow literally every night and follows me around.

    I guess he decided i am alright
    You are right, cacian. Itīs not we who adopt the cats, they adopt us.
    Cats seem to have been born with a manual of human pedagogy.
    Iīve had several pets but I prefer cats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    YesNo are you saying the cat is after the chickens?
    Oh, yes. We have a cat now. Those chickens, may they rest in peace, and that dog, who didn't really belong to me, all happened long ago, like decades ago, when I lived in a more rural area.

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    Something I learned recently was that domestic pets like dogs and cats often understand words a bit like humans do.

    Same goes for parrots, of course, except they can actually pronounce words...

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    I'm a cat person, though I've never owned one. I find dogs far too emotionally needy.

    I do mean to get a cat at some point, but only once I own my own home - landlords tend not to be thrilled at the idea of pets.
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    Even if you own your own home (town house, condo, etc) and you are under a home owner association (HOA) you may have a pet restriction. Our daughter can only have two pets even though she owns her condo, for instance, and the size of the pets is restricted also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    loving your story
    can we publish it?
    a dream you and a dog what a beauty of a read
    Thanks, Cacian. He was a good dog and a good friend.

    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    well we have a cat but it is not my pet.
    he is called romeo and he is loving
    he sleeps on my pillow literally every night and follows me around.

    I guess he decided i am alright
    If the cat sleeps on your pillow and follows you around, that is your cat. People don't decide these things. Cats do.

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