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Or, here’s a radical idea, people could take responsibility for their pets and keep their cat indoors. Every one of those incidents could have been prevented but people here are so stuck on the idea that “cats need to go outside!!!” and “it’s different in the UK”. I’ve known people who have had multiple cats go missing or die in horrible ways and still let their existing cats free roam. That’s not even touching on the negative environmental impact that cats have. 

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While there are certainly issues with the game shooting industry in the UK, this is a clear case of keep your cat indoors, especially when you’ve already had multiple cats die the same way.

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Playing around with the pipe fish pair in the macro tank 😃

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Not to mention that goldfish is gonna get bigger and DEMOLISH their pretty setup.

I hate fishkeepers on Reddit

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“How can Aqueon say it’s all about the fish?” Acrylic painting of the @aqueonproduct Betta Falls Kit (0.5 gal per fish).

Aqueon should do away with its harmful and unnecessary line of Betta-specific tanks which are mostly under 1 gallon, some as low as 0.25 gallon.

Aqueon sells many excellent aquariums (5 gallons and above) that will actually provide Bettas with a quality of life.

The Aqueon Betta fish tanks are a way for them to maximize profit opportunities by producing cheap and “easy” tanks that mislead consumers. People buy them thinking Bettas must prefer tiny spaces and that these tanks are low-maintenance, but in order to keep water conditions tolerable they would actually need to do water changes every 1-2 days. The cramped size does not allow Bettas to perform their natural behavior of exploring, patrolling, and hiding.

How can consumers take Aqueon seriously when they claim, “it’s all about the fish?” when with Bettas, it’s all about profit?

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by zakiranchu on instagram

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Tbf tho, if you’ve got a husky or other working breed dog then you KNOW they’ve disobeyed you on purpose. Some dogs really do act like petulant toddlers when frustrated. When my husky/cattle dog mix begs me for food, and I tell her no. She will literally stomp to her bed and tear and throw her blanket around in a temper tantrum. It’s super cute, and I love it. She never does it when she’s in trouble for doing something wrong, only when I tell her she can’t have something she wants.

Okay, but can we stop ascribing complex emotions and actions that require human level cognition to dogs in our welfare posts? There was a rather good anecdotal account of how a person’s use of Cesar Millan’s tactics ruined their relationship with their first dog, and for the most part it was a good and enlightening read. However one line did kind of stick in my craw. I can’t find the post now but it was along the lines of:

“And then my dog started to deliberately disobey me on walks.”

And this is, unfortunately, a sign of potentially damaging anthropomorphism. Dogs are not capable of being vindictive or malicious, and assuming that the dog’s lack of response to commands was due to him bearing a grudge about the harshness of previous treatment is entirely the wrong interpretation to take away. It is true that the dog’s inability to properly carry out commands is due to the aversive training techniques, HOWEVER, it did not turn the dog into a petulant three year old human.

Most likely the dog is not able to understand that you want him to perform a task because until recently your behaviour towards him consisted of random jabs, hisses, and other uncomfortable stimuli, probably in tandem with commands. Cesar Millan’s techniques are not only unnecessarily harsh, they can serve to condition a dog to expect punishment no matter what it does. This is because Cesar Millan’s techniques operate on the INCREDIBLY misguided principle that we know every facet of canine behaviour and communication, and that the crux of a dog’s existence is dedicated to achieving a dominant role in its “pack”. When you enter into a relationship with a dog with the expectation that the animal’s main goal in life is to supplant you, then you have already gone a good way towards ensuring that your relationship is not going to be a trusting one.

When you start jabbing and alpha rolling a dog, (presumably for things that only you, a human, are capable of considering “bad/dominant behaviour”) the dog ceases to understand what you want from him. This is why rubbing your dog’s face in its urine when you come home from work and find that it dirtied the floor NEVER WORKS. The dog lacks the level of cognition required to connect the act of urination to the uncomfortable punishment. The dog just thinks you’re overly aggressive and the punishment will likely contribute to a reduction in trust. You are teaching the dog to be wary of you by default, because, from the dog’s perspective, you’re the massive aggressive animal that occasionally attacks it for no reason.

It is this lack of understanding of canine cognition and behaviour that makes dogs “act out” in ways that might be interpreted as “deliberate” or “malicious”, but I can assure you that if you look a little closer, you will find that that is never really the case. 

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*looks at my 10 gal walstad tank with a water level 4inches below the top* uhhhhh perhaps laziness?

For people that leave like 4" of space between their water level and the top of the tank... why?

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This is a reminder. I am adamantly against allowing your cat to roam freely outside. I'm very for indoor only, leash trained, catios, or escape proofed back yards for cats. But if your cat is physically capable of leaving your property on its own where it will face predators, cars, poisons, people with pellet/bb guns, diseases, etc, you are an irresponsible owner of that cat.

I don't care what country you're from. No country is completely magically free of any danger to or from your cat. Indoor outdoor cats may be the norm there, but that doesn't mean it's safe. If your indoor outdoor cat made it to old age, congrats it's an outlier. As a vet tech both in general practice and in a shelter I see what happens to most indoor outdoor cats regularly. I have photos I can share, and stories.

You will not change my mind.

I will die on this hill.

If you are upset or angry about this, block me. If you send me messages to say your situation is different, I will block you. If you comment about how x country really is safe, I will block you. I'm sick of this shit.

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honey gourami ‘gold’

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Do you ever see something that fills you with so much joy that if you don’t share it with people you’re going to explode? Yeah that’s this

🌺 Cheyenne

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Someone please make these into stickers

It’s reptile hours

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oh, to be a little fish with a round tummy resting on some moss and thinking about murder

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pipefish look etheral

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animals when they cross the street or whatever idk i never played it