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How much is your dog or cat worth?
baltimoresun. ^ | Jill Rosen

Posted on 08/19/2009 6:04:51 AM PDT by JoeProBono

Edited on 08/19/2009 6:07:49 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The kitty that falls asleep on your pillow purring every night -- is she worth just the $30 you paid for her at the shelter? Or your loyal dog, who you walk with every day -- what, $150? That's the value that showed up on your credit card -- but is their real value about more than the pricetag? In a court of law, that might not be the case.


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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; dog; doggieping; kittyping
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To: rintense

Beautiful!


81 posted on 08/19/2009 12:29:57 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: mware

Awwwwwwwwwwwww. :)


82 posted on 08/19/2009 12:30:23 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Allegra

She looks like a real character! :) What an expression!


83 posted on 08/19/2009 12:32:00 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Lady Jag
This girl was a stray kitten and she saved me. She is priceless.

She is beautiful.

84 posted on 08/19/2009 12:32:12 PM PDT by Allegra ( Socks)
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To: trisham
She looks like a real character! :) What an expression!

He is my "war orphan." His name is Samir. He's very talkative, playful and sweet and when I go home, he's going, too. :)

85 posted on 08/19/2009 12:33:29 PM PDT by Allegra ( Socks)
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To: Eaker

Awesome dog collage. Hi, Mojo! {waving}


86 posted on 08/19/2009 12:34:12 PM PDT by Allegra ( Socks)
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To: Liberty Valance

Ridgeback?


87 posted on 08/19/2009 12:34:13 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Scythian

My dogs have never had worms. I have them tested yearly.


88 posted on 08/19/2009 12:35:29 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Handsome!


89 posted on 08/19/2009 12:37:29 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: scottdeus12

She is 5 months and two days old today


90 posted on 08/19/2009 12:38:22 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Allegra

Oh, that’s great! Now I have tears in my eyes. :)


91 posted on 08/19/2009 12:38:43 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Allegra

I should have said “Oh, that’s wonderful”. My previous post sounds like I was whinging. :)


92 posted on 08/19/2009 12:40:50 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: JoeProBono
I've a Border Collie that has owned me for 13+ years now.....

She is deaf, and somewhat senile now.....

But you couldn't give me $10k for her.....

I love her, and love every day that I have her here with me.

93 posted on 08/19/2009 12:44:00 PM PDT by Osage Orange (A community organizer cannot bitch when communities organize..... - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: trisham
LOL - he makes me laugh every day. I've been on R&R and the first thing I'm going to do tomorrow when I get back to my base is scoop that Samir up and give him such a hug.

Since I started feeding him Iams that I get online, he's gotten very sleek and shiny and admires himself in glass windows now. He also marches into my office at 5:00 p.m. on the dot every day and loudly tells me that it's time for him to be fed.

He is such a character.

94 posted on 08/19/2009 12:44:03 PM PDT by Allegra ( Socks)
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To: ctdonath2

Re cost to maintain pets -—

$3K here and counting re liver disease, etc. — tests like MRI, spinal tap, X-rays, you name it —

Ongoing expensive prescription food and pills she must take the balance of her life. Then there’s the usual grooming and shots and license, et al.

And here I thought getting a dog from the local shelter would be a good thing to do, and inexpensive! Yet I am more devoted to her since finding out she has this congenital illness — something weird must be wrong with me — spend more on dog than on myself.


95 posted on 08/19/2009 12:47:42 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: Allegra

He’s a lucky boy. :) He reminds me a bit of one of my dogs. Chunga knows when it is 9:00 in the morning and 6:00 at night. It’s rather weird, but he seems to be able to tell time. He’s a “talker” too.


96 posted on 08/19/2009 12:47:50 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
I had a huskie/shepard...that many mistook for a Terv.

Fact is...I had never heard of a Terv....until people asked me about "Buddy"...

She was a good dog..!!

I am going to be looking for another dog soon....

Border Collie, German Shepard, Lab, Aussie, or a Terv.....are my preferences.

97 posted on 08/19/2009 12:50:13 PM PDT by Osage Orange (A community organizer cannot bitch when communities organize..... - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Allegra

Take good care, you!


98 posted on 08/19/2009 12:50:52 PM PDT by Osage Orange (A community organizer cannot bitch when communities organize..... - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: trisham
Here he is, up close and personal. I took this last May when I was working on his summer mohawk...


99 posted on 08/19/2009 12:55:16 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Allegra

He winked at you!

;<)


100 posted on 08/19/2009 12:55:16 PM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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