It's hot outside folks, keep water out for your animals

[elpmis]

I was going to make this thread a few days ago, but was busy and didn’t make time for it.

I had a terrible experience last week. I got a knock on the door around dinner time from the elderly couple next door. They frantically asked me to help them out with their dog in the basement. It seems they left their flooded sump pump hole uncovered, with plans to get the water out from all the rain-causing-floods in our East Coast area. They were watching their grand children’s rather large black chow while they visited the beach. Anyways, the dog had gotten down into the basement, and fell into the hole. The hole for the pump was about 3 feet deep with about a foot of water in it. They came to me because they found the dog in the hole and were unable to pull it out themselves. When I got down to the basement all I saw were hind legs sticking out, I quickly pulled the dog out, water went everywhere and it weighed a ton. It looked like it had been in the water for awhile. I began chest compressions (I grew up around dogs and for some reason my grandfather had taught me this for dogs) just to see if it got me anywhere, and with the other hand I called my old neighbor who was a veterinarian for my parent’s puppy (his daughter had dated my brother). He drove over to the house and led me through full CPR for the dog until he got there. When he got to me he knew right away the dog had died and had been dead for some time. :(

The whole situation was so messed up. I knew the dog was long dead when I got him out of that hole, but I felt like I had to do what I could. On my way out of the house I looked briefly for a water bowl, but I didn’t see anything. I didn’t say anything to the family, but my guess is the chow was thirsty and tried to get into the hole for a drink of water, fell in and drowned to death. Their lesson will come when they have to explain to their grand kids what had happened. It’s all just so sad.

We’ve got a lot of animal lovers on this forum (Pandora especially), and I know this would never happen to you guys, but for everyone else or maybe even just a reminder: Remember to leave water out for your animals folks, check it FREQUENTLY

That is all.

[Fat Burger]

...and not leave holes full of water for them to fall in.

That sucks, dude :(

[SemperFly]

yaya, I make sure to fill up the water bowl as often as I can. I'll usually empty the cup of water I'm drinking into the bowl before grabbing more ice and refilling

[b_sinning]

I refill my dogs water with ice water several times a day.

[FlamingGlory]

:(

[zengirl]

yaya, I make sure to fill up the water bowl as often as I can. I'll usually empty the cup of water I'm drinking into the bowl before grabbing more ice and refilling
Uh, we have one of these:

http://www.petsafestore.com/drbipetfo.html

We can leave for a few days and the animals won't be without water.

:fly:

[fly]

Holy shit. I kept reading that waiting for the shin kicker. It never arrived. :(

[Sarcasmo]

ELPMIS MADE OUT WITH A DEAD DOG. QUOTE THIS POST.

[SemperFly]

Uh, we have one of these:

http://www.petsafestore.com/drbipetfo.html

We can leave for a few days and the animals won't be without water.

:fly:
never said I was actually making a difference, just saying that's what I do :o

besides, the waterbowl goes empty every day so I might as well keep refilling it

ELPMIS MADE OUT WITH A DEAD DOG. QUOTE THIS POST.

[theacoustician]

ELPMIS MADE OUT WITH A DEAD DOG. QUOTE THIS POST.
Who hasn't gotten a little piece of your mom?

[JPatrick]

If the water dish goes dry, our cats just drink from the toilets, wich is bothersome if youre in the middle of taking a dump.

[JPatrick]

Who hasn't gotten a little piece of your mom?


I have a little piece of her in a jar on my desk.

[Sarcasmo]

Who hasn't gotten a little piece of your mom?


I said dead dog, not circus tranny.

[zengirl]

never said I was actually making a difference, just saying that's what I do :o

besides, the waterbowl goes empty every day so I might as well keep refilling it
Lu is the one who drinks out of that bowl, so you know more ends up on the floor than in her bellah.

[elpmis]

Holy shit. I kept reading that waiting for the shin kicker. It never arrived. :(
fuck, I know

[elpmis]

ELPMIS MADE OUT WITH A DEAD DOG. QUOTE THIS POST.
it was horrific

edit: I had to make out with its nose

[elpmis]

Who hasn't gotten a little piece of your mom?
:lol:

[Desslock]

it was horrific

edit: I had to make out with its nose


Pics?

[Pandora]

:eek:

I hope you really didn't make out with that dead dog. I would have given them an ear full instead of bending over backwards to make them feel better. They obviously didn't make much of an effort to make the dog feel good. Who the fusk leaves a chow outdoors in the middle of the day during the summer with no water?! I hope their grandkids give em what for. If it was a kid they'd be in jail...where they belong.

[eileenbunny]

We used to worry that our cats would fall into the sump pump. They are never without water, but they are curious little animals and certainly could fall in by accident, or while chasing a bug or something. I hope this never happens. That poor doggy. :(

[Sarcasmo]

Here's an idea. Cover the hole.

[JPatrick]

Here's an idea. Cover the hole.


I keep telling you the same thing and you dont listen either.

[Sarcasmo]

I keep telling you the same thing and you dont listen either.


My tape worms don't like it when I seal their escape hatch.

[shawndavid]

I'm sorry, Kyle. That shit is terrible.

[Pandora]

Here's an idea. Cover the hole.

Hey now, this guy is on to something. People put child locks on cabinets to keep kids out of chemicals. People should take better care of their holes. Then maybe we won't have so many "child/animal fell down hole" stories.

Least this was an accidental drowning story. It's not as bad as the "Surviver" winner that was shooting puppies with arrows (http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/07/06/survivor.arrested.ap/). F'n bastard. I'd like to shoot him full of arrows.

[Candy]

Our guys have a similar contraption to Zengirls. It's three gallons but still needs to be filled constantly. It's hard to keep track of water for three.

[Candy]

I'm sorry, Kyle. That shit is terrible.

I actually started to cry.

You're a good guy.:(

[Thorn Bird]

Holy shit. I kept reading that waiting for the shin kicker. It never arrived. :(


me too.

that is horrific. :( i can't even imagine it.

[Sarcasmo]

Jesus you people, it was just a dog. Grow up.

[FlamingGlory]

Jesus you people, it was just a dog. Grow up.
Do you want to get bitch slapped? Because that is what it sounds like you are askin' for.

[April40]

I told fly I wouldn't read this thread because it talked about an animal dying.


Fuck.

[April40]

Jesus you people, it was just a dog. Grow up.


http://troll.freeservers.com/japant.jpg

[mikey]

So some people I went to school with would do some really odd things to cats. For instance, tie a cat by its tail to a clothes line, set the cat on fire with gasoline, then cut the clothes line to watch it run down the street afire.

[FlamingGlory]

So some people I went to school with would do some really odd things to cats. For instance, tie a cat by its tail to a clothes line, set the cat on fire with gasoline, then cut the clothes line to watch it run down the street afire.
They probably wet the bed too. :rolleyes:

[mikey]

They probably wet the bed too. :rolleyes:



I didn't ask, I avoided them whenever possible.

[FlamingGlory]

I didn't ask, I avoided them whenever possible.
Eh, and I was going to flame you for shitting on the thread but I didnt.

[April40]

So some people I went to school with would do some really odd things to cats. For instance, tie a cat by its tail to a clothes line, set the cat on fire with gasoline, then cut the clothes line to watch it run down the street afire.


I would probably kill a person if I ever caught them doing similar things.

[eileenbunny]

I would probably kill a person if I ever caught them doing similar things.

Me too. I don't get what's fun about being cruel to animals. I get sad when I kill bugs.

[Thorn Bird]

when i was young, i would find dead critters -- butterflies, lizards...and bury them under my swingset, crying the whole time. it's funny to think about now, but it certainly was not funny back then at 8 years old. :O

i can't imagine why someone would even have the balls to ATTEMPT to create pain AND WITNESS IT HAPPENING. i really do not understand how it's possible. if it happens, i think it's GOT TO BE a sign of a mentally ill person. duct tape on the paw of a puppy? funny, not harmless. deliberately hurting a critter to watch the pain arise? sick.

[JPatrick]

when i was young, i would find dead critters -- butterflies, lizards...and bury them under my swingset, crying the whole time. it's funny to think about now, but it certainly was not funny back then at 8 years old. :O

i can't imagine why someone would even have the balls to ATTEMPT to create pain AND WITNESS IT HAPPENING. i really do not understand how it's possible. if it happens, i think it's GOT TO BE a sign of a mentally ill person. duct tape on the paw of a puppy? funny, not harmless. deliberately hurting a critter to watch the pain arise? sick.



Some peoples brains just aint wired right.

[April40]

Me too. I don't get what's fun about being cruel to animals. I get sad when I kill bugs.


They have issues... and need to seek consoling*.





*my fist

[April40]

Some peoples brains just aint wired right.


You need to be closer to the gators around here.

[fly]

when i was young, i would find dead critters -- butterflies, lizards...and bury them under my swingset, crying the whole time. it's funny to think about now, but it certainly was not funny back then at 8 years old. :O

i can't imagine why someone would even have the balls to ATTEMPT to create pain AND WITNESS IT HAPPENING. i really do not understand how it's possible. if it happens, i think it's GOT TO BE a sign of a mentally ill person. duct tape on the paw of a puppy? funny, not harmless. deliberately hurting a critter to watch the pain arise? sick.
Psychologically, its just a few steps from serial killer.

[JPatrick]

Psychologically, its just a few steps from serial killer.


Read up and youll find a lot of serial killers started out practicing on animals.

[mikey]

Like I said. I avoided them.

[Thorn Bird]

Read up and youll find a lot of serial killers started out practicing on animals.


exactly. i think of jeffrey dahmer every time i hear of someone torturing animals. it's so creepy (and fascinating at the same time.)

[Sarcasmo]

Man, I'm bushed. Took me like three hours to make that stupid labrador fur vest. I'm off to bed after I clean up.

[FlamingGlory]

Man, I'm bushed. Took me like three hours to make that stupid labrador fur vest. I'm off to bed after I clean up.
:lol:

But you suck at trolling.

[SemperFly]

Man, I'm bushed. Took me like three hours to make that stupid labrador fur vest. I'm off to bed after I clean up.
see my vest, see my vest
made from real gorilla chest
feel this sweater, there's no better
than authentic Irish Setter

[elpmis]

:eek:

I hope you really didn't make out with that dead dog. I would have given them an ear full instead of bending over backwards to make them feel better. They obviously didn't make much of an effort to make the dog feel good. Who the fusk leaves a chow outdoors in the middle of the day during the summer with no water?! I hope their grandkids give em what for. If it was a kid they'd be in jail...where they belong.
The sump pump is in the basement of the house, they at least had the dog in doors on that particularly hot day

Trust me I wasn't trying to save the dog for the people, I was trying to save the dog for the dog

Without knowing how long the dog had been in the hole it was the best I could do to give CPR a shot

[elpmis]

You need to be closer to the gators around here.
didn't HFS name the little gator in your backyard "fred" :fly:

[April40]

didn't HFS name the little gator in your backyard "fred" :fly:


I haven't seen him since... check your bathtub plz.

[elpmis]

I haven't seen him since... check your bathtub plz.
hmmm Jenny's bag did feel a lot heavier at the airport than when we first arrived

[Candy]

when i was young, i would find dead critters -- butterflies, lizards...and bury them under my swingset, crying the whole time. it's funny to think about now, but it certainly was not funny back then at 8 years old. :O

i can't imagine why someone would even have the balls to ATTEMPT to create pain AND WITNESS IT HAPPENING. i really do not understand how it's possible. if it happens, i think it's GOT TO BE a sign of a mentally ill person. duct tape on the paw of a puppy? funny, not harmless. deliberately hurting a critter to watch the pain arise? sick.

I know someone who has a 5 or 6 year old that i caught toruring lizards to "see what happened." She evidently didn't think it was as serious as I did. I think it is the sign of a serial killer.

When I was like 19 I witnessed a guy throwing a puppy into a wall because it shit on the floor or something. I called the cops and he ended up arrested, evicted, and jobless. A local newstaion got involved and then his sorry-ass face was all over the 10'o clock news and newspaper.

It then became like the "feel good" story of the week. The news showed the puppy's progression through it's recovery and eventually got readopted.

[BadMojo]

I have no tolerance for animal haters.

We thought it would be cruel to put our cats in a kennel during our vacation (might give them SPCA shelter nightmares). We hired a friend of mine to live at the house and take care of our kitties. They are so spoiled!!

[Thorn Bird]

the only thing i thought was cool was when a lizard lost it's tail...it doesn't hurt the critter and it grows back...i never intentionally tore one off, but i cried when my "pet" lizard got stepped on my my neighbor, and then i realized just his tail had come off. :D

[Thorn Bird]

I have no tolerance for animal haters.

We thought it would be cruel to put our cats in a kennel during our vacation (might give them SPCA shelter nightmares). We hired a friend of mine to live at the house and take care of our kitties. They are so spoiled!!


when i had cats, we left them one time...i felt so guilty and upset the whole time i was gone. never thought i'd feel that way. i can't imagine anything more than that.

[SemperFly]

I miss the free rats :(

[Pandora]

when i was young, i would find dead critters -- butterflies, lizards...and bury them under my swingset, crying the whole time. it's funny to think about now, but it certainly was not funny back then at 8 years old. :O

i can't imagine why someone would even have the balls to ATTEMPT to create pain AND WITNESS IT HAPPENING. i really do not understand how it's possible. if it happens, i think it's GOT TO BE a sign of a mentally ill person. duct tape on the paw of a puppy? funny, not harmless. deliberately hurting a critter to watch the pain arise? sick.

Yeah I had a cousin that thought it was cool to crush lightning bugs and smear them all over herself. The first time I saw her do that I was screamn' cryn'. I don't like bugs all that much (tho I love lightning bugs), but killing things just for kicks is f'd up. However if I see a spider or roach in my territory it's dead meat.

[Thorn Bird]

Yeah I had a cousin that thought it was cool to crush lightning bugs and smear them all over herself. The first time I saw her do that I was screamn' cryn'. I don't like bugs all that much (tho I love lightning bugs), but killing things just for kicks is f'd up. However if I see a spider or roach in my territory it's dead meat.

i CANNOT tolerate roaches. i'm guilty of killin' 'em dead. if i can easily transport a spider to outdoors, i'll throw him out. otherwise, he's gone too. i don't kill things outside though. i'm on their turf. that's the way i justify killin' bugs in the house...they're in MY house. :fly: :O

[Pandora]

i CANNOT tolerate roaches. i'm guilty of killin' 'em dead. if i can easily transport a spider to outdoors, i'll throw him out. otherwise, he's gone too. i don't kill things outside though. i'm on their turf. that's the way i justify killin' bugs in the house...they're in MY house. :fly: :O

Yulp same here! Although we had an unwelcomed hornet in the house last night...theac killed it dead. I didn't want to remove a stinger from the hubby or the pets. :O

[elpmis]

i CANNOT tolerate roaches. i'm guilty of killin' 'em dead. if i can easily transport a spider to outdoors, i'll throw him out. otherwise, he's gone too. i don't kill things outside though. i'm on their turf. that's the way i justify killin' bugs in the house...they're in MY house. :fly: :O
I can sort of remember an incident my first day ever at VMI (in August) - they had a bunch of us freshmen or "rats" crammed into a tiny non air conditioned room in the barracks, anyways an upperclassmen shut all the windows and turned on the heater in the room and was screaming all sorts of orders at us while we sweat to death, and this guy got so mad and crazy he found a roach climbing on the wall, grabbed it, put it in his house and ate it while he continued to yell at us :lol:

[Thorn Bird]

I can sort of remember an incident my first day ever at VMI (in August) - they had a bunch of us freshmen or "rats" crammed into a tiny non air conditioned room in the barracks, anyways an upperclassmen shut all the windows and turned on the heater in the room and was screaming all sorts of orders at us while we sweat to death, and this guy got so mad and crazy he found a roach climbing on the wall, grabbed it, put it in his house and ate it while he continued to yell at us :lol:

i will have nightmares about that. *shudders*
those damn things are as big as rats in mobile, ala. and they FLY. one trapped me in my dorm bathroom...every time i poked my head out to see if he was still there, he'd wiggle his antennae at me. fucker. :barf:

[theacoustician]

I can sort of remember an incident my first day ever at VMI (in August) - they had a bunch of us freshmen or "rats" crammed into a tiny non air conditioned room in the barracks, anyways an upperclassmen shut all the windows and turned on the heater in the room and was screaming all sorts of orders at us while we sweat to death, and this guy got so mad and crazy he found a roach climbing on the wall, grabbed it, put it in his house and ate it while he continued to yell at us :lol:
put it in his house?

[b_sinning]

put it in his house?


I was wondering about that too and just figured elmpis just suffered brain damage from the overheating.