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Too Much Free Time

by Michael Ho

Wed, Dec 12th 2012 5:00pm


Filed Under:
cats, diamonds, dogs, driving, pets, training



DailyDirt: Caring For Our Pets

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People with pets sometimes go a bit overboard when it comes to spoiling their animals. There's nothing really wrong with that, but non-pet people might question how the treatment of animals can trump the treatment of people. Here are just a few pet-related stories to ponder. If you'd like to read more awesome and interesting stuff, check out this unrelated (but not entirely random!) Techdirt post.
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    Pseudonym, 12 Dec 2012 @ 5:13pm

    Uhm...

    Let me be the first to note that there are no squirrels in New Zealand.

    Now if someone yelled "rugby ball!"...

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    Anonymous Coward, 12 Dec 2012 @ 5:25pm

    Re: Uhm...

    What do dogs in New Zealand chase, then?

    [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

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    Lowestofthekeys (profile), 13 Dec 2012 @ 6:19am

    Cats are the worst. I remember reading an article that said they'll tune their "meow" to the same frequency of an infant's crying (if you have one) so that you'll pay attention to them.

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    Anonymous Coward, 13 Dec 2012 @ 7:59am

    other dogs, cats, people, sheep, cards, more sheep..

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