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Originally Posted by justjim
I hear you regarding the dog strollers. We are out of the "pet business" but had a dog for a number of years when I traveled a lot but never saw a dog stroller until we moved to TV. With all due respect, if my dog could no longer walk, would have to think seriously it might be time to put him/her down.
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Originally Posted by swrinfla
Observations:
Dogs must be walked, thus are usually more visible.
Cats do not need to be walked, thus are usually "invisible."
Therefore, neither I nor My Cat notice dogs, even though several neighbors have them!
My bottom lines are:
** Cat owners don't pay attention nor care about the dog population!
** Dog owners don't want to know about cat owners, nor do they care!
SWR
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Huh. A Couple of things here. When our first golden retriever got old, we would take him in the car to places to enjoy outside if it was too far to walk (the dog beach, for instance). If we could have fit an 85-lb dog in a stroller, we would have continued to take him on walks, as that was his absolute favorite thing to do, to the point that all I had to do was bring out my walking shoes, and he was right there in my face, tail wagging. Bless his pea-pickin' l'il heart, the last thing he did before he suddenly died was go for a tiny walk with my husband. I still miss him. (The dog, not my husband. Well... that didn't come out right.) Anyway, I think it's fine to have a stroller for your dog for whatever reason.
As for cats and dogs, I looooooooove both. I can't wait to meet Gracie's "two" cats and get my cat fix in Feb. Our seventh cat died 5 years ago. I love encountering dogs on our walks and seeing cats on lanais. Animals brig me joy.
I think we have the only dog on our street, Newburn Ln. in tamarind Grove. Our neighbor has a cat. I don't now about the rest of the street. An intersecting street (Grenadier) has at least four dogs.
Bring 'em on! The more, the merrier.
Oh, PS: We got the first golden when the second child left for college. That was 18 years ago, and we're still a happy couple. I don't buy that cr**p about getting a dog because you can't stand being alone with each other. We've always have pets, for 42 years, and we've always been best friends, too. So there.