Comments on: Which Chow Chow should Martha pick? http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/ Cute Overload :D Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mckenzie http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37693 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:11:20 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37693

i HAVE A CHOW ALL GROWN UP AND SHE IS BLONDE WITH SOME RED.
COMMENT ME BACK

]]> By: spongebrooke http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37698 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:15:52 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37698

Wow, not all breeders are money hungry puppy-millers, people. Jeebus-crisp. At least she’s smart enough not to try and CLONE paw-paw

]]> By: jj http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37702 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:39:20 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37702

One more thing, 4 million is the low end. The estimate is 4 – 9 million with some organizations estimating up to 20 million.

]]> By: jj http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37706 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:35:03 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37706 pattyp, your info is ok, but I think quite generalized considering how government run animal shelters & government policies differ from state to state, county to county and city to city in the US. You do not have to obtain a license everywhere. Many pets are killed in less than 2 weeks. 3 days is the legal minimum to hold strays to give time for the owner to reclaim, after 3 days the shelter is under no legal obligation to keep the pet alive. If an animal is taken to the shelter by its owner and relinquished the shelter is not under legal obligation to keep the pet alive after the owner signs the paperwork. The ASPCA estimates that 4 million pets are killed each year in shelters. Some shelters used needle injections, while others use gas or other cheaper methods that I will spare you. Not all shelters spay/neuter pets before adopting them out. Yes, some pets are put up for adoption after their 3 days, but how long they are held is based on space and resources, which varies through the year, by funding and by area. The #2 reason people bring their pets to the shelter is b/c they are moving. That makes summertime peak abandon your pet time. And “dog catchers” pick up just as many cats as well. Not to mention “stray” ferrets, bunnies, iguanas and whatever else abandon pets irresponsible owners let loose b/c they don’t want them anymore. Just b/c an animal is picked up by a “dog catcher” does not mean it is lost.

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All right now, Theo, dear, you can get back to work…we give you 15 minutes of fame everyday. Martha, Oprah, Ellen, Jerry, Jon and Steven can all learn a thing or three from you! Keep your eye on the prize, dear.
(The prize is us).

]]> By: Theo http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37713 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:55:33 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37713

Hey, I’m *professional* now.
;)

]]> By: Gail (the first one) http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37718 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:00:50 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37718

@Teho: You are so cool for checking this out!! Wow, CO was on Martha’s radar—how excellent!!! Congrats to Meg and you, Teho and NTMTOM)!!!

]]> By: Hon Glad http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37721 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:19:23 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37721

Shaz: and particularly PattyP. thank you so much for your replies.
Of course Theo: for letting this correspondence stay open. We are all aware it stopped being about a cute picture eons back.
PattyP: Britains advantage is; put simply, it’s tiny compared to U.S.
We also have/had extremely strict laws on importation of animals… we have/had no rabies compared to the continent of Europe and onwards. That is (to an extent) why the Channel
Tunnel took so long. We feared a Fox or whatever would get through undetected and bring rabies with it. For all I know this could have happened, but there are supposed to be fool proof traps? Britain, ANY WHERE, is no Shangrila. Every country has its fair share of idiots… well you know the rest.

]]> By: Theo http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37728 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:52:02 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37728

*** UPDATE ***

Hey Peeps — I just got confirmation back from my counterpart over at The Martha Blog. That really WAS Ms. Martha Stewart herself up there, in the comments here — though she dictated it and her editor did the actual typing. Which is pretty understandable, y’know, from where I sit. Busy lady. (I’ve already said thank you thank you and hello and maybe just see which pup or pups you bond with most when you visit.)

And hey, Oprah? If you or your people are reading this, when you get a moment, could you have Ellen give us a call? That’d be great, thaaaaaanks.

]]> By: angela http://cuteoverload.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow/#comment-37732 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/which-chow-chow#comment-37732

Wow. I can’t believe I was weeping at that Martha Stewart post.

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