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post #41 of 59
8/9/12 at 8:02pm

Demeaning to the animal? He's a dog. They roll in feces, dead animal carcasses, pretty much anything they can find...what's demeaning about trimming their hair or coloring them a certain color? 

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You might have noticed, I'm not all there myself. 


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post #42 of 59
8/9/12 at 8:10pm
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Originally Posted by mississippifarmboy View Post

Really? Nope.

 

 

I think it's demeaning for the owners more than the dogs. I seriously doubt the dogs care what color they are, but the owners of some I've seen should be ashamed.

 

I can go along with that!

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post #43 of 59
8/9/12 at 8:11pm
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Originally Posted by EmtheFishLady View Post

Demeaning to the animal? He's a dog. They roll in feces, dead animal carcasses, pretty much anything they can find...what's demeaning about trimming their hair or coloring them a certain color? 

 

 

Looking at your avatar, I can see that you might agree with making animals look strange!  wink.png

 

You need to train your dog better. lau.gif

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post #44 of 59
8/9/12 at 10:15pm
Train my dog to do what exactly? Not be a dog? He's a dog, I hope he'll do dog things. Training him to not act like a dog is pointless. If I wanted a non doglike animal, I'd get something that wasn't a dog. I love Cricket. He has been through obedience training, and he follows commands. I've had him clipped in many different poodle styles. But in the end? He's a dog. I'm not going to give him a rubix cube and expect anything more than it to be chewed on. I'm also not going to pretend that non dyed chicks have any better chance of not ending up in the unskilled and uncaring hands than dyed ones. It's ridiculous. Dye them, don't dye them, there will still be people getting them as Easter playthings.

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You might have noticed, I'm not all there myself. 


"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living." -Dr. Suess

 

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post #45 of 59
8/10/12 at 1:40am
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Train my dog to do what exactly? Not be a dog? He's a dog, I hope he'll do dog things. Training him to not act like a dog is pointless. If I wanted a non doglike animal, I'd get something that wasn't a dog. I love Cricket. He has been through obedience training, and he follows commands. I've had him clipped in many different poodle styles. But in the end? He's a dog. I'm not going to give him a rubix cube and expect anything more than it to be chewed on. I'm also not going to pretend that non dyed chicks have any better chance of not ending up in the unskilled and uncaring hands than dyed ones. It's ridiculous. Dye them, don't dye them, there will still be people getting them as Easter playthings.


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post #46 of 59
8/10/12 at 7:20am

Okay, i've thought about it I agree with Em the fish lady in that the chicks could wind up in the wrong hands either way dyed or not.At first I was against it but from what i've read it doesn't harm the chicken, except for the owners and Em is right you can't screen every customer to see if they have enough sense to keep chickens.

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post #47 of 59
8/10/12 at 8:47am

OMG I agree with you - what is wrong with people?!

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post #48 of 59
8/10/12 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by Matthew3590 View Post

To me it seems impractical to not allow someone to do something that is harmless to an animal. 


I am thinking that most everybody in this thread will agree that dying the chicks for your personal enjoyment is okay, we are against businesses doing it, and selling them to the public.

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post #49 of 59
8/10/12 at 4:48pm
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I am thinking that most everybody in this thread will agree that dying the chicks for your personal enjoyment is okay, we are against businesses doing it, and selling them to the public.

 

I don't.

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post #50 of 59
8/10/12 at 4:54pm
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Originally Posted by animalsRawsome View Post

So, other than attracting neglectfull owners, does this cause any harm to the chick?

In a word, NO.

 

The biggest problem is that it may make them 'attractive' to unprepared buyers/owners.

 

 

Yeah, emthefishlady - train your dog better!  rant.gif

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