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Old 02/01/11, 04:12 AM
 
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Meanwhile elderly poor are going without heat
Cash, the last of the 29 Airlift Chihuahua dogs to be adopted, did not find happiness in Houston. The 2-year-old Chihuahua mix was euthanized at the Houston SPCA after being deemed too aggressive to place in a home.

It is a sad end for Cash, whose short, chaotic life had landed him in a Los Angeles animal shelter overrun with tiny dogs no longer wanted by irresponsible pet owners.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/7406801.html

Perhaps the government should provide AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Chihuajuas) payments? But would that encourage irresponsible pet owners to have more chihuahuas?
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Old 02/01/11, 07:24 AM
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I hope not. Hate those darn things.
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Hope so - that would qualify me for beaucoup $$$. Problem is, of course, that then y'all would hiss and spit about me using my Doggie EBT to buy Taste of the Wild instead of Ol Roy at Wally World.

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Old 02/02/11, 03:29 PM
 
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Poor little dog....feel sorry for him....it is hard to live in a world without the touch of love in it.....
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The sad thing is that those animals can be rehabilitated. Whenever I see "he was just too aggressive," I read "we didn't have the time, patience, or knowledge to rehabilitate."

I mean seriously, it took them a month to fly this dog from California to Texas and then decide that he was beyond saving...
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I mean seriously, it took them a month to fly this dog from California to Texas and then decide that he was beyond saving...
Must have been a lot of stopovers.
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Old 02/02/11, 06:51 PM
 
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Elderly poor going without heat.

And Wall Street just handed out $135,000,000,000 in bonuses for 2010.

Unemployment still crippling the economy.

And Wall Street just handed out $135,000,000,000 in bonuses for 2010.
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Old 02/02/11, 07:36 PM
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Hope so - that would qualify me for beaucoup $$$. Problem is, of course, that then y'all would hiss and spit about me using my Doggie EBT to buy Taste of the Wild instead of Ol Roy at Wally World.

Mary
Another Taste of the Wild fan? Not many around our parts...... just us and the TSC manager.....
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Old 02/02/11, 08:24 PM
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Cash, the last of the 29 Airlift Chihuahua dogs to be adopted, did not find happiness in Houston. The 2-year-old Chihuahua mix was euthanized at the Houston SPCA after being deemed too aggressive to place in a home.

It is a sad end for Cash, whose short, chaotic life had landed him in a Los Angeles animal shelter overrun with tiny dogs no longer wanted by irresponsible pet owners.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/7406801.html

Perhaps the government should provide AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Chihuajuas) payments? But would that encourage irresponsible pet owners to have more chihuahuas?
Todays elderly poor lived through some of the best economic times of the entire last century, what ever did they do with all their money?
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