Backyard Breeders (BYB)

*Sigh* One of the things that has lately been a thorn in my side is backyard breeders. I find they come in all shapes and sizes, but generally tend to be under employed, overweight, living off the governments teat and overall can be thought of as trailer trash. Not all the time, but as a general rule if you see a picture of one of their animals outside there is a pile of junk somewhere in the picture.

Anyway, backyard breeders do not do real breeders any favors. They snap up purebred animals and start pumping them out like popcorn to sell to the masses.

Case in point, from my favorite BYB stomping ground, the local kijiji listing:

“calinour cattery as angels availables!!!! these angels are raised underfoot are verry friendly and cudly just like litle teddy bears!!! they love to snuggle and are verry clean kittys.they come from championne blood lines!!!please visite my web site at
best viewed whit internet explorer
phone # 1 506 -
kitten comes whit first shoot ,dewormed and a complet vet check up,kitten kit[food ,toys ,blanky etc...]”

Wow….where do you even begin with this train wreck? Spelling maybe? Is this how a professional breeders usually try to sell their kittens…and what a is championne bloodline? Oh well, nice to know they first get “shoot” before going to their new homes. Would that be with a .22 or a shot gun?

Honestly, running this ad through the very simplest spell checker would have caught many of these mistakes.

And this is one of the pictures of the little angels:



Sorry guys, this is NOT a great picture to post to sell you kittens. In all honesty, he looks sick in this pic. Maybe he just had his face in the water bowl, or maybe he's incubating a nasty virus which is causing his eyes and nose to weep. Either way, this it NOT the sort of picture you show people hoping to make yourself look like a responsible breeder.

Sorry, the overall impression of your cattery? Backyard breeder all the way....

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Tag - Your Found

Uhg, here is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. People who do not put ID tags on their pets. It never ceases to amaze me the "It could never happen to me" attitude that some pet owners have.

Case in point, posted on the local kijiji website:

I lost my Flame Point Himalayan cat in October in the Bible Hill Trailer Park by the exhibition grounds. He got out while someone had the door open I have tried to find him around the area with no luck. If anyone has him or has seen him please contact me as we are heart broken over this loss. Leroy was about 8 yrs old, front declawed and he was fixed. He is a beautiful cat and I would love to have him back. Thanks

Obviously you had enough money to de-claw your cat, but not enough to buy him a $10 id tag and a $7 collar to put it on?

People, just because a cat is an indoor cat is NO excuse not have have a collar and tags on them. You attitude of "He's not allowed outside and we don't let him out" will not protect him if he gets out accidentally. It happens all the time! Doors get left open, latches don't catch properly, and visitors don't always make sure the door is closed behind them, or close the door fast enough to prevent fluffy from getting out.....these are facts of life.

I worked in pet store for a short time and I was amazed at the number of people coming in and asking advice on how to find their beloved pet that had gotten out. The conversation goes something like this:

Customer: "Ummmm....hi, excuse me, can I ask you a question?"

Me: "Sure, fire away."

Customer: "My cat got outside and now we can't find him/her. We're worried to death, what do you suggest we do?"

Me: "Does he/she have a collar and id tags?"

Customer (This is when a litany of excuses start to come out of their mouths): "No, he/she's and indoor cat, we don't let him/her out. The door only got left open for a minute/second while we moved the couch, let visitors in, etc etc."

This is usually where I want to start beating them with a 'clue' stick.

Tags are NOT only for outdoor cats, they are in case of emergency if an INDOOR cat accidentally gets out! It happens ALL THE TIME, get a clue people! A $15 combination of collar and tag can mean the difference of your cat being returned and being lost forever.

Think about it. If your cat gets turned in to the local SPCA with tags you'll get a call to come pick it up. If they don't have tags they may be adopted out to someone else, or even worse put to sleep. If you cat gets run over in the road and it has tags on, someone may at least inform you of what happened, if not you may never know.

This is not only a problem with poor trailer park people such as the above example, but fancy cat breeders too. Yes you are a breeder, yes your cats are fancy and expensive, but can they still get out the door and escape?....yes! You are not immune because your nose is in the air and you have a holier than thou attitude. If you cats are so precious and expensive, then protect them and have id tags on them....heck, go the extra mile and get them micro chipped too.

Rants over for today.

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It's About Responsible Pet Ownership People!!!

Ok, this is a HUGE beef of mine. Irresponsible pet owners! You know them, you’ve seen them, and heck you may be one or have one living next door. The irresponsible pet owner comes in may shapes, sizes, income levels and smarts. Unfortunately they seem to fall more heavily in the low income level bracket.

Here is a great example right off the local free online classifieds. As you will no doubt notice the complete lack of proper sentence structure, punctuation and spelling of this persons advertisement.
Hi me and my husband are giving away our 2 year old cat for free. His name is Nibbler and he was born on xmas eve few mins before xmas. We are asking to keep his name if thats ok. Some details u may need to know. His favourite place to nap is in the bathroom sink he doesnt do it alot but if the door is open he will sometimes nap in it. Kinda funny actually. also we raised him on drinking out of the bathroom sink tap just because my husband travels alot for work and i travel for leasure purposes so its an easy to leave it on then having someone replace his water all the time when were not home. also im looking for someone that loves animals and has no dogs if thats ok. just because nibbler gets upset with a dog in the house he gets scared and he will feel overwhelmed if theres a dog presence and sometimes he will get defensive also nibbler is a very fun loving cat. hes shy at first in a new home and is anti social for a lil bit. but what cat is. It takes him some time to adjust. Also we are giving him away because our cat is pregnant now and we like to give him away before the kittens are born just so she doesnt get pregnant again. i attached some photos if anyones interested. please let me no my numbers xxx - xxxx



This poor cat is now being re-homed because these people are too damn stupid/cheap to get him fixed! It’s painfully obvious that if they had gotten poor Nibblers nuts removed along with the female spayed there would be one less retarded cat owner looking for a new home for their cat. Oh wait, that would mean being a RESPONSIBLE pet owner…I forgot, how foolish of me. Oh yeah, I also forgot, it take MONEY to look after your pets responsibly….how foolish of me to forget that fine detail. Now poor old Nibbler will be thrown out to the big scary world, of course for free to who knows where.

To add to the insanity of it all the female cat will now have a bunch of kuuuuute kittens that will all need new homes. In a society where there is a HUGE glut of cats needing new homes, with shelters practically bursting at the seams, and a cat bylaw about to go into effect that will see all roaming cats rounded up and more than likely destroyed, what are the chances that these poor mutt kittens will find good homes with good owners who are not fucktards like these people?

Poor Nibbler. I don’t think you people deserve any pets, and God help us if you two decide to reproduce!

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Education Is Your Friend

Have you ever had one of those days where you just shake you head and wonder about the intelligence level society in general? I do, lot of times. Usually when I’m on hold with some big company after hearing the monotone, recorded voice at the end of the line; “your call is important to us…..” Yeeeaaahhhhh riiiiight it is. If it was so darn important you would have more receptionists taking calls and I wouldn’t be on hold for 20-30 minutes in the first place. Damn….if I could only figure out a way to charge these companies for my wasted time. I’d start of at the tidy sum of $150 per/hr. Ahhhh to dream.

Ok, back on topic. I always thought most people within North America had some level of smarts. After all we do get the benefit of free education. I guess what they say about free things is true, you don’t appreciate it if it’s free. Well, I wish more people would value their free education a little more because I can find LOADS of examples of people who desperately need it.

All you have to do is look through the free classifieds online to find stellar examples of the level of intelligence some people possess.

Here is a great example, my thoughts are in green:

torti siamese for sale
Price: $200.00
Date Listed: 18-Mar-08

Torti Siamese for sale, 18 months she is front declaw (Fantastic, this sweet little girl has had to go though this barbaric procedure). She is a siamese very nice and lovely, We don't heard her very much (I have no idea what this means? How do you heard a cat?)
She is in perfect healt (Yup, we all want a cat in perfect healt)
She is very interesting by everthing (Do you mean ‘interested in everything’?)

Cause of sale: allergy (It took you 18 months to figure out that you’re allergic to cats?)

She is from quebec, (This is the name of a province, you use capital letters you moron! You also use capitals at the beginning of sentences, with the names of months, places etc) I can bring her here in Halifax around april 1.
Call Julie only

*Sigh* I'm certainly not perfect, but this is just painful to read.

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The World of Online Creeps

Ok ladies, here is another example of the high caliber men within the online dating community.

Remember the lovely individual a few days ago who started getting after me when I had not emailed him within 24 hours? Well, he’s Baaaaack.

This a very good example of what NOT to look for in a potential date and why it is sooooo important to screen your men before you meet them.

This guy IM’d me. The first words off the keyboard were. “I wish I were 9.5 instead of 4.5 inches”.

Okkkaaaayyyyy….this is immaturity at its best. I mean WTF? Do you really think that you’re going to get brownie points for this behavior? Oh yeah, I forgot, I already rejected you so you don’t have to worry about pissing off a woman who could be a potential date. Not only you messaging me after I’ve already told you I’m not interested, you’re acting like a dick. Deal with it, you were rejected after 2 emails. Grow up, take it like a man and move on to someone else. Oh yeah, and maybe you learned something from the experience? Not likely, you would need to have processing brain power to do that.

As I said, screen your potential dates well before you meet in person. Email for a while to build up a rapport and for goodness sake do not give out personal details in the first few emails/IM’s.

I had another guy IM and the second thing he asked right after “How are you?”, was “Where do you live?”

Now this is totally up to you if you wish to give this out, but I would not suggest it. Also, don’t get caught in the trap of feeling like you have to give out information because they have. If they volunteer where they live then that is their choice, if it is not yours then don’t feel pressured to do the same. He told me the general area of where he lived, but I have a personal policy of not giving out that sort of stuff in the first few correspondences. I politely told him I don’t give out my location to new people when I start chatting with them. Simple, easy, polite and if they don’t like it then they are not the person for you. Respecting your opinion is what it’s all about.

Ok, rant over for the day.
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Of Chickens and Men

Society is f**ked up. No doubt about it. We live in a time where there are so many laws and regulations that good people are made into criminals and criminals are allowed to walk free to terrorize again. There is something seriously wrong with this picture.

Take the front page headline of my local newspaper today:

(March 12, 2008) A Chicken and Egg Argument: A suburban Halifax family fined $500 and ordered to get rid of their 13 pet chickens.
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1043194.html

Now, compare this headline to this one:

(February 7, 2008) Drunk driver fined $700 for car crash that killed friend
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2008/02/07/savoy-fine.html

Does something seem horribly horribly wrong with a society that does this sort of thing? On the one hand you have a complete fucktard driving with a suspended license while drunk and manages to kill his best friend. He gets fined a meager $700 for the killing of his friend, and another $500 for the suspended license.

Now, let’s look at a decent family who has decided to keep a few chickens in their own backyard;

“Their three children, ages six, eight and nine, play with them. They’ll decorate a few eggs for Easter, but they eat very few, he said. Instead, they give the eggs to friends or to a local church group that uses them for their Sunday breakfasts.”

May no good deed be left unpunished....

Wow…..real hardened criminals there; they really deserve to be hassled by restrictive bylaws that are based on ill informed, outdated legislation. Let’s face it, what is the difference between keeping 10 pet rabbits in your backyard and 10 pet chickens? The bylaw does not mention lamas as an agriculture animal, so they can keep a lama in their backyard but not a few chickens? Oh yeah, let's not forget that they are now being fined $500 for their actions.

What is it about chickens that raising people’s hackles so much? They’re harmless!

This is a great example of a complaining neighbour who has nothing better to do with their time than to stick their nose in someone else’s business and cause trouble. I bet they feel like BIG men/women now. Wow, they made someone else’s life miserable. They brought the law down on these poor people simply because they could. What did the family with the chickens ever do to deserve that? Probably nothing, there are just too many miserable, inconsiderate, intolerant, fucktard people in the world that can think of nothing better to do with their time than to cause grief to others. I bet people like this were school yard bullies too. They have just brought their bullying into the adult world.

I highly doubt that the complaining neighbour will ever read this blog, but if you do, SHAME ON YOU! May the sharp beaks of a thousand chickens descend on your crotch and yank out the hair while your arms are too short to defend yourself.

Rant over
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Another day another 45 year old...

Well the weekend has come and gone and the online dating zoo pretty much stayed the same. I had the typical influx of email from men who can not read, write or use proper punctuation (or anything NEAR proper punctuation).

For goodness sake people, get with the program! If you want to get to know someone you have to make a good first impression. You get one shot and only one shot. It’s so much like sending a resume to a potential employer it’s not funny. With soooo many people in the market if you can’t type, can’t read, can’t write and can’t use proper grammar you WILL be ignored/discarded.

Ok, on to my observation/beef of the day. Guys, if you’re too damn lazy to create a profile of your own, you have no business being on an online dating site. I really don’t want to hear that you are writing me from you brother/nephew/uncles account. I mean WTF?! The site is free for heaven sake, get off your lazy rear end and make a profile. I don’t care how much you “hate the computer”, do it. Oh yeah, I forgot, you won’t be able to hide as easily from your wife/girlfriend if you have your own profile online. *Lol* Common guys, do you think I was born yesterday?

BTW if you are the brother/nephew/uncle why are you letting someone else use your account? What if the person you are letting use your account does some not-so-tasteful things in your name? Do you really want to be called to account for someone else’s potential bad behavior? *Sigh, headshake*

Second beef of the day. If your picture looks like you 45 and your profile says your 35 guess what? We’re going to think your 45. Case closed.… Next!

For those of you who stumble across this blog most of the things I discuss are experiences I’ve had from poorly behaved individuals. I have had some positive communications with the opposite sex and am just outlining the less than tasteful encounters so that anyone who is thinking of trying out online dating world will have a slight idea of what to expect. For warned is for armed after all!

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