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I need to bitch, and this seems to be the appropriate place. My boyfriend's parents have a German shepherd. A few weeks ago when we were visiting, they were talking about taking her in for a shave down because she's blowing her winter coat and is shedding massive clumps of hair. I pointed out that a furminator would help immensely, and was told, "Yeah, we had one of those, but you still had to brush her like once a week, or something." Apparently brushing their dog once a week is a ridiculous amount of effort. 
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Fat Dio posted:^^Idiots I'll keep trying, but they don't really listen to me because "you're not a dog person" and "you don't know what being a real adult is like!"  No, I'm not a dog person. There are currently two living dogs that I actively like and a handful that I don't mind. Doesn't mean I don't know about it. My first dog was a GSD mutt and the best dog ever. She died because of owner negligence* (I was 12) and I feel a moral obligation to do whatever I can to prevent that from happening to other animals.*Failure to get all her shots, if anyone is wondering. She got parvo and mom didn't tell us because we were at camp, so we couldn't try to nurse her through it. She held on long enough to say goodbye to my sister and I, then went off into the pasture to die.
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Jun 5, 2014 06:20
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My boyfriend's family has a German shepherd. They do the absolute bare minimum to take care of her. She's still got winter coat on her legs and tail. The undercoat is about 2" longer than the guard hairs and I'm afraid to attack it too hard with the undercoat rake because it's matted and I don't want to hurt her. Can I take a pair of hair cutting scissors and trim the fluff down without messing up her coat?
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Jul 20, 2014 04:03
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I asked about a slicker brush and got looked at like I'd sprouted a second head. I'm not particularly surprised. This is the same family that refuses to buy a good brush because they'd still have to brush her "once a week," which they think is unreasonable. I just want to make her feel better because she doesn't have anything good in her life.  Her basic needs (medicine, etcR) are provided for and she's fed good food, but beyond that she's an accessory, not a pet. They won't fence in the yard because then they'd have to clean up poop. She only gets taken out to do her business.
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Jul 21, 2014 02:31
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Serella posted:What do they do about the poop now? Leave it in someone else's yard? They take her as close to the tall grass behind the house as possible. Or somebody else's yard. Just so long as they don't have to actually deal with the responsibilities associated with the dog they chose to buy.
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Jul 21, 2014 23:25
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