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Why not call the SPCA or Humane Socieety? sm

Posted By: Ella (retired) on 2009-05-21
In Reply to: Incidental finding of a cat colony, what this means now. - SallySue

They would catch the cats, take them to their shelter, and do everything they could to find them good homes--sometimes they even foster animals out for a while. I agree, it's heartbreaking to see this, and people who abandon pets should be sent directly to h*ll. IMO, it's no different from abandoning children.


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Call the Humane Society or Emergency Vet
Tell them what happened, that the owners are not home, and you are afraid the dog is critically injured. They will then send someone to check on the dog and do what needs to be done.

As far as your neighbors being mad at you for hitting their dog, it is their responsibility to make sure their animals are safely confined. NOT taking a nap in the road.

Don't let the poor beastie suffer for their ignorance. Please call to see if the dog can be helped.
Definitely call Animal Shelter or Humane Society
Ours runs a once a month clinic where they will give rabies shots and spay or neuter for only $20.00.  Tell them she's a stray, hopefully they can help you.  LOL, she has chosen you and your family.  She brought her babies in the house cause she feels they'll be safe there.  Congratulations on being adopted! 
No, Blondie, give the dogs back or call the Humane Society.....s/m
who can take care of 10 (t e n ) dogs? This is CRAZY!

Your husband is a coward. He should protect you. God knows what a 'deal' he made with this 'friend'.
We got our dog from the SPCA (sm)
We noticed the night we brought him home, he was coughing.  Took him to the vet, and he was better within a few days.
Is there an SPCA in your area?...sm
or even the Humane Society.  Either one would more than likely help the poor pup out.  If the "owners" don't do something and someone else reports it, they could face huge fines and charges of animal cruelty and neglect.  I really think either one of those places will help w/o taking the animal from them, especially if they tell them it was a stray they took in.  They often will even throw in a bag of dog food, too.  I hope all works out for them.  I think, also, the Humane Society offers vet care at a discounted price, maybe based on income, I'm not sure. 
so you think i should get rid of him? euthanize or SPCA?
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SPCA rents cages. However,
Three weeks in a cage might make the mother cat crazy.

I'd consider putting them in one room and securing it. Put several kitty litter boxes in it and free feed along with buckets of water. They should be fine. Especially if they have a window to look out of. If the garage
When I got my dog from the Humane Society

a while back, they gave me a free veterinary visit to almost any vet office in the city.  She also developed kennel cough, but about five days after I brought her home.  They say it can take up to ten days for them to get the symptoms.  They said a large majority of dogs from any shelter will end up getting it.  The vet can also tell by looking at their teeth about how old they are.  Maybe you are right, she may have some kind of infection going on. 


I think it's great you are committed to keeping the dog even with these problems.  A lot of people would take it back and trade it like it's a car. 


Are there any REALLY humane dog bark collars?

I adore my dog, he is my baby, but whenever he sees anything going on outside the house - people walking by, trucks driving by, leaves blowing across the yard (not kidding) he barks like crazy.


He's 10 years old and at this point I don't think he can be trained not to bark. Yes, he has been like this since we had him but it has gotten worse. I think it's because he is on pain medication all the time and that lowers his inhibition. He used to respond fairly well when I would tell him to stop barking and give him "the look" (I'm the alpha dog).


Now it is not only annoying, but there are times that it interferes with my work. We had someone working in the yard today (one-time thing) and I had to shut him up in the bedroom for an hour, where he couldn't see what was going on.


I don't want to hurt him, would not dream of using anything that would be at all painful, but I need a solution! Suggestions, please.


I think the guilotine is the most humane to the criminal
But in the case of the likes of those such as John Couey there needs to be no such humane method. They should pull his toenails out one by on and then bury HIM alive. ggrrrrr
Making a humane decision about a pet.

My mom lives alone and is nearing retirement.  Although I live out of state, my sister is very close by and has a good relationship with my mom.  My mom is very close with her grandkids.  In the last 15 years my mom has been through immense family loss and in the last 5 years the sudden loss of 2 pets due to medical conditions.  She has a new cat and a dog (used to be mine but she was attached and wanted me to leave him behind for her).  He is a large dog, 10 years old, and having multiple medical problems.  He has a number of lumps and bumps, hip problems to the point where he has injections and won't walk on the kitchen floor any longer.  He does not indicate he is in pain other than his actions.  But I don't think he would wimper or cry as he is a very well behaved and trained dog.  My sister and I have been trying to talk to my mom about the possibility of making "the humane decision" for him or atleast preparing for it.  All she will say is that SHE is "not ready yet."  The vet has told her that his hip and spine problems are painful and that's what the shots are for.  Nothing can be corrected and the vet will not evaluation his lumps because of his age and other problems.  To further complicate the matter, he is a large dog.  I have tried to explain to her that should something happen with him in her home there is no one to help her get him into the car.  My BIL has recently had medical problems himself and is in no condition to be lifting a 100 lb dog off the floor.  I am sure we could call on a family friend but I know my mom and she wouldn't want to "bother" anyone.


My questions is...has anyone else been through this?  I don't want to convince my mom to do something she is not ready for but at the same time I don't want the dog to suffer either.  Any ideas of an unconventional approach to getting her to think of him and not herself?  I really feel she just doesn't want to feel any more loss and that is why she is holding on.


Is there a humane way (or not) to keep animals out of your yard? (sm)
There are at least 2 families with cats and they roam the neighborhood, choosing our front porch area to urinate and dig and dump. One side of the porch smells like urine and the other poo. I heard someone mention mothball flakes once, but then someone else say no, that doesn't work.
That is ABUSE Humane society or ASPCA should be called
Dogs dont just bark for no reason. In my opinion a person who puts there dog out and the dog is distressed and barking and the person does nothing to work with the dog and leaves to avoid the barking is abusing that animal. That is like locking a child out. If you really do love dogs like you say anonymously call the ASPCA or Humane sociey and let them explain it to the owner.
The local humane society allows people to stop by
and visit the pets. For example, if you like Kittens you can come by anytime they are open and just sit and play with kittens and or pet and keep them company. Also if you are a dog person, you can do same. Any day, any time. You might want to call your local pet shelter if you like pets. I hear that the pets and people get a lot out of it. Of course, I planned to do this a year ago, and still have not made it out of the house, but I do think about it sometimes! Good luck and have fun what ever you do.
You should call....sm
an attorney that deals with bankruptcies and ask them what you can do in this situation and they should be able to help you for a minimal cost.

In most states, if your husband's name is not on the credit card account they cannot go after his credit or try to force him to pay your bill... and vice versa.

For a reality check - the credit card company can seize your bank account and incoming deposits to one, force your employer/clients to turn over money designated for you to them for the debt. If you don't present some sort of offer to pay them a reasonable amount every month then they may choose to do the above things to you and legally can. However, if you can show the courts you can pay "x" a month and the judge thinks it's OK then they wouldn't be able to garnish any monies due to you.

Since you mentioned that you only work part-time, they'll probably suggest that you take on a full-time job to pay this debt.


Call them
Your best bet is to call and tell them what your situation is, that you want to work out a solution with them. Even if you have to refinance with them to get payments lower to a level you can afford, it will be worth it - don't default if you can help it. Nowadays, it can raise your car insurance rates, affect new employment opportunities, etc.

Besides, paying it back is the right thing to do. It will let you keep your self respect.
My dog does it too..but we call them
"kitty biscuits," LOL.  Either way it's gross.  He's been doing it forever, and we can't seem to break him of this habit. 
call
I would definitely call them as well. Had this happen and reversed as well. I know there is one cc company that refuses to do that and it happens to be Discover. Many other companies have reversed this for me. Please call and say you thought you paid it off so whats this!
call that b*tch!!
just kidding! :) This is such normal behavior for teenagers, I always told my girls that I coached that college is completely different than high school and there would be MANY changes, no matter how "in love" they thought they were... It is a sad reality, and unfortunately I am not a mom yet but know that when I am I will be dealing with this. I think the only thing you can tell him is the old saying "time heals all wounds" although it doesnot SEEM like he will EVER get over it by the way he is feeling right now, promise him he will. there are better things out there and everything happens for a reason!!! And you said they haven't officially "broken up" yet... you know what's coming obviously... and this is in no way a way to treat someone you love. She is just trying to get out of it easy. good luck, heartbreak is hard. I'm 27 and still go through it :)
Call the guy and ask nm
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Thanks .. will just call them and see
if I can remove some of the extra charges and go forward. I did not owe much of anything to anyone and then changed jobs and the fun began! I really don't have that much faith in a third party and I learned that from transcription!
sorry- not what I would call fun either
If I get the chance mine will have a fun time at my house!
Can I just call them?
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Just call me
Simon!!
Call someone now.
I went through the same situation with my father for 8 years (bedridden, dementia, strokes, etc.) and grandfather during those same 8 years and 1 year after that. I got help from my doctor, general practitioner. She is a good listener and knew exactly the direction to guide me for help. I was neglecting my health while taking care of others. I remember one time taking my grandfather to a doctor appointment and asked them to check my blood pressure. It was extremely high and they did not want to let me leave the office. I had to sign a waiver stating that I knew the risks but I also promised to see my physician, which I did immediately. I am now on medications for hypertension, hypothyroidism, depression, and cholesterol. Please take care of yourself now.
I would call.
They might be waiting to see what applicants show a true interest in the job. Doesn't hurt to have your name out there to be noticed and remembered...better than being lost in the shuffle. I wouldn't call again after that though.
God says to call sin for what it is.

Please call someone!
Call your local suicide prevention hotline. Even if you are not suicidal at the moment, with all that is going on in your life, that could change at any moment. At the very least they will point you to some resources that will help you. The most difficult thing to do is ask for help, but you really need to. If you don't want to call the hotline, try your local United Way office, they have many solutions that could possibly help you through the emergency until you can get back on your feet. You are in my heart and in my prayers. Reach out and let someone help you... please....
And what do you call yourself in
a marriage where the love is gone, the happiness is gone and you want out? I call it loneliness. I do not need a man to make me happy or to take care of me. My life is very happy because I got out of a loveless marriage.

Your statement makes no sense to be but then again, I am very secure in myself.
and they call that...
insurance fraud. If ever found out that you have withheld information, they will cancel your policy anyway. They are like the IRS. They have ways of finding things out. They can check your prescription records and find that docs name if he prescribed something. Once they find out a doc's name, that's it. Sorry to keep contradicting you, but insurance companies are ruthless. They want your money, but they don't want to pay out. If they find just one thing that was concealed from them, that's it. It's all over.
ok, well whatever you want to call him...but I think sm
feeling up a 8 or 9 year old and a 12 or 13 year old is a form of molestation. My mother's stepfather didn't actually rape her until she was 15. But he felt her up from the time he married her mother, when she was 7. My stepfather never did anything like that to me at all. But my creepy neighbor did. He spent a lot of time helping me learn to walk on my hands when I was 11 or 12 - I realized later it was so he could look up my shorts and so when my shirt would flop up, he could see my barely growing boobies. He moved away. Five years later he showed up at my house acting like a crazy maniac, in love with me. they get obsessed with young girls. Call him a scumbag, a pervert, a molester, or whatever. It's wrong.
Call CPS. Everybody knows they
do a terrific job and always show good judgment.  Wrong.  Oftentimes they yank kids out of stable homes because the enlightened and politically correct think that spanking is barbaric, make a quick phone call, and loving parents who are trying to discipline their children get sent to jail.  Beating is one thing and spanking is another.  I very much doubt that if the kid pulls the kind of antics you have described that his father is beating him.  Also, if the father was beating him, do you think he would have chosen "the stick" over losing hockey?  You most probably don't know what you are talking about and you should just butt out.  Different people parent differently.  Some kids need spanked, some don't.  Be thankful that your kid has a disposition such that it is not required.  Mind your own business unless you know he is being ABUSED.  The trouble you cause could be not easily undone. 
Think a bit before you call CPS. You might want

to ask the kid exactly what the "stick" is before you jump to conclusions. He picked it, maybe he can handle it.


My daughter has some friends who have a son. The child, while very young, had a medical condition that was hard to diagnose, resulted in bruising of the body, some failure to thrive, etc. A neighbor thought the child was being abused, called the authorities and because at the time (10 years ago) the couple wasn't as responsible as they are now (some partying, not that great housekeeping) the child was taken away because of neglect. He and his wife were put in jail; once the other prisoners found out why he was in there they literally beat him to a pulp for supposed child abuse. He has plates in his head and face and is on permanent disability. Come to find out the child had some medical condition that was so very rare and caused the bruising and FTT. After about 6 months of a living h*ll, the authorities apologized to this guy and his wife and their child was given back to them.


Get as many facts as you can before making that call.  


Call them

If your apartment is individually metered, it probably is something as simple as they read the meter wrong.  I had that happen at a job one time and the meter was 1000 and they read it as 10,000.  They corrected it quite quickly for me.


This should be something that is fairly easily corrected once you get them on the phone.


I don't think I would call it

So much as I would call it in love with one's spouse...


I do feel that if my husband and I divorced or were otherwise separated, I'd be completely lost, like I were missing a part of my body...a very important part. He is honestly my other half, I know no matter what happens, he will be there. It's wonderful to have someone that you know is coming home to you every day after work. To have someone to hash things out with, bounce ideas off of...and it's even better cause you're both on the same page, wanting the same things out of life.


It's funny cause my husband and I talked about the "what ifs" this weekend...what if we got divorced? what if one of us died? I couldn't imagine living my life without my husband. I love him and wouldn't want to go on without him...


What else would you call them
Making up cutesy little names for body parts is just silly. Especially since we don't do it for other parts of the body like the arms, legs, etc. Tell it like it is. So what if the girls goes up and says I have a vagina or I have a penis, their kids and their learning. Calling it anything else is almost like your hiding it and embarrassed that you have one. As MTs we should not be embarrassed when the word vagina or penis is mentioned.
call the
I would contact cesar milan from that show because he has a whole compound of pit bulls and likes to rescue them.
That 911 call
Umm.... I need some firefighters...

Dispatch: Why? What seems to be the problem?

Unlucky One: Umm.... My 'cat's' up his tree....
you need to call AA
If he is sick enough you could take him to ER and have him request treatment and they can handle it from there.

Al-Anon for your sister since she was raised by an alcoholic and married one, so she is going to need some help adjusting to everything also.

Keep the little kids away from the AA clubs. Really super duper nice people DO NOT attend AA. Don't be too trusting to the eager babysitters you will find there!

If he ever feels better again, healthy, or happy, it will be a miracle, and more than likely he will always be somewhat miserable on some level because of his illness. It can be incredibly difficult to live with someone recovering from addiction because as much as he was "away drinking" physically or emotionally, he will be "away recovering" physically or emotionally.

Her kids are her future and my advice would be to make sure that they have everything they need emotionally and physically and NOT to neglect them because Dad is sick. She should invest as as much as possible in her kids to terminate this cycle, so they grow up healthy and happy and not marry alcoholics or become alcoholics themselves.
Call Waiting
Hi everyone...does anyone know the code to turn off call waiting before making a call?  I forget...it's been a while.  TIA!
Call me not intelligent

In September I cosigned on an apartment for my niece and her friend.  At the time I had been to the ER three times with 102+ temp, then went in the hospital for about 2 weeks (know that is no excuse).  I actually do not remember signing the lease and believe me if I had read it I never would have let her sign because it has so any restrictions..  To make  a long story short, they have now moved out and the lease says in order to break it, they must pay 893 plus 2 months rent (another 1200 total).  Well guess who the sucker is left holding the bill on this one?  My niece says she has no money and won't even ask the other girl for her half.  Just a warning do not ever cosign anything unless you want to pay in the long run - I either pay or it goes on my credit - anybody have any suggestions or any ideas if I can do anything else without going broke?


Thanks


Phone call of the day ....sm

ME:  Hello?


CALLER:  Hello, does anyone at your home speak English?


ME:  What?  Of course I speak English.  I was born and raised in the US and speak no other language.  Why do you ask?


CALLER:  I'm so sorry ma'am.  This is Jody with the Police Benevelance fund and we'd like to ask for a contribution for.....


ME (immediately cutting her off):  Ma'am, how dare you have the audacity to call my home, ask me if I speak English and then want to ask me for a donation?  Donkeys would fly before I'd give your organization a penny as you have now totally insulted me, a bona-fide English speaking American Citizen - one without an accent other than being Southern. 


Can you believe it?  My husband stood there shaking his head as I let into this lady.   It's bad enough to call somewhere and hear "press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish...." but to have someone call you and ask if you speak English is absurd.


PEOPLE WHO CALL ME HON!!!!
That gets soooo under my skin and I realize that people don't mean a thing by it but one day (must have been pms'ing) I went to a convenience store and the gal working was all, "How are you today H O N ???"

Well it was just one too many hons and granted, it was not very tactful on my part either, but my response was, "My day would be a whole lot better if people would not call me hon".

She never did call me that again when I went in there but my guess is she probably had a few choice words for me when I left. :O
call your phone co and ask if they have....

I have privacy director from bellsouth and also am on the donotcall.gov list and phone#.  However, I continually get a call with no one speaking from a SEBELL - I looked up SEBELL and it's a telecommunications company that once got into big trouble - with telemarketing - and now it *looks* as though they are back.  The only thing I could do with that number was STAR (*) 60 which blocks only 6 telephone numbers via bellsouth.


 


They may call it the off season,
Was there mid Nov and it was really busy. All fast track tickets gone by noon, didn't get on hardly any rides, waits were 2+ hours for each ride. It was kind of a disappointment for the kids. Had a decent time, but could have been much better. Didn't expect the crowds in Nov.
Do not call list
There is a national "Do Not Call List" that you can put not only your home land line on but also your cell phone number on.  You sign up on-line via the Internet and you remain on the list for 5 years at which time you have to re-enroll your phone numbers.  It is not enough to "ask" to be put on the "do not call list" you must go to the national website and sign yourself up.  If you are called by a company after you have put your number on the national "do not call list" you can call the Attorney General and the company will be fined $1,500.00.  Hope this helps!  We have all our numbers on the list home phone/cell phones and our numbers are unlisted as well.
Do not call list
There is a national "Do Not Call List" that you can put not only your home land line on but also your cell phone number on.  You sign up on-line via the Internet and you remain on the list for 5 years at which time you have to re-enroll your phone numbers.  It is not enough to "ask" to be put on the "do not call list" you must go to the national website and sign yourself up.  If you are called by a company after you have put your number on the national "do not call list" you can call the Attorney General and the company will be fined $1,500.00.  Hope this helps!  We have all our numbers on the list home phone/cell phones and our numbers are unlisted as well.
In the south we would call that
trailer folk trash- just not accepted
I am in hopes to call CPS
It is family and if they find out what I did there will be a big to do.  I hate standing by watching kids and the handicapped get treated so shamefully and it has taken a tole on them over the years.  The 12 yo and 9 yo definitelly has psychiatric problems.  I hope it can be undone.  I hope the 2 yo can get out of it before it grows up with so many problems.  Bad part is, it is the parents that are paying for the crap that aunt has done.  They even admitted that it was aunt that messed up the 12 year old. 
Before you call the realtors...

Check at the link below and find out what similar houses in your area are going for. If there are houses in your area with "for sale" signs with the name of a realtor, look up that realtor's listings and see what they are asking.


That way, when you do contact the realtors and they come out and give you an estimate, you will know if they are being honest with you or not. Some realtors will give you a low-ball figure because they want a quick sale and a quick commission. Some will price property too high and when it doesn't sell, then they will hit you for the lower price for a quick sale.


That is not to say all realtors are dishonest - there are lots of good folks out there. But, like any other profession, there are a few bad apples, too.


We just sold our house last year, so I do have some recent experience in that area. Here is where I found my realtor: http://www.daveramsey.com/sa/realestate/ .  You can also find some very good financial advice on that site.


Good luck!


definitely call a good vet!
Something that starts out minor can turn nasty pretty fast. Best of luck! :-)