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06-01-2009, 08:16 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tucson, Arizona
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| Found this on "Best of Craig's list" This was posted on the Chicago Craig's List: Pet Posting Guidelines -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2009-04-30, 8:35AM CDT Some of your posts are painful to read. Do us all a favor and memorize this list. *Unless he ate a loaf of bread, your dog is NOT a PUREBREAD, he is a PUREBRED *Horses are ‘Thoroughbred’; dogs are not. *AKC is NOT proof of breed quality. Two horribly bred dogs can have AKC puppies *Rehoming to ENSURE good home, not INSURE good home *It is spelled: Neuter not Nueter or Newter Chihuahua not Chiguagua, or Chiuauauaua, or Ciuauaua or Cheewawa Rottweiler not Rottwhiler Shih Tzu not s**tzoo Cocker Spaniel not Cockerspaniol (and they do NOT come in 'miniture') Jack Russell Terrier not Jack Rustle Terryor There is no such thing as a ‘Golden Lab’ German Shepherd not Shepard Puppy not Puppie Very not Verry Adoption not adaption You had your dog dewormed, not wormed. No one gives dogs worms on purpose *It is 'a lot' not 'alot'. *Multiple dogs 'are'; one dog 'is' *YOU didn’t provide a ‘loving forever home’ and you can’t ‘GARENTEA’ that someone else will either…oh and it's GUARANTEE *Your dog is 'housebroken' not 'housebroked' *Your dog was 'spayed' not 'spade' *Your dog was born, not borned. *Commas and periods are your friends. USE THEM. *YOU DON’T HAVE TO CAPITALIZE YOUR ENTIRE POST, TRUST ME, WE CAN READ IT. *Just say ’50.00 adoption fee’. ‘Rehoming fee does apply’ is stupid, evasive, wordy and unnecessary. *Every sentence! Doesn’t need! An exclamation! Point! *It is not "please only call if your interested", it is "please call if YOU'RE interested". You're is 'you are'. Your is possessive (your hat is nice). *There are a few exceptions, but to keep things simple, follow this general rule: 'a' comes before a consonant, 'an' comes before a vowel. 'A cat', 'An apple'. *You don't need to clarify that you will only give your dog to a 'good loving home'. It is assumed that decent people are not going to give their dog to a random scumbag. If you are concerned about the quality of the adopter, do a HOME CHECK (you should anyway). *Stop threatening to take the dog to the pound if someone doesn't 'save it'. YOUR lack of responsibility is not other people's problem. Also, before threatening us with the pound, take a few minutes to view this video: HBO: Dealing Dogs so that you know what exactly you’re doing to your pet. *You interview a PERSON; you do a HOME CHECK. You do NOT interview a house 'Rehoming fees' are NOT $400.00, nice try, but NO. *PLEASE stop saying you have to 'get rid of' your dog. You 'get rid of' an STD; you hopefully find your dog a better home than you choose to provide. It is heartbreaking to see you care so little for a dog who probably loves you more than life. *Some of you play the cute little game of saying "No rehoming fee, Adoption fees apply" HUH?! CUT THE ****,JUST TELL US HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WANT FOR YOUR BELOVED. You are starting to sound like a used car salesman. *STOP blaming your landlord. It is YOUR responsibility, as an adult, to find out what the pet restrictions are BEFORE you bring a dog home. *Stop blaming flaggers for interfering with your dog finding a home. Your refusal to honestly post the rehoming fee is the reason the dog isn't finding a new home. *Please Please Please stop giving your pets away for free. People who collect pets for medical research or dog fight bait aren't going to tell you that is why they want your animal. They will seem sincere when they tell you they desperately want to add a new member to their family. A $50.00 adoption fee will protect your pet from many untold horrors. *One last thing. If you have an 'accidental litter', and you are asking $250 obo, YOU ARE A BYB. Don't pretend to be a victim of circumstance, or innocent. If it were your teen daughter who got pregnant, we would all understand; you can't spay your human child (although that might not be a bad idea in some cases). You CAN be responsible for your pets though, so it is not an accident if they get pregnant. |
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06-01-2009, 08:28 PM | #2 |
Puppy Luv Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada
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| Funny, but soooo sad it needed to be said in the first place. |
06-01-2009, 08:40 PM | #3 |
& LuvtheCarley too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wa State/Texas
Posts: 1,625
| Parts of that were hysterical, and parts of it made me want to cry. Thanks for posting this....
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06-01-2009, 09:30 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central Pennsylvania
Posts: 3,200
| wow.. that is everything I have thought while reading through some of the craigslist's advertisements.
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06-02-2009, 07:29 AM | #6 |
I heart Sugar Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida
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| That is awesome!!! Thanks for posting it.
__________________ "If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226 |
06-02-2009, 07:53 AM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tucson, Arizona
Posts: 1,840
| This is the one that choked me up a bit: PLEASE stop saying you have to 'get rid of' your dog. You 'get rid of' an STD; you hopefully find your dog a better home than you choose to provide. It is heartbreaking to see you care so little for a dog who probably loves you more than life. |
06-02-2009, 08:29 AM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fairfield, Ohio
Posts: 832
| alisonj: I know that one got me too, made me really want to cry. I thought about how much my baby loves me and how much I love him, and his reaction when I come home from work, it was like his life flashed before my eyes. made me really think. Hopefully it makes other people really think (the people who actually seen it on craigslist) I know our members could never feel that way about their babies.
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06-02-2009, 09:36 AM | #9 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama
Posts: 11,432
| That's so funny...and sadly so true. Some of those things drive me nuts. I mean, none of us are perfect, we all make typing and spelling errors from time to time, but geez! |
06-02-2009, 09:47 AM | #10 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,280
| What cracks me up is when they say "$100 rehoming fee which is negotiable to good home". Like you will sell the dog for $100 to a bad home, but it will be less to a good home?
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06-02-2009, 08:29 PM | #12 |
BANNED FOR NOT SENDING A GIFT EXCHANGE GIFT! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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| Love this! Thanks for sharing! As an English major, I find the grammar and spelling cracks hilarious! |
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