(02-22-2026, 12:27 PM)andy06shake Wrote: Woof woof ya goof.
Kids near wild animals is a no-brainer.
Now get in the pet carrier.
And let's be off with you to the Zoo.
I once put a friend of mine in a large dog carrier and left him outside the vet's office. He was always getting super trashed; sometimes I would lift him up and put him behind the big speaker at the bar. He was a good guy, just hit it too hard. Something many of us have done and grown out of.
So, this one evening, he hurled and passed out in his own mess. I called a friend with the Humane Society and we loaded him into the carrier. We put a note one the outside indicating "neuter", and left him, along with other pets in line, at the vet's office. All the other "pets" had their loving owners. At that time, the vet only came to our area once a month.
My friend, when he awoke, was not amused. It would have been a perfect youtube or TikTok moment, except this was before the internet.

When dinosaurs still roamed. Before athletic shoes had been invented.
ETA: While it was a mean thing to do, it really changed my friend. He later even thanked me, considering it an intervention. While the vet thought it was funny, she also thought what I did was dangerous and irresponsible. She was right, of course.
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