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TBoneTX
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How many of these pets are in the country legally?

spookyturtle
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I donate a few times a year to the local humane society. They do a lot of work as volunteers and receive no pay. They do it out of the goodness of their hearts. 

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Mine is a rescue, something I frequently remind him about, just done his nails, mega task.

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Yes

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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58 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Mine is half French, Half Spanish but born in the US.  Big boy and he has no income or assets so help would be nice.

An anchor pet on the public dole!!!  NO family reunification!!!

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34 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

An anchor pet on the public dole!!!  NO family reunification!!!

He is not a pet.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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2 hours ago, Boiler said:

Mine is half French, Half Spanish but born in the US.

 

Big boy and he has no income or assets so help would be nice.

 

Medicaid for Dogs?

There is a program called petaid that will help lower income families do major orthopedic surgeries on pets.  There are also low income vet clinics too.  

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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1 hour ago, Lemonslice said:

He must be beautiful. Apartment and city living would not work for a big dog... Cats don't seem to mind.  

I live in the mountains he was sun bathing on a snow drift this morning, got too hot so he moved over to the shade of the truck.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Oh what we do for our dogs.

 

My furball was a rescue at 7 months. He has better health insurance then most Americans (sad truth). The Vets knows him (and we live in a city) 3 surgeries, monthly allergy injections and his weekly medicated baths and he might be the most needy dog in the US. 

 

But having the government sponsor his food... well lets just say I don't think they would be able to afford his special hypoallergenic, simple ingredient recipe, non grain, diet kibble. Now if the offered medicare/medicaid programs for his allergy meds......

 

Ahh .....America, the land where your employer offers pet insurance as part of their benefits package and your dog sleeps on his hypoallergenic orthopedic bed at night knowing life is good. 

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5 hours ago, Boiler said:

I have a large wood stove I tie him to, then thick gloves and my Carhartt. Lead around the front and back.

 

Last time we went to the vest took 3 of us and half way though he did a mega dump.

Can't say he's ever dumped before mid-clip. He's more a make a big smell of the fish variety and act like it's not him type dog. 12lbs of poodle terror. It's weird, I can do anything to him without protest... baths, teeth brush, hair trim.. but even get that clipper near him and he's ready to gnaw my face off. Like a demon from hell.

 

 

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48 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Can't say he's ever dumped before mid-clip. He's more a make a big smell of the fish variety and act like it's not him type dog. 12lbs of poodle terror. It's weird, I can do anything to him without protest... baths, teeth brush, hair trim.. but even get that clipper near him and he's ready to gnaw my face off. Like a demon from hell.

 

 

In our first training class for our rescue (We got him at 3-4 years), the trainer at the end was talking about getting your dog "used to being touch". She went on about how "it is going to take some time before they let you touch sensitive places, like their ears, their teeth, their toes. So go slowly and work your way there".

 

This was about 1 month after getting him. In the class I started picking up each paw one at a time and he just looked at me with the same smile he always does. I can literally do anything to him. I'll lift his lips up and flap them up and down and he's still happy. I can do "this little piggy went to market" and he just lies there.

 

I love Golden Retrievers :)

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3 minutes ago, bcking said:

In our first training class for our rescue (We got him at 3-4 years), the trainer at the end was talking about getting your dog "used to being touch". She went on about how "it is going to take some time before they let you touch sensitive places, like their ears, their teeth, their toes. So go slowly and work your way there".

 

This was about 1 month after getting him. In the class I started picking up each paw one at a time and he just looked at me with the same smile he always does. I can literally do anything to him. I'll lift his lips up and flap them up and down and he's still happy. I can do "this little piggy went to market" and he just lies there.

 

I love Golden Retrievers :)

I have an English Bulldog and he is the same exact way but I am sure much lazier. I can't get over how excited he gets to go to the Vet,  can't wait to go in and I have to drag him out. I will never forget the size of the needle they used to Microchip him. I almost fainted, my dog was just happy and excited to see the vet didnt even notice the needle. When he gets his nails clipped, he just looks bored. 

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7 minutes ago, AshMarty said:

I have an English Bulldog and he is the same exact way but I am sure much lazier. I can't get over how excited he gets to go to the Vet,  can't wait to go in and I have to drag him out. I will never forget the size of the needle they used to Microchip him. I almost fainted, my dog was just happy and excited to see the vet didnt even notice the needle. When he gets his nails clipped, he just looks bored. 

The only issue we ever had at the vet was when they tried to take his temperature (rectal). It's not that he cared, he just reflexively sat every time they touched the back of his bum. He was still smiling and happy, just kept sitting. Ending up having to get him lying down on his side rubbing his belly and then he was good :)

 

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