That's true if you buy a puppy. If the dog is already in existence, then keeping it in kennels is a less green option than it living in someone's home. The kennel consumes resources that are used for no other purpose than housing dogs. The dog owner's home is already built, lit, heated, so having another being living in it doesn't add to that. The food that a dog eats in a home may also be lower impact, depending if you think about it. All the highly processed tinned food and kibble consumes energy to make and produces a lot more err, waste, from the dog because it's full of bulking agents like ash. Generally that's all a kennel can afford to buy for the dogs kept there. If you kill the dog, you're still left with a waste disposal problem, especially when you consider how many dogs there are.
So no, not the greenest way. It is an argument for not buying puppies, for having dogs neutered and for only people who are willing or able to spend money on proper food and care being able to have a dog though
My Carbon footprint regarding pets is ZERO , that's pretty Green I'd say
I paid £1.65.9 when I filled up in Dumfries on Tuesday this week. I'm not surprised it was that price in Halbeath the other day Hostafan as the filling station is just off the M90 and near the Park and Ride. I'll bet if I had gone down the M6 on Tuesday, one stop down it would have been at least £2
Not an animal lover then,Hosta. As an only child I always had animals,a rabbit who was lead excercised (normal in my family) my oldest son who has severe depression and anxiety issues,lives in a top floor flat,he had 3 rats, they were his lifeline. One got sick, respiratory problems,he spent what little money he had on a vet, unfortunately,she had to be put to sleep. This 6ft 2in guy cried his eyes out. They had good quality food, stimulation. When the last one died he said regrettably,he wouldn't have any more because of the cost. Having a hubby who had huge mental issues,over the years,the little dog he had for 18 years was his salvation. He had agoraphobia for many years, the dog was a companion and got him out. I wouldn't have gone out to excercise after lockdown without the dogs.
Whoever does the signage for road closures near us needs to be given a calendar and calculator. Sign read "Road closed 7pm to 7am Monday to Friday. 9th to 16th March".
Maybe it's open on the weekend @KT53. We actually had that situation recently because they were re surfacing etc. The road was technically 'closed for three weeks' according to the signs, but it was open for use on weekends. It's quite simple re dog sh*t. If you aren't prepared to clean up after your pet [or control it properly] don't have it. Same with children. If you don't want the responsibility, don't have them. It isn't everyone else's job to raise them. There was an item about it on the radio last year. A very responsible woman said she took a plastic container with a lid with her. Simple. Some of the excuses for not picking up were beyond ludicrous.
New machine ordered and the man is doing it tomorrow. Can't really beat that. I think there should be a decent warranty with it @wild edges, but it'll be more than his life's worth if it's a heap of the aforementioned... It's always worth having a small fund for these things. A friend had one of those monthly payment insurance policies for hers, but by the time she'd had that for 2 years it would have been cheaper to buy a new machine. She could just have saved a tenner a month in a savings account instead. Most machines manage to last that length of time. Wrong that it's cheaper to buy new though.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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We actually had that situation recently because they were re surfacing etc. The road was technically 'closed for three weeks' according to the signs, but it was open for use on weekends.
It's quite simple re dog sh*t. If you aren't prepared to clean up after your pet [or control it properly] don't have it. Same with children. If you don't want the responsibility, don't have them. It isn't everyone else's job to raise them.
There was an item about it on the radio last year. A very responsible woman said she took a plastic container with a lid with her. Simple. Some of the excuses for not picking up were beyond ludicrous.
New machine ordered and the man is doing it tomorrow. Can't really beat that. I think there should be a decent warranty with it @wild edges, but it'll be more than his life's worth if it's a heap of the aforementioned...
It's always worth having a small fund for these things. A friend had one of those monthly payment insurance policies for hers, but by the time she'd had that for 2 years it would have been cheaper to buy a new machine. She could just have saved a tenner a month in a savings account instead. Most machines manage to last that length of time.
Wrong that it's cheaper to buy new though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...