CritterKeeper

@CritterKeeper (519)

United States • Age 53

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself!

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CritterKeeper's Discussions

How do we end the abuse?

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 7 May 07

I was reading another discussion when I came to a realization. I've worked a lot of sides of the pet industry, pet shops, investigating puppy mills, running a rescue, dog training, pet educator, showing, etc. So I now know...

quality care concerns

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Pet lovers, help me?

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 3 May 07

My fiance and I will be married soon and we're taking our honeymoon to Jamaica in July. I interviewed a pet sitter this morning. She seems like a very sweet lady who loves pets but she doesn't have any experience with big birds or...

Petsitters, help me!

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 3 May 07

My fiance and I are getting married soon and will be going to Jamica for a week for our honeymoon. We've been trying to find a petsitter because we really have too much for neighbors to handle! I interviewed one lady today. She...

animals

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Ignorant breeding makes me sick!

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 2 May 07

I've seen a lot of people talking about their dogs and cats having litters today and it really aggravates me! Everyone is busy saying "ooh congrats, how cute"...does no one else see that this is terribly wrong? Every single puppy...

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Roughing it or tricked out?

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 1 May 07

There have been times that I've done both and both actually have merits and drawbacks. When I say roughing it I mean go out in the middle of no where with nothing but the clothes on my body and a knife. That kind of camping is...

camping

roughing it

survival

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I'm going to kill someone

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 1 May 07

I've been without a cigarette now for only about 2 or 3 hours and I feel like I'm going to get out the gun and go postal!! How the heck did this happen??? About 13 yrs ago when I found out I was pregnant for the first time I...

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Feeling unloved?

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 1 May 07

Most times when I come to myLot I really enjoy trying to help others, spread a little love and comfort, reply to things I disagree with as politely as possible as often as possible (though heaven knows I'm not perfect LOL) There's...

Cockatoo Rescue

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 1 May 07

Does anyone know of a cockatoo or large bird rescue in Central Texas? I ran my own all-inclusive rescue for over 10 yrs and though I just don't have it in me right now to start back up on my own again the rescue fever never left...

sulfer crested cockatoos

u2s

umbrella cockatoos

How do you include pictures?

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 1 May 07

I finally found out how to put pictures in my profile, yaaay!! Please check them out, I'm very proud of my critter babies. Now I'm trying to figure out how to include pictures with posts? Can anyone help me with this?

pictures

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In memory of Kevin - my lost love

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 30 Apr 07

Honestly that's probably not the best subject line but I'm hurting right now. Many years ago I met this guy, Kevin, who joined our gaming group. At first I thought "what a jerk!" because Kevin was extremely intelligent and could...

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Pathfinder - STINKS!!

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 24 Apr 07

I was really hyped to see this movie, Pathfinder. I mean how many movies do you find with Vikings these days???? Boy was I ripped off! It's a movie so I don't expect perfect historical accuracy but c'mon! Couldn't at least the...

bomb

stinker

waste of time and money

I'm finally certified!

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 21 Apr 07

Yesterday we went to the FREEZING marina for my scuba open water evaluation and it went very nicely! The cold was pretty draining on the old energy reserves but I bulled my way past that obstacle with sheer stubborn "I'm gonna get...

marina

I think I'm sick

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 18 Apr 07

Allergy season, right? I don't normally have a problem with sniffles and such but I've been a bit sniffley the last couple days, yesterday I had an awful headache that seemed to start just on my right cheek, nose, and forehead, I...

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The Blame Game - who's responsible?

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 17 Apr 07

In another thread the issue of personal responsibility came up. I'd love to discuss it but didn't want to go off topic for that thread so here's a new one just for "The Blame Game". It seems like people don't agree on just how...

blame

responsibility

role of religion

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Messy house...HELP!!

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 16 Apr 07

My mom was a complete neat freak. No kidding, I seriously think she was obsessive/compulsive about housecleaning! I saw how miserable she was to constantly be cleaning, scrubbing, picking up and everything with no room for fun so...

cleaning house

Satanism - please inform me?

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 16 Apr 07

On another religious thread I mentioned that I honestly don't know a lot about Satanism but it is one religion that I'm honestly not comfortable about. It *seems* to me to advocate a lot of selfishness and taking advantage of...

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Yucky start to the day - hormones?

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 15 Apr 07

This morning just sucked. I was supposed to go to the lake for my open water dive. I felt yucky and so did my fiance, I've got all four kiddos over who were giving me puppy eyes wanting me to spend the day with them instead, and...

menopause

pms

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Fish cruelty

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 13 Apr 07

I can't tell you how many times I've heard "it's just a fish", "if it dies it's cheap to get another", etc. So many people with aquariums don't know the first thing about what setting up and maintaining it properly means. If you...

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I passed!

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 10 Apr 07

Last night I took my written test for open water certification and I passed :) I only missed one but boy was it a stupid mistake!! The question was about how to recover your regulator if you drop it. The answers were to sweep your...

diving

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Fish Aquariums 101 - Nitrogen Cycle

CritterKeeper @CritterKeeper (519) • United States 8 Apr 07

I'm so tired of seeing people make the same mistakes simply because they don't know any better I try to teach people the things I know (not to mention always learning more from people who share things I don't know!!) One of the...

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