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Please, please, please, please, please vaccinated your dog. Please. I beg you. If you love them. If you care about them. For your dog's own sake, please vaccinate them.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My pug was a stray, I gave him a home. I don't feel badly about that. All my pugs have been rescues because people don't understand what caring for a pug is like.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You shouldn’t feel bad. You did an awesome thing!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing! I love it!

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They really have wonderful personalities even if they shouldn't be bred. There's nobody funnier.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mine is quite agile and exercise tolerant and has fairly regular breathing, and he's really tall and long. I'm not saying healthy, he is diabetic, but he's very active even for a senior and likes long walks..