Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I guess mine would have to be the dog I came home from the hospital to. My mama has all sorts of black and white pictures of me in a carrier with the dog laying on the bed beside me. Her name was Lady. I grew up with her, and then we ended up with two more. My daddy took in every stray that came by or any dog no one wanted. My grandparents said he even brought home a goat that he found in the road. He let me have whatever animals I wanted, so I had rabbits and Guinea pigs too. Guess that’s where my love of animals came from. That’s how I ended up with 7 dogs and a cat all at the same time. Now I’m down to 1 dog and one cat. The others lived a long life and went to glory land. I can’t imagine my life without any sort of pet, because I have never been without one.
I love this! You had a furry friend from the get go. There’s nothing like unconditional love from a pet.
This is one of the things that I love about being a pet sitter. Every other week I’m with different pets. Mostly dogs though. And since I haven’t returned clients, I’m comfortable in their homes now and their dogs are so excited to see me. They know I love them unconditionally and spoil them when their mom and dad are gone 🥰
That sounds fantastic. I have given that some thought when my two remaining babies go to the other side. Pets do so much better when they can remain in their own home instead of going to a kennel. Sometimes they just grieve because they feel abandoned.