Artical in magazine

[Christys GPS]

I was reading my weekly star magazine, yeah I am addicted to them. But I was reading in there, that PETA is mad at Kelly Osbourne because she dyed her 13 week old english bulldog puppy, pink, the picutre is sad to see cause the pooch looks miserable. With all the publicity around celebritys pooches, like Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears, is this going to far? From thousands of dollars spent in pooch clothing, and leashes and carring case. But dying a poochs hair, that to me is a Shame, written in the artical from PETAS rep. Micheal McGraw, he states " It is very irresponsible to subject a 13 week old puppy to chemicals that most people arent willing to put on their heads" I am not the one to join in on "KITCHEN FORUMS" I stay away from this. But reading this To me I think that this is Animal Cruelity, I was just courious what people think of this, do you believe she is ok for doing this to her pooch or should she be punished by law for cruelity, and do you think there should be a law protecting things of this nature. (like dying hair)?

I hope this is a ok post, I have seen worse on here

[Zeander]

I'd like to know what the dye is made from. I've seen poodles on TV that have been dyed blue and pink. It couldn't really be as bad as human hair dye, could it? It seems like those people love their pets so much, I don't see them being mean to them.

[Matt & Guins]

I also read about this in a magazine yesterday about how she coloured Piglet (the dog) pink. Kelly had said that she used food dye - "the stuff used in food and cooking".

I do know some dog groomers use human hair colourants - such as "fudge" (well thats one brand here in Australia).

[Slap Maxwell]

I think it is absolutely unessesary to do these things to a dog- like cropping tails and cutting ears. The oils in the dog's coat is probably disturbed, and I know when I use hair dye, I can barely stand the smell, imagine a dog's smell of over ten times greater than ours!

[emithebug]

I know that animal-safe fur/hair dye is made... I guess a good way to tell if it's good or bad is to see what it does to the animal's skin.

[suzy_99]

There are a few hair dyes that aren't that strong for people too. A good friend of mine cannot stand amonia, so she gets a hair dye that is water based (with something else, but I can't remember what) and actaully smells kinda sweet. The only problem is that it is expensive and doesn't work as good. I am not sure what they use on dogs and either way it shouldn't be done, but these people probably don't know better and they do probably love their pets. That said, this type of thing should be illegal.

[Sara'spets]

I personally think it is horrendous how much money the extreme wealthy spend on their pets - fur dying, fancy clothes and expensive bags to carry them around in. Think how animal shelters could benefit from this money if it were donated. They have started a new trend which I feel is a understated form of animal abuse. But, then this is just my personal opinion.

[laura220]

I know! it's awful when people dye their pets. Do Poodles want to be pink?

[Sabriel]

I don't mind the expensive clothes, bages and leashes. I can get a less trendy but pet friendly version for my own kitties. They still have a purpose for the pet. My kitties zebra and leapord print collars look good and hold thier ID in the event that they escape (they are indoor cats but they are clever indoor cats and have escaped once. We also got them tags when we moved in case anything happened)

Leashes are nessesary for dogs (and some cats that like walks. Ukyou enjoyed them when she was a kitten and I lived in a small town) and dog clothes are good for some dogs in some climates (my mother's dog has short short fur so he needs a sweater and a coat for the fall and winter.)

The bags are just fancy carry bags. I kind like the look of the pink one at the Ferret Store but it's impractical with 2 cats and 3 pigs. I could only use it to transport one cat or 2 pigs. I'd only be able to use it for vet visits.

But dying has no purpose. It's just another way to the wealthy to look calous and uncarring. My animals barley sit still to be brushed. How would you get a dog to sit through a fur dye session. I barely want to sit through my hair dye sessions. I feel that this is where the wealthy stop doing trendy forms of mundane things (many dogs have leashes) and start abusing thier animals.

The wealthy could fix a whole lot more problems then just the animal overpopulation problem by donating money. They could probably fix all of our social problems if they donated a part of thier money. But then again, greed seems to be one of our worst social problems.

[tinkerbell]

I completly agree with you Sabriel a 110% It's totally un-nessusary (SP)

[Love_my_piggies]

I think it is just plain stupid. Leave the dog's color alone, geez, what's next?

[Sabriel]

Actually the newest trend according to Cosmo is doggie plastic surgery. Face lifts, tummy tucks and the strangest off all: testicle implants for fixed doggies.

Strange strange people. Who knows what's going through thier heads.

[Marlania]

I'm no fan of this either. I have known someone, however, who used koolaid to dye their white dog's tail. I have no idea how its done, but I remember when I was a kid, other kids did this to their hair with koolaid. It never stayed in long and looked ugly. Anyway, I doubt most of these dog-dyers are using koolaid. Can't they spend their money on slightly more important things?

[VoodooJoint]

Originally Posted by Sabriel

testicle implants for fixed doggies.

These already exist and have been in use for years. Here is the original product's website...You will LOVE the name...

...ready?....

Neuticles http://www.neuticles.com/index1.html

[Marlania]

From the neutiles site:

"Neuticles allowing your pet to retain his natural look, self esteem and aids in the trauma associated with neutering. "

OH COME ON! Neither of my dogs' self esteem has been crushed because they no longer have testicles. They're not sitting around the house pondering their loss!

[Marlania]

Re: neuticles (again)

I've heard of this being done to show dogs, but I couldn't imagine doing this to my dog. I mean, they were removed for multiple reasons.

[kat_0521]

Originally Posted by voodoojoint

These already exist and have been in use for years. Here is the original product's website...You will LOVE the name...

...ready?....

Neuticles http://www.neuticles.com/index1.html

OMG
I can't believe there's a product for this. The site says it's been around since '95 and there have been over 100,000 procedures successfully performed.
They didn't have any for small animals, such as GP's, but then again I can't imagine someone getting Neuticles for their neutered boar...
Technology today....

[LuvMyPiggers]

Oh come on! A dog does feel yes but it's not your ave