<2022-10-24T01:24:15.000Z> MachineMadeDog: im currently in texas
<2022-10-24T01:30:21.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: gtfo so am i wtf
<2022-10-24T01:31:00.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: near austin? austin rescue wont talk to me and i worry i pissed them off
<2022-10-24T01:31:46.000Z> MachineMadeDog: austin rescues are almost all scum and i hated dealing with them anytime i have talked to them
<2022-10-24T01:32:36.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: why so? 
<2022-10-24T01:33:05.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: APA will take my parvo puppies and other people's parvo pups so i can't shit on them too much
<2022-10-24T01:37:40.000Z> MachineMadeDog: i at one time worked for a rescue group nearby in a rural area that was mostly "coutnry" dogs. things like hounds and other dogs you see abandoned in rural areas. it would take weeks for breed specific groups in austin to get back to me about taking one of the dogs from us. for one german shepherd it took 3 months before a german shepherd group finally took her.
<2022-10-24T01:39:10.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: im having that same issue tbh theres a beautiful aus shep here that just isn't gonna get adopted and he'll eventually bite someone. I contacted people fuckin months ago throughout texas and not one got back to me yet.
<2022-10-24T01:39:18.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: not even to tell me they can't take the dog
<2022-10-24T01:40:01.000Z> MachineMadeDog: plus my own interests in certain dog breeds puts me in contact with those kind of specific rescue groups and the ones in austin are always a headache. all the bad jokes about needing a criminal check, credit check and a promise to sell your first born before they even will let you fill out an application to meet a dog times a hundred with them
<2022-10-24T01:43:46.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: that sucks to hear but so long as they are no kill i kinda don't blame em.
<2022-10-24T01:44:02.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: we do the bare minimum. our return rate is abysmal. 
<2022-10-24T01:44:43.000Z> MachineMadeDog: not to be weird, but what general area of the state are you in? and do you have a pic of the dog and some  more info, i might know some people who would be interested in an aussie
<2022-10-24T01:44:50.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: we just ask that people provide proof that they keep their animals at home utd with medical. Almost no one does. It is incredibly disheartening 
<2022-10-24T01:45:13.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: well, the aussie attacks with very little warning
<2022-10-24T01:45:27.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: that's the issue
<2022-10-24T01:46:20.000Z> MachineMadeDog: ah, he already has habit
<2022-10-24T01:47:28.000Z> MachineMadeDog: well you did at least remind me to send another picture of my recent adopted dog to the lady i adopted her from
<2022-10-24T01:50:49.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: awww that's so sweet. I should have done that for my mother's dog.
<2022-10-24T01:55:52.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: that aussie tho is a nice dog, he just has triggers that I don't have the time to figure out. I was feeding that fucker peanut butter and he just got stiff. I did NOTHING but feed him peanut butter, and suddenly he just didn't like me anymore. And when I backed off, his damn handler didn't have his leash on so he charged me
<2022-10-24T01:56:14.000Z> MachineMadeDog: the only thing she was concerned with is that i had larger dogs already and the new dog is much smaller. even fully grown now she is only about 20lbs. now they travel around like a gang to bully me for attention. i even caught two of them licking the same empty food bowl at the same time tonigth
<2022-10-24T01:59:15.000Z> MachineMadeDog: yeah unfortunately it can be a pain trying to figure out dogs behavior especially with aggression.
<2022-10-24T02:00:01.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: moreso in a shelter setting, because its so fucking chaotic and terrible
<2022-10-24T02:00:49.000Z> Tepid_Tapir: its like trying to make an inmate do an IQ test while his cell mates are screaming butt rape at him
<2022-10-24T02:05:54.000Z> MachineMadeDog: yeah it can be the exact same of crazy energy that keeps them in a cycle of ramping up. it wasnt until i did volunteer work at a local shelter that i realized i inherited the same eye for animals that my dad has. also that most people are really really bad at reading other humans much less animals