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Old January 19th, 2013, 07:22 PM
Barkingdog Barkingdog is offline
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Originally Posted by cassblonde View Post
I didn't see much point in responding to the ad with criticism(even if it well deserved). I feel it would have been a waste of time and would have just set me up to get into an e-mail war with a stranger.

I may consider responding and giving them a list of alternatives to re-homing the cat; harness training, setting up an outside enclosure for the pet or just playing with the pet to distract it ... but I'm unsure how the person would respond.

Maybe if I worded it as gently as possible it may make my suggestions more palatable but it's always difficult to say how a stranger will react.
I know what you mean about not knowing how a person will react , I think is so sad that anyone would give up a pet that old.
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