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Spoiled Pets
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Spoiled Pets
宠坏的宠物

Learn the Simple Present Tense

Date: Jan 09 2012

Themes: Pets

Grammar: Simple Present Tense

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Pets are so sweet and cute, it can be hard not to spoil them. When your puppy looks at you with those big brown eyes, how can you not slip him a little people food under the dinner table?

But animals that get treated like royalty often behave like brats. It’s important to set boundaries with your pet so they learn how to behave. Amy is worried that she may be spoiling her puppy. Hear Ella give her some advice.

宠物是如此可爱和乖巧,以致很难不溺爱它们。当你的小狗用大大的棕色眼睛盯着你看时,你怎么忍心不在餐桌下丢给它一点儿人的食物?
但是得到如此厚待的动物通常会像不知感恩的小孩儿一样。与你的宠物划清界线很重要,这样它们才知道如何做。艾米担心她可能宠坏了她的宠物。听听艾拉给她一些建议。

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Amy

Amy

Ella

Ella

Amy:  I have a puppy at home, and I am really worried about spoiling her, you know? Nobody wants to spoil their pet.

Ella:  I don’t know, my parents spoil their dog like crazy. She only drinks Evian water.

Amy:  No, you’re kidding!

Ella:  No, no.

Amy:  Well that’s really over the top.

Ella:  It is. I mean, what kind of things do you do with your dog?

Amy:  I definitely…she never is allowed to have people food. She definitely drinks tap water. And I feel like I give her a reasonable number of treats, and she has to do tricks and everything before she gets them. I think I mostly just spoil her with love and affection. Like I just constantly, when I’m at home, just want to be petting her and cuddling her and stuff because she’s so cute and soft.

Ella:  That sounds reasonable. You know, you have a pet, it’s kind of there for emotional comfort. I don’t know, I feel like my parents take it to another level with Coco.

Amy:  Is their dog obedient?

Ella:  Kind of, but my parents take her everywhere.

Amy:  So do you think she’s spoiled rotten, or do you think she’s still a good dog?

Ella:  Definitely spoiled rotten, but overall a good dog.

 

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Amy has a puppy and is worried about spoiling her. Ella says that her parents spoil their dog. She hopes Amy won’t do the same.

Amy spoils her puppy by giving her lots of love and affection. Ella says that sounds reasonable. Her parents are much more over the top in the ways they spoil their dog. They give her expensive bottled water and take her with them wherever they go.

Do you know any spoiled pets? Would you ever spoil your pet?

 

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 julito

julito

Argentina

Hello Kotleysa, thanks for asking, definitely I go in  for a German Shepherd  ,but sometimes  others breeds also   when they look at me melt my heart away.

05:15 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I like beagels and Scotish Terriers…oh and JAck russel Terrier, like the one from the Movie “the mask” (:

05:12 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

You are absolutely right ther resemble their owners. I have many times noticed it myself :)

05:08 PM Jan 09 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

What is your favourite breed of dog, SNOOPY??

05:06 PM Jan 09 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

some dogs resemble their owners in a lot of ways. he! I opt not to list (:

05:06 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Thanks for your vote, JULITO. What is your favourite breed of dog?

05:02 PM Jan 09 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

By the way the breed of dog can say who the owner is and what is his character and inner world

05:01 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Yes it was a tragedy of my life :(((((( It is still very painful for me to recollect my dog

04:59 PM Jan 09 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

sorry to hear about how you’ve lost your dog! ):

04:55 PM Jan 09 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Spoiled pets like spoiled children. I know one married childless couple, who has three Yorkshire terriers instead of children. Their dogs treated like royalty. Dogs gain whole love of their owners for themselves. There are no doubts that their pets are spoiled. It’s an irony, but some pets have the better life than some people have. Some people can only dream to be on the place of that spoiled pets.  Dogs drive me crazy (in the good sense of course). They are the best pets on my opinion. Dogs and I have the mutual understanding. On second thoughts I had a tendency to spoil my former dog (which has tragically dead, because of the car accident 22 years ago). I had many cats-pets during my life and some of them were spoiled a little bit with their fastidious attitude to the meal. We are going to have a dog one day. I hope we can bring it up correctly despite our unlimited love to dogs.

04:51 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Julito, I forgot where I heard that from, Dogs do detect fear. Like many times, I’d go over someone’s place, accompanied. but for some mysterious reasons their dogs are always eager to approach me, the big ones hehehe!. For a while I thought maybe my slender figure had something to do with it, because then I looked like a hotdog. Yeah, I think I was told that before…they can smell fear, but now I’m ready to have a go with any ferocious dog that wants to attack me.

04:13 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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 julito

julito

Argentina

Snoopy, worst ,if the dog smells our fear then we are    doomed. 

03:47 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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Zaccarias

Zaccarias

Brazil

I love my pets! I have 3 dogs, 3 gerbil (a kind of rodent) and 2 Cockatiel (Calopsita in Portuguese). Yesterday I lost my twister (another kind of rodent or mouse). They are adorable. All creation of God. (God saw all that he had made, and it was very good…Gn 1:31).

03:43 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

  (dog barking furiously)  Lady “Oh, he won’t bite you, he just wants you to pet him”


Me: “He’s showing me his teeth, Are you sure that’s a good sign?”


Lady:” Trust me, he does that all the time, come on ..and pat on his head”


Me: “Hell no! ma’am!.”


Morale of the story : I’m wary of big sized barking dogs; and if the dog is showing you his teeth and his tail is no wagging, the dog wants to bite you


 

03:32 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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Karamel'

Armenia

I like animals so much, no matter it is a cat, dog or a small white mouse. I had 2 cat’s, and think that one of them was really spoiled. he was allowed even to sleep beside me or on my pillow, but I loved him more then first cat inspite of she was very good one. 

03:17 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Los Angeles, old and rich lady, torturing a puppy in a stroller.mmmm (scratching head)... I think you’ve seen Cruella Deville… hehehe! (:

03:05 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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 julito

julito

Argentina

Snoopy, HELLO.. Believe me, I have seen it with my own eyes , and old and rich lady  all in pink  walking a dog , not exactly  walking the dog , the poodle  was been   transported in  a baby stroller , also dressed up in pink  garments  and pink glasses  ,that was  in Calabasas a  wealthy area in Los Angeles.  To this day , I regret that  I didn´t  carry with me my camera  and asked for her permission  to take a picture  of this bizarre  duo

03:01 PM Jan 09 2012 |

rebel lee

rebel lee

China

Actually, I don’t like pets. I think they are kind of dirty, and you have to clean them. But last time, I watched a movie. It’s about a old man and his dog. The dog always picks the man up when he comes back from work. But one day, the man died, and the dog come to pick him up like always, but it never saw him again. It’s so moving. So, there are some very good pets, I guess.

02:51 PM Jan 09 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Dog spoilers, do you speak dog, did your dog ever tell you that it needed to be clothed?  Some people go as far as to cram their pets paws (dogs/cats especially) into some tiny sneakers. I think this is utter nonsense. I think they’re doing more harm to their pets than helping. According to the creator of all livings, the paws were designed to resist all type of terrains, and theirs furs could sustain weathers that us human would think unbearable. Let the dog be a dog, don’t dye its fur, don’t shoe its paws, and don’t put sunglasses over its eyes, because if it could speak it would’ve told you “I’m a dog not a panda, those shoes are giving me bunions, and with those glasses on I can’t see a damn thing”.


Of course those lovely beings enjoy being catered with the best of food, they love being patted and pampered with hugs, they definitely enjoy a nice comfy place to rest, they need some pleasant soil to relieve themselves.  But don’t go beyond the animal boundaries, they are fine being just that…animals. They don’t need to be “humanized”, how would you feel if someone started treating you like a pet? Put a collar and a leash around your neck, forced you to crawl like a dog, and fed you in pet dish? Not quite appealing huh? Well it goes both ways…animals hate it. Just look at the poodle in the lesson’s photo… the dog looks lost, it had gave in, it had lost all of its animal instincts ,it’s an outcast for the animal world..Sitting on a sofa pretending it had its legs crossed, but in its mind it is saying “are we done yet? I have a bone to unearth” or” I have a bone to pick with you, for making me look like a clown”Tongue out


I love pets; I had a turtle, a parrot, two doves, ducks, a pony, and countless number of dogs and cats. Scottish terriers and beagles are my favorite breeds of dog. I don’t own any pet as of now though):

02:48 PM Jan 09 2012 |

A-square1988

Liberia

First of all i do not have a pet and i have never had any. And secondly, i think spoiling a pet is the worst thing any owner will do. It’s better to show the animal some love and affection, because they too have lives and feelings like us human being and they deserve attention from man kind.

01:09 PM Jan 09 2012 |

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