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Pet related words that are often spelled in the wrong way
                
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                    I often see people posting about having their pets "spaded" or having their  "bowels" repositioned, both quite scary before you realise what is actually meant 
Also , feeding their cats "Whiskers" .. hmmm
Any more you noticed and want to share?
                Also , feeding their cats "Whiskers" .. hmmm
Any more you noticed and want to share?
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            Also females being speyed (forced to dance?) and coats malting.0
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            Neuted instead of neutered
Anaconda instead of Animonda carny as a food0 - 
            Tom cat often used to describe male cats despite them being neutered - or am I wrong here? Always thought Tom cat is a boy that was not neutered. Pls correct me if I am wrong?0
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I've always used 'Tom' as a general name for any male cat, and called any un-neutered males "that cat down the road with the massive balls", but I think I might be getting it wrong :rotfl:gettingready wrote: »Tom cat often used to describe male cats despite them being neutered - or am I wrong here? Always thought Tom cat is a boy that was not neutered. Pls correct me if I am wrong?0 - 
            I worked with a guy who told me he was having his dog sprayed, I asked "what colour"? Went right over his head.....Always try to be at least half the person your dog thinks you are!0
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            A bit like those people who don't seem to know the difference between bought and brought.It's hardly difficult! And nothing and something having suddenly sprouted the letter k on the end of it.0
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            I have some reptiles as pets, pet hates are, shredded instead of shedded, and Captive bread (makes me really laugh) instead of captive bred.,Fully paid up member of the ignore button club.If it walks like a Duck, quacks like a Duck, it's a Duck.0
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            I met somebody in a park who couldn't pronounce their dogs breed, they said it was a lapso apso .0
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            I met somebody in a park who couldn't pronounce their dogs breed, they said it was a lapso apso .
Love it, we often see Beashon freese, of course these are so called breeders. I try not to think of the poor b itch and her puppies.RIP TJ. You my be gone, but never forgotten. Always in our hearts xxxHe is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.You are his life, his love, his leader.He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.0 - 
            Couldn't help but chuckle at a FB post by someone who was worried that their pet needed crucial ligature sugery.
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