Word: pet
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...Apart from the aforementioned pet salon, these include art galleries and a bookstore. There's also a buzzing bar open until 4 a.m. and a caf? serving fusion cuisine...
...Pets Stay, Kids Go What to do with the pet that's left behind long after your children have grown up and moved away...
Each candidate was awarded a number of delegates corresponding to the percentage of people standing in its corner. Out of the seven allotted in this fake precinct obsessed with pet hierarchy, four went to the dogs, three went to Uncommitted, and none went to the birds since so many of them got confused during realignment that they strayed from their corner. While much was learned about how caucuses work, more was learned about the intelligence of people who own birds...
...week to minister to Mikey's osteoporosis. "Her bones were damaged," Rubens, 55, reports. "She had X rays and shots, and now I have to cook her food." Rubens isn't sure whether, even if Alex took Mikey, her son's lifestyle would permit the care this exotic pet requires. "It's hard to have much rapport with a turtle," Rubens admits, "but I feel responsible for this fragile, vulnerable creature...
Whether parents accept their child's leftover pet with grace and affection or with grudging acquiescence, few of them, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.), try to unload the critters. Some do make an effort to hand them over to their adult kids, only to meet a stubborn resistance that has little to do with the practicalities of caring for the pet...