“Even mini/ teacup/micro pigs get larger than most dogs.”

All other things aside, good on her for taking such good care of a pet that turned out to be much different than expected. And even getting her a friend! Many others couldn’t or wouldn’t in that situation.

No. Do not link! Stop creating a demand for “exotic pets” while millions of pets are being euthanized each year. Even mini/ teacup/micro pigs get larger than most dogs. It is not fair to the animal to be someone’s vanity pet. If you must get any sort of pet, fucking adopt.

Dude, can you please remove that damn link to pigs for sale?! For f*cks sake, let’s not encourage idiots who think it sounds fun for 5 seconds to have a pig! There’s actually a growing number of pigs entering animal shelters and once former pets being sold at auction for slaughter after the dumb humans who bought them…

Good point, I figured that was obvious (about the blankets) but you’re probably right, it’s worth saying.

I can speak to this because I lost my first baby to SIDS at 3 1/2 months in 1976. Back then, you always put your baby to sleep on his/her stomach so they wouldn’t strangle on vomit. My baby was with a babysitter; I had gone back to work 2 weeks before she died. I don’t know if she was lying on her back or stomach. I…

That’s some good analysis. I agree that something like this might increase anxiety, though I view this as a first-generation product, so I’m not willing to say that a gadget will never be capable of saving a kid from SIDS. First, the very nature of SIDS is poorly understood, and that’s partly because there’s no way to…