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RaRaRachieee 
Hmm...Brody considered for a second, before raising her hand. "Well I would care for a baby crup by keeping the little thing in an environment that is free from muggles, which would reduce the chance of them becoming ferocious. I think that this would be best for the little thing, meaning it might be more of a cute than scary creature?" Because cute was rather better in Brody's opinion.
"Very good, Brody. Most wizards that keep crups as pet live in areas where very few muggles reside."
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LeapFrog Ellie shot her hand up. "Well you gotta make sure you have lots of room for it to play," she stated. Her family had a sprawling farm and their crup had plenty of space to run and chase things.
"Wonderful, Ellie," she said. "These creatures are exceptionally high spirited."
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Walrus Ooh Jacob had knew this... He raised his hand "You would need to watch them carefully, and give them lots of attention as to tire it out so they don't eat your bed, or anything else." TeeHee that would be funny to watch.
"Exactly right," she answered. "Though I'm pretty sure your bed would be safe. They aren't goats." She laughed and shot the boy a playful wink.
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cullendiggory Feeling quite confident, Ella raised her hand again. "Well.. I would keep it away from Muggles obviously. As they hate them." She said with a nod, then hesitated before continuing. "And they eat practically anything so it would be easy to feed them." She shrugged her shoulders. She actually had no idea what was actually appropriate for a Crup to eat. "As for the actual looking after it.. I would just give it attention and keep it safe, and stuff.." She added. Just like taking care of any pet really.
"I think you've covered most of the basics. Good job."
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AlexandraRamos Hm. Wouldn't that also be the same way you would care for a regular dog?
Jimbo raised his hand and tried to mention everything he knew.
"You would care for a crup the same way you would care for a regular dog, right? Although, Crups do eat anything...
You need to pass a test to get the license to own a Crup. I don't really know what's part of the test, but I'm sure it's mostly about making sure no Muggles notice it, right? And you have to use a Severing Charm on it's tail so that it looks like a regular Jack Russell Terrier. The charm doesn't hurt the Crup, though, so it's fine."
He wasn't sure he really knew much else about it though, so he put down his hand after that.
OOC: Info taken from Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
"Actually the test required to obtain a license is designed to test your ability to control the crup in any given situation. Especially if they were to display signs of aggression."
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grangerfan8 Arya grinned as she watched the little puppy chew at the professor's robes. "I would take him for walks around the castle grounds, teach him tricks, and keep him away from the muggleborn students." Cause we don't want the little thing attacking students do we now?
"Great ideas, Arya. Activities, such as daily walks, would prove most beneficial indeed."
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Snape'sGirlThru&Thru Whoa, these things hated Muggles and Muggle-borns? Suddenly Vashti didn't find the crup very cute at all. That was a creature she'd be staying far, FAR away from.
Raising her hand, she answered, "Well, you'd be required to be a Pureblood since you don't want it to attack you or anything. And it'd have to stay away from Muggles. And..." Hm... "Professor, is it possible to train a crup not to be aggressive towards Muggles if you train it from when its a baby? Or is that just an instinct that it has permanently and that can't be changed?"
"Actually, I'm not sure if many of you know this or not but *I* am a half-blood. My father is a muggle. And well, I have had great success in raising the crups here at Hogwarts," she explained. "More than anything, crups need to be treated with love and respect. If they are introduced to muggles at a young age, they might learn to like them fine."
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individual What was all this talk about aggressive towards muggles? Not that, the crup SHOULDN'T be aggressive towards the muggles, in fact...she'd rather encourage it. But still...
After hearing everyone's answers, which pretty much sounded like taking care of any other dog in the world, Evelyn raised her hand with a question. "Professor, why are the so aggressive towards muggles in the first place? I mean like...why is that an instinct to be like that for them?"
"Yes Evelyn, it is an instinct. Long ago, crups were raised to protect their wizard owners. This trait has evolved throughout the years. It's as natural to them as it is for a cat to chase mice."
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Zoerawrr Heck yes. Because Jake was a quiet little angel.
He wouldn't respond to that though.
But he did give a horrified cry about removing the tails. That was vulgar, even though there was probably a magical way that would mean no pain... crups were made to have TAILS. They were known for forked tails.
Raising his hand with an indignant look on his face, Jake sniffed disapprovingly and said, "I'd nnnot let it ggget it's tttail tttaken away."
True, in his first year, Jake had taken care of a baby crup; he had this subject covered. Lawson knew that.
Iliana smiled. "I remember, Jake. And I respect your decision," she said. "The problem in refusing to remove his tail is that you will never be allowed to take your crup home. He will always have to live here in the Sanctuary."
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The1HBIC Well that didn't exactly answer her question. SHe still didn't know if that little creature would try to attack Carter.
Hmm, how to care for the little creature. She really had no clue but decided to answer anyway. Raiding her hand she said, "Well since it resembles the characteristics of a dog then I am assuming you would care for it the same way you would a dog. Like for starters you would need to train it so it knows what it can or can not eat. You should also train it to not be aggressive unless given a command to do so." Meaning it better not be aggressive around her boyfriend.
"Yes but remember this. Training may curve the aggressive behavior but it will not solve the problem. It is a natural instinct."
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HaRoHeGiNeLu Awww! She was right! It's a lil crup! Awwwwww!
"I would love it. And play with it. And feed it, cuz the eat everything so it'll be easy. And keep it safe. And keep it from people it doesn't like. And love it." And love it. And love it. And love it.
Ellie's a big crup fan...
"Class, I would like you all to remember that LOVE is the most important thing you can give any creature. Magical or otherwise. Thank you so much, Ellie for mentioning it."
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Lily-Luna "ohhhhhhh that little thing!! I so want to touch it...but I can't..I hate to know it, but I can't touch it..I'm muggleborn...snif snif" Kate thought "what do I know about them? ah!..
"Professor, they eat everything! and they can help you getting reed off a plague of gnomes..because they it that too!" She said, a little disappointed because she can't hold the puppy.
The professor laughed. "They are like little muggle garbage disposals, aren't they? Good answer."
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"Now who here would like to hold Miles?" she asked, giving the puppy a scratch behind the ears.