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Comment on Dart Beagle: Clothes Dog by Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:57:42 +0000

Hysterical! You know, except for the peeing in the crate part.

Our indoor cats have no temperature worries (mostly). But Tristan Kitten? OMG! Mouth Baby!

Everything he can put in his mouth, he does. We’re sort of hoping he outgrows it when he’s older. Right now? Everything.

Comment on Write Write Write by Doranna

Doranna — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:07:41 +0000

Great minds think alike! We have several of those–it’s how Connery learned to ask–and will put them out when the time is right. At the moment I do truly think he needs to settle in elsewise before we can do it. And we need to get the yard Dart-proofed again….(It *was*, but he’s figured something out and we can’t figure it out…)

Comment on Write Write Write by Peggy

Peggy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:41:51 +0000

This goes back to Mon’s blog. You mentioned Dart does not know how to ask to go out, we hung bells on the back door and the dog of the day would nose the bell to go out.

Comment on Horse Slaughter by Patty

Patty — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:03:10 +0000

I have been enjoying reading everyone’s point of view! Thank-you very much for your thoughtful and interesting responses! I still believe that for profit horse killing and use of the carcass should be an option. However, I see the problem with “for-profit” and “humane” that I hadn’t carefully considered as well as the horse thief issue that I was away of only peripherally. I thik the main thing is that we have either free or for profit “disposal” options for every other animal and there ought to be the same for horses. And I still think that since horses are big, we ought to use them once they are dead, if that is safe and the death process is humane. Of course, have I ever sent a horse to a slaugher facility? No. Don’t know if I could do it even if there were said option…..

Comment on Dart Beagle: Clothes Dog by Doranna

Doranna — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:12:28 +0000

Ilona, I think we’re going to simply wait him out on the crate peeing…no opportunities for a good long time. He needs to understand how to ask to go out and have those needs met, and right now he gets holding it in the house, but not how to request to go outside (I just try to anticipate him). I think it’s probably too much to ask of him right now–too many new life concepts.

He’s awfully cute, though!

Comment on Horse Slaughter by Doranna

Doranna — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:01:43 +0000

Actually, Richard, I suspect we agree more than we don’t, but have very different styles of discourse.

I do believe it’s necessary to examine a situation from every viewpoint–without assuming on facts (yes, PETA in VA slaughtered pets, in every sense of the word, so it does happen–but that doesn’t make it right)–and what I’m concluding from this conversation is that the things have changed in ways that make certain aspects of large animal ownership difficult for the owners without having provided alternatives.

I agree that a profit-drive enterprise seems problematic. Wish there was a better answer there.

I’m grateful to Patty for putting this out there on the blog so I had a reason to think it through…

Comment on Dart Beagle: Clothes Dog by Ilona F

Ilona F — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:00:17 +0000

Dart looks adorable and comfortable in his new coat Good luck getting him to stop the peeing.

Comment on Horse Slaughter by Richard hall

Richard hall — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:37:53 +0000

This could go on forever so I’ll try to keep it simple. We have a moral responsibility towards the animals we raise and keep. Thats a simple non religious based belief of mine following the “Do unto others asa you would have them do unto you”. Temple Grandin did show that it is possible to slaughter cattle humanely unfotunatley it also showed the callousness and lack of acceptance of such an approach. I would prefer the death of any creature to serve a purpose and appreciate those cultures that use every hide , hair, sinue and meat of the animals they kill. Thus in someways would prefer slaughter for horses if it was done in a caring manner however I just don’t beleive that has or will happen in a profit driven enterprise. By the way we don’t slaughter our pets, slaugher, kill, euthanise, assisted suicide etc are not all the same.

Well I’m off to hug a bunny if I can every catch one of them damn furry little buggers.

Comment on Dart Beagle: Clothes Dog by Doranna

Doranna — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:26:45 +0000

Peggy, while Dart has a keenly developed capacity for jealousy when it comes to the other dogs, I wouldn’t say it works the other way around…he really doesn’t care if they have coats. He cares that he has HIS JAMMIES and that they are ON HIM.

Honestly. He is a little pistol!

Comment on Dart Beagle: Clothes Dog by Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:23:13 +0000

He knows he is getting special treatment because he has jammies and the others don’t, so he is feeling he is important.