tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post5895784135715756472..comments2024-03-28T11:27:25.537+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Is There A Less Appropriate Pet?JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-63207231888832263482013-09-27T06:54:55.671+01:002013-09-27T06:54:55.671+01:00"Greyhounds are ideal pets as they don't ...<i>"Greyhounds are ideal pets as they don't need much excercise and are very laidback and friendly..."</i> <br /><br />And also known to chase and kill smaller creatures. Which is hard to prevent if you're immobile.<br /><br /><i>"...people with a thing for dogshit without exception are a classic case of why "Care in the community" doesn't work..."</i> <br /><br />I agree some can become obsessive ( <a href="http://apiln.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">APILN</a> often features them!), but they have a good point. <br /><br />Apart from the antisocial aspect, there's a serious risk of disease.<br /><br /><i>"We tried Herefords but could never get them to sit, stay and fetch. "</i> <br /><br />:D<br /><br /><i>"They may be. But the bastards are not shitting on my fucking door step."</i> <br /><br />Spot on!<br /><br /><i>"Julia please go back to the old heading!"</i><br /><br />It's fixed (sort of)!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42031710432608622672013-09-24T18:31:44.980+01:002013-09-24T18:31:44.980+01:00Julia please go back to the old heading!Julia please go back to the old heading!John Punshonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47916678383255398082013-09-24T18:26:14.207+01:002013-09-24T18:26:14.207+01:00xX From one celled amoebas right up to beasts that...xX From one celled amoebas right up to beasts that regularly tip the scales at over 2 tonnes like cattle and cart horses, and a plethora of things in between.XX<br /><br />They may be. But the bastards are not shitting on my fucking door step.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12063373221679360572013-09-24T17:20:34.737+01:002013-09-24T17:20:34.737+01:00@Budvar
We tried Herefords but could never get th...@Budvar<br /><br />We tried Herefords but could never get them to sit, stay and fetch. You seem to ignore the difference that exists between farm animals in their place and pets in our place. Pet owners are simply being expected to clear up after their four-legged friends so the rest of us aren't walking the minefield. Before you accuse me of being some kind of dogophobe, I would point out that until recently we hadn't been without a dog for the past thirty years and we cleared up after them without being pressured into doing so.The Jannienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61732271557707564372013-09-24T16:50:44.308+01:002013-09-24T16:50:44.308+01:00Grr - that comment should have said health risks f...Grr - that comment should have said health risks from scat are higher than from dung. <br /><br />Dumb me :( Anonymouslemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04693377613554638959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-49468476629888349702013-09-24T15:40:39.904+01:002013-09-24T15:40:39.904+01:00@Budvar
The health and disease impact of dung is ...@Budvar<br /><br />The health and disease impact of dung is far higher than of scat. Horses and sheep produce excrement that is largely safe to handle. Dogs on the other hand can spread disease through their feces.<br /><br />I regularly have to walk into the long grass at Thames Barrier park to clean up after my dog - that's a choice I made when I got a dog. Where I walk her, I have to clean up after her, no matter how inconvenient it is. Anonymouslemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04693377613554638959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-1147568525461416492013-09-24T13:09:09.488+01:002013-09-24T13:09:09.488+01:00Sorry Joolz, but people with a thing for dogshit w...Sorry Joolz, but people with a thing for dogshit without exception are a classic case of why "Care in the community" doesn't work, and invariably in need of psychiatric help.<br /><br />Anyone would think that it was only dogs that crapped anywhere, but here's a heads up, there's a whole vista of fauna crapping all over Gods green Earth.<br />From one celled amoebas right up to beasts that regularly tip the scales at over 2 tonnes like cattle and cart horses, and a plethora of things in between.<br /><br />On my travels along the highways and byways, I see more horse crap than anything, and over the moors you cant move for sheep shit. Yet I never see (Or hear for that matter) anyone highlighting with either chalk or spray paint any little parcels left by these animals and little notes (Also in chalk or spray paint of "Dirty" and "Filthy dog owner".<br /><br />I wonder if the "Scatophobic" Wickham man also advocates shovelling horse crap through the letterboxes of Sebastian and Lucretia, the champions down the local gymkhana or Farmer Giles' what with his herd of prize winning Herefords? I suspect not.<br /><br />He's also likely to not notice the stench of his house from where his tom cat takes great delight in pissing behind the wardrobe, on the couch, over the kitchen worktops, the headboard of his bed and the living room carpet.<br /><br />Budvarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411709142357622721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-70308115671257436522013-09-24T13:00:22.119+01:002013-09-24T13:00:22.119+01:00Greyhounds are ideal pets as they don't need ...Greyhounds are ideal pets as they don't need much excercise and are very laidback and friendly, as all greyhound owners will tell you.<br /><br />The problem is motorised scooter types who treat their scooters as some kind of themed floats with flags, daft signs, silly hats with one hand in the air waving at everyone whilst driving in the middle of the road as if they are an attraction at Alton Towers, this one sounds like he had a santa sledge with 2 reindeer in tow.<br /><br />Problem owner but definitely not problem petsRickienoreply@blogger.com