A blond lady in the alley couldn't get her dog to behave, it kept wanting to run around and smell everything. So she smacked it and it whimpered. She'll probably have to keep smacking her dog if she can't figure out how to train it. Lots of people's dogs don't seem too well trained I've noticed. Reminds me of an old Dylan song:
If dogs run free, then why not we
Across the swooping plain?
My ears hear a symphony
Of two mules, trains and rain.
The best is always yet to come,
That's what they explain to me.
Just do your thing, you'll be king,
If dogs run free.
If dogs run free, why not me
Across the swamp of time?
My mind weaves a symphony
And tapestry of rhyme.
Oh, winds which rush my tale to thee
So it may flow and be,
To each his own, it's all unknown,
If dogs run free.
If dogs run free, then what must be,
Must be, and that is all.
True love can make a blade of grass
Stand up straight and tall.
In harmony with the cosmic sea,
True love needs no company,
It can cure the soul, it can make it whole,
If dogs run free.
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If Dogs Run Free
If Dogs Run Free
by PenultimateManStanding » Thu 09 Mar 2006, 14:13:15
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Re: If Dogs Run Free
by Dreamtwister » Thu 09 Mar 2006, 14:57:13
You think it's bad now? According to the [url="http://www.hsus.org/pets/issues_affecting_our_pets/pet_overpopulation_and_ownership_statistics/us_pet_ownership_statistics.html"]American Humane Society[/url], there are approximately 65 million owned dogs in the United States.
During the great depression, thousands of people who could no longer afford to feed their dogs, simply turned them loose into the wild. There, they did what dogs naturally do: formed packs.
These roving packs of wild dogs DECIMATED small and medium game numbers wherever they went. Attacks on humans were a frequent occurance outside the cities.
What do you think is going to happen during the next great economic collapse? Even if only a modest 20% of those dogs get turned loose, you are looking at 13 million wild dogs.
13 million skilled hunters who naturally form into packs and have *no fear whatsoever* of humans.
Sleep tight, kiddies...
During the great depression, thousands of people who could no longer afford to feed their dogs, simply turned them loose into the wild. There, they did what dogs naturally do: formed packs.
These roving packs of wild dogs DECIMATED small and medium game numbers wherever they went. Attacks on humans were a frequent occurance outside the cities.
What do you think is going to happen during the next great economic collapse? Even if only a modest 20% of those dogs get turned loose, you are looking at 13 million wild dogs.
13 million skilled hunters who naturally form into packs and have *no fear whatsoever* of humans.
Sleep tight, kiddies...
The whole of human history is a refutation by experiment of the concept of "moral world order". - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re: If Dogs Run Free
by PenultimateManStanding » Thu 09 Mar 2006, 15:06:40
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', '
')13 million skilled hunters who naturally form into packs and have *no fear whatsoever* of humans.
Sleep tight, kiddies...
I bought a collection of Pakistani, wood-inlay daggers with carrying cases for this reason: it will be vitally neccessary to teach dogs to fear humans. In the meantime. . .jeez. . .the neighbors have a black boxer that likes to chase the shadows of butterflies on sunny days. It barks at passers-by unless they are women and little kids, then she doesn't bark. Well cared for dog, too.')13 million skilled hunters who naturally form into packs and have *no fear whatsoever* of humans.
Sleep tight, kiddies...
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Re: If Dogs Run Free
by PrairieMule » Thu 09 Mar 2006, 15:19:46
Well there aint no use, to give a Mule that kind of abuse
Might find it in his heart,
to kick your teeth loose.
He aint gonna pull your cart,
Gonna move real slow,
without a wagon in tow.
No he sure aint fond,
of mean ol dog hittin' blond.
Well there aint no use, to give a Mule that kind of abuse
Thick like an ox
In the end he'll make racket like a goose
He sneaky like fox
Won't jump like a frog
If you kick him like a dog.
If yo an animal hater
He bite like a gator
Might find it in his heart,
to kick your teeth loose.
He aint gonna pull your cart,
Gonna move real slow,
without a wagon in tow.
No he sure aint fond,
of mean ol dog hittin' blond.
Well there aint no use, to give a Mule that kind of abuse
Thick like an ox
In the end he'll make racket like a goose
He sneaky like fox
Won't jump like a frog
If you kick him like a dog.
If yo an animal hater
He bite like a gator
If you give a man a fish you will have kept him from hunger for a day. If you teach a man to fish he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
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Re: If Dogs Run Free
by PenultimateManStanding » Thu 09 Mar 2006, 15:40:00
The birds are getting ready for spring, and for 5 days in a row I've seen a pair of crows carrying twigs to the south of my window. Once one of them stopped on top of a telephone pole to adjust its grip on the twig with a brief economical move and fly on to build its nest. There are flocks of pigeons that put on quite a show of aerobatics every morning a couple of blocks away. We've got the tallest tree for miles around close by and hawks perch at the top of it. Lots of little birds with red heads, or brown, which the dog next door is always trying, never succeeding to grab with a snap of its jaws.
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Re: If Dogs Run Free
by The_Toecutter » Thu 09 Mar 2006, 22:21:19
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '1')3 million skilled hunters who naturally form into packs and have *no fear whatsoever* of humans.
I bets thems good eatin.
13 million potential meals.
The unnecessary felling of a tree, perhaps the old growth of centuries, seems to me a crime little short of murder. ~Thomas Jefferson
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Re: If Dogs Run Free
by Wednesday » Thu 09 Mar 2006, 22:55:05
Another good reason to keep the .22LR with the garden tools.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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Re: If Dogs Run Free
by eric_b » Fri 10 Mar 2006, 00:49:57
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', '
')13 million skilled hunters who naturally form into packs and have *no fear whatsoever* of humans.
Sleep tight, kiddies...
I bought a collection of Pakistani, wood-inlay daggers with carrying cases for this reason: it will be vitally neccessary to teach dogs to fear humans. In the meantime. . .jeez. . .the neighbors have a black boxer that likes to chase the shadows of butterflies on sunny days. It barks at passers-by unless they are women and little kids, then she doesn't bark. Well cared for dog, too.')13 million skilled hunters who naturally form into packs and have *no fear whatsoever* of humans.
Sleep tight, kiddies...
Clubs make much better canine dissuaders if it comes to that. Not as messy as the daggers.
What's said about dogs is true. Sure fido is cute and lovey-dovey - as long
as he's well fed. Don't feed Fido for a few days and you'll have an entirely
different beast on your hands.
Better watch out cuz the biodiesel people are going to be taking all meat
processing 'waste' that's currently being converted to pet food so they
can make oil.
Peak pet food is almost upon us.
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