Re: [PyrNet-L] intro

["David Anderson" <andernet@sprint.ca>]

Agree....Gosh, what a horrible story, that one about the pencil in the dog's
ear - oooo! Glad my son is older and non-aggressive towards
animals...Anyways, I always keep a tight watch on all my beloved, specially
the dogs, to make sure they are healthy and happy...and as regards the whole
biting issue, I guess since man's inhumanity to man has been rampant and
extant since the dawn of time, we have quite a ways to go before man's
inhumanity to animals ceases as well...

Lisette Anderson

----- Original Message -----
From: <clhenke@juno.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] intro


> Welcome, yes I agree, humans make the difference where animals are
> concerned, and especially their behavior.  When I was dog grooming ( in
> my younger days :-)  ) I had some bites, even with Knowing how to handle
> dogs.  I consider that a different set of circumstances though, more of
> an occupational hazard.
>
> Most of what occurs now a days is just plain ignorance mixed with a whole
> lot of foolish notions about animals, and plain bad attitude.  I hate
> that people fail to acknowledge that dogs have feelings too, and a set of
> social behaviors that keep them alive and get them through life, they
> just don't have to be the same as ours.  Someone said that if their dog
> so much as growled at their kid, they would consider that bad
> disposition, and the dog would be gone?  How bizarre is that?  The animal
> is supposed to put up with everything humans do ( children too ), and not
> even utter a word of complaint?  I would be looking to see why the dog
> felt he had to warn the child.  I think Tracy mentioned one where they
> found a hole in the dogs ear?  I'm not sure if that is a different
> version, or a separate incident, but there is one where when they
> necropsied the dog after destroying it for biting, they found a pencil
> driven through the ear into the brain, and it had evidently been there a
> while before the poor dog actually bit the child.  History is loaded with
> incidents where we humans kill our dogs ( other animals too ) before we
> even take the time to find out why the dog behaved the way it did!
> Usually the reason can be found!
>
> Also. like the article said, what can be said of an attitude where you
> call your dog Satan, Mad Dog, Killer, etc.  That says it all.  No loving
> family member here.  Just there to protect , and if the dog screws up and
> bites the wrong person, oh well, take it and kill it.  I thought it was
> an interesting article to read, unfortunately as people become more
> emotionally aggressive towards one another, I think we will see more of
> it.  Dogs read us better than we do them, and most people don't even make
> an attempt to understand animals.  The vast majority own dogs but don't
> really love them enough to care about their emotional well being!  I.M.O.
>  Cindy
>
> Cindy Henke
> clhenke@juno.com
> Ennis, Texas
>
> "All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained
> in the dog."  ~ Franz Kafka
>
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