cats are extremely vengeful. my old cat, long gone now, when we moved never ever used the litter pan again.
my old couch, which is now with my ex-wife bore then entire brunt of the cats furor. tw On 10/10/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >She's thinking about getting the beagle because she thinks Moxie is > >lonely when she is out with the kids and having another dog around > >might mellow her out. > > You're joking right?? Ha, ha, no a second dog is not likely to "mellow" a > young, active dog out. More likely they would ramp each other up if you are > not giving the dog(s) proper daily exercise and challenge. My young sheltie > for instance is very calm and sleeps when he's by himself. Around other dogs > he will play and run and chase for hours on end until the other dogs want to > kill him. ;-) > > > >The main question here how do male and female young dogs *typically* > >get along when they're both reproductive system deprived? > > Spay/neutering has little to do with it, as does sex. It has a lot more to do > with the dog's dominance/activity level/social skills, etc. I've had > unneutered dogs that got along well with any newcomers, and neutered dogs > that would take ages to adjust to them. > > > >I know, there are a slew of others including, "is my wife nuts for > >wanting to get another dog when the one we have isn't fully trained?" > > Probably. It sounds like you might not have quite enough time for the dog you > already have, particularly if you have kids. A lot of people have the > misconception that a small dog will just get enough exercise and mental > stimulation running around the house and yard....not so! Keep in mind your > dog was originally bred to hunt, they like to have a job. Maybe you could > look into doing go-to-ground with her...I love dog sports and activities of > any kind, stuff that involves instinct is particularly cool as you see the > brain just click into it. The dogs just love doing what they were meant to do > and it's often great fun for the kids as well. > > > >and "can cats truly plot to kill you in your sleep for adding another > >dog to the family?" Those are secondary though. > > They might indeed! My cat still hasn't forgiven me for this annoying puppy I > brought home! > > If you get the National Geo channel, try to catch some episodes of the Dog > Whisperer...he does a good job of covering the importance of activities and > exercise for dogs, and has some about how to pick a new dog and add it into > the family. > > > --- Mary Jo > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
