now *that* is even more amusing. that poor dog is probably thinking to itself "wtf *is* that thing?"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:51 AM Subject: RE: shameless dog promoter > Its rather funny how large animals can be intimidated by smaller ones. Case > in point. Case in point, as you know, I've been brining in tow of my ferrets > to work with me. A coworker does the same with a couple of her dogs, one of > them is an older puppy (not quite an adult yet). Three weeks ago Ryoga (one > of the ferrets) was out wandering around the office, and discovered one of > the dog's toys. He decided that it just had to be in this other spot, so he > promptly moved it there. A minute or so later the puppy comes by and finds > it. So the dog moves it back to where is was before. Ryoga finds it and > moves it to where he wants it. > > This goes on 3 or four times. Ryoga then short circuits the process and > discovers the dog moving the toy back. As soon as the dog puts the toy back, > this old, fat ferret who normally couldn't move very fast to save its life, > suddenly moves like greased lightening, jumps the 3 or four feet separating > the two animals and gooses the puppy with his cold wet. The puppy gives a > high pitched yelp and runs and hides behind her owner. > > Ryoga is pure bottle brush. When ferrets get excited, frightened, upset or > angry their tails looks very much like a bottle brush. He wants another > piece of that dog. Anyhow ever since then whenever Ryoga is out of his cage > and the puppy notices she hides behind her owner. Yesterday for instance > Ryoga is out and rounds the corner from my cubicle. He comes nose to nose > with the puppy. The puppy yelps and runs away to Leah's cube. Ryoga sprints > after. Fortunately I'm able to catch him before disaster happens. > > This dog is at least 5 or 6 times Ryoga's size. He has that dog completely > terrorized. The company's owner has two huskies, who are also scared of this > little ferret. Its all attitude on Ryoga's part. If he was human, I could > see him walking into a Hells Angels convention and yell "Harleys suck". And > get away with it. > > larry ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
