While I do take your point, Gerri, I have to say that everyone worries
about something different. It is experience, and not necessarily logic,
which dictates our fears. I paid a great price once when I placed a
pony in an apparently wonderful home, who, ignoring the contract that I
was to have a right of first refusal, re-homed her in a "pony-club"
program. (This was not Pony Club, but a poor facsimile thereof). This
pony wore shoes year round as she was older and needed the support for
her hocks. On a terrible night she was forgotten and left in a field
during a ferocious storm. (She was not left out intentionally, but
completely forgotten). She was found electrocuted the next day.
I was told about this months later in a "by the way, Whimsy is dead"
fashion.
So......do I worry about lightening? YOU BET if my horses aren't in the
barn and they wear metal shoes. Do I think it is logical that another
might be killed in this fashion? Probably not, but it doesn't stop me
from bringing them inside when there is a thunderstorm pending.
Fortunately, all of my other ponies are in domonstrably excellent
homes.
I have been bitten by birds; I owned a number of them at one time.
Fortunately, I've not been terribly injured and I still like them a
great deal. However, a macaw has 300 pounds per square inch pressure in
its powerful jaw and even a "fear bite" could take off a puppy's leg.
In this instance, I've spoken to the vet office who takes care of this
particular macaw and they assure me that not only is the macaw well
socialized, but that the people are very responsible. So, likely I will
place the pup with them.
As for apartments......I am placing a puppy with a family who lives in a
very dog friendly apartment and who intend to walk the pup daily...in
fact are looking forward to walking the dog as it is a big part of
social life in that building.
But, I guess I'm disappointed by this post, because I think it has a
chilling effect on asking questions. I used to think that there was no
such thing as a "stupid" question.....you know? I'd still rather ask
the questions and take the flack and ridicule for asking.
If someone now asked me about whether or not a horse should be outside
in a thunderstorm, I think I'd have to say that if the horse was wearing
metal shoes (which attracks the electric charge from the ground for
quite some area around) the horse should be inside.
Suze
Gerri Dueringer wrote:
>
> Before people read this and get all angry...here is the disclaimer....It's
> supposed to be tongue in cheek not taken seriously!!!!!! I was just thinking
> that sometimes we all worry too much.
>
> Gerri Dueringer
> *************************************
>
> OK. Selling to people who work is out. Selling to people with children is
> out. Selling to people with hampsters and large exotic birds is out. What
> else can we add to the "Verbotten" list??? Hummmm....
>
> Apartments - too confining.
>
> Farms - not confining enough.
>
> Cars...definitely cars. Dogs die more frequently by being hit by a car than
> they do from all other "Natural" causes combined. New owner might
> inadvertantly back over their dog in the driveway. Or, they may allow their
> dog to ride, unrestrained in the car. We won't even discuss the open back of
> a pickup truck.
>
> Doors...people that have doors DEFINITELY cannot have a Cavalier. Doors can
> be left open and the dog can dash out, which winds back around to the "Car"
> thing.
>
> Electricity...can't have that either. Puppies are notorious for chewing and
> what if they bite into a lamp cord?
>
> Cats...no cats, no sir'ree. Those damn things have sharp claws and can
> severely injure a Cavalier.
>
> Fish tank....absolute No No. What if the dog gets curious and falls in and
> drowns?
>
> Lake front property...dog could drown...dog could fall out of a boat. Ducks
> on lake could injure dogs. What if a snapping turtle came up from the bottom
> of the lake and snatched that dog under while it was happily swimming with
> it's owner? And we've all heard the stories about monster catfish that
> sometimes live in freshwater lakes...swallow a Cavalier whole.
>
> Ocean front property..too horrible to even consider. Think Jaws...
>
> Fences...definitely no fences. Dogs can go over or under. Gates can be left
> open.
> Dog can get hung on the fence.
>
> Yards...the whole idea of a yard is out. Horrible things can happen out
> there. Dog might swallow a rock and get a bowel obstruction. Fire ant hills.
> Fireants can take down foals and calves so imagine what quick work they
> would make of a Cavalier. Mosquitoes are out there too and any sort of
> wildlife might injure a Cavalier.
>
> The perfect scenario for a Cavalier would be a clear plastic hepa-filtered
> room, completely sterile. That way all contingencies would be planned for.
> Except...what if one of the walls collapsed? Nope...can't have that either.
>
> So, now we are down to the fact that there is NO suitable place for a
> Cavalier.
>
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