Hey folks - lets not be overly upset about the hamster - MANY people would say it would be abusive & terrible to have a cat and a dog together - and especially if someone was talking about them chasing each other up stairs & down - However many other of us know that cats & dogs RAISED together get along quite well - and often chase each other - or entice the other to chase them -- like cats 'asking' the dog to chase them - or cats chasing the dogs - apparently in a game of 'tag' - Yes I imagine a trip down steps would be upsetting to a hamster in a ball - but - I can also see the hamster in the ball learning the pups were only going to roll the ball & not 'get' him, and enjoying the activity - even rolling his ball to get their attention - I wasn't there - I don't know - but I do know the story was not written by someone who sounded like an abusive person .... Have a little imagination here - all sorts of possibilities are out there - some seem less than right, but .. look closer ... often things are not as they first seem ...
Joan Cavatibs wrote: > I don't think I want to know why you wrap a hamster in cellotape. My dogs > are terrible hunters as it is -- encouraging them by placing a small, furry > rodent in a closed ball would not be my choice of how to exercise the dogs, > not to mention the terror that a poor hamster has of dogs chasing them and in > a ball ,the animal would have no chance of escape. Imagine the horror of > rolling upside down and all around with huge (in comparison to the hamster) > predators in hot pursuit. I would imagine that bouncing down the stairs > could cause cerebral hemoraging. I can think of many other ways to exercise > dogs. > > Anne > > Sheena Stevens wrote: > > >> Kris Hassig wrote: >> >> "WE used to have a hamster in a ball that we would duck tape the >> opening shut so they couldn't get the little guy out. The hamster seemed to >> like it as well. Great winter fun in the house but watch the stairs. The >> stairs are hard on the hamster.:)" >> >> It's early in the morning, so I'm assuming this is a windup, but it does >> remind me of a very old joke about why you wrap a hamster in sellotape ... >> >> Best >> >> Sheena >> >> Sheena Stevens >> Kilnshena Kavaliers >> Devon, UK >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >> http://www.hotmail.com >> >> ========================================================= >> "Magic Commands": >> to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >> to start it up gain click here: >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL >> >> E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >> Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html >> >> All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
