On 6 Feb 2015, at 17:28, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 06/02/2015 10:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 03/02/2015 8:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks, Ann. >>>> >>>> Yes, Tessa needs more handling and distracting to start having a good >>>> time. I really need a squirrel in a hidden cage that I can uncover and >>>> then click the shutter right away. :) >>> >>> My kennel club has started doing "barn hunts". It involves live rats in >>> clear plastic hamster balls, and is from what I understand, quite popular >>> with the dogs. >> >> Yikes. Have the local animal advocates caught wind of this yet? I >> would not want to be an admin of that club if/when they do. :) > The rats are unionized. They cannot work for more than half an hour, and then > they get an hour break, the dogs are not actually allowed near the rats, and > the rats have legislation on their side. > > http://www.canadabarnhunts.com/intro.html > > It's actually a legitimate dog sport. >
It seems rather bizarre - why not let them catch and kill the rats? B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
