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Re: [SG] good doggie

Marion,

Is there something you don't understand about this subject not being
suitable for this list.

I am here for shade garden topics.

There must be a listserve suited for your interest.

Give us a break please.

Dan Nelson
Bridgeville DE
zone 7
-----Original Message-----
From: Marion <marion@NAS.NET>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] good doggie


>Here in Ontario in the last month a child was killed by the neighbours dog
>with whom it had played regularly before. And two other youngsters have
>been badly scarred by other dogs in this same month.
>
>I perhaps overreacted to the fact that you were praising a dog for killing
>and then going to church. Being a pacifist it seems rather contradictory to
>my mind. Killing for our own food is one thing, but this seemed to be
>killing for fun and because the rabbit was in the wrong place at the wrong
>time. Have you ever considered live trapping and releasing?
>
>We have  a neighbour who is very allergic to cat urine and she live-traps
>any cats that trespass into her garden. I'm sure that she could get a dog
>that would kill any cats that come onto her property, but she has chosen
>less violent and less premanent method of disposing of God's creatures.
>
>I'm sorry to have directed the note to the list, but I think it's important
>that we address the issues of disposing of annoying garden pests in the
>most humane way possible and letting the dog kill the rabbit is at the
>bottom of my list of animal husbandry.
>
>I'm sure that there are likely a great many other things upon which we
>could agree and I look forward to doing so in the future.
>
>Marion, who breeds poodles
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