Pets & their worth to you ?

[scoob]

I was planning how I would actually handle it if he attacked us

Go for the eyes. Grab the dog's head on either side and drive your thumbs as far into the eyeballs as you can.

I used to go out with a vet who told me that the best approach was to croach down and snarl at it as loudly and scarily as you can. Most dogs apparently back off then because they work out that you are bigger than them and not prepared to be intimidated. You become a threat to their safety and they'll take the safe option and back off.

Easier said than done I reckon!

She said it works every time and even gave me a demonstration.

Is this what you are describing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZpm_9_P ... re=related

[The Sleeping Giant]

There is another way.

[CENTURION]

Sorry to sound morbid but all cats should be wiped out! Genocide! LET OUR NATIVE FAUNA FLOURISH!!

[Psyber]

Sorry to sound morbid but all cats should be wiped out! Genocide! LET OUR NATIVE FAUNA FLOURISH!!

The same could have been said in favour of saving our fauna that existed before man arrived and brought the Dingo here with him.
That resulted in the biggest fauna extinction Australia ever experienced.

I like cats, but think they should be kept indoors - it can be done.
Our Russian Blues in the early 1990s, and the Siamese we had after them coped quite well.
I admit the Siamese escaped occasionally - she learned to take screens off some windows.
But she rarely went far from the house, and was then usually found sleeping in the sun on the deck.

Dogs are easier - all you need is a decent back yard fence.

[Brucetiki]

I've mourned the loss of some of my pets longer than I've mourned the loss of some of my relatives!

[CENTURION]

I've mourned the loss of some of my pets longer than I've mourned the loss of some of my relatives!

yep, you choose your friends & pets but you're stuck with your rellies....until they finally keel over!

[CENTURION]

Sorry to sound morbid but all cats should be wiped out! Genocide! LET OUR NATIVE FAUNA FLOURISH!!

The same could have been said in favour of saving our fauna that existed before man arrived and brought the Dingo here with him.
That resulted in the biggest fauna extinction Australia ever experienced.

I like cats, but think they should be kept indoors - it can be done.
Our Russian Blues in the early 1990s, and the Siamese we had after them coped quite well.
I admit the Siamese escaped occasionally - she learned to take screens off some windows.
But she rarely went far from the house, and was then usually found sleeping in the sun on the deck.

Dogs are easier - all you need is a decent back yard fence.

we can do something about the cat problem, I can't do anything about what happened way back then.

[Psyber]

we can do something about the cat problem, I can't do anything about what happened way back then.

True, but I'm not convinced there is a cat problem..
They would fit into a balanced ecosystem if we did something about the too many humans problem..

[CENTURION]

we can do something about the cat problem, I can't do anything about what happened way back then.

True, but I'm not convinced there is a cat problem..
They would fit into a balanced ecosystem if we did something about the too many humans problem..

easy, feed them to each other. OR......well, just watch Soylent Green.

[The Sleeping Giant]

we can do something about the cat problem, I can't do anything about what happened way back then.

True, but I'm not convinced there is a cat problem..
They would fit into a balanced ecosystem if we did something about the too many humans problem..

What a load of crap.

[Psyber]

easy, feed them to each other. OR......well, just watch Soylent Green.

Yes I've seen it.
I'm not sure I fancy that as the answer though - it is rather unpalatable in several ways..

we can do something about the cat problem, I can't do anything about what happened way back then.

True, but I'm not convinced there is a cat problem..
They would fit into a balanced ecosystem if we did something about the too many humans problem..

What a load of crap.

Which?
The "cat problem", or the idea that there are too many human beings on the planet and thus we are affecting our environment adversely?
Or just that we are discussing it?

[Pat Malone]

I was travelling with a South African girl through Europe a couple years ago and she got a phone call from her Mum. When she finally stopped crying she explained her Jack Russell (called Lucky) got eaten by a python, 5th dog in 7 years. My mate's response that she should perhaps look at getting a pet python didnt go down well.

[Psyber]

I was travelling with a South African girl through Europe a couple years ago and she got a phone call from her Mum. When she finally stopped crying she explained her Jack Russell (called Lucky) got eaten by a python, 5th dog in 7 years. My mate's response that she should perhaps look at getting a pet python didn't go down well.

'twere a touch insensitive...
A pet Hyena or Cheetah may prove more durable though, while still furry and cuddly.
Small dogs of a domestic bent are not well adapted for life in the wild.

[Gozu]

we can do something about the cat problem, I can't do anything about what happened way back then.

True, but I'm not convinced there is a cat problem..
They would fit into a balanced ecosystem if we did something about the too many humans problem..

You bloody lefties with your green eugenics and what not! Good to see you talking sense for a change, Psyber

[Sojourner]

we can do something about the cat problem, I can't do anything about what happened way back then.

True, but I'm not convinced there is a cat problem..
They would fit into a balanced ecosystem if we did something about the too many humans problem..

You bloody lefties with your green eugenics and what not! Good to see you talking sense for a change, Psyber

Agreed Gozu, lets all band together to stop migration to our nation and let the population numbers peak and settle naturally!

[CENTURION]

and sell all our farmland to overseas investors, so the only food we have left is cats, rabbits & dogs! (maybe we can then rename Australia Thailand)