The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

[HairOfTheDog]

Zulu, the little cocker mix, was my roller... and she was such a pretty dog ;~). She'd roll in anything that stunk. Dead things, garbage, even big ole green manure piles.

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, at least she didn't EAT the "road apples".

Mine seem to have an inexhaustible appetite for horse manure. Then they want to come give you a great big kiss.

I've shoveled so much of the stuff over the years that I really don't care - I figure I've ingested plenty along the way. But it really grosses out my kids and my husband!

[CindyDawg]

Maybe he is just tired of people working with his feet.

[FrogInABlender]

My sister has had 2 senior cats just curl up on the bed and go to sleep and never wake up. They just looked like they were sleeping when she found them. That's the kind of death that I would wish for all my animals. But the weird thing is that they both chose the EXACT same spot to do it, and there were several years between them. It had us wondering if that was some kind of Kitty-to-Heaven portal. ;o)

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, at least she didn't EAT the "road apples".

I didn't say she didn't do that too :~)

[FrogInABlender]

Hey, it's better than when they lick their OWN butt and then want to come give you kisses. GACK!

[HairOfTheDog]

That is strange.

I've always feared, though, with the old ones, that if they went to sleep and died... how long would I walk right by them and not know? Might be a day or two with the cats, because they don't have a set feeding time, just walk by and fill the bowl when it's empty.

[AnAmericanMother]

Mallards really do stink.

At first, Shelley wouldn't put one in her mouth. She didn't even want to LOOK at it . . . we started with pigeons and worked our way up to mallards.

[AnAmericanMother]

You'll know.

They look uninhabited, if that makes sense.

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, yuck, let's not even go there! I'm not easily grossed out, but that does it every time!

[FrogInABlender]

I've heard about that happening to people working in offices. Especially people who come in early and stay late and don't socialize much. That would be horrible! Hell, if I don't say something every 5 minutes, poke me to see if I'm dead! ;o)

[FrogInABlender]

Mallards really do stink.

Really?! Even live ones?

[FrogInABlender]

LOL!! And you never know when they've just done it either.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yup. It's kind of an oily, fishy odor. Aside from the smell of duck poop when you have a gaggle of the live ones.

I think it's their feather oil, because it sticks to your hands.

[AnAmericanMother]

Or those people living alone that nobody notices until the mail starts piling up . . .

[FrogInABlender]

Sounds nasty! I've never been around ducks much, but that makes sense now that you mention it.

[FrogInABlender]

Ok, this is getting morbid. The horse poop, duck stink topic is looking more appealing all the time.

[AnAmericanMother]

Even dead cats are more appealing.

[MissTargets]

you've really been having some winter weather

The last few weeks have been really bad. Making up for all the nice days in December.

Congrats on the weight loss! I didn't diet, but did lose 15 since I stopped working. Sure helps when you don't sit in front of a PC all day munching.

[FrogInABlender]

LOL!! Ok since we're being tacky...

Who ever put up that sign was one sick person! ;o)