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To: waterhill
My best friend lost her Heeler, Brisbane a few months ago but found a local pup [Barkool] and I swear, I loved that dog even though I never met him.

He was The Enforcer of her Ibizan-infested household, always herding them and looking at her as if to say "Want me bite 'em?" when they went crazy, as Ibizans are wont to do.

He reminded me so much of a Dobe, from the tales she told.

My stupid cat is afraid of cellophane.

He swatted at the snake's head just because it was something moving.

As far as 'cats killing snakes', he hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell against Bob.

There's a *huge* difference between a viper who strikes and retreats and a constrictor who strikes, coils and crushes in seconds.

Pardoxically, it's always been my Ibizans who went after snakes and I'm always making them leave them alone.

Even though the resident rat snakes have gone to den by now, they still frantically sniff the snake trails around the house every time they go out.

100 posted on 10/02/2012 8:19:11 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a mad man's face, his reason tends to fly away.)
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To: Salamander

It’s not easy to train a dog to work against its instinct.

I’m sure the Izbans say to themselves, in private, “the veterinary visits, we can overlook; the refusal to provide 24/7 access to the refrigerator, we can forgive; the demands to leave the snakes alone? Unpardonable.”

;-)


104 posted on 10/02/2012 8:44:39 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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