On Apr 17, 8:16*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> >> And FWIW, I have been *bitten many times. I was probably bitten a dozen
> >> times before one every drew blood. Ironically, that one was a Chihuahua.
> >> Most of them were just nips.
>
> > I'm not talking about playful nips. *I mean bites, blood and such.
> > You are a traitor to your species.
>
> Poppycock. Most dog bites are no bog deal. Trust me. I have been bitten
> by lots of them. It was probably my own fault because I loved dogs and
> had no fear of them, probably deserved it. My parents never threatened
> to sue anyone or have their dog destroyed. I was told to be more
> careful, not to touch strange dogs, not to touch dogs when they are
> eating ( a few bites from doing that). I have also been bitten by cats,
> gerbils, hamsters, parakeets, lab rats, even a dolphin, and I am still
> alive and not at all traumatized.

I was bitten pretty severely by a cat too. Within a week, the cat was
dead. I'll never get back that $25 that my wife insisted I pay to get
a trap and have it euthanized by a vet. We lived in Florida. The
soil was sandy. I had a shovel. All it would have cost was half a
buck for a can of wet food to distract it while I delivered a fatal
blow. Instant, skull crushing death. We lived right next to a small
wooded area. Twenty five bucks.

--Bryan, aka Bobo Bonobo http://www.TheBonobos.com