I was just trying to make a funny. I thought, well, people on this NG
know that I'm not particularly fond of dogs, so they might actually
believe that I had eaten dog. Turns out the reason my story was
believable is because quite a few folks here have actually eaten dog.

When I was a teenager there was a Chinese restaurant that served it,
but only to *special* customers who asked in Chinese. My buddy was a
cook there. He was not allowed to touch anything in that freezer, and
even the woks for preparing dog were kept strictly separate. They got
caught one too many times by the health dept. and were closed down.

I have never, nor would I ever unless faced with starvation, eat dog.

--Bryan

"Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
...
>I was just trying to make a funny. I thought, well, people on this NG
> know that I'm not particularly fond of dogs, so they might actually
> believe that I had eaten dog. Turns out the reason my story was
> believable is because quite a few folks here have actually eaten dog.
>
> When I was a teenager there was a Chinese restaurant that served it,
> but only to *special* customers who asked in Chinese. My buddy was a
> cook there. He was not allowed to touch anything in that freezer, and
> even the woks for preparing dog were kept strictly separate. They got
> caught one too many times by the health dept. and were closed down.
>
> I have never, nor would I ever unless faced with starvation, eat dog.
>
> --Bryan

Aw, shucks. And here I was giving you bonus points for going native in an
exotic country somewhere.

Felice

I'm so glad to know this was a joke! It's been bothering me all day as
a dog lover.

My congratulations on a good one to pull over on a foodie group.

Libby

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> I was just trying to make a funny. I thought, well, people on this NG
> know that I'm not particularly fond of dogs, so they might actually
> believe that I had eaten dog. Turns out the reason my story was
> believable is because quite a few folks here have actually eaten dog.

Good one! I have been determinedly ignoring the thread. I've
been so busy wondering if I'm going to be Cofikered I forgot
someone might make a joke.

nancy

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> I have never, nor would I ever unless faced with starvation, eat dog.

I sure would. It's on my list of stuff I've got
to eat before I die. Ahead of ortolan, behind whale.

I finally killed the rabbit in my garage today!
I thought it was gone, because I hadn't seen it
for several weeks. I got some ultrasonic critter
repeller devices which I thought were frauds but
this web site convinced me they might be worth
trying.

http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/antwars.htm

Did not work for rats and gophers. Seemed to
work on the rabbit until last week, when I noticed
it was back. Put a trap in the hole-in-the-wall
it was using to get in. The trap was tripped twice
with no result. Three's the charm. Big guy, for
a wild rabbit. Normally, they're small. This one
I estimate at three pounds. I tossed it where
scavengers routinely pick up dead bodies. They'll
probably be a happy coyote tonight.

On Apr 1, 8:35*pm, (Fred/Libby Barclay) wrote:
> I'm so glad to know this was a joke! *It's been bothering me all day as
> a dog lover.

I'm not a dog person, but I bear them no ill will. I wouldn't eat dog
or cat (and I am a cat person) because they are top of the food chain
carnivores, which are reputed to taste nasty, and are a meat of last
resort pretty much across cultures.
>
> My congratulations on a good one to pull over on a foodie group.

I tried. Not sure it worked too well on most, but it did on you.
Happy April Fools' Day!
>
> Libby

--Bryan

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> >
> > I have never, nor would I ever unless faced with starvation, eat dog.
>
> I sure would. It's on my list of stuff I've got
> to eat before I die. Ahead of ortolan, behind whale.
>
> I finally killed the rabbit in my garage today!
> I thought it was gone, because I hadn't seen it
> for several weeks. I got some ultrasonic critter
> repeller devices which I thought were frauds but
> this web site convinced me they might be worth
> trying.
>
> http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/antwars.htm
>
> Did not work for rats and gophers. Seemed to
> work on the rabbit until last week, when I noticed
> it was back. Put a trap in the hole-in-the-wall
> it was using to get in. The trap was tripped twice
> with no result. Three's the charm. Big guy, for
> a wild rabbit. Normally, they're small. This one
> I estimate at three pounds. I tossed it where
> scavengers routinely pick up dead bodies. They'll
> probably be a happy coyote tonight.

Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a bunny.
They are very easy to skin.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

Omelet wrote:
>
> Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a bunny.
> They are very easy to skin.

The thought crossed my mind, but I've had rabbit before
and was not impressed. A local wild rabbit might have
been more interesting, but I was not intrigued enough
to investigate further. Also, it would have provided
very little useable meat -- hardly as much as a quail.
(Quail do live here, and I'd be more tempted by them,
except that it's illegal to take them.)

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

> I was just trying to make a funny.

<grin>

> I thought, well, people on this NG
> know that I'm not particularly fond of dogs, so they might actually
> believe that I had eaten dog. Turns out the reason my story was
> believable is because quite a few folks here have actually eaten dog.

I wasn't all that surprised. This group is world wide after all - and in
some cultures it's not an uncommon thing.

>
> When I was a teenager there was a Chinese restaurant that served it,
> but only to *special* customers who asked in Chinese. My buddy was a
> cook there. He was not allowed to touch anything in that freezer, and
> even the woks for preparing dog were kept strictly separate. They got
> caught one too many times by the health dept. and were closed down.
>
> I have never, nor would I ever unless faced with starvation, eat dog.
>

You have raised a controversial point there. Look at those folks whose
plane crashed in the mountains years ago - they ended up eating the
flesh of the people who had already died to stay alive themselves. Hope
I'm never faced with a situation like that, lemme tell ya.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> I tossed it where
>> scavengers routinely pick up dead bodies. They'll
>> probably be a happy coyote tonight.
>
> Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a
> bunny. They are very easy to skin.

Heh. I won't eat bunnies either - for the same reason you won't eat dog;
I've had bunnies as pets in the past...

;-)
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Bryan wrote:

> I was just trying to make a funny. I thought, well, people on this NG
> know that I'm not particularly fond of dogs, so they might actually
> believe that I had eaten dog. Turns out the reason my story was
> believable is because quite a few folks here have actually eaten dog.

I hadn't read Usenet for several days, but when Lin told me about the thread
yesterday, my immediate reaction was, "Oh, it's an April Fool's Day joke!"

Fell a little flat with me because I had to bring my dog to the vet to be
euthanized that same day.

Bob

Om wrote:


> Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a bunny.
> They are very easy to skin.

It just so happens that I *did* eat rabbit tonight, as part of the
Vietnamese menu I posted recently. I have to say that simmering with ginger
in Vietnamese caramel sauce is a *phenomenal* way to cook rabbit. It's the
best I've ever had.

Bob

ChattyCathy wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>>> I tossed it where
>>> scavengers routinely pick up dead bodies. They'll
>>> probably be a happy coyote tonight.
>> Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a
>> bunny. They are very easy to skin.
>
> Heh. I won't eat bunnies either - for the same reason you won't eat dog;
> I've had bunnies as pets in the past...
>
> ;-)
Heh. That's no excuse, I've had rabbits and dogs for pets before and I
would still eat them if necessary. Rabbit, at least domestic ones, are a
delicacy and delicious. Used to raise them back in the sixties and
seventies, ate a lot of rabbit then.

I've eaten dog in SE Asia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and in Mexico, whale
from a can in a Japanese company store in the Middle East (tastes a lot
like beef), snake, lizard, pretty much anything edible when I was young
and sojering.

On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:45:49 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

> On Apr 1, 8:35*pm, (Fred/Libby Barclay) wrote:
>> I'm so glad to know this was a joke! *It's been bothering me all day as
>> a dog lover.
>
> I'm not a dog person, but I bear them no ill will.

<hysterical laughter>

this post is the real joke, right?

blake

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
.. .
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:45:49 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
>> On Apr 1, 8:35 pm, (Fred/Libby Barclay) wrote:
>>> I'm so glad to know this was a joke! It's been bothering me all day as
>>> a dog lover.
>>
>> I'm not a dog person, but I bear them no ill will.
>
> <hysterical laughter>
>
> this post is the real joke, right?
>
I still remember how proud of himself he was when he posted about poisoning
the dog.

On Apr 2, 10:21*am, "cybercat" > wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>
> .. .> On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:45:49 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> >> On Apr 1, 8:35 pm, (Fred/Libby Barclay) wrote:
> >>> I'm so glad to know this was a joke! It's been bothering me all day as
> >>> a dog lover.
>
> >> I'm not a dog person, but I bear them no ill will.
>
> > <hysterical laughter>
>
> > this post is the real joke, right?

You're still to stupid to understand the concept of collateral damage.

I bear no ill will toward earthworms either, but I bet I've killed
dozens if not hundreds in the process of putting in my garden.
Chopped 'em right in half with a shovel.
>
> I still remember how proud of himself he was when he posted about poisoning
> the dog.

Did I ever say that I actually DID it? I don't think I ever said
that. No, I wouldn't have said that.
Was I proud of myself for thinking up the plan? Yes.

--Bryan

In my mind I hear Elmer Fudd singing this line over and over, to the
tune of <i>Flight of the Valkyries</i>. :-) (reminiscent of something
in "Rabbit of Seville")

Bob

With all the posts about parking and pregnancy I had an
entirely different
vision when I saw the subject line.

"The rabbit died" has a very different meaning to women of
my generation!

gloria p

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Om wrote:
>
>
>> Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a bunny.
>> They are very easy to skin.
>
> It just so happens that I *did* eat rabbit tonight, as part of the
> Vietnamese menu I posted recently. I have to say that simmering with ginger
> in Vietnamese caramel sauce is a *phenomenal* way to cook rabbit. It's the
> best I've ever had.
>
> Bob
>
>
>


PETER??? You ate PETER?

What a savage!

gloria p

George Shirley wrote:

>
> I've eaten dog in SE Asia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and in Mexico, whale
> from a can in a Japanese company store in the Middle East (tastes a lot
> like beef), snake, lizard, pretty much anything edible when I was young
> and sojering.



Did you like whale, George? My husband ordered it at a
dockside restaurant in Norway before I could remind him it
was an endangered mammal. I had a taste of his and neither
one of us liked it. It was heavy and strangely sweetish.

gloria p

zxcvbob wrote:
> In my mind I hear Elmer Fudd singing this line over and over, to the
> tune of <i>Flight of the Valkyries</i>. :-) (reminiscent of something
> in "Rabbit of Seville")
>
> Bob
>
It's from a Bugs Bunny movie, Bugs is the Valkyrie and Elmer is chasing
him. Lots of thunder and lightning, etc. I have the tape and watch it
frequently just for that segment. DW gets PO'ed when I walk around the
house singing, "Kill the Wabbit."

Puester wrote:
>
> With all the posts about parking and pregnancy I had an entirely different
> vision when I saw the subject line.
>
> "The rabbit died" has a very different meaning to women of my generation!
>
> gloria p

Ours too, a few rabbits died on our behalf back in the sixties.

Puester wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>
>>
>> I've eaten dog in SE Asia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and in Mexico,
>> whale from a can in a Japanese company store in the Middle East
>> (tastes a lot like beef), snake, lizard, pretty much anything edible
>> when I was young and sojering.
>
>
>
> Did you like whale, George? My husband ordered it at a dockside
> restaurant in Norway before I could remind him it was an endangered
> mammal. I had a taste of his and neither one of us liked it. It was
> heavy and strangely sweetish.
>
> gloria p

It was okay, rather reminiscent of horse meat moreso than beef. I
wouldn't make a habit of it but the Japanese kill a lot of whales each
year under the guise of "scientific research" and those whales end up at
the meat/fish market or canned.

One thing I don't eat is herring in any manner, never did like the
stuff. My Dutch friends loved raw herring with onion. Coming from the
Gulf Coast where fish are often wormy I never eat raw fish of any sort.
Of course I don't eat raw meat of any kind either. If were meant to eat
raw meat we wouldn't have learned to use fire IMHO.

George Shirley wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>> In my mind I hear Elmer Fudd singing this line over and over, to the
>> tune of <i>Flight of the Valkyries</i>. :-) (reminiscent of
>> something in "Rabbit of Seville")
>>
>> Bob
>>
> It's from a Bugs Bunny movie, Bugs is the Valkyrie and Elmer is chasing
> him. Lots of thunder and lightning, etc. I have the tape and watch it
> frequently just for that segment. DW gets PO'ed when I walk around the
> house singing, "Kill the Wabbit."

Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwDo_hTs2Q

Bob

Puester wrote:

>
> With all the posts about parking and pregnancy I had an
> entirely different
> vision when I saw the subject line.
>
> "The rabbit died" has a very different meaning to women of
> my generation!
>
> gloria p

So my Mom told me. But 20-something years ago when I had my first child,
all I had to do was pee into a jar and hand it over to the nurse who
took it away to gawd knows where for testing. I didn't see any rabbits
around, so I am assuming they used some other method (at least I hope
so, this is Africa, after all) <veg>

However, when I suspected I was pregnant with the kiddlette, I just
bought one of those stick thingies (that you still have to pee on) from
a local pharmacy...
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

In article >,
Puester > wrote:

> With all the posts about parking and pregnancy I had an
> entirely different
> vision when I saw the subject line.
>
> "The rabbit died" has a very different meaning to women of
> my generation!
>
> gloria p

<laughs> Not too many people know that one!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> >
> > Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a bunny.
> > They are very easy to skin.
>
> The thought crossed my mind, but I've had rabbit before
> and was not impressed. A local wild rabbit might have
> been more interesting, but I was not intrigued enough
> to investigate further. Also, it would have provided
> very little useable meat -- hardly as much as a quail.
> (Quail do live here, and I'd be more tempted by them,
> except that it's illegal to take them.)

Tiny bunnies? Too bad...
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Mark Thorson > wrote:
> >> I tossed it where
> >> scavengers routinely pick up dead bodies. They'll
> >> probably be a happy coyote tonight.
> >
> > Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a
> > bunny. They are very easy to skin.
>
> Heh. I won't eat bunnies either - for the same reason you won't eat dog;
> I've had bunnies as pets in the past...
>
> ;-)

<lol> I have too, but they were "food" first while I was growing up.
"Dusty" was a litter box trained lop ear, but he tended to chew too much
on electrical cords...
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> Om wrote:
>
>
> > Why didn't you eat it? Takes less than 5 minutes to dress out a bunny.
> > They are very easy to skin.
>
> It just so happens that I *did* eat rabbit tonight, as part of the
> Vietnamese menu I posted recently. I have to say that simmering with ginger
> in Vietnamese caramel sauce is a *phenomenal* way to cook rabbit. It's the
> best I've ever had.
>
> Bob

Sounds interesting.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:

> You have raised a controversial point there. Look at those folks whose
> plane crashed in the mountains years ago - they ended up eating the
> flesh of the people who had already died to stay alive themselves. Hope
> I'm never faced with a situation like that, lemme tell ya.
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

I've thought about that one, and I have enough body fat to live off of,
I'd give it a pass too. That's what body fat is for. ;-) Living off of
for starvation and survival.

I've cut to 1 meal per day at present so am consuming under 600 calories
per day. It's sped up my weight loss nicely. I was tired of being
stalled out.

If I get hungry at work, a Wylers cube in a cup of hot water is good for
about 3 hours. To hell with the sodium. They are 5 calories.

I stalled out because my freakin' T4 dropped to 4.6. Can't keep my
thyroid hormones in normal range even with meds, so screw it. Slow
metabolism and it's saving me money on food!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> Bryan wrote:
>
> > I was just trying to make a funny. I thought, well, people on this NG
> > know that I'm not particularly fond of dogs, so they might actually
> > believe that I had eaten dog. Turns out the reason my story was
> > believable is because quite a few folks here have actually eaten dog.
>
> I hadn't read Usenet for several days, but when Lin told me about the thread
> yesterday, my immediate reaction was, "Oh, it's an April Fool's Day joke!"
>
> Fell a little flat with me because I had to bring my dog to the vet to be
> euthanized that same day.
>
> Bob

Condolences Bob. Been there, done that. :-(

HUGS!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> George Shirley wrote:
> > zxcvbob wrote:
> >> In my mind I hear Elmer Fudd singing this line over and over, to the
> >> tune of <i>Flight of the Valkyries</i>. :-) (reminiscent of
> >> something in "Rabbit of Seville")
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> > It's from a Bugs Bunny movie, Bugs is the Valkyrie and Elmer is chasing
> > him. Lots of thunder and lightning, etc. I have the tape and watch it
> > frequently just for that segment. DW gets PO'ed when I walk around the
> > house singing, "Kill the Wabbit."
>
> Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwDo_hTs2Q
>
> Bob

I'd not seen that in years. ;-) Thanks for posting it!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

zxcvbob wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>> In my mind I hear Elmer Fudd singing this line over and over, to the
>>> tune of <i>Flight of the Valkyries</i>. :-) (reminiscent of
>>> something in "Rabbit of Seville")
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>> It's from a Bugs Bunny movie, Bugs is the Valkyrie and Elmer is
>> chasing him. Lots of thunder and lightning, etc. I have the tape and
>> watch it frequently just for that segment. DW gets PO'ed when I walk
>> around the house singing, "Kill the Wabbit."
>
> Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwDo_hTs2Q
>
> Bob
Yup, my favorite cartoon of all time. Thanks for the URL.

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:Bob
> >>
> > It's from a Bugs Bunny movie, Bugs is the Valkyrie and Elmer is chasing
> > him. Lots of thunder and lightning, etc. I have the tape and watch it
> > frequently just for that segment. DW gets PO'ed when I walk around the
> > house singing, "Kill the Wabbit."
>
> Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwDo_hTs2Q
>
> Bob

Interesting. Firefox said it had been removed; Safari runs it just fine.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - updated 3-30-2009
"What you say about someone else says more
about you than it does about the other person."

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
>>I have never, nor would I ever unless faced with starvation, eat dog.
>
>
> I sure would. It's on my list of stuff I've got
> to eat before I die. Ahead of ortolan, behind whale.
>
> I finally killed the rabbit in my garage today!
> I thought it was gone, because I hadn't seen it
> for several weeks. I got some ultrasonic critter
> repeller devices which I thought were frauds but
> this web site convinced me they might be worth
> trying.
>
> http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/antwars.htm
>
> Did not work for rats and gophers. Seemed to
> work on the rabbit until last week, when I noticed
> it was back. Put a trap in the hole-in-the-wall
> it was using to get in. The trap was tripped twice
> with no result. Three's the charm. Big guy, for
> a wild rabbit. Normally, they're small. This one
> I estimate at three pounds. I tossed it where
> scavengers routinely pick up dead bodies. They'll
> probably be a happy coyote tonight.

Cooper, our JRT, is quite adept at keeping our yard free of bunnies.
It's amazing to see a 14 pound lap dog run down and kill a full grown
rabbit.

And it is a testament to the preventative powers of the ivermectin in
Heartgard that none of the three dogs have required treatment for
tapeworms, in spite of ingesting Cooper's prey.

At least Cooper's depredation of the adult population have prevented any
nests this year. That's REALLY upsetting. If you manage to avoid
hitting them with the lawn mower, you're minding your own business,
washing the dishes and looking out the window, and you see the dogs out
there, scarfing something down like single-serving snack packs
(seriously, who can stop at one?), and it's not until one of them flips
something into the air and catches it it to swallow whole that you
realize what they've got...

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> zxcvbob > wrote:Bob
>>> It's from a Bugs Bunny movie, Bugs is the Valkyrie and Elmer is chasing
>>> him. Lots of thunder and lightning, etc. I have the tape and watch it
>>> frequently just for that segment. DW gets PO'ed when I walk around the
>>> house singing, "Kill the Wabbit."
>> Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwDo_hTs2Q
>>
>> Bob
>
> Interesting. Firefox said it had been removed; Safari runs it just fine.
>
Heh! I just ran it in Firefox, no problem at all.

Kathleen wrote:
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>>
>>> I have never, nor would I ever unless faced with starvation, eat dog.
>>
>>
>> I sure would. It's on my list of stuff I've got
>> to eat before I die. Ahead of ortolan, behind whale.
>>
>> I finally killed the rabbit in my garage today!
>> I thought it was gone, because I hadn't seen it
>> for several weeks. I got some ultrasonic critter
>> repeller devices which I thought were frauds but
>> this web site convinced me they might be worth
>> trying.
>>
>> http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/antwars.htm
>>
>> Did not work for rats and gophers. Seemed to
>> work on the rabbit until last week, when I noticed
>> it was back. Put a trap in the hole-in-the-wall
>> it was using to get in. The trap was tripped twice
>> with no result. Three's the charm. Big guy, for
>> a wild rabbit. Normally, they're small. This one
>> I estimate at three pounds. I tossed it where
>> scavengers routinely pick up dead bodies. They'll
>> probably be a happy coyote tonight.
>
> Cooper, our JRT, is quite adept at keeping our yard free of bunnies.
> It's amazing to see a 14 pound lap dog run down and kill a full grown
> rabbit.
>
> And it is a testament to the preventative powers of the ivermectin in
> Heartgard that none of the three dogs have required treatment for
> tapeworms, in spite of ingesting Cooper's prey.
>
> At least Cooper's depredation of the adult population have prevented any
> nests this year. That's REALLY upsetting. If you manage to avoid
> hitting them with the lawn mower, you're minding your own business,
> washing the dishes and looking out the window, and you see the dogs out
> there, scarfing something down like single-serving snack packs
> (seriously, who can stop at one?), and it's not until one of them flips
> something into the air and catches it it to swallow whole that you
> realize what they've got...
>
Praise them. They're doing what they were bred for. My rat terriers have
always been good at catching rats, squirrels, and the odd rabbit that
used to show up before we put up the board fence. None of them cared to
eat them and always brought them to me. I generally would cook them up
some squirrel or rabbit and they would then eat it. More discerning
palates than those rough-neck JRT's I guess.

George Shirley wrote:

> Kathleen wrote:
>
>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>>> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have never, nor would I ever unless faced with starvation, eat dog.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I sure would. It's on my list of stuff I've got
>>> to eat before I die. Ahead of ortolan, behind whale.
>>>
>>> I finally killed the rabbit in my garage today!
>>> I thought it was gone, because I hadn't seen it
>>> for several weeks. I got some ultrasonic critter
>>> repeller devices which I thought were frauds but
>>> this web site convinced me they might be worth
>>> trying.
>>>
>>> http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/antwars.htm
>>>
>>> Did not work for rats and gophers. Seemed to
>>> work on the rabbit until last week, when I noticed
>>> it was back. Put a trap in the hole-in-the-wall
>>> it was using to get in. The trap was tripped twice
>>> with no result. Three's the charm. Big guy, for
>>> a wild rabbit. Normally, they're small. This one
>>> I estimate at three pounds. I tossed it where
>>> scavengers routinely pick up dead bodies. They'll
>>> probably be a happy coyote tonight.
>>
>>
>> Cooper, our JRT, is quite adept at keeping our yard free of bunnies.
>> It's amazing to see a 14 pound lap dog run down and kill a full grown
>> rabbit.
>>
>> And it is a testament to the preventative powers of the ivermectin in
>> Heartgard that none of the three dogs have required treatment for
>> tapeworms, in spite of ingesting Cooper's prey.
>>
>> At least Cooper's depredation of the adult population have prevented
>> any nests this year. That's REALLY upsetting. If you manage to avoid
>> hitting them with the lawn mower, you're minding your own business,
>> washing the dishes and looking out the window, and you see the dogs
>> out there, scarfing something down like single-serving snack packs
>> (seriously, who can stop at one?), and it's not until one of them
>> flips something into the air and catches it it to swallow whole that
>> you realize what they've got...
>>
> Praise them. They're doing what they were bred for. My rat terriers have
> always been good at catching rats, squirrels, and the odd rabbit that
> used to show up before we put up the board fence. None of them cared to
> eat them and always brought them to me. I generally would cook them up
> some squirrel or rabbit and they would then eat it. More discerning
> palates than those rough-neck JRT's I guess.

I don't praise him, but I don't reprimand him, either. He does get to
eat what he kills, though. And the kids egg him on, holding him to look
out the back door, whispering... "Cooooper... What IS that? See it?
I think it's a buuuunny... Reeeady? GET 'EM!"

The border collies are allowed to tug-o-war over whatever he doesn't
finish but I don't think either of them has ever initiated a kill. I
have, however, seen Zane cooperate with Cooper during a hunt, by cutting
ahead of a rabbit heading for a gap in the fence. It was probably just
his herding instinct kicking in but it allowed Cooper to nail the bunny,
which he was willing to share.

Zane was neutered at 11 months due to an undescended testicle but he
still got a piece of tail.

Gloria wrote:

>> It just so happens that I *did* eat rabbit tonight
>
> PETER??? You ate PETER?
>
> What a savage!

No, no, it wasn't Peter Rabbit. It was the KILLER RABBIT from Monty Python
and the Holy Grail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCI18qAoKq4

Bob

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:


> I've cut to 1 meal per day at present so am consuming under 600 calories
> per day. It's sped up my weight loss nicely. I was tired of being
> stalled out.

My oldest son, the one who already eats so much, announced recently that
he's going on a diet. 4,000 calories a day! I don't know how many
pounds he's trying to gain.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA