RLA> Our bitza is an odd one. ... he'll only takes what he wants at
 RLA> the moment. A 3 kg packed will last 12 days. ... but he never
 RLA> piggs out & eats the packet in one hit...

 BL> Jess is the same. The food can lie there all day and she only
 BL> eats when she's hungry.

 RLA> Hummmm.... Maybe they're related   grin>

  I saw a dog on Burke's Backyard that looked like Jess! A Skye
Terrier! It had the same look and the same coat, but someone had cut
the legs off. She's a funny-looking dog...

 RLA> Other aspects he really takes after his namesake, Villa
 RLA> 

 BL> I don't get it... 

 RLA> Blake's 7. Villa was the thief excape artist &
 RLA> born-again-coward.

  I'm not a fan. 

 BL> I keep telling her not to feed Jess chicken bones but ... I
 BL> explained it carefully: that the bones splinter and will tear
 BL> the dog's stomach, 

 RLA> The danger isn't so bad if the bones ahve been boiled long
 RLA> enough.

  A vet told me the opposite: that cooking the bones made them
brittle but raw chook is okay. I'm training Jess to catch her own
chooks.

 RLA> I wouldn't take the risk myself. It's no fun trying to get
 RLA> chicken bones from a dog's throat! 

  Fun? I had to do that with Cheeky a few times. I used a leather
glove and whacked her about the head to stop her biting. It was more
fun than mugging pensioners...

Regards,
Bob
 
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