Hi ROger,

On Thu 2036-Dec-25 17:46, Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote to Richard Webb:

RW> NOt really, I think the rain caused his owners to keep Pit
RW> rottie mix inside.  THink I mentioned, he wears a collar.
RW> Haven't gotten close enough to ascertain what if any tags
RW> are attached to it.

RN> Contrary to popular belief, a Pit Bull can be a nice dog if raised
RN> properly. Still not my favorite breed, however.  I'll stick to the
RN> shepherds.  
GOod dogs.  I've known some very good pits.  I maintain
there's no such thing as a bad breed of dog, there are just
bad owners.

RW> Yah probably, and that's when the piece of pipe with the
RW> weight on one end comes into play, but I'd rather not.
RW> Rather just drive him away with the pepper.

RN> How does it react to banana skins?
Lost me on that one.

RW> YEars ago when I delivered newspapers there was one dog on
RW> one of my routes that was often allowed to be roaming free
RW> late at night.  Second time I encountered him I was ready
RW> with pepper spray and white cane.  PEpper spray got him in
RW> the face, white cane whipped him, that hollow fiberglass
RW> acts like the cane they use in singapore .

RN> Don't want to go there, but I believe that's Thailand, isn't it? 
NOpe, Siam was what is now Thailand.  SIngapore is basically a city nation
state.  THat's where they cane miscreants.
WHip 'em with a piece of bamboo cane.  rEmember about a
decade ago, the American boy was doing vandalism and
sentenced to so many lashes with the cane and folks raised
heck?

RW> THen, I gave chase, more spray, another whipping.
RW> Then I call animal control and explain to animal control
RW> lady that she can assure dog's owner we'll do the go to
RW> court thing once, second time we'll go from right way to
RW> JOhn wayne way,  and mutt will be just more dead meat
RW> waiting for the blowflies.  HE had his choice.

RN> That was fair.  
I thought so.  DIdn't want to hurt his dog, but wasn't going to be menaced
while going about my nightly rounds either.
Had he evebeen boundary trained enough to stay on his
owners' property and defend it I wouldn't have had a
problem.  After all, they didn't take the paper.

RW> I'll still take the flat land view .  Escaping snow and
RW> ice was one of my main reasons for moving south.
RN> Not between August and October you won't.  (-:  That said, I think
RN> things will be much better for us the next 10 years.
Yep, still remember the Christmas day snow back in '03 iirc
in NEw ORleans.  IT's at least enough of a rarity down there I"ll put
up with it, but every winter since Katrina and my
move to the MEmphis area I've experienced at least one good
snow and one good icing every winter, and I don't care for
it.  AT least this winter I shouldn't have the frozen pipes
and rebuild plumbing problem I had in that mobile home .

RN> ... Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them...
  stolen!!!

Regards,
           Richard
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