A dog is a dog, and will sometimes do the unthinkable.
Last year I read Alexandra's article in Ferrets magazine. She wrote
about her ferret Switch The Kit, and the encounter with two dogs.
Alex wrote, *my dog didn't kill Switch, but she wanted to*.
I have two big dogs, both sweet and loving.
They do doggie things, chase squirrels and bunnies from the back pasture,
and keep the neighbors cat out of *their* yard.
One day I had the ferrets in their playpens on the front porch. My hubby
and I sat reading, the dogs were laying nearby. Such a peaceful Sunday
afternoon.
Suddenly we heard ferret screams as Parris had gotten a hold of Isabella
through the bars of the pen.
I turned to see my Black Lab stand up, then go over the pen in one smooth
leap. I followed him in, yelled his *leave it* command, and grabbed his
muzzle.
No ferret. Good boy Beau, good dog!
There I was with one excited dog that weighs nearly what I do on top of
three ferrets, one screaming. Another big dog outside the pen, wanting
in.
I thought of Alexandra and her sweet Allis Chompers. I remembered
Switch.
Hubby was home, he would not have been during the week. I would have
been alone, inside the pen with this 97 pound dog, 7 ferrets, and no way
to get them separated without ferrets escaping to the excited barking
dog outside the pen.
I learned a lesson the hard way. I will always be thankful it turned out
the way it did.
My sweet dogs are..... dogs.
I cannot expect them to never do doggie things.
Ardith
[Posted in FML issue 5165]
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