Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think we're all missing the point. Jerry has been pulling our leg. He put up these shots and drew our attention to the wolf/dog but he was actually just sneaking in some pictures of his two daughters, right past the rule against such postings (I break it all the time ... :) ). Daniel On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Frank Dernie wrote: > I wouldn't imagine that the part wolf would be any more dangerous than > a Rottweiller, Dobermann, Alsatian (German Shepherd), Golden Cocker > Spaniel or Bull Terrier in this respect. I know of cases with all these > breeds of the sudden turning of a friendly dog into attack mode. > > > > On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 02:21 am, Dan C wrote: > > > BD was being a bit sarcastic, but what happened with Roy and his tiger > > could happen in exactly the same manner with a pet wolf. The wolf can > > appear to fit right into the family, but then one day someone will > > stare at > > the wolf the wrong way, or may stumble and fall while playing with it, > > or > > run a bit too quickly away from it while being chased, and the wolf's > > instincts can suddenly exert themselves, and he can attack. You > > obviously > > had a good experience with your dog/wolf combo, but that doesn't > > lessen the > > care that someone must take when deciding to keep a wolf as a pet. > > > > Even among dogs there are great differences between breeds. Compare a > > small terrier with a dog such as a mastiff. They behave like different > > animals, yet are the same species. > > > > dan c. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html