Accidental animal crueltyI once invented a brilliant game - I'd sit at the top of the stairs and throw cat biscuits to the bottom. My cat would eat them, then I'd shake the box, and he would run up the stairs for more biscuits. Then - of course - I'd throw a biscuit back down to the bottom. I kept this going for about half an hour, amused at my little game, and all was fine until the cat vomited. I felt absolutely dreadful.
Have you accidentally been cruel to an animal?
This question has been revived from way, way, way back on the b3ta messageboard when it was all fields round here.
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rob, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 11:13)
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Nearly flying dogTook our dog Hamish ('90-'05) for a day out at Ravenscraig Park in Kirkcaldy which is just next to a beach. There's a couple of old ruin-like things along a coastal path a few metres above the shoreline.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkcaldy/ravenscraigcastle/images/dovecote.jpg
After walking on the path for a bit, Hamish was happily exploring the Dovecot and Castle (pictured above) we'd walked safely gone down to the beach.
After failing to notice where we were for a few moments, Hamish starts to panic. He sees us from his high up vantage point at the ruined castle platform. Our family laughs in amusement at our poor dog who thought he was being abandoned.
We felt very guilty as he decided that jumping down two storys was his only was to avoid being left forever on his own.
He yelped loudly as he landed gracelessly and limped for several weeks afterwards.
Damn I miss that dog.
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djtrialprice, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 14:01,
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I was going to do that story!And don't forget the one where Mum made him sleep out in the rain all night...
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 9 Dec 2007, 13:21,
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