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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A friend of minewho grew up, as did I, during the 1970s had a neighbor with a dog that constantly barked. Then one day the house next to the dog's was sold to the chief of police, so the owner decided that he had to do something about the barking. He went out and bought a bark collar.
Remember, this was the 70s- technology was a bit more crude back then. So now here's a very stupid dog with a black box under his chin, looking like an idiot St. Bernard wannabee, in a neighborhood full of young boys.
My friend discovered that if the dog barked and got zapped, it was so shocked that it barked again. He also discovered that the dog has the brain of a grasshopper.
So they used to make a point of going past the house and making noises at the dog to make him bark, the stand back and listen to "Woof *yip!* Woof *yip!* Woof *yip!* Woof *yip!* Woof *yip!*"
It took six sets of batteries for the dog to learn.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 6 Dec 2007, 18:19,
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