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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Toffee dogAs a kid, I wasn't allowed pets because my dad hated animals, so I used to go round my friend's house to play with his dog. I didn't care much for my friend himself, but the dog was a bundle of joy. It was a border collie with a slightly unhinged, but endearing personality.
My favourite activity was to take a bag full of toffees round and chew them until they were soft and then press them up into the rough, ridged part of the roof of the dog's mouth so they stuck there.
The dog would spend ages licking the toffee enthusiastically. It first contorted its face into a twisted, gummy grin, drool dribbling everywhere. Then the best part, as we watched it poke its massive pink tongue in and out repeatedly, like a big, happy, hairy lizard. While gurning and yelping in roughly equal measure, the animal would either be staring straight at me in a mad sugar-induced trance, or bouncing around the room, jumping and wagging his tail. When the toffee finally dissolved, the gluttonous hound would skip back for another one, which we were only too happy to supply.
I loved 'toffee dog' more than I loved Transformers. Woof!
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chart cat has an itch, Sat 8 Dec 2007, 0:09,
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