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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Sometimes that's the best way to communicate with an animal.I'm not an advocate of beating animals in any way- but just yelling at an animal will only convey that you're upset and making noise over something. A sharp smack will tell them what you're upset about and will convey that you're not just miffed.
A horse I used to take care of thought it was great fun to try to crowd me against the stall wall- until I stuck a pitchfork tines down into the floor and held out the rounded end of the handle for him to ram into. He also liked to bite me when my back was turned, until the day he did so and I drove my elbow hard into the side of his neck. But after we got these little differences sorted, he was actually a pretty nice horse and liked me, especially if I gave him half of my donut in the morning for behaving himself...
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 13 Dec 2007, 12:47,
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