[lit-ideas] Re: Feral Dogs at the River
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:07:51 EST
In a message dated 2/27/2009 12:41:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
"Hmmm, how to explain . . . Imagine taking food down to Allen who doesn’t
stick around and Flanagan who is skittish and doesn’t stick around very long.
Imagine also that you have two large Rhodesian Ridgebacks who can take food
away from said Allen and Flanagan should any such food appear in their
midst. Imagine holding out food, which your Ridgebacks will recognize and
think
ought to be offered to them. Allen isn’t going to be there because he
skedaddled the moment you showed up. Flanagan may be hungry but not hungry
enough
to fight two very large Ridgebacks for it. He, sensibly, would suspect that
he would come to harm. Still, feeling benign, merciful and very like St.
Francis you desire to get food to Flanagan if not to Allen so you leave it on
the ground and tell your Ridgebacks not to touch it. As you walk away you see
that Flanagan hasn’t touched the food but is instead high-tailing it after
Allen. Will they come back later and get the food? Or will they come back
the
next day to discover that coyotes have eaten it? Or will, which is far more
likely, one or both of your Ridgebacks disappear as though chasing after a
rabbit and go back and eat the food themselves?"
Excellent contingency planning scenario.
I think the coyote scenario will prevail. Bad idea in the first place.
"As to a blanket (not understanding how I could give them a “security”
blanket) they wouldn’t be likely to use it. They would have their nest-like
places where they curl up at night to keep warm. They’ve probably even found
some places to protect them from rain. I checked today and the back part of
the
senior trailer park and the housing project beyond it come closer to the
river than I remembered. The back parts are fenced, but few fences are
perfect
so it would be easier than I thought for dogs to get from these places to the
river, but if they did, I would suspect they would be closer to those
housing developments which were perhaps a mile up river and another mile in
from
the river’s bank from where Allen and Flanagan hang out. In the past when I
saw
dogs I suspected of having been “dumped.” They hung around the spot where
they had been left hoping their owners would eventually come back and
retrieve them. I did leave some food and water for some of them when I saw
what
they were doing. They were left during the hot period when there was no water
at the river. At present there is water in a few places; so Flanagan and
Allen won’t go thirsty."
Good to know. Yes, they are good 'survival' dogs -- and nothing better than
good freshwater from a stream.
Cheers,
JL
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