when my black labrador was alive, he was going mad to get out one night
so I let him out, he flew down to where the garages were, and set up a real
racket, as I followed him down I heard a stage whisper of, quick there's a
dog.
Thinking he was frightening someone passing through the semi-private lane
I called him back, obediently he came, next morning we found our garage
had been burgled, the day before, a couple of blokes had passed when we had
the door open going through some stuff we had stored in there, so I guess
they thought they would relieve us of some of it . Sam probably prevented
them from taking more, but I wished I hadn't called him back.
Jean.P.
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Victor Martinez wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:
And you can't now? Why? Although I prefer to compost them, I
could
burn them if I wanted to.

In many places in the US, it is against the law to burn leaves.
Pollution, I think, is the main concern.

That has got to be a joke. US is worried about pollution from burning
leaves. That's amazing when US won't sign the Kyoto agreement about using
too much gas. (petrol) They need to worry about that.

I find it amazing how many things are against the law in the land of
the
free. ;-)

Or the land of the maple leaf...


Is it the same in Canada?
I can do all these things in Britain - but I'm sure to have forgotten
some.
I can burn leaves, in fact I can have a bonfire for garden waste whenever
I
like. Burning car tyres is frowned upon, but you'd probably get away with
it unless your neighbour rang up the authorities and complained.

I can let my cats out, they don't have to go out on a harness.

If my cats do anything naughty while they're out (Bast forbid) I'm not
responsible for it.

I have access to a vet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A vet that cannot
only treat cats and dogs, but anything else I might have, like goats,
horses
and reptiles. (I'm in the middle of an argument on one of my other
groups.
It's mainly Brits, but there are worldwide posters too.)
It seems like in the USA vets can choose the species they want to doctor,
and just specialise in a few species, like just bring me a cat or dog and
forget about your ferret. Tough, I don't do them.

*SO* this USA vet has joined in with the posts on this other group. She
seems a bit arrogant. Declawing came up and I'm afraid I flamed her about
it. She said she would only declaw a cat for medical reasons, like a
really
bad infection in the nailbed, and she would never declaw one "for elective
purposes." That was all very well until she said she'd refer someone on
to
another vet to have it done.
It eases her conscience of course that she won't do elective declawing
herself, but yet she refers on to another vet so it can be done!
I flamed her quite a lot actually, and normally I don't like to do that to
anyone.
I asked her if she knew how much front declawed kitties had difficulties
with the litterbox afterwards and how this could lead to behavioural
problems. (I learnt this from this group, thanks to you Americans)
I wanted the declawing link that I now don't have, to show the other folks
that were joining in how bad it was for the kitties. I never viewed it,
because I knew I wouldn't be able to look at it. So can someone who might
still have it send it again, and I'll post it for everyone to see on this
other group and see how much they then agree with this vet.

My stance on it is this. Cats come with claws front and back. If you
don't
like this idea, don't get one. It is really as simple as that.

It's sort of like de-barking a dog. Everyone knows that dogs bark. When
I
had them (and I sorely miss them) I liked it when they asked to go outside
to bark, because I knew that they'd heard something suspicious. So, well
just maybe, there might have been a burglar thinking about breaking into
my
house and the dogs barking made him think again.
I never object when my neighbour's dogs bark. I think of it as a free
burglar alarm system.

Tweed