RE: Dogs

["Corbelletta, Antonio" <Antonio_Corbelletta@affymetrix.com>]

I agree.  One should not start stories that are not true.  However,I have a
real problem with dog owners who do not control their dogs, both at rides
and at home.  One ride we went to the folks near us had two Rotties.  Our
German Shepherds are on leash always.  The two Rotties roamed all over camp,
and then would come over to our camp.  Then they started to get into a fight
with our dogs.  I told these folks several times during the weekend to
please keep the dogs under control.  No response from them.  Drove me crazy
trying to keep the Rotties away from my mare who WILL kick.  I guess I
should have let her kick them.  But then I would be in trouble.  No wonder
ride managers don't allow them, they got enough things to worry about.  I
can imagin what my horses would have done if a dog was hanging off their
tail!  I think there would be a dead dog.  
Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: guest@endurance.net [mailto:guest@endurance.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:11 AM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Dogs


Kerry kerrydykes@yahoo.com
No, Bobs  "pack of dogs' did not attack a horse,  He has one dog that
thinks it is fun to swing from a tail,  there was no
injury, no harm no fowl, just a surprised horse, which is not to say that
it is OK.  But this is how vicious and hurting  rumors
start. People who were not there talking as if they were, and trying to
sound as if they know something they do not,  I was
there. Bob and his dogs were at my camp for coffee several times.  No
problem...... Annie G.

Anne George Saddlery   www.vtc.net/~ageorge

That's great that the dog just loves to swing off horses tails.  Did the
horse know it???  I know for sure that ALL my
horses would go  ballistic and the dog would have been kicked dead.  How
fun can it get?

I have a horse sitting in my barn that was attacked by a dog (while we
were riding) and at one point the dog was
swinging off his tail -- when he'd missed trying to bite his hamstring and
got his teeth hung up in the tail..  The dog
also got him in the throat, on the muzzle, and bit through to the bone
ripping through muscle on one of his front legs
resulting in months of rehab and  a $600 vet bill.  Sorry.  No sympathy
here.

BTW -- what was the dog doing lose in camp?

Kerry


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