Dog pics

[2manyrocks]

Hadn't thought of it, but dogs have such a keen sense of smell that it could be so.

I wouldn't have expected it to happen, but two of the most affectionate cats we ever had started off as untamed ferals. This one showed up at the barn. Ran away from any contact, but showed up at the house thin and hungry with four kittens a few months later. My wife found homes for the kittens pretty easily, but no one wanted the mama because she was so feral and hostile. Took about six months of taming, but she is now a very affectionate cat.

 

[ArlyA]

Why does Dolly think we need one? At the Quincy mine site this am. Hancock MI.

 

[/pine]

Feral cat life is tough row to hoe. I have 2. One in each barn.
They get a safe place to sleep with little kibble and fresh water. Been about 3 or 4 years now and 1 comes to feeding. The other hates when I see here. But the do a good job on the rodents.

It only takes a few weeks before typical rodents are eradicated by a cat in such a small environment...feral cats will kill for the sake of killing whether they are fed or not...

IMO...trying to justify allowing cats to run free for the sake of rodent control shows a lack of responsibility...!

 

[Eagle1]

It only takes a few weeks before typical rodents are eradicated by a cat in such a small environment...feral cats will kill for the sake of killing whether they are fed or not...

IMO...trying to justify allowing cats to run free for the sake of rodent control shows a lack of responsibility...!

Tell city folks to quit dumping their unwanted pets in the country.
Small space in my case is 90+ acres plus 1000's of wilderness.
The cats have not run out rodents around here just like the dogs have not run out coyotes.
2 years ago I took 100+ raccoons in less than 6 months that were trying to kill chickens, they did get a few plus some cats. BTW that is using 1 live trap emptied as needed, not poisons or random shooting.
Still no shortage of raccoons I see several every evening, but if they don't break into the coop they are welcome to forage.

 

[/pine]

Tell city folks to quit dumping their unwanted pets in the country.
Small space in my case is 90+ acres plus 1000's of wilderness.
The cats have not run out rodents around here just like the dogs have not run out coyotes.
2 years ago I took 100+ raccoons in less than 6 months that were trying to kill chickens, they did get a few plus some cats. BTW that is using 1 live trap emptied as needed, not poisons or random shooting.
Still no shortage of raccoons I see several every evening, but if they don't break into the coop they are welcome to forage.

90 acres is hardly a barn...and I fully understand that it is a people problem not an animal problem...
As for native animals...it's us humans that are invading their space not really the other way around...

 

[Eagle1]

Well they do sleep in barns, shed, etc.
Point being native animals are no kinder or less destructive.

 

[/pine]

Well they do sleep in barns, shed, etc.
Point being native animals are no kinder or less destructive.

My point being...they are native...they were here first...!

 

[Eagle1]

True but so where the American Indians, Inuits and Neanderthal. I'm not here to wipe them out, unlike the suburban american that poisons everything they don't like most of the time. Think Moles, mice, wasps, bees, the list goes on. I prefer to target my problems, the ones that take food away from my family. Wasp, moles, hornets are fine to have around, as are bats, and most birds, since they eat mosquitoes, flies and stuff.
Poultry helps with ticks and other pests, geese will eat the weeds but do take a toll on tomatoes, cabbage and lettuce (still figuring it out but I like geese).
I can't control nature but try to coexist and avoid paving the world.

 

[/pine]

True but so where the American Indians, Inuits and Neanderthal. I'm not here to wipe them out, unlike the suburban american that poisons everything they don't like most of the time. Think Moles, mice, wasps, bees, the list goes on. I prefer to target my problems, the ones that take food away from my family. Wasp, moles, hornets are fine to have around, as are bats, and most birds, since they eat mosquitoes, flies and stuff.
Poultry helps with ticks and other pests, geese will eat the weeds but do take a toll on tomatoes, cabbage and lettuce (still figuring it out but I like geese).
I can't control nature but try to coexist and avoid paving the world.

For the most part...idiots kill animals that they see as problems because they are not as smart as the animals they kill...

 

[Eagle1]

My first Great Pyreneese.... Chloe.