Posts by andrew llewellyn
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We are able to close our cat off in the back of the house, from upstairs then we cannot hear him trying to wake us up.
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they respond incredibly
I had a cat once, who responded when I whistled - ie, a tune. She'd come running from quite a distance to say hello.
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well for one pig hunting
this thing is so in my face since it turned up it hardly counts as hunting :)
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Injury stories of a groinal nature
Just a near miss - age approx 10, playing with friends in the hills east of the Hutt valley. Came across a grazing horse. We didn't touch it, but it touched me.
Somehow I ended up behind it & close enough so that when the kick came it caught me just above the groinal area & somewhat below my navel. I was lifted off the ground completely & landed flat on my back, badly hurt.
Extreme bruising (all critical equipment safe though) & swelling ensued.
On hearing the story from my friends who carried me home, my dad's response was
"a horse? I wonder if it was Cardigan Bay?"
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I often wonder if its just a city thing: the problem dogs are large energetic animals and really should not be confined to a small sections in cities.
Nah, it's not an urban/rural thing, it doesn't get reported all thqt much but there are still an awful lot of dog attacks on sheep & cattle happening around the country.
And some dog owners... "My little tiddles would never take a dump on the footpath, she always goes behind a bush."
Yeah right, and how would you know as Tiddles is off her lead & half a mile ahead of/behind you.
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a press release accusing me of 'shoddy journalism'...
RESULT! I'd be pretty proud of that.
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And now we have a poster dog
Interesting & good to see that the Sth Taranaki District council plan a zero tolerance policy on unregistered dogs (compulsory desexing).
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That is to say I challenge pet owners rights to force their pets into shared public spaces.
And that is quite fair enough. Hence there are (very few in Wellington) dedicated dog exercise areas & if not, then dog owners (in particular) have to be considerate to the dogless (keep them on leads, contained within our properties,and pick up the dog poo etc etc). We're our own worst enemy sometimes.
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Jackie - that sounds pretty scandalous.
Why aren't they picking up all the stray bitey dogs?
Very good question. Fortunately, the Wgtn City Council animal control chief is very approachable & sympathetic to the plight of the responsible dog owner. That said:
I've never seen a dog control officer police leash or registrations in Wellington
About once every 5 years it seems, the Botanic Gardens staff complain to the council that there is a lof ot dog poo in the gardens (last time I'd noticed it myself, mostly near the Glen & Upland Rd entrances, and mostly during the weekends when visitors come).
The dog rangers then descend morning & night on the Magpie Lawn area where (mostly) responsible dog owners (illegally) run their dogs & pick up all the poo after them.
To be fair, I know of only two people pinged, lots warned, but not the people who don't pick up after their pets.