Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A friend in Finland (Kuhmo) fed his dogs always chicken bones and never had a problem. His felt that God would have taught dogs not to eat that if it were bad for them. Like moose and rendeers don't eat poisenous mushrooms. J?rg -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:11 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] Re: dogs Karen, I doubt that dogs in the wild (or wolves, more appropriately) manage to catch a lot of birds. Furthermore, we are talking about a risk, not a certainty. I suspect that wild dogs have much shorter lifespans than domestic ones, for many reasons, this being one of them. Nathan Karen Nakamura wrote: >> Be careful giving poultry bones to the dog. If the dog crushes the bone >> and swallows a part of it, the splintered bone can get lodged in the >> throat >> or intestines and require surgery. > > > I never understood this. Don't dogs eat birds in the wild? > > What did wild dogs do before Iams came to their rescue? > > Karen > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information