DumDog
Posted : 6/20/2008 12:10:28 PM
brookcove
Feeding my dogs "people food" will make them refuse kibble and make them picky. I'm still waiting for my dogs to develop any sign of refusing food of any kind . . .
The really classic one comes when people find out I feed raw meaty bones from my own flock - that will make them want to kill the sheep, won't it? I guess this is when BCs show that they are the smartest dogs in the world since they can tell the difference between a dead, skinned piece of meat, and a wooly sheep that runs and goes "baaaa." Which is apparently something people who hold on to this belief, have trouble comprehending. Therefore my dogs seem to be smarter than them.
On the other hand, maybe they are just waiting and biding their time. But, that would make them waaaaay smarter than us. So there's no point to trying to decieve them - I think such smart dogs would figure out the connection between meat on the hoof and kibble, too. 
Well, my terrier refuses kibble of any kind.. unless it has gravy or something tasty on it. she will, and has gone for days on end without touching her food because it was dry kibble. and NO she hasnt got problems with her teeth. that has been confirmed. but she wont eat raw meat either..... she has no trouble killing something... but wont eat raw meat. she makes my head hurt, that one. lol before she went to live with friends she would eat anything you gave her, including dry hard kibble. not anymore. instead she sits beside you at the table and gives you that "poor little starving waif" look, while her own food is off to one side, totally neglected.
and yeah my stepmom, when she found out i was raising rabbis and chickens for my dogs dinner she said "wont that make them turn on and kill small animals?" ...... well....... they are dogs after all lol! if the bunny is dumb enough to go hopping into their presence then i can make no promises that it will hop out again. But, when my bulldogs are out patrolling the property they leave the rabbits, goats and birds alone. Kaydee however shows a keen interest in the pig..... (maybe, in her mysterious past, she was a hog dog?) Heaven and Hell will come crashing down upon should those two meet!
Its my own opinion that many of those "facts" came from someones one time personal experience. and just like people will try to say every pure bred dog is Identical to members of its same breed (i.e. all labradors fetch, retrieve, and all bulldogs fight and are DA) they want to say there is one set standard for all things. So just because their own dog went nuts because it was spayed before having a litter they believe it will happen to all dogs. and because their house dog let temptation get the better of them and ate their canary and hamster that all dogs will eventually do the same.
Some of these "facts" arent really facts to me, but precautions. a set up for failure if you dont know your dog well enough. Amber for example is a liar. she is a ratter, yes. but she also stays in the same yard as the ducks and turkeys. she even helps us round up the goats for milking. But one night while outside i heard something rustling around in the garden. my only thought was "rat or rabbit"... Amber heard it too and was running the fence and acting like she shared my opinion. so i opened the garden gate and said go get it. The next thing i knew feathers were flying, a bird was squawking, Amber was having a blast, and... just a disaster. HOW WAS I TO KNOW IT WAS ONE OF MY MOMS GUINEAS!!??? They're like chickens! they ROOST when it gets dark! it WAS dark! why was that dumb bird walking around the garden at 9pm when it NORMALLY is roosted in the barn with the others? Needless to say Amber maimed it and i had to end its misery. And this is the dog that walks among ducks, chickens and turkeys during the day without paying any heed to them. so why all of a sudden is she so interested in them at night?
Yeah, some would say she cant be trusted with small animals but that isnt the case. i sicced her on what i thought was a pest and she happily obliged, but she hasnt done it since then. she still hangs out with the poultry... she still helps wrangle goats.. still kills rats when she finds them in the barn.... but that one night, she lied to me lol my mom says "she knew that bird was out of place".. maybe so.. still....... little demon dog.