Swamp Musings

I've been enjoying Steve H.'s posts (home page link) about surgically modifying pets and the ensuing comments. As far as the docking and ear-pruning, heck, if one is into mutilation I suppose it's OK. If ever a dawg breed needs tail-docking, it's the GSD. Since their tails are huge flags, they've got lots of well developed muscles back there and when they are happy, brace yourself! Neutering and spaying? That's for the owner's convienience. Girl dawgs are messy and go insane every now and then. "Insane" is probably a bit of an understatement when applied to a sweet, loving, child-and-everything protecting GSD gal who turns into a foaming, tear-everything-apart hound from Hell every six months but it's far preferable to deal with that than having her turn into the fat welfare slobs they do when all the bits are excized. That's where the term "bitch" came from. Boy dawgs are opportunistic and will starve themselves, perform monumental jobs of excavation and climbing to acquire access to the above with the result being more pain than pleasure with the bitch turning on him like a mad dog once her needs are satisfied. One must wonder if the female dawg knows she has a "sugar daddy" available to keep her fed and her progeny cared for after having her base instincts tended.

Na. No similarities at all. All hail the "Great Society." Hey, all you ex-daddies out there, do you know where your children wound up?

Steve's latest post is undoubtably going to result in a fatwa from NOW. 'tis truth although over a longer time than he describes.