Recently encountered animals. The dog is a greyhound, retired from the hard life of a racing dog. The bunny has never cottoned to human needs and desires.
June 23, 2013
Dog and bunny.
Recently encountered animals. The dog is a greyhound, retired from the hard life of a racing dog. The bunny has never cottoned to human needs and desires.
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That's a gorgeous dog.
Is that bunny a rabbit or a varying hare. Wisconsin is in the same latitude as Maine. We don't have no cotton-pickin' cotton tails here because our varying hares can outrun a coyote or dog in deep snow.
What's up, doc?
Every now and again, you see one with the Bugs Bunny flop ear.
Greyhounds are the best! They are the cats of the dog world, spending 20 or so hours a day curled up, asleep. They are smart enough to train easily (and they want to please) but they are not so smart that you always have to think three steps ahead.
Brindles are common in the south but supposedly less so up north. They were bred to be camouflaged in the woods back when only royalty were supposed to have hounds.
"The bunny has never cottoned to human needs and desires."
It's cute. It could wear a bunny burka to cover that up.
I don't wanna come back as a bunny!
Don't try to make them into friends.
Greyhound has certain instincts.
Beautiful dog. As for the bunny, I'm thinkin' stew.
Greyhounds are bred to run down and kill pests like coyotes, foxes, etc.
The bunny has never cottoned to human needs and desires
A little flour and boiling oil can fix that....
The leave the bunny alone command.
The response is "I don't see any bunny."
Bunnies appeal to Winston, my basset hound. He loves bunnies. He can smell them even after they ran away. He gets befuddled when that happens.
He was growling in bed one night a week ago. It was midnight and I didn't know what his problem was. Turns out a coyote was stalking the neighbor's cat right outside our window.
Bassets are short legged blood hounds.
"Greyhound has certain instincts."
According to her adoptive owners, this one lacked the amount of that particular instinct that might've made her a winning race hound. So she was retired and offered for adoption. Her current owners told us her primary job now is to be a living breathing art object in their home. She's reportedly low maintenance.
A vegan Greyhound. Well, it is Madison.
They are sweet dogs.
But keep Greyhound from bunny, just in case.
To animate, the dogs ears perk up, the rabbits ears perk up, the dog takes off running, the bunny takes off running, they're seen together, giant bunny chasing miniature dog, final scene, original bunny with limp dog in its mouth, you see, a reversal of nature. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, oh man, that was a good one.
Okay. Let's see it.
I was more picturing the dog slowing turning into the bunny then back into the dog.
Yeah, that greyhound was really nice. I associate this breed with running, but this one was done with running. It stood or lay down.
I was more picturing the dog bringing me rabbit, me putting rabbit in pot with boiling onions and carrots, and me serving rabbit stew to blogger who says, "mmm...tastes like rabbit".
Hi, Meadsy. Thanks for thinking about me.
Yes, I did think about you. You're welcome. But I must be honest - I thought about onions, carrots, and rabbit first. Hope you still feel special. Because you are.
A neighbor of mine had two rescue greyhounds. They were hell on cats.
The neighborhood cats initially underestimated the speed and agility of the greyhounds, an arrogance based mistake that often proved fatal.
I'm just guessin' that the greyhound has that same instinct, it's just buried kinda deep. It would be a tragedy if that instinct bubbled to the surface when the bunny was near.
I rescued and raised a bunch of eyes-closed bunnies from a neighbor dog long ago.
As each from box A was fed, I'd put it in box B on the floor, and Susie my then-Doberman cleaned them off.
Bunnies are not grateful to be raised. Escape is their only thought pretty much all the time.
Even one a few years later who spent about 8 hours a day in my shirt pocket for warmth.
Big = escape.
David's wrong. Greyhonds make great friends. I have n eight year old boy. He retired at the maximum age they can race. So he had a very successful career. He has an instinct but that instinct is to chase a ball. Doesn't fetch very well though.
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