Hey Raccoon!

[Nanci]

Watch Old Yeller!!

[crazycanuck]

I loved old yeller

...I always thought that was just a movie & rabies wasn't really like that at all..i'm just a city dweller...

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[Lise]

There is a possibility that my tear ducts have a limited capacity and I could become dehydrated from crying if I watch Old Yeller! I'm not even sure I've ever seen Old Yeller, but I have it playing in my head anyways from things people have told me about it. Boy loves dog, his only friend. Dog gets rabies. Dog gets shot. Boy doesn't have any friends any more.

OK! I remember from To Kill A Mockingbird! Atticus throws his glasses on the ground and kills the slavering rabid dog menacing the neighborhood. Happy Fathers Day to all the Atticus Finch fans, by the way!

Thanks for the heads up. I (obviously) wouldn't have thought of rabies. Now I will. Do you think that's what's wrong with those Yorkies on a string downtown who leap off the curb to try to bite my wheels?

[Nanci]

Old Yeller is a guaranteed tear jerker. Lise, you _almost_ had it right- it's boy shoots _own_ dog.

[Selkie]

Old Yeller is a guaranteed tear jerker. Lise, you _almost_ had it right- it's boy shoots _own_ dog.

No way I could watch that movie, then. Last night, I mistakenly cut one of Agnes' back nails too short and it bled all over, even though I used styptic (sp?) stuff on it. Bloody paw prints all over the kitchen. Ended up putting on more styptic and a bandage until the bleeding stopped. I felt awful about it. She has been giving me the "treatment" since--very haughty. It's going to take a lot of belly rubs to get back in her good graces.

[Lise]

Old Yeller is a guaranteed tear jerker. Lise, you _almost_ had it right- it's boy shoots _own_ dog.

Did you not notice the use of the passive form of the verb?!?!? Dog gets shot (but we're not saying by whom). Sheesh. Some of us have delicate sensibilities around here. All this talk of rabies is making me slather at the mouth.

One time the Princess Ariel-cat had something gummed up around her posterior. She has long, elegant grey fur, and no doubt it was...ahem...poop. I took scissors to trim it away. She protested very loudly. As well she should, since I trimmed away part of the princess posteriors along with the gummed up fur. I felt like the worst cat mom ever. It healed.

[Duck on Wheels]

Do you think that's what's wrong with those Yorkies on a string downtown who leap off the curb to try to bite my wheels?

Næh. They've been vaccinated. They're just suffering from small dog complex: jealous of bigger faster "dogs" off leash and running (spinning) free.