Polly was spayed at 6 months.
I'm now quite depressed.
Was that a live lizard? :-)
We have rats, not mice. I think the Kookaburras eat the mice (and
lizards).
She's very, very interested but they're a bit too smart for her.
Saved from a bat?! Oh yes, great big vicious things they are!
Aren't they protected species around there?
I must put up a bat box.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 06/01/2010, at 10:41 AM, Candace Lemarr wrote:
> Quieter? Surely you jest!
> We had ours spayed at about 5 years of age hoping that would mellow
> her.
> Nope.
> She's a climber. Most recently climbed onto the kitchen counter and
> ate
> Christmas fudge while we were away. Was sick for 2 days. Joyous.
> She also recently ate through the kids' school backpacks because she
> could smell a few leftover lunch crumbs.
> At about 2 years of age (we had just bought a new house with no fence,
> so she was in the garage with the boxes) she climbed garage shelves to
> about 6 feet high, and "unpacked" a bathroom box. She helped herself
> and
> my Labrador to an entire box of laxatives. The Vet didn't even try to
> contain her laughter when I called. You can only begin to imagine the
> insanity that ensued from there.
> I wish you much luck. :-)
>
> However...the very best dog-sitter I have found....a long piece of PVC
> pipe with a lizard in it. I timed her once, and she was out there
> going
> from one end to the other trying to get the lizard out for over 2
> hours.
> She's also a very good mouser. And she "saved" us from a bat that
> got in
> the house once...so I guess she has a few redeeming qualities.
>
> Candace
>
>
>
> Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> Oh gawd - you mean that they don't get any quieter? Ours is two and i
>> was desperately watching her for any sign of maturity.
>> Cheese is a particular problem - I have a friend with a Jack who
>> can't
>> even use the word itself without finding the dog climbing her leg.
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/01/2010, at 3:08 AM, Candace Lemarr wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Andrew, at our house, where there is anything edible there is Jack
>>> Russell Terrorist...err, I mean Terrier.
>>> Ours will be 11 years old this April...that's if we can all continue
>>> to
>>> tolerate her bad behavior. ;-)
>>>
>>
>>
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