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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:28:33 -0500, "Eisboch"
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Pet Pig ????!!!!

Eisboch


Yeah. We got him as a frostbitten, tiny piglet. We raised him in the
house,
feeding him from a bottle until he got old enough to eat on his own.
He
was
a great pet, would jump on the couch, sit in my lap, beg to be
petted,
just
like a dog.

However, they grow up and get heavy. When it jumped on the couch and
put
its hoof through the cushion, it got banned from the couch. Once it
hit
about 250lbs, it didn't fit on my lap anymore. It went to the
butcher
shop,
Neither my mother nor my younger brothers would eat bacon unless
they saw
it come out of the store package!

Did you see Porky's picture? Cute little guy, huh?

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and
necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

You ate your pet!

The same thought crossed my mind when I read John's post.

How can you eat an animal you raised and loved as a pet?


Hunger.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to resolve it."
Rene Descartes



Thanks. I don't question your circumstances at the time John, I just
would have a very hard time doing it.


That's the difference between those 'country boys' and us 'city folk'.


Here's another quandary. One of our dogs, the bearded collie, had a nerve
sheath tumor just above
the left front paw. We had it removed a couple weeks ago. It will
reoccur,
and eventually require the amputation of the foreleg, at least.

I would prefer putting the dog to sleep as opposed to amputating the
foreleg. My wife would prefer amputation.

What to do....

Dogs get get along very easily with 3 legs, the can do walk, run, go up
and down stairs without any problem, unless he had other health issues, I
would never put him to sleep due to amputation.

--

Please take your obvious troll about dogs and euthanasia to the appropriate
forum or NG. This is strictly a boating NG.


This thread *is* boating related!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes