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   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2018121511394545739-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > When it's just me and the dog, he's very calm. Add in other people, that   
   > goes up a little.  Add in more people and another dog, and it's a   
   > madhouse.   
      
   I can imagine, and the stress gets to be too much for him.   
      
   > This dog ignores that cats now.   
      
   Still, cats do like attention so I wonder if they'll give any attention to   
   the dog in order to get some back ;)   
      
   > yep.  this one likes lying in front of electric heaters.   
      
   So do I ;) Before we moved out to the near southwest suburbs, we had a nice   
   large gas space heater and even though that second floor flat was a Lot   
   warmer than this ice cold tomb I'm in now, I still got cold and always laid   
   in front of the heater with my freezing feet right next to the stove's nice   
   fan forced hot air register, which always got them toasty in very little   
   time, and I often fell asleep there, until I'd have a dream that my feet   
   were burning, only to wake up to discover why ;)   
      
   > They aren't doing that.  Our young male cat hisses at the dog.   
      
   A lot of things can happen over time, as they get more familiar with each   
   other, just like any other creatures.   
      
   > it's cold and clear outside here, mostly.   
      
   It was almost 50 F here yesterday, and those higher temperatures, at least   
   according to the forecast, seem to be staying around for at least another   
   week.   
      
   > Looked it up on some web site about ohio owls.  Easy ID.  It was a great   
   > horned owl.   
      
   According to wikipedia, they're very common throughout north America and   
   even south America, and big too, the average wingspan being around 5'.   
      
   > Big, has earlike looking feather things, the " horns ".   Serious nightime   
   > predator.  I'll watch for that bird more now.   
      
   They'll prey on anything they can overpower, eating everything from   
   relatively small insects, to jackrabbits.   
      
   > Once and a while we'll find a possom head, just the head, on the back   
   > deck.  I know now where those are coming from.   
      
   Dismembering prey to facilitate easier, less heavy carrying in flight is   
   something they're known for.   
      
   > Farmers don't like them either.   The one that comes by fairly regularly   
   > to eat a dove in the back is a Coopers Hawk.  It swoops down, breaks the   
   > prey birds next, then one by one, plucks the feathers off its meal.  Eats   
   > most of it, flys away.  Sometimes does this on the ground, sometimes   
   > carried the dead bird up onto a tree branch.  It's what birds do.   
      
   And yet so many people hate snakes, even though they kill the least   
   frequently of any predator.   
      
   > Pretty much people have no business out and snooping around at night.   
      
   That's always cause for worry.   
      
   > Me and the new dog upset a drug deal yesterday.  Got a neighbor that sells   
   > her psych drugs off for cash. Gets them free because she's on welfare,   
   > sells them.   Anyway, about 1 am, I took the dog out just as they were   
   > concluding a deal in her driveway.  No problem, no one shot at me, but   
   > this may become something to watch out for.   
      
   Sounds like your area isn't all that safe.   
      
   > I'm a mile south of the city limits, and on the " rural " side of a small   
   > river. No businesses here at all.   
      
   Sounds safe enough.   
      
   > that is what happens some.  city criminals come out in the coutryside   
   > looking for places to rob.   
      
   Just like the old saying about the range of criminals depending on how much   
   fuel their gas tanks can hold.   
      
   > it's a joke son, I say, a joke ..... Foghorn Leghorn.   
      
   JimD   
      
   Yeah, but it still sounds like taking digs at the Amish.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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