On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:50:52 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior
wrote:

I take excellent care of my animals and we work together to give back to
the community. I really dislike to be mass-lumped into a dipshit owner
catagory for no good reason.

You know and I know not all dog owners are dipshits. I don't really
relate to people who make sweeping statements like that. I have a
therapy parrot. She's my therapist! She's helped me through almost
two years of chemo, not in a row, but one year three years ago, and I
just ended a year a few weeks ago. We always had dogs and cats, but I
couldn't take the funerals every 14 years or so.


Did you see my horse in my Neon? He's a mini horse. Rides for long
periods of time in the backseat of my car -- even going down the I-70 and
into Indy for horse demos and such.

I want a mule! I love them.

Go to: http://community.webshots.com/user/deerhnd
and look in the HORSES folder. There's a photo of him taken through the
back window of the car. FoxNews out of Indy once took footage of me
loading him into the car and driving away from one of the museums where
we had spent the day but I don't know if they ever aired it. We
certainly get interesting looks driving in the city. When I pull to a
stop light, I count to three and then look to either side of me to see
who noticed there's a horse in the car next to them. hee

Every animal in that album is beautiful. What is the life span of a
miniature horse? I love the draft. We've discussed this before.
Then one night I was watching the RFD channel (I'm a hillbilly at
heart!) and I fell in love with mules. I'd settle for a donkey, but
would never ride anything that small.

I adore animals,
insects, worms, all living things. I would love to have room for a
few mules. They are so much more interesting to me than many humans.

Yes, Buddha was right about many things.

I always felt this way, even before I met the Dharma. My mother had
to carry me out of the theater when I was a kid and we saw Bambi. I
was un consolable. To this day I don't watch Disney. They are
sadists.