Jangchub wrote in
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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.

Hope you're feeling better now. Parrots are great. I used to have a
macaw that was one of the smartest creatures I've ever know. PLUS they
talk. That's pretty fun.

We always had dogs and cats, but I
couldn't take the funerals every 14 years or so.

Never own an Irish Wolfhound. They don't call them The Heartbreak Dogs
for nothing.


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.

They have miniature donkeys.


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?

Same as a big horse, 25+ years.

I love the draft.

Me, too. I wanted one since I was eight years old.

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.


They pull carts.


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.

I don't remember the movie but I won't watch it *now* just knowing what's
in it.