Article

2008-11-14 Down Under

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by tipper 2008-11-14 06:04|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I have no doubt this is exactly what happened. Blue and Red Heelers around here and they are magnificent dogs; fearless, smart, loyal, run forever.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-11-14 12:03|| 2008-11-14 12:03|| Front Page Top

#2 swksvoIFF said

" Blue and Red Heelers around here and they are magnificent dogs; fearless, smart, loyal, run forever."

As a former Blue owner let me also add ...run forever AND bite!

They earned the name Heeler because that's how they herd cattle...nipping at their heels. They are not suitable for urban or suburban households as they will bite children in the course of herding them. Not to mention that their loyalty includes attacking anything or anyone that they judge to be a threat to their herd.

Posted by AlanC 2008-11-14 13:14|| 2008-11-14 13:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Yah, dogs are immune to snake venom. Cats aren't so lucky.

Posted by Kojo Unoque3360 2008-11-14 14:56|| 2008-11-14 14:56|| Front Page Top

#4 For y'all out there maybe dog shopping AlanC is absolutely correct. These dogs out here are working dogs; cowboy friend has a Red Heeler he won't go work cattle without; takes on bulls and distracts them or motivates stubborn cows with those nips. As a game he would say, "Get'em" to people and that dog would without hesistation start nipping the heels of that person (except for me, she'd just look back at cowboy friend and look, 'but he's my buddy'. Other people, didn't enjoy the game so much).

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-11-14 15:26|| 2008-11-14 15:26|| Front Page Top

#5 dogs are not immune to eastern brown snake venom

Posted by Sundown 2008-11-14 15:59|| 2008-11-14 15:59|| Front Page Top

#6 I've never had a dog I didn't like. They are neat critters. Presently we have a Mountain Cur (hunting dog) and a Shelty-combination (herding dog). Someone once said that if you owned 7 Mountain Curs you could get yourself a bear. All of the dogs we've had just showed up one day. We tried to find who they belonged to without luck and eventually figured they just belonged to us. We had a Shepherd, a Rottweiler, terrier mix, and a bunch of others of the Heinz breed.

I think hogs might be immune to snake venom.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-11-14 18:16|| 2008-11-14 18:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Yah, dogs are immune to snake venom. Cats aren't so lucky.

Neither is. But cats are fast enough (plus they don't need to bite to cause real damage) to kill snakes without being bitten. Dogs aren't

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-11-14 18:29|| 2008-11-14 18:29|| Front Page Top

23:35 ed
23:24 ed
23:14 USN, Ret.
23:12 Classical_Liberal
23:09 USN, Ret.
23:04 Rex Mundi
22:59 Silentbrick
22:23 Abu do you love
22:20 gitwodcattina
21:59 Eric Jablow
21:57 Anonymoose
21:16 Beth Stephens
21:10 Old Patriot
20:48 Chief
20:32 Skunky Glins 5***
20:25 badanov
20:24 Nimble Spemble
20:22 Nimble Spemble
20:21 Nimble Spemble
20:16 European Conservative
19:59 OldSpook
19:52 Deacon Blues
19:49 Deacon Blues
19:39 Deacon Blues