One of the things about God, Guns, Church and Country Life in Texas is that you're surrounded by dogs. For example, I have dog, a rescue cattle dog called Blue Terminator. He's called Blue because he's a Blue Heeler and terminates fried cherry pies with extreme prejudice. Ha, ha.
Whatever, Blue isn't the problem, pie thievery notwithstanding; he's a pretty sedate old gentleman, if fierce as a dingo when he wants to be. No, the problem's not Blue, it's the other dogs and they're everywhere. Everywhere barking psychotically, all day long.
What happens here is that Jose parks his dog in the yard all day and all night, and the dog goes insane, inevitably. You would too if you were leashed up 24/7 in Hill County.
Now, imagine several blocks of Jose. Each Tecate Dreamer with his dog chained up outside, every animal growing increasingly crazy until fully psychotic and then, BOOM. Total, utter, canine cacophany.
Perhaps you think this some kind of joke. It's not, it's a variant of Hell, dog Hell, and it needs harrowing, it demands a solution. Maybe the Wall will help.
We live and hope,
LSP
If you put a pie or a UPS driver in front of Blue Terminator - he will definitely terminate. As to the feral dogs owned by Juan and Maria, I can't imagine that there is a solution short of releasing Blue Apocalypse to terminate them. But we know that the blue dog seems not to mind the barking and if he wasn't deaf and blind, he might bark in reply.
ReplyDeleteNo laws about cruelty to animals or noise abatement?
ReplyDeleteOur neighbors have several dogs; but they are mostly well controlled. I feel for you.
I hate to hear about doggies being mistreated like that. It makes me sad. On the upside, it looks like Blue Paleo has shed a few pounds. I'm jealous!
ReplyDeleteOn the downside, after being plowed out by a giant front loader, the wind picked up last night and we're socked in again. Our end neighbor is doing his best with his p/u and plow, but Mass tomorrow looks like it's out of the question. Perhaps this is the perfect way to start Lent?!
Sorry to hear that Adrienne.
ReplyDeleteWe need more and more serious laws for dealing with animal cruelty.
LL, he can still hear and he's become more fierce, if anything. But it's true, he can't see very well at all.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't stop him angling for steak, butter, fried pies or the nearest Fedex man's, sorry, person's leg.
There are, Linda, but they're ignored. I wouldn't mind if it wasn't for the incessant psycho barking.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this, a problem farm?
Blue's doing well Adrienne and that's partly because I stop the churchwomen from spoiling him. Seriously, it got to be an issue where the dog would start barking and leaping on them until they gave him handfuls of "treats."
ReplyDeleteThey thought it was cute and adorable. The farmers looked on with scorn and I had to put an end to it. Tricky.
Sorry about the Ice Age! Freezing here too, because anthropogenic global warming's made it hotter.
Kid, I scorn people who are cruel to animals, I really do.
ReplyDeleteNo giving Blue Voracious a "treat" every time he begs doesn't count as cruelty.