Mrs Sweepy Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 COME ON YOU LOT LEAVE FBF ALONE .you all had your say .now be nice to each other .hi FBF we are nice on here honest well most of the time xxxx suzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Whats up . No come back ? all the best yis yp never let a good thread die a death ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Whats up . No come back ? all the best yis yp never let a good thread die a death ! Shame no ****er saw it YP LB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 No never I'm sorry if I stirred up a hornets nest, maybe I misunderstood FBF'spost but I took it to mean that he believed that most people on this forum were up for a bit of animal cruelty. I just feel I've got to pick up on statements like that which I believe to be totally incorrect. I feel that, as a shooter, I'm shown in a bad light if I just accept that sort of nonsense. His follow up posts suggest that he isn't able to distinguish between killing animals and being cruel to animals, as if the act of killing in itself is cruel. Each to their own but I would disagree - I won't veer off on a euthanasia tangent to further my point. From my point of view, I reconciled the killing of animals for fun or control (mostly fun for me) a long time ago. I can't recall ever being cruel to an animal though. I enjoy some watching animals and trying to understand their ways. I also enjoy killing some animals. I do not enjoy hearing about or seeing cruelty to animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Perhaps we can put this one to bed as no one actually saw the programme It makes me laugh when posters bitch about the mods going over the top and here we are with one man left to do the job of four and doing a good job LB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 No never I'm sorry if I stirred up a hornets nest, maybe I misunderstood FBF'spost but I took it to mean that he believed that most people on this forum were up for a bit of animal cruelty. I just feel I've got to pick up on statements like that which I believe to be totally incorrect. I feel that, as a shooter, I'm shown in a bad light if I just accept that sort of nonsense. His follow up posts suggest that he isn't able to distinguish between killing animals and being cruel to animals, as if the act of killing in itself is cruel. Each to their own but I would disagree - I won't veer off on a euthanasia tangent to further my point. From my point of view, I reconciled the killing of animals for fun or control (mostly fun for me) a long time ago. I can't recall ever being cruel to an animal though. I enjoy some watching animals and trying to understand their ways. I also enjoy killing some animals. I do not enjoy hearing about or seeing cruelty to animals. A well reasoned response IMHO. Back to the program - I saw the program from start to finish. There appears to be a disconnect between dog keepers and dog lovers. You would wonder how these people managed to breed so many dogs and have such a high degree of contact with them and yet still fail to show them any respect. It also showed the Dangerous Dogs Act to be a knee jerk waste of time. Whilst the circumstances concerning the dog that killed the little girl in Liverpool are still before the Courts I would like to know more about that dog and the circumstances - it appears that "Reuben" was a 110% pure bread fighting dog of a particularly special calibre - so where and how did he get it and where did it come from (blood line etc). No doubt once the trial is over there will be a follow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Sorry LB never saw this program so can't comment ...........I have however read this thread and can say it's good that there are posters like FBF .Imagine a forum where every body agreed with each other ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Interestingly I was going to make the observation that terriers etc were specifically bred for foxing and therefore it is in their nature and they probably love it. This then roles on to what about dogs specifically bred to fight eachother - barbaric as it seems it's in their nature. Then rolling this on again to another level, dogs chasing foxes - down a hole or accross a field it all ends up the same way. Hmmmm an interesting one eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Interestingly I was going to make the observation that terriers etc were specifically bred for foxing and therefore it is in their nature and they probably love it. This then roles on to what about dogs specifically bred to fight eachother - barbaric as it seems it's in their nature. Then rolling this on again to another level, dogs chasing foxes - down a hole or accross a field it all ends up the same way. Hmmmm an interesting one eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 That's not actually a stir up - if it was I would put my hands up and add a smiley. I actually had a little think about it and continued "thinking it through". Bizarrely I am giving more credit to what FBF was saying. Anyways, who is to say who is right and who is wrong and ultimately it won't hurt any of us to challenge our own views and have a little think once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catroofel Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 sorry gotta have a go at this one as i regularly used to follow the hunt with a terrier man. i love my terriers and would never want to see them hurt but the long and short is that they were domesticated for our purpose and a terriers purpose was to go down a whole and bring out food IT'S WOT THEY DO BEST. i have never put a spade over a hole nor have i let a dog rip a fox apart NEVER but as with all things there are always the idiots and these are exeptions. but the terriers love it, never happier than when thier in a hole some where. as for going out putting 2 dogs together and letting them go at it till either one is dead can't see the pleasure my self and i feel the same way about badger baiting and the rest of these moronic past times people dream up. if we hope to keep our country side and the things we are able to do in it then there should be no divide you either kill animals or shoot in it or you don't- together we stand and all that. how many of you attended the liberty and livelyhood march? i feel a new thread coming on!!!! any way peace to you all wot ever you are anti/pro it makes no difference to me coz i'll still be doing it tomorrow cheers catroofel out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Everyone has had a chance to have their say now, LB has asked for it to be closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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