tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post8921126040805996098..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: Animals Make Us HumanJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-12588681448364291312010-09-13T10:52:08.104-04:002010-09-13T10:52:08.104-04:00Lass, do you know why you were terrified of dogs? ...Lass, do you know why you were terrified of dogs? My mother was bitten once when she was young. I remember holding her hand when I was little and feeling it tense up when we passed a dog, even one behind a fence.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-8630506338388108492010-09-11T14:34:22.711-04:002010-09-11T14:34:22.711-04:00I've read several of Grandin's books but t...I've read several of Grandin's books but this one was a favorite. It's funny that you mentioned the leash law/aggression thing because that stuck out for me, too. It makes sense, but as someone who was terrified of dogs as a child...well...Lassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-9532474509727886502010-09-10T22:37:24.732-04:002010-09-10T22:37:24.732-04:00Elizabeth, my copy is on its way to you!Elizabeth, my copy is on its way to you!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-84263059121939600892010-09-10T20:57:58.086-04:002010-09-10T20:57:58.086-04:00Send it to me! And I'll pass it along to anoth...Send it to me! And I'll pass it along to another animal lover :-)edj3https://www.blogger.com/profile/11137939126171451654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-54532221949084182692010-09-10T10:40:46.429-04:002010-09-10T10:40:46.429-04:00Jenny, good idea about the werewolf novel--althoug...Jenny, good idea about the werewolf novel--although some could argue that the movie "Teen Wolf" already introduced the concept of wolves in families...Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-88421453269535617912010-09-10T06:39:06.782-04:002010-09-10T06:39:06.782-04:00That sounds really good and I'm so intrigued t...That sounds really good and I'm so intrigued to learn that ideas about wolve packs may be totally off base. They're a fascinating animal and probably exert an extra pull on me coming for a country which has no wolves in the wild now (beavers are being reintroduced in the UK by the way and it's going to be really interesting to see if food chains adapt - wonder if there are many other cases of animals being reintroduced successfully). I want someone to write a werewolf novel that takes on board that research, because it would change the traditional fictional dynamic.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462660276240016464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-89794973955396924112010-09-09T07:44:35.949-04:002010-09-09T07:44:35.949-04:00Well then, I'll send my copy of this book to t...Well then, I'll send my copy of this book to the first person who asks and send me an address.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-87899121832506541582010-09-08T10:26:55.143-04:002010-09-08T10:26:55.143-04:00Oh, Jeanne, you are so kind! But I'm trying to...Oh, Jeanne, you are so kind! But I'm trying to stop acquiring books at such an appallingly rapid pace. It sounds great but for my own sanity I'd better just get it from the library.Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-39654445119487988272010-09-07T17:19:31.099-04:002010-09-07T17:19:31.099-04:00Freshhell, yes she has written a book about her au...Freshhell, yes she has written a book about her autism.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-54148238713275124662010-09-07T13:55:08.010-04:002010-09-07T13:55:08.010-04:00Interesting. I'll have to find that one. She&#...Interesting. I'll have to find that one. She's the same person who wrote the book about her autism (I think)?FreshHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051170717740487431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-27235180536246222952010-09-07T10:19:03.946-04:002010-09-07T10:19:03.946-04:00Jenny, email me with your address and I'll sen...Jenny, email me with your address and I'll send you this book; it's the kind of book I like to pass on.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-29710697430657660992010-09-07T10:07:23.540-04:002010-09-07T10:07:23.540-04:00Hmm, sounds interesting. I should read some books ...Hmm, sounds interesting. I should read some books about dogs myself, because my puppy acts like a crazy dog so often, and I would like to understand her better. And be reassured that I am not inadvertently doing something that's bad for her.Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-30963063738779516562010-09-06T18:12:52.797-04:002010-09-06T18:12:52.797-04:00Thanks for this review. I've been wondering wh...Thanks for this review. I've been wondering whether I should read this one. I am now adding it to my TBR list.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12865699135545209220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-47982567501966377222010-09-06T17:59:57.076-04:002010-09-06T17:59:57.076-04:00and Susan, thank you for making me feel better, on...and Susan, thank you for making me feel better, once again, about the parakeets. I know it was the right thing; my missing them is just selfishness.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-56497611377402613812010-09-06T17:59:12.557-04:002010-09-06T17:59:12.557-04:00Kathy, oh yes. I didn't describe how irritatin...Kathy, oh yes. I didn't describe how irritating that particular cat was because it was beside the point.<br /><br />SFP, in fact she did mention that specifically. "The Humane Society managed to get all the old horse slaughter plants shut down in America. Now the old Amish carriage horses and other unfortunate equines are getting transported down to Mexico, where they're worked and starved until they drop dead from lack of nutrition and overwork. If I were a retired Amish carriage horse, would I rather get hitched up to an old pickup truck and get sores and go hungry, or go to a U.S. slaughter plant? I got into a discussion with some of the people trying to shut down the plants once, and I said 'You want to make sure, if you do this, the horses don't have a worse fate.' My worst nightmares came true. Thousands of horses have traveled to Mexico, where they were killed by the barbaric process of stabbing them in the back of the neck. Yes, in an ideal world all retired and unridable horses would go to sanctuaries, but we don't live in an ideal world."Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-15624968114771576432010-09-06T17:10:51.402-04:002010-09-06T17:10:51.402-04:00This summer I gave our ringneck to a co-worker who...This summer I gave our ringneck to a co-worker who has parakeets and finches. He'd become cagebound since our other parrots had died--he didn't want to leave "the flock" in his mirror--and I really didn't want to buy him another flockmate when there was a possibility they might not get along anyway. Anyway, he's very happy now, spends most of his time with the 'keets outside the cage and has no cats to worry about at all. Sometimes giving a pet away does work out for the best.<br /><br />Did Grandin touch upon the issue of horses now being sent to Mexico for meat slaughter because of the law that was passed a couple years back prohibiting it here? I wonder how she'd look at such a situation.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-28664525856234409622010-09-06T14:43:11.191-04:002010-09-06T14:43:11.191-04:00This sounds like it has a lot of food for thought ...This sounds like it has a lot of food for thought in it. A friend of mine started a battered women's shelter over 20 years ago. To prepare for it, she took a lot of seminars and the one thing I remember her telling me is that you should watch how a man treats animals to see if he has the potential to be abusive.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-34732081080679654252010-09-06T13:08:32.178-04:002010-09-06T13:08:32.178-04:00Thanks Ron--now can you get that for me on some ki...Thanks Ron--now can you get that for me on some kind of continuous 6-hour loop?Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-74077196949703434962010-09-06T12:50:36.478-04:002010-09-06T12:50:36.478-04:00http://www.entertonement.com/collections/28322/par...http://www.entertonement.com/collections/28322/parakeetRon Griggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766380813507215810noreply@blogger.com