“The same way with a dog that chases rabbits. If he’s a hound, let him go chase rabbits. But a setter dog or a pointer dog hasn’t got any right to indulge himself in chasing rabbits. It is what the people in Washington call a nonessential luxury. A dog or a man has got to do what he has got to do to earn his keep, and he has got to do it right.”
-Robert Ruark, The Old Man and the Boy
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1 Greg // Dec 17, 2007 at 2:48 pm
What of a dog that eats the neighbor’s chickens?
2 armchairoutfitter // Dec 17, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Greg,
That all depends on how much you like your neighbors and how much you like your dog. I would guess that you’d be shelling out some greenbacks for your dog’s 12 piece bucket.
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