ANST - animals

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I really second the need for animals to be socialized to the SCA.  Some
idiots I know once took a young house cat to an event.  Of course, it got
scared and ran away.  I spent several weeks worrying about this poor
animal, who was in no way equipped to survive in the middle of nowhere. 
Moral:  If you love your cat, leave it at home.  Very few felines are
able to tolerate event conditions.

.
Joanna

On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 22:56:53 -0600 "E.Preston III & Shelly K. Walker"
<wf3 at icok.net> writes:
>Owner courtesy seems to remain the number one problem in animal 
>control
>at events. Here's what I've read just today:
>
>1. unleashed animals running about, in trash and food of other 
>campers.
>2. poop.
>3. barking.
>
>Let me add another problem. 
>
>4. unsocialized animals.
>
>IMO, an animal brought to an event needs to be properly socialized to
>large groups of people BEFORE the event. I have seen (dogs mainly 
>here)
>who have obviously never been exposed to so much activity and strange
>people thrust right in the middle of a crowd during the list. I've
>overheard owners mention "this is Spike's trial run, we don't know if 
>he
>can handle all this". And I've seen dogs snap, growl, and lunge at
>strangers. All at events. Unfortunately, even leashed animals can bite
>when over agitated.
>
>I have a dog, but I don't bring her to events. I'm not willing to 
>devote
>all my time to her, so she stays at home, sleeping in my nice bed 
>while
>I sleep on the ground!
>Britta the Red
>Britta the Red
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