Starvin Larry

My 13 year old Rottweiler is very sick,haven’t been able to find out what’s wrong with him yet.

There’s a local vet that he goes to,who specializes in Rottweilers,used to breed and show them.

That’s where Rocky goes whenever he needs shots,a,check-up whatever.

They are going to run some more tests,take some x-rays,and try to find the problem.

Due to this-I will be spending a lot of time taking care of the dog,we may end up having to put him down,which would really suck,he’s been a great dog,little kids rode him like a horse,grandkids rode him like a horse,and he’s never even growled at a kid.

He chased a local cop onto the top of his car,he had stopped by to arrange a time for me to deliver a load of firewood to him,Rocky came running full blast from behind the house-the cops eyes bugged out-then the cop broke the light bar climbing up on his car-one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

Rocky’s not fat like most older Rottweilers,he still tosses rocks,bricks and cinder blocks around like they’re nothing,runs back and forth full speed on his 50′ run,goes for hikes in the woods with me and/or the kids.

When he’s outside playing in the woods,or tossing bricks around-everything seems fine-then he tries to get up after he’s been sleeping-one of his hips keeps going out on him,and it hurts him,because he whines-something he never did-not even after taking on a pack of coyotes. he had to get a bunch of stitches after that one-but the ‘yotes never came back around the house.

He’s also puking a lot,and he knows he’s not supposed to be pukin,pissin,or shittin in the house-he looks like it upsets him,he hangs his head after it happens.

He must think I’m mad at him-hell,I just want him to get better,I can mop up the puke-it’s on hardwood floors.

Just don’t want to see my buddy suffer-will get back to posting as soon as we figure out what’s wrong with Rocky,besides his hip.

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A Three parter from Fran,read all three parts-and the comments…

Part I-

http://bastionofliberty.blogspot.com/2015/01/when-will-it-be-enough.html

Part II-

http://bastionofliberty.blogspot.com/2015/01/enough-part-2-what-must-happen-but.html

Part III-

http://bastionofliberty.blogspot.com/2015/01/enough-part-3-coping-with-objectors.html

Deer hunters in areas with large feral cat populations are being encouraged to thoroughly cook their venison to avoid danger of infection from a parasite. According to an Ohio State University study published in the journal EcoHealth, researchers took tissue samples from 444 deer and 200 free-roaming cats in the greater Cleveland area. Sixty percent of the deer and more than 65 percent of the cats tested positive for Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that can infect humans with toxoplasmosis. This disease causes flu-like symptoms, brain or eye damage, and possibly schizophrenia and suicidal behavior in humans, according to Cleveland.com.

The parasite can infect all warm-blooded animals, but members of the felid (cat) family are its primary hosts. It is deposited on the ground along with cat feces and can remain infectious for up to 18 months.

Other studies have shown whitetails in Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Mississippi to be infected with toxoplasma gondii. Urban deer have been shown to have three times the odds of being infected as deer in suburban areas, probably because of the greater density of free-roaming domestic cats around cities.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/field-notes/more-than-half-of-deer-in-ne-ohio-infected-by-feral-cats?cmpid=enews010915b&spPodID=020&spMailingID=7411665&spUserID=NjI2NzA0MjQyMzcS1&spJobID=601114404&spReportId=NjAxMTE0NDA0S0

Time for a year round open season on feral cats.

Here’s a feel-good revenge piece out of the Sunshine State. After each trip, charter guide C.A. Richardson (who I fished with years ago…good guy) would wash the salt off his tackle and let it dry in his fenced back yard. Over the course of 5 weeks, he estimates that about $5,000 worth of tackle grew legs in the middle of the night. So he hung up a trail cam. It didn’t take long for him to capture photos of the trophy-class moron that was nicking his stuff. After he got the shots, he posted them on FaceBook, and learned the name of the 15-year-old culprit in no time. The police are now on it.  I give C.A. credit for handling it like a gentleman. Some people I know would have gotten the name and paid the kid a visit to see if he liked baseball equipment as much as fishing tackle.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/the-lateral-line/charter-guide-nails-gear-thief-with-trail-cam-and-facebook?cmpid=enews010915b&spPodID=020&spMailingID=7411665&spUserID=NjI2NzA0MjQyMzcS1&spJobID=601114404&spReportId=NjAxMTE0NDA0S0