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Originally posted by HandyAndyI guess if you go into a bar in certain areas of Chicago you will indeed come across both cougars and panthers and it's also possible that they could be one in the same.
If you're a smart man, and I know you're not, you know that a cougar is only a panther in disguise.
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Originally posted by ChessPraxisEr - no. Puma, cougar and mountain lion (and catamount, which you didn't mention) are the same species, Puma Concolor. Leopard, jaguar and panther are another species, Panthera Onca. (Leopard and panther are also, and originally, names of Panthera Pardus, but that doesn't live in America). Midwesterners may call the first one by the other names as well, but that's just confusing and wrong. It's particularly silly to call a non-spotted animal a leo-pard: a "spotted lion".
Puma, cougar, moutain lion, leopard, jaguar, panther etc. are all the same species.
Also, none of these are to be confused with the Clacton Lion, which is a separate species entirely, Panthera Hystericanglica.
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Originally posted by RevRSleekerNah - it's a more natural and congenial habitat for humans. The influence this has on their dogs is a pleasant side-effect. A dog can be well-bred in a city just as well as in the countryside, but it's harder to find a well-bred owner there. (This as opposed to cats, which cannot be well-bred and are equally evil everywhere.)
Only my own observations here, but in the countryside the dog owners are generally more likely to have their pets trained properly..perhaps it's just a more 'natural' habitat for dogs'
Richard
Originally posted by mercurialRe : Neighbours barking dog.
Our neighborhood dogs bark half the night, crap everywhere, and bite children playing at the park.
Yesterday I am getting my running in before dinner and some dog starts chasing me. The owner yells very friendly like from their garden, "Don't worry he doesn't bite."
Fine, but why would I want your dog chasing me down the street? I wouldn't want you ...[text shortened]... .
I am sure dogs are fine people too. I am not hater - but I sure don't get the allure.
Solution :
Sneak out one night and put the barking mutt in your own yard.
Give them a taste of their own medicine!
Originally posted by Great Big SteesIt's safer to be a vet I'm sure.
Good idea but wouldn't you need to be a doctor to do that?
I solved my neighbours barking problem with a simple note.
Dogs seldom bark for long unless they are either stimulated by something or
can hear another dog barking in the neighborhood.
My note explained simply that the owner was an idiot and there was another
equally dumb dog owner nearby.
I went on to suggest either putting a radio or other noise distraction close to
the mutt or put him/her in a place where they can't hear the other dog for a
term.
It worked, 2 days later and I haven't heard a yip since.
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Originally posted by Thequ1ckI envision years of therapy for both the owner and his/her dog. Shame on you.
It's safer to be a vet I'm sure.
I solved my neighbours barking problem with a simple note.
Dogs seldom bark for long unless they are either stimulated by something or
can hear another dog barking in the neighborhood.
My note explained simply that the owner was an idiot and there was another
equally dumb dog owner nearby.
I went on to suggest e ...[text shortened]... hear the other dog for a
term.
It worked, 2 days later and I haven't heard a yip since.