OT: Llamas, and Ankle-biters

[popinjay999]

I went out to get a sandwich, and was sitting there in my truck eating
it, right next to the railroad track where a train had stopped. This
is not far from where I rescued the puppy last week. Anyway, I'm
sitting there, eating my sandwich, and suddenly, there's a fucking
LLAMA running around. It goes up to the train and starts sniffing it,
and I'm thinking, you better not go in between those cars you dumb
llama. So I quickly drive forward to a nearby ranch and tell them
they have a llama running lose.

So the family comes out and goes running to catch this lose llama.
And here is the part that reminds me of RGP. The family had the help
of one of those cattle dogs, maybe an Australian Shepard or something,
and they finally caught up with the llama but the dog is yapping and
running around the llama's feet, doing what his instinct taught him to
do, controlling herd animals. As he's yapping at the llama's feet, I
thought to myself, "Is this like RGP deja vu all over again?
Fffurken? Clave? This dog is a real-life ANKLE-BITER!"

[brewmaster]

Was it Ralph the Wonder Llama?

[popinjay999]

On Mar 11, 8:39 pm, "brewmaster" <a1...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:

>
> Was it Ralph the Wonder Llama?

Not sure if his name was Ralph. I had my camera right next to me, I
should have taken a picture, but all I was thinking about was getting
him back home and away from that train. And the highway! If the
train moved, it was going to be wide open for Ralph to go onto the
highway. That wouldn't have been good.

Anyway, it's quite possible their dog was named Fffurken. Fffurken
the Wonder Ankle-biter.

[FL Turbo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herding_dog

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Herding behavior
A 9-week-old Border Collie working ducks.
All herding behavior is modified predatory behavior. Through selective
breeding, humans have been able to minimize the dog's natural
inclination to treat cattle and sheep as prey while simultaneously
maintaining the dog's hunting skills, thereby creating an effective
herding dog.[1][4]

Dogs can work other animals in a variety of ways. Some breeds, such as
the Australian Cattle Dog, typically nip at the heels of animals (for
this reason they are called heelers) and the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and
the Pembroke Welsh Corgi were historically used in a similar fashion
in the cattle droves that moved cattle from Wales to the Smithfield
Meat Market in London but are rarely used for herding today.

Other breeds, notably the Border Collie, get in front of the animals
and use what is called strong eye to stare down the animals;[5] they
are known as headers. The headers or fetching dogs keep livestock in a
group. They consistently go to the front or head of the animals to
turn or stop the animal's movement. The heelers or driving dogs keep
pushing the animals forward. Typically, they stay behind the herd. The
Australian Kelpie and Australian Koolie use both these methods and
also run along the backs of sheep so are said to head, heel, and
back.[1][4][6] Other types such as the Australian Shepherd, English
Shepherd and Welsh Sheepdog are moderate to loose eyed, working more
independently. The New Zealand Huntaway uses its loud, deep bark to
muster mobs of sheep. German Shepherd Dogs and Briards are
historically tending dogs, who act as a "living fence," guiding large
flocks of sheep to graze while preventing them from eating valuable
crops and wandering onto roads.

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For all we know, Ffffffurkem could be one of them "heelers", like the
Australian Cattle Dog.

Lacking any cattle to herd, he might be trying to herd people on RGP.
Just a thought here.

You know what they say;
"On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog"

[popinjay999]

My brain went dead, this was a Border Collie I saw helping to herd the
llama, not an Australian Shepard. But I think you've come up with
something here, we can start calling Fffurken "The Heeler" from now
on. We'll all understand the connotation.

[bub]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:38:30 -0700 (PDT), popinjay999
<paulpo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>My brain went dead, this was a Border Collie I saw helping to herd the
>llama, not an Australian Shepard.

i have 2 australian shepards..good with the neighbor's kids when he
brings them over to use the pond but also good at running off
coyotes when they get too close at night

[popinjay999]

On Mar 11, 11:13 pm, bub <b...@plottus.com> wrote:

>
>   i have 2 australian shepards..good with the neighbor's kids when he
> brings them  over to use the pond  but also good at running off
> coyotes when they get too close at night

Oh I know, they're very good dogs, very smart.

[fffurken]

On Mar 12, 5:38 am, popinjay999 <paulpopin...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> My brain went dead, this was a Border Collie I saw helping to herd the
> llama, not an Australian Shepard.  But I think you've come up with
> something here, we can start calling Fffurken "The Heeler" from now
> on.  We'll all understand the connotation.

I'm both heeler and healer. I'm on a mission from God.

Now please enjoy this musical interlude -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U

Regards,
fffurken, Director of Operations (D.Ope) RGP

[popinjay999]

On Mar 12, 3:11 am, fffurken <fffur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I'm both heeler and healer. I'm on a mission from God.
>
> Now please enjoy this musical interlude -
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U
>

Oh man, put a fucking warning up if you're going to post filth like
that.

[fffurken]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps

[popinjay999]

Someday, Fffurken, maybe you will be a real man, like this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=broHJCwE-QA

[popinjay999]

On Mar 11, 8:39 pm, "brewmaster" <a1...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:

>

> Was it Ralph the Wonder Llama?

News says you're shaking up down there, Brew. Did you feel any of the
quake or aftershocks?

[fffurken]

George O'Dowd? He's a good Irish lad.

[popinjay999]

You are now The Hhheeler. I will probably start a thread later to
announce it.

[fffurken]

On Mar 12, 12:07 pm, popinjay999 <paulpopin...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> You are now The Hhheeler.  I will probably start a thread later to
> announce it.

Don't think I won't bring you to heel.

[Tom White]

On 2013-03-12, popinjay999 <paulpo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I went out to get a sandwich, and was sitting there in my truck eating

> ...

sitting outside the deli?

> sitting there, eating my sandwich, and suddenly, there's a fucking

> LLAMA running around...

a fucking llama?

Must have been a put-on; the real Dalai Lama is celibate.

[mo_ntresor]

dogs can't vote.

mo_ntresor

[Dave the Clueless]

A 1 "L" Lama is a Tibetan priest.

A 2 "L" Lama is a South American camel.

A 3 "L" Lama is one helluva big fire.

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[brewmaster]

Just felt the one around 10am yesterday, that's it.

[poopiejay]

i thought they traveled faster than that. ha ha.

which reminds me. i was in oceanside once watching the news on tv from san
diego, when the newscaster suddenly grabbed his desk and said 'i think
we're having an earthquake...".. as soon as he got "earth" out, then i
felt it. so that was like a second or two for the shaking to travel the 40
miles or so.