Pam,

These guys are generally pretty good mousers...even the Beagle-Terrier
is a good mouser.  But apparently they don't think indoor mice are
worth the bother.  I suppose it might be too much trouble to carry them
back outside and place them on the door step.  There's no point in me
threatening them, they know Suzy would never let anything happen to
them...we all know who the expendable one is.

-jc

On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 12:10  PM, Stevenson, Pamela wrote:

> Mieces in pieces.  Has an interesting ring to it.  So, you have daft
> catz.  Tell them they'll be eating gruel if this keeps up!  I bet they
> don't play with string or rubberbands, either.  We have pretty decent
> mousers, which is why I think they are always fascinated with getting
> into the pantry, where we have found over the years that mice LOVE
> Andes Candies - foil and all.  That pantry is also a good source of
> centipedes, which seem to breed this time of year.  The cats love to
> chase those around the house because they're so fast and come in
> pretty colours.
>
> - Pam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Callan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Catz, Dogz & Mieces
>
>
> We had a mouse in the house.  Get them catz sayz I.  Make them earn
> their keep sayz the wife.  Cats can't seem to fathom what all the fuss
> is about.  Next day I sees the mouse.  I pick up the cat and carry him
> to the mouse.  The cat sees the mouse.  Cat is not impressed.  Okay,
> its just a little mouse, but did he have to act like it was a piece of
> furniture?  I introduce cat to mouse.  Cat sniffs mouse...could have
> kissed the damn thing...and then walks away!  Okay, that's it, I'll
> catch the mouse.  Mouse finally gets active and sprints under the TV
> where I get distracted and forget about the mouse.  I continue to
> berate the dogs and the cats about the mouse.  They keep looking at me
> like I'm out of my mind...but harmless.  (I don't mind folks thinking
> I'm out of my mind, but I don't like being regarded as harmless).
> Later I come running down the stairs for some now forgotten reason and
> damn near step on a dark spot at the bottom that turns out to be two
> tiny mice huddling together.  I grab a towel scoop up the varmints and
> deposit them out doors...where they will no doubt make another run for
> the house.  Meanwhile the dog...the big black one with no previous
> history of being a mouser...shows up gumming a mouse.  Mouse didn't
> survive.
>
> Pardon me, I'm pissed off at my staff again.  I mean its one thing
> that they sleep on company time, but mousing is mandatory!  I should
> dock them all a days pay and cancel their vacations and holidays...and
> this after Sparky ate someone she shouldn't have and ran up another
> vet bill!
>
> I gotta go.
>
> -jc
>
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