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Animal Sunday
Aug. 25th, 2002 11:30 amShoreline UUC had their animal blessing this morning. With some trepidation, Sean and I chose to take Ross to church, rather than simply a photograph of kitties. He's our most gregarious cat and we thought he might even enjoy the morning--once he realized he was NOT going to the vet. (Site of many traumatic events for him, poor guy.)
We tried the little rope harness on him last night and he was completely unfazed. So this morning we popped him into a carrier (not as easy as it sounds!)and we were off. Ross was a little agitated as we hit the freeway, but once he realized we were arriving somewhere new, he started to relax. We were running late and arrived just in time to join the parade of people going up front to introduce their pets, so we got the harness on him quickly and got in line.
Ross did very well except for the time he tried to climb out of Sean's arms onto a stack of chairs and left a couple of deep scratches on Sean's chest. Otherwise Ross was pretty easy to hold onto. He started to enjoy himself once we had taken our seats, looking around at the new surroundings and people. I let him wander on his harness--but unfortunately he got it off within 30 seconds and we had to transfer him back to the carrier. (I gave him the harness to play with when he got bored.)
This was followed by a slightly harrowing sermon on the dichotomy between the treatment of our beloved pets and the treatment of other animals--specifically those on factory farms. Factory farming really is one of my issues; I have so many problems with the concept. Makes me feel better that when I do succumb to the lure of poultry, I can at least go for free-range/organic meat. And now Sean will be off this afternoon to game with people having a beef barbecue. I should call down there and demand to know where the beef came from...:-)(Sean plans to have chicken, btw, and avoid beef from now on now that BSE has turned up in Canada.)
I would like to do more to protest factory farming. I'm amused that Thomas (our minister) recommended supporting PETA...I understand the position, but I can't agree with all their tactics so I'd like to find another approach.
We tried the little rope harness on him last night and he was completely unfazed. So this morning we popped him into a carrier (not as easy as it sounds!)and we were off. Ross was a little agitated as we hit the freeway, but once he realized we were arriving somewhere new, he started to relax. We were running late and arrived just in time to join the parade of people going up front to introduce their pets, so we got the harness on him quickly and got in line.
Ross did very well except for the time he tried to climb out of Sean's arms onto a stack of chairs and left a couple of deep scratches on Sean's chest. Otherwise Ross was pretty easy to hold onto. He started to enjoy himself once we had taken our seats, looking around at the new surroundings and people. I let him wander on his harness--but unfortunately he got it off within 30 seconds and we had to transfer him back to the carrier. (I gave him the harness to play with when he got bored.)
This was followed by a slightly harrowing sermon on the dichotomy between the treatment of our beloved pets and the treatment of other animals--specifically those on factory farms. Factory farming really is one of my issues; I have so many problems with the concept. Makes me feel better that when I do succumb to the lure of poultry, I can at least go for free-range/organic meat. And now Sean will be off this afternoon to game with people having a
I would like to do more to protest factory farming. I'm amused that Thomas (our minister) recommended supporting PETA...I understand the position, but I can't agree with all their tactics so I'd like to find another approach.
