Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 13:35:26 GMT
From: salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne)
Message-ID: <1993Apr2.133526.27976@nic.funet.fi>
Organization: Finnish Academic and Research Network Project - FUNET
Subject: Re: Dogs 

In <C4tHFo.wJ@tug.com> andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) writes:

>In article <1pdb0kINNtqn@emx.cc.utexas.edu> lucifer@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Light-Bearer) writes:
>>Also, almost every time I fly, I have to contend with dogs trying to pee
>>on or chomp my kite, or some body walking under or through my lines...

>Whatever you do, don't let a dog pee on your kite.

>Once, a dog pee'd on the corner of my peel.  Ever since, any other dog that
>comes near it finds it impossible to pass without adding it's own odor :-(

Once a dog pee'd on my kite, I had to use half a bottle of beer as
first aid to wash it away. Half an hour later the same dog (and the owner)
came back and of course the dog headed towards my kite. The kite was still
on ground - too much talking that day:-). But now I was prepared.
I unstaked my handles and waited until the dog was just few cm or inches
apart.. quick jerk and tight noisy looping just above the dog!

Well, Ben Johnson would have been ashamed... the dog rocketed to
his master. I still wonder how it managed to run so fast tail
between the legs. :-))

Smooth Winds
Simo Salanne

P.S. There is no specific interest by other dogs to that particular
     kite. It seems dogs doesn't like Belgian Grimbergen - but
     I will.

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