They can be very vocal when they are bored or not cared for. But worth their weight in gold. Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Barb mangan Sent: 03/07/2011 9:37:32 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Shake, rattle and .... My daughter had a Jack Russell next door to her and all it did was bark. Barb tipperboo12@msn.com > Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 05:06:27 +0000 > From: mizylana@gmail.com > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] Shake, rattle and .... > > You all need a Jack Russell. Best little varmit dog in the world. Nothing is safe from their harrasment. I have had one for 6 or 7 years. I never see any kind of varmit any more. She even torments birds. They are great friends also. > > Small but very brave. > > Sent from my Nokia phone > -----Original Message----- > From: askgranny@juno.com > Sent: 03/06/2011 10:48:54 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] Shake, rattle and .... > > Shudder.....No way would I want to irritate a rattler....I've heard they > infest the rocky bluff at the end of our ridge where it goes out onto the > flood plain, but so far they have evaded me...Thank Goodness ! > Copperheads in the far back yard are mean snake enough for me...Wonder if > you could eat plain old garden /garter snakes ? Looks to me like it would > be the same thing...Last year, I didn't see a single snake all > summer...but hubby pursued one with great vigor in the hedge by the > driveway, but it successfully slithered away...He's deadly afraid of > snakes, I was taught not to be afraid of anything unless it was huge > enough to stomp me flat....or had teeth longer than mine..Actually, we > weren't taught to be afraid of anything, to tell the truth. One sister > ended up afraid of snakes and one was afraid of mice..if you can > believe....Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:51:30 -0600 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > > The problem with your plan is that he was underneath the house and > sandwitched between some boards, I'd have had to irritate him in efforts > to get him out in the open... had I known he'd move, I would have gone > to great lengths to get him out w Email truncated to 2,000 characters :::0:abc0d5c1e798285b47613877620b4150:7d0::::