01-06-2014, 03:09 PM
First off, I think we need to get away from the mentality of a pet being a member of the family. A dog is an animal not a human family member. Let me ask you this, if your dog and your child were drowning which would you save?
I agree it is frustrating for your dog to get caught in a trap and for you to risk it being injured after all the time and expense of raising and training it but let's not make it out to be anything more than a dog.
As a trapper I will not flag my traps because there are too many people who would steal them or in the very least destroy the set and ruin my chances at a catch. I don't trap just for the money, it is as enjoyable a pastime as hunting. I've never caught anyones dog and maybe it is only a matter of time until I do but the owner is fully within their legal right to remove their dog from my traps. The work of skinning, fleshing and putting up fur is also enjoyable.
I fail to see how in cattrapr's example he was the jerk. Sure the dog got caught in his trap but the reasons why the owner did not find the dog aren't directly related to that. Was the owner out of sight and earshot of his dog? Why was he so far away from his dog, and why was his dog so far outside of his control? It seems to me that the dog owner contributed to the events that kept his "family member" away from him.
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I agree it is frustrating for your dog to get caught in a trap and for you to risk it being injured after all the time and expense of raising and training it but let's not make it out to be anything more than a dog.
As a trapper I will not flag my traps because there are too many people who would steal them or in the very least destroy the set and ruin my chances at a catch. I don't trap just for the money, it is as enjoyable a pastime as hunting. I've never caught anyones dog and maybe it is only a matter of time until I do but the owner is fully within their legal right to remove their dog from my traps. The work of skinning, fleshing and putting up fur is also enjoyable.
I fail to see how in cattrapr's example he was the jerk. Sure the dog got caught in his trap but the reasons why the owner did not find the dog aren't directly related to that. Was the owner out of sight and earshot of his dog? Why was he so far away from his dog, and why was his dog so far outside of his control? It seems to me that the dog owner contributed to the events that kept his "family member" away from him.
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