Who?
Me?
Posted on 12/31/2005 3:18:44 PM PST by floridaobserver
It is notable that George Bush's black dog was nowhere in sight when Saudi King Abdullah came visiting in Crawford. . . .
Who?
Me?
I wouldn't subject my dog to that either.
Cool, I have a black Lab named Ranger, too. Short for "Texas Ranger." (That would really stick in the craw of Islam.)
Pour on some gas, toss a match, and watch him dance.
/jasper
A claim like that really should be backed up with pictures.
Then we can cross post them on a few Jihadie web sites, with a caption something like "He's coming for you", or "Latest Weapon in the War on Terror"
"Someone ought to ping us to these threads."
"This is serious stuff."
22 posted on 12/31/2005 3:36:32 PM PST by Dog Gone
LOL!
5.56mm
None the less, you are much less likely to catch something nasty from a dog licking your face and even mouth and nose, than by kissing some hottie/hunk as appropriate. In that case you don't even know where that mouth has been, and likely don't want to.
I hear this all the time. Given that dogs don't give you the common cold, I suppose that's probably true. At the same time, I still don't want a second hand lick of a dog's %#%. I love my dog, but I draw the line at french kissing.
Saluki History
The Saluki, royal dog of Egypt, is perhaps the oldest known breed of domesticated dog. They are identified by some historians as "a distinct breed and type as long ago as 329 B.C. when Alexander the Great invaded India." Earliest known carvings look more like Salukis than any other breed: they have a Greyhound body with feathered ears, tail and legs. This same exact hound also appears on the Egyptian tombs of 2100 B.C. and again in more recent excavations of the Sumerian empire, estimated at 7000-6000 B.C. The Saluki was so esteemed that his body was often mummified like the bodies of the Pharaohs themselves. The remains of numerous specimens have thus been found in the ancient tombs of the Upper Nile region.
As the desert tribes were nomadic, the habitat of the Saluki comprised the entire region from the Caspian Sea to the Sahara. Naturally the types varied somewhat in this widely scattered area-mostly in size and coat.
Salukis were first brought into England in 1840 and were known as Persian Greyhounds. There was no real interest until the Hon. Florence Amherst imported the first Arabian Saluki in 1895 from the kennels of Prince Abdulla in Transjordania.
Having tremendous speed, the Saluki was used by Arabs principally in bringing down the gazelle. In England, the dog was used largely on hares. Regular coursing meets are held with judging based on ability to turn quickly and over take the hare in the best possible time. The Saluki hunts largely by sight although he has a fair nose.
The Saluki was a well-established breed in England for a number of years before he began to come into his own in this country. It was not until November 1927 that the breed was officially recognized by the American Kennel Club.
As if the world revolves around you?
You should learn some humility.
As long as the dog was being used for hunting, and not strictly as a pet, andnot all-black, it would be tolerated. The dog breed you list pre-dates Islam, by the way, so I haven't seen anything that says this was accepted as special by Moslems.
Dogs mustn't to be allowed inside the house as they block the angels and nullify any prayers to Allah.
Thanks Mo, but I still dont like you and will piss on your bed.
The veterinary authority of Giza governorate under the Chairman of Dr. Abdullah Badr established a committee to eliminate stray dogs and cats in Giza governorate due to complains from some governmental and private entities . the committee is carrying 10 campaigns daily with thin the framework of a plan to cover the whole governorate, they are using 10 kg. daily of Strychnine for dogs and Temec for cats, they put half a gram of the poison on a piece of raw meat or fish weighing 70 grams. and distributed in areas where the cats and dogs gather. the meat and fish for dogs inside private areas are provided by the owners of these areas and the dogs and cats in the street get the meat from the leftovers of the slaughter houses.. The members of the campaigns were masks and each animal is surrounded by 4 persons as the poisoned animal suffer after eating from severe stomachache-ache and dies in 5 minutes, after wards police cars Carry the dead animal to the burning house of the faculty of veterinary medicine of Cairo university to be burnt and later buried in the desert.
Society for protection of animal rights in Egypt(SPARE)
I curse you all! Bite me Dr. Abdu!
Interesting post about the Saluki breed. Apparently it was so beloved from the pre-Islamic era, that the Moslems just claimed it really wasn't a dog. . .
For many centuries, the nomadic Bedouin depended on the swift Saluki to bring down game for the tribe's cooking pots. Although dogs were pronounced unclean when the Islamic religion swept the Arab world (600 - 1918), a special exemption was made for the Saluki. It was believed that the Saluki was a gift from Allah and, like the Egyptians, they called the hound "El Hor," or the Noble One. Even today it is reportedly rare to find a Saluki wandering free in the Middle East.
Many Arabs will not even admit to knowing that such a dog exists, largely because Salukis are venerated as holy dogs, for if they were not holy, Arabs could not eat of the game captured by them. Any ordinary dog or "Kelb" in the Middle East is considered a scavenger. Only those men holding high rank were permitted to own a Saluki and rarely was the Saluki ever purchased in it's Country of Origin, even now. Instead, they were given as gifts to those honored by the owner.
Puppies were raised in the harem, while the adult hound was the constant companion of his master, the Prince or Sheik. The Saluki was the only animal allowed to share his master's palace, tent, or room. In today's Middle East, the Saluki is going the way of the Bedouin -- being crowded out by the progression of civilization. Fewer Bedouin roam the deserts; instead, they are moving to the cities and the role of the Saluki is fading away with this change in lifestyle.
Royal families, nobility and the few remaining Bedouin tribes still use Salukis for hunting today
I'll bet that hog is pretty good at getting Jehovah's Witnesses to leave your front porch pretty quick when he starts hunching on one of them.
LOL, if FR can't keep me humble, nothing can. Where else can I go and get called an idiot on a daily basis by someone I've never met?
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