I remember someone (Suja or Sally, maybe?) saying their dog was
mistaken for a deer by some clueless stranger. Ridiculous as that
is, I have a new sympathy for the clueless stranger. As I was
driving home yesterday, I took the back road, which is twisty and
hilly and full of things like, oh, deer. Deer, which are really
active right now. I rounded a curve to see what I *thought* was a
large dog running toward me. Nope, it was a fawn. It was kind of
nerve wracking for a minute, because mamma was on the *other* side
of the road, making me the filling in a deer sandwich. She was not
happy about be being between her and her baby, but she managed to
stay put until I was able to get clear. Whew!

Anyway, if deer can look like dogs, then I suppose dogs can look
like deer, right?

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shelly wrote:
I remember someone (Suja or Sally, maybe?) saying their dog was
mistaken for a deer by some clueless stranger. Ridiculous as that
is, I have a new sympathy for the clueless stranger. As I was
driving home yesterday, I took the back road, which is twisty and
hilly and full of things like, oh, deer. Deer, which are really
active right now. I rounded a curve to see what I *thought* was a
large dog running toward me. Nope, it was a fawn. It was kind of
nerve wracking for a minute, because mamma was on the *other* side
of the road, making me the filling in a deer sandwich. She was not
happy about be being between her and her baby, but she managed to
stay put until I was able to get clear. Whew!

Anyway, if deer can look like dogs, then I suppose dogs can look
like deer, right?

--
Shelly (Warning: see label for details)
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

LMAO..........Right

"shelly" wrote

Anyway, if deer can look like dogs, then I suppose dogs can look like
deer, right?

I remember farmers who used to hang big signs that said "COW" on their
cattle during the hunting season when I was a kid in Seattle WA. Never heard
of a dog being mistaken for a deer though.

But isn't that why hunting dogs have been bred to have lots of white in
their coats? So that they (hopefully) won't be mistaken for game?

--
Bob
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montana wildhack wrote:

This is one of the standing jokes in our house and it has come to the
point where I can no longer identify animals while inside of a car...

You should take advantage of it by just making up random IDs.

Be we were driving on a highway and I saw what I thought was a brown dog
by the side of the road, I pointed to it and said, "doggie." DH burst
out laughing. No doggie. Deer.

For example, you could have said, "Look, camel!"

The only good news is that I also have one on him from the night that he
leaned out the window to call "Here kitty" to the... masked animal on
the roof outside our bedroom window...

Ha! At least he didn't try to play with one of those cute black and
white "kitties."

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Opinicus wrote:

I remember farmers who used to hang big signs that said "COW" on their
cattle during the hunting season when I was a kid in Seattle WA. Never heard
of a dog being mistaken for a deer though.

Worse, if I'm recalling correctly, one of Chris Jung's smoothies was
once mistaken for a llama.

But isn't that why hunting dogs have been bred to have lots of white in
their coats? So that they (hopefully) won't be mistaken for game?

I don't know, but as the owner of an extra flashy dog, it sure does
help make her more visible in underbrush and under low-light conditions.

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"shelly" wrote in message
...
I remember someone (Suja or Sally, maybe?) saying their dog was
mistaken for a deer by some clueless stranger. Ridiculous as that
is, I have a new sympathy for the clueless stranger. As I was
driving home yesterday, I took the back road, which is twisty and
hilly and full of things like, oh, deer. Deer, which are really
active right now. I rounded a curve to see what I *thought* was a
large dog running toward me. Nope, it was a fawn. It was kind of
nerve wracking for a minute, because mamma was on the *other* side
of the road, making me the filling in a deer sandwich. She was not
happy about be being between her and her baby, but she managed to
stay put until I was able to get clear. Whew!

Anyway, if deer can look like dogs, then I suppose dogs can look
like deer, right?

--
Shelly (Warning: see label for details)
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

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I remember, in the newspaper, when I was young, a big to-do about a loose
panther prowling the neighborhood, which just turned out to be black Great
Dane, who I knew. I also heard of another similar story of people thinking
a panther was spotted and it turned out to be a Great Dane. These sightings
usually take place at night, when they are not that clearly visible.

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:27:39 -0400, shelly
wrote:

I remember someone (Suja or Sally, maybe?) saying their dog was
mistaken for a deer by some clueless stranger. Ridiculous as that
is, I have a new sympathy for the clueless stranger. As I was
driving home yesterday, I took the back road, which is twisty and
hilly and full of things like, oh, deer. Deer, which are really
active right now. I rounded a curve to see what I *thought* was a
large dog running toward me. Nope, it was a fawn. It was kind of
nerve wracking for a minute, because mamma was on the *other* side
of the road, making me the filling in a deer sandwich. She was not
happy about be being between her and her baby, but she managed to
stay put until I was able to get clear. Whew!

Anyway, if deer can look like dogs, then I suppose dogs can look
like deer, right?

I don't recall whether I posted that here, but fawn greyhounds are
frequently mistaken for deer. Here's one to top that, though. The
day I took Anna to the vet for the last time, she was pretty ill, was
regurgitating all day, and I knew it was time, but the vet's schedule
was full and they had to work me in. I was not going to sit in the
waiting room hearing people say how pretty she was, what was she? so
I waited outside with her, and Anna was able to enjoy the beautiful
day. A woman with an obnoxious dog that 'just wanted to say hi'
("don't worry, he doesn't bite") also did not know what breed Anna
was; she said she looked like an anteater.

Mustang Sally

sighthounds & siberians wrote:

I don't recall whether I posted that here, but fawn greyhounds are
frequently mistaken for deer.

I can *almost* understand that.

Here's one to top that, though. The
day I took Anna to the vet for the last time, she was pretty ill, was
regurgitating all day, and I knew it was time, but the vet's schedule
was full and they had to work me in. I was not going to sit in the
waiting room hearing people say how pretty she was, what was she?

I'm sorry. I have been through that, and it is not very nice.

so
I waited outside with her, and Anna was able to enjoy the beautiful
day. A woman with an obnoxious dog that 'just wanted to say hi'
("don't worry, he doesn't bite")

"Maybe not, but I do!"

also did not know what breed Anna
was; she said she looked like an anteater.

Awww! Not the most flattering thing, but I think anteaters are
actually kinda endearing.

--
Shelly (Warning: see label for details)
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shelly wrote:
I remember someone (Suja or Sally, maybe?) saying their dog was mistaken
for a deer by some clueless stranger. Ridiculous as that is, I have a
new sympathy for the clueless stranger. As I was driving home
yesterday, I took the back road, which is twisty and hilly and full of
things like, oh, deer. Deer, which are really active right now. I
rounded a curve to see what I *thought* was a large dog running toward
me. Nope, it was a fawn. It was kind of nerve wracking for a minute,
because mamma was on the *other* side of the road, making me the filling
in a deer sandwich. She was not happy about be being between her and
her baby, but she managed to stay put until I was able to get clear. Whew!

Anyway, if deer can look like dogs, then I suppose dogs can look like
deer, right?

I was mountainbiking at a local multi-use trail and up ahead, across the
meadow I saw a hiker bopping along with headphones on, groovin' to his
tunes and obviously oblivious to his surroundings. Following a couple
of paces behind him was what my dog-centric brain interpreted as a fawn
colored great dane.

Well, I had the "fawn" part right, anyhow. It was a doe. I stopped to
see how it would play out and the deer followed this guy for probably 50
yards. Then she apparently lost interest, or maybe just reached her
destination (Whoops, this is my stop, see ya!") and turned off and
vanished into the brush. He never knew she was there.

Kathleen

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:42:44 -0400, shelly
wrote:

sighthounds & siberians wrote:

I don't recall whether I posted that here, but fawn greyhounds are
frequently mistaken for deer.

I can *almost* understand that.

Here's one to top that, though. The
day I took Anna to the vet for the last time, she was pretty ill, was
regurgitating all day, and I knew it was time, but the vet's schedule
was full and they had to work me in. I was not going to sit in the
waiting room hearing people say how pretty she was, what was she?

I'm sorry. I have been through that, and it is not very nice.

so
I waited outside with her, and Anna was able to enjoy the beautiful
day. A woman with an obnoxious dog that 'just wanted to say hi'
("don't worry, he doesn't bite")

"Maybe not, but I do!"

also did not know what breed Anna
was; she said she looked like an anteater.

Awww! Not the most flattering thing, but I think anteaters are
actually kinda endearing.

I know it was rude, but I just couldn't find an answer to that. I
walked away.

Mustang Sally