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- From: drury@helix.nih.gov (Richard Drury)
- Subject: Re: Fighting against animals?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.054418.11476@alw.nih.gov>
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- Organization: National Institutes of Health
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:44:18 GMT
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- shulick@cineret.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:
- >
- >I read somewhere that if you open your hand into a star shape (fingers
- >outstretched) and hold it front of a dog's face, it frightens them and
- >brings them under control. Is this true? It was some book written by a
- >group of monks (in the US) whose monastary's goal is the betterment
- >between dog & man. Very good book, but this hand thing sounds a little
- >like BS. Anyone confirm this?
-
- Sure, in fact, you can easily confirm it yourself. Try making
- your hand look like a little star and stick it in the face of
- the nearest hostile canine. Please do post the results so we can
- all learn from your experience. I read somewhere that typing
- with your toes is slower, but certainly possible. ;-), sort of.
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- Richard A. Drury National Institutes of Health
- drury@helix.nih.gov 31/B3C27, Bethesda, MD, USA
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