On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:32:00 -0500, Bert Byfield
wrote:

::The trouble is finding the right cat--most can't figure out how to
::catch squirrels and the ones who can usually get beat up enough
::the first time that they decide that squirrels aren't worth the
::effort.
:
: Training a cat would be darn near impossible, I guess.
: Dan
:
: Yes, but I had a cat once who learned about rabbits up close and
ersonal, when a daughter kept pet rabbits in the house and yard. The
:cat learned that rabbits are 1) awful (one was in love with her and
:kept jumping her with passion), and 2) easy to beat up (though she
:never harmed a pet rabbit).
: After a while the cat started showing up with battered dead wild
:rabbits she had caught, and it was easier to keep a garden after that.

Well, I could get a cat and deliver it dead squirrels, which are easy to
find on the local streets. Maybe it would get the idea? I suppose a tom
cat would be better, because they're bigger.

Dan