Did such a good job of framing that in a way that I could understand. LOL
Thanks for looking it up, man. I know Austrailians ar shaped like that, and they do that naturally too. I feel like the Border Collie might be a little bigger and stouter, and better able to maneuver with a 10 lb monkey on his back.
p.s. Stafford was maneuvering with an 800 lb gorilla on his back quite nicely. LOL
A friend of the family used to breed monkeys and let me tell you they are nasty little bastards. Cute as babies, but then they develop their fangs and hormonal tempers. If they don’t like you(which can happen if they decide your spouse is their potential mate) they will literally look for a chance to kill you. Incredibly strong, smart, and very short fuses.
Yes on both counts. One grabbed my brother who was about 12 at the time and pulled him right up against the cage with 1 arm. One of the females got hold of a knife one time and went after the family friend. My mom helped clean her aviaries and the house in general. The lady came running into the room and grabbed my mom yelling “run, the bitch is lose” that particular monkey loves her husband and wanted to get rid of his wife. Needless to say I’m not overly fond of Monkeys. Although she did get me into macaws at a young age and I still have them to this day.
I saw them live. As entertaining as the actual goat rodeo with monkey cowboys on herding dogs is, the narrative about how this rodeo is symbolic to how any kid in America can grow up and live their dream and be whatever they want, in an amplified Texas drawl by the owner over the PA system while the goats and monkey dogs cavort on the field had me in stitches.
Yes Billy, because this is a Free Land, one day, you could strap super hero costumed monkeys to dogs and terrorize goats in front of thousands of people!