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<blockquote data-quote="dukeroyale" data-source="post: 6981483" data-attributes="member: 21980">so other than mistreating animals, howother than setanta killing a dog and becoming cú chulainn and black dogs roaming the countryside as a curse or an omen of bad luck and death where have we revered dogs in our mythology? i’m not being smart here but genuinely asking. donkeys were beaten for being stupid and in most instances unworkable beasts. asses, jennets and mules the same. i remember farming neighbours of mine riding week old calves around a barn for the craic. i even joined in myself. cats kicked and beaten. dogs kicked and beaten. cows having stones pegged at them. badgers and bulls baited. rabbits and foxes driven from their dens by ferrets.&nbsp; to suggest we’ve been tolerant and kind to our animal friends is nonsensical. even the ones we allow into our own kitchens we’ve treated disrespectfully . just because we named an area of the countryside after the hare which one frolicked there is akin to having a close relationship and including them in our mythology with animals is idiotic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dukeroyale, post: 6981483, member: 21980"] so other than mistreating animals, how other than setanta killing a dog and becoming cú chulainn and black dogs roaming the countryside as a curse or an omen of bad luck and death where have we revered dogs in our mythology? i’m not being smart here but genuinely asking. donkeys were beaten for being stupid and in most instances unworkable beasts. asses, jennets and mules the same. i remember farming neighbours of mine riding week old calves around a barn for the craic. i even joined in myself. cats kicked and beaten. dogs kicked and beaten. cows having stones pegged at them. badgers and bulls baited. rabbits and foxes driven from their dens by ferrets. to suggest we’ve been tolerant and kind to our animal friends is nonsensical. even the ones we allow into our own kitchens we’ve treated disrespectfully . just because we named an area of the countryside after the hare which one frolicked there is akin to having a close relationship and including them in our mythology with animals is idiotic. [/QUOTE]

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