Dilemma?

[Tamus]

Personally I would be more worried about the mind-set of your daughter and how
you are bringing her up.
For her to help you kill and cut up her pet lamb and
allow you to flog off her pet dog is unaceptable in my eyes.

Phooey!

My daughter was so proud when her lamb was on the table for everyone to share!
Likewise, no problems selling the "dog". She was really proud of herself, to
think that her efforts had been fully recognised. She was never in any doubt
that the animal would eventually be sold - that's what she wanted to do.

Quite right too, good girl.

There's nothing conflicted about rearing an animal for food or to serve a working role and it's a totally natural thing to do it with a care bordering on love. A wee farmer in the making, her kind will always be needed and her clear minded thinking will serve her well, always.

 

[stag1933]

Personally I would be more worried about the mind-set of your daughter and how you are bringing her up.
For her to help you kill and cut up her pet lamb and allow you to flog off her pet dog is unaceptable in my eyes.

Many, many years ago I owned a tiny small-holding and had a few Jacobs sheep. My daughter also bottle-fed a lamb which she called Tubby. [He was a fat rascal.]
It used to play with her Jack Russel terrier and my Labrador and go walkabouts in the field with them.
He turned out to be a very pretty ram with four magnificent horns. She sold him to a local farmer who also had Jacobs and squirrelled the cash into her bank.
My other surplus stock went to the auction.
The thought of killing him and cutting him up would have made her sick.

HWH.

Funny sort of post, Stag.
There was a thread on here not long ago, all about getting kids involved in matters of life and death, taking them shooting, helping with gralloch etc etc, and the general consensus of opinion was that that was a good way to bring them up. No illusions or cover-ups.

My daughter was so proud when her lamb was on the table for everyone to share! Likewise, no problems selling the "dog". She was really proud of herself, to think that her efforts had been fully recognised. She was never in any doubt that the animal would eventually be sold - that's what she wanted to do.[/QUOTE]

Funny sort of people about VSS.
Getting kids involved etc is fine, in my long lifetime I have introduced and mentored more than a few.
However killing their pets and eating them would not be on MY agenda.

HWH.

 

[trouble]

the dog deal was done and dusted anything else is another issue

 

[David T]

Glad you got it sorted out.