08-11-2012, 10:09 AM
You may wish to re-read my comment carefully. Nothing in it mentions a particular person. In American English, we often refer to "you" where the English might say "One" (as in "One must be careful around nene", for example). And my comment assumes nothing. Instead, it says "IF your dog" does X, Y or Z, then perhaps you should leash it. I refer not to a particular person but to the practice of having loose dogs around nene (or anywhere if your dog is nippy). I do rather expressly disagree with the notion that the nene will always fly away. My comment was intended to express agreement with csgray's opinion that nene do not generally fear dogs. That has been my experience. My comment was not intended as a lecture to anyone. It was too short for that, and I think a lecture would be a little bit more extended and a lot more forceful.