Hi everyone:
I was wondering something ( as I usually do , hehe ) I don't know if this qualifies under the same question Rocky had a short while ago, but anyway, I will ask the question anyway. Love to hear what people think.
I was thinking about the Pilot episode . The part when MacGyver had climbed the mountain to retrieve something about a missile ( the Palomino ) . And he is telling us the story about when he was a little boy and wanted to ride the neighbor's Palomino horse . There is sort of a double story going , because while he is telling us the story, we are seeing images of him knocking out the guard ( Hector , perhaps in place of him ) . And I began to wonder , this morning ( May 1st / 2007 ) , I mean when he knocked out the guard , he is heard to say, " so much for Hector ". That made me think, since Hector is the neighbor's dog, MacGyver wouldn"t have been so violent as to do something violent to Hector , would he . I mean, MacGyver was talking to Jack Dalton in an episode ( I think that is from " Lost love " episode . , and Jack said something about MacGyver is so nice, he would not even have killed a spider , so he couldn't have killed his girlfriend, Lisa. But my question is, what about Hector. What would MacGyver have done to Hector in order to get to that Palomino. ( And I am still able to think / hear MacGyver in my head as he is saying about he was so nervous about approaching that Palomino. There was sweat coming from him, enough that you could have watered the lawn. .) Any help to get me to understand what MacGyver would have done to Hector is appreciated. I mean, as I say in the beginning of this post, is does it fall under the same category as Rocky's post about MacGyver dealing with Larson in " The Challenge " What MacGyver would have done if Ray did not call out to him , as he stood there holding Larson's gun. If he would have killed Larson or not. Would he have killed Hector or what .
Sincerely,
Kate Mackay

I imagine that MacGyver probably delt with the dog Hectar the same way that he delt with the dog in 'Squeeze Play'. Trick the dog into following him into a shed and then shutting him inside. I doubt that child-Mac would have done anything cruel to a dog.

Or maybe he made a whistle like in Good Knight MacGyver. Besides Mac loves dogs (He liked Bunky, I'm sure he liked Dr. Millhouse's dog and the dog he bought for Earthquake, he even liked that ugly dog Frog) and they love him. He obviously didn't like that dog in Squeeze Play and not Zeus.
Squeeze Play dog and Zeus the same? Maybe, however Zeus seemed rather large.
But further I can't imagine he would hurt a dog. This guy doesn't even eat hot dogs!
If the dogs aren't dangerous he probably bribed them with bones.

Yeah the story was really only a metaphor for what was happing on screen.

It only meant that Hector was out of the way and not a problem any more.

Maybe he took some dog food or bones or something to keep the dog happy while he moved on toward the horse... could have been any number of things really.. but we know that even young MacGyver wouldn't hurt animals, thats why he knocked the gun out of his friends hand in "Blood brothers"

That falls under the catagory of:

You know you think too much when....

You think MacGyver might have killed a dog just so he could ride a neighbor's horse.

Yes, Rocky. That is the word I was looking for, thanx for telling me it is the word, " metaphor " . Thanx, so much. I appreciate it. One day , I will be able to speak better. Hehehe.
Well, okay. Thanx, everyone. I appreciate your prompt reply. It helped me , lots.
Sincerely,
Kate Mackay

Well MN you never know...the lure of a horse can be very enticing! Enticing enough to kill for it... ! I'm just kidding...the worst MacGyver would ever do to a dog would be to put one of those flouncy satin collars like for a circus dog and make it do tricks like jump through a hula hoop- that would be torture for a dog but without actually harming it. That's all MacGyver would have the stomach to do.