Re: Dog talk
Pam Hartley
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command for "play dead" but I like your sister's better!
particular personality (and noise). I don't.
through, but other than that they wrote the obedience manual. They are
limited in their intelligence, but brilliant within those limits (no NASA
scientist knows more about trajectory than a Golden).
Basset Hounds are marvelous sweet dogs who drool like fountains (and then
shake their heads so that drippy foamy drool is glooping from everything in
your house -- there are dry mouthed Bassets but you can't always tell from
puppyhood which ones they are!) and the other thing to know about Bassets
(and any scenthound) is that once they put their nose to the ground and
catch a scent trail to follow, every brain cell they have is devoted to that
and they will not see the oncoming truck about to mow them down, nor hear
you calling "come back!" so don't rely on their obedience training to keep
them safe -- they're not so much disobedient as they are so totally focused
they just can perceive anything but The Trail.
Pam
>From: [email protected]Our Jack Russell does not want us out of bed, we warm it up nicely for her.
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 2520
>Date: Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 4:19 AM
>
> Showing my dog ignorance here.
> The only thing I really know about dogs is they steal your pillow and
> push you out of bed if they can.
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>Nope. Also not rude to say you like retrievers or terriers, etc.
> I have always liked Spaniels. Is it rude to just say Spaniels without
> saying Springer, Cocker, etc?
> I like that size range and personality. Although my sister had aLOL! We've always pointed our finger, gun-like, and said, "Bang!" as the
> Brittany Spaniel, he was a little bigger.
> His name was Rodney and if you said ---would you rather be neutered or a
> dead dog--- he would fall over with his tongue hanging out.
command for "play dead" but I like your sister's better!
>Only 45? <g> Basenjis are unique, that's for certain. You have to like that
> I have a Basenji. These dogs were not a good idea. I have a Shi tzu.
> Ditto.
> I end up with any dog or cat that other people, the people in their right
> minds, don't want. And they all live to be 45 and they all have some
> kind of mental problem.
particular personality (and noise). I don't.
>Goldens are practically perfect from birth -- some chewing stages to go
> My husband wants a Golden Retriever, he has the name picked out already.
> My son wants a Basset Hound, he writes poetry about them. My city says
> two dogs and that's it, so for now I don't have to worry about it.
through, but other than that they wrote the obedience manual. They are
limited in their intelligence, but brilliant within those limits (no NASA
scientist knows more about trajectory than a Golden).
Basset Hounds are marvelous sweet dogs who drool like fountains (and then
shake their heads so that drippy foamy drool is glooping from everything in
your house -- there are dry mouthed Bassets but you can't always tell from
puppyhood which ones they are!) and the other thing to know about Bassets
(and any scenthound) is that once they put their nose to the ground and
catch a scent trail to follow, every brain cell they have is devoted to that
and they will not see the oncoming truck about to mow them down, nor hear
you calling "come back!" so don't rely on their obedience training to keep
them safe -- they're not so much disobedient as they are so totally focused
they just can perceive anything but The Trail.
Pam