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 | | From: | The Puppy Wizard | | Subject: | Re: A Useful Dog | | Date: | Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:04:01 GMT |
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 | BWEEEEEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!
Your dogs are NOT "REACTIVE" they're
AFRAID on accHOWENT of YOU ABUSE THEM.
"Melanie L Chang" wrote in message
news:cq9ms4$5q4c$3@netnews.upenn.edu...
> Robin Nuttall (robinjn@mchsi.com) wrote:
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> : Cala would not.not.not like Shammie. Cala thinks that Goldens
are
> : incredibly rude and boorish, and she doesn't care if they
think they're
> : cute, she doesn't.
>
> Solo would probably eat Shammie. Well, not really, but he'd do
a good
> imitation of it. And I know, because Shammie's spiritual twin
lives
> around the corner from us. Sweet, harmless Golden bitch. Solo
thinks
> Daisy is the devil. "She's yellow and floppy and if she flops
anywhere
> near me, she's gonna get it."
>
> : She's not truly dog aggressive, and if the new dog will just
leave her
> : alone for about 5 minutes, she's happy to play. She also won't
actually
> : bite a dog who is rude, but she *will* make much noise with
many teeth
> : and lots of spit. Being a doberman, she then gets labeled as
aggressive.
> : She's not. She's reactive to strange dogs.
>
> I don't know what I'd call Solo. I mean, we already know he's
weird, and
> that he has a hard time communicating with other dogs. The best
> description I can come up with is that he prefers to be left
alone. He is
> (usually, not always) fine even in a crowd of dogs as long as
none of them
> get in his face. If one does, then he looks very scary but has
never
> done more than nick an ear -- and that was on a Bassett, so I
think it
> was more a matter of misjudging the size of the ear than intent
to damage.
>
> Solo doesn't push the issue -- once the dog has backed off he
goes back
> to his own business. But, I worry about dogs that won't back
off so I
> just keep other dogs away from him.
>
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> Melanie Lee Chang | Form ever follows
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> Departments of Anthropology and Biology |
> University of Pennsylvania | -- Louis Sullivan
> mlchang@sas.upenn.edu |
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