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Skriven 2010-06-30 17:48:04 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: Dogs,again
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-> > -> years ago, but not up here.. over $1000.00 for a full breed.
-> > ->
-> > Part of it depends on where you are.
-> 
-> Yep, I almost contacted a friend of mine in Louisville to ask him if
he'd find
-> me a lab and ship it to me.  But after having one dog have to use an
airplane,
-> and reading what it must be like, I couldn't do it.
-> 
I wouldn't either, if I didn't have to.

-> You get what you pay for all in all...I think these pups will be fine,
as will
-> be the kitties once they realize we're here to stay :)  Little slower
maybe
-> coming to the conclusion but of course there are exceptions :)

My kitties figured it out pretty quickly.  
 
-> > Max was a runt - he topped out at about ten pounds.
-> 
-> Pete looked so skinny, you'd have though he was either diabetic or
dead.. but
-> he was at least 20 lbs, probably more. I gave up weighing him when he
topped
-> 25lbs, because I'd read that they can get up to 35lb..SMALL DOG Lol...
lanky
-> long packed kitty.

BIG kitty.  He probably ate like a dog too.  Some people here have those
little miniature or teacup dogs.  Pete would make three of any one of them.
 
-> > He had the tufted
-> > feet, but they weren't any bigger than an average cat's.
-> 
-> Wow... Pete's were "giganticus".. real snowshoes :) These other kitties
almost
-> remind me of how in china they used to strap feet, in comparison :)  Or
maybe
-> like racehorses ... delicate (mostly) ankles and toes.

Sounds like a proper monster kitty.  He did pretty well at running in the
snow though.  
 
-> > sometimes
-> > -> acting brave and like "take that" when the dog was sacked out  :)
:)
-> 
-> > Passive aggressive behavior in a cat?  To quote Burt, now that's
funny!
-> 
-> Tell me about it :) :) He concentrated on Indy, though Sophie, the
little dog,
-> was right nearby.  He picked his up Indy's tail with his paws. took a
chomp,
-> then batted it a little (still no reaction).  Indy didn't notice until I
told
-> Leo, Cool it :) Lol
-> 
Or else he just didn't care.  He knows the cat won't do any damage.

-> > Maybe it's a shepherd thing?  Or it could be a big outdoor working dog
-> > thing.  Huskies would probably love it when they "blow coat".
-> 
-> I dunno.. shepherds are one tough and really smart animal.  Before I
married
-> Ron, I had a huskie that someone had abandoned.. talk about chicken -
and
-> stupid (g). He never learned to go outside.. grrrr.. Ate all my rugs..
that or
-> peed on them <g>

You got a real dim bulb, from the sound of it.  Brain damage, or just male?
 
-> > -> couldn't STAND the vaccuum .. she'd run even when I was cleaning
the
-> > house (g).
-> 
-> > Her and me both!
-> 
-> hahaha.. I had help the last two days.. My grandson has been here, he's
14.
-> He'll be 15 in September.  All of the "oh man " jobs he'd say, hey let
me do
-> that. <grin>  Must be nice to be young and healthy (lol)

Useful thing, that.  Get them trained to use all the man tools young and
you'll never have to use them again.  I'd train one to use a sewing machine
while I was at it.  It's a useful skill.  Then again so is cooking.
 
-> Yeah or not... just accept his feet are not according to the book (g). I
have
-> only seen/owned ONE Maine Coon in my life and he had all the classic
-> characteristics, including the Holloween Scarey Cat stance you see on
Halloween
-> cards with the Arched Back and teeth glowing :)

That's actually a scared cat pose, but it makes for good Halloween
decorations.  

-> > -> the fact that they were feral.  Surviving on their own at only 3-4
mos.
-> > before
-> > -> we got them from the shelter.
-> 
-> > Definitely barn cat then.
-> 
-> Yeah, that's what I think.  I think about how many critters these
kitties have
-> taken down since we got them <grin>  Before it was survival.... now it's
"I
-> don't want dry food" Lol

Yep!  They learn quickly.  My killer (hah) kitties won't touch fresh mouse,
but we did have a rescued stray who did.  Hoover, named for his eating
style, caught a mouse in the living room once.  He chomped on the neck and
pretty much swallowed it whole. 
 
-> > They're talkative.
-> 
-> Yeah, they are that though. Lizzy and Lola are talkative.. Leo and LuLu
are
-> not... unless you touch them or antagonize them... errrrr play with them
(not
-> like I do that (haha) ). Leo does a kind of chirp <g>

Coon cat ancestry rides again.
 
-> > It's hysterical watching Thelma the Fat Cat rolling around in it.
-> 
-> Yeah I do that on their scratching post too... but the best results over
here
-> are with a pile (big) on the rug :)  Shocking.. the dogs don't care
until they
-> see the cats eating it Lol

The dogs don't have the receptors for it.  I've never heard of a dog
version of it. Unless you count bacon.
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