Hi Mike,

> Actually it is terrible... 8) You would not believe how some of those big
> dogs with the loose jowels can slobber.

Ron had to take a huge St. Bernard to Upstate NY from Baltimore one year, and
boy, to hear him tell it, it was more than a wet exterience Lol.. so I can
just imagine how your dog was :)

>Vader, Yeah a big black heavy
> breathing product of the 80's, hence the name. Was so funny. I hated the
> drooling, but could not help but love the dog. If You really wanted to get a
> laugh, he'd go over to his big stainless steel bowl on a hot summer day Stick
> his whole face in it and guzzle. Well this presents a problem, Now you have a
> furry faced dog with a head bigger than Yours with a wet muzzle.

hahahahahaha

> If You
> weren't paying attention that he had gotten a cold drink. He'd like walk up
> and stick his face right in your lap as you sat there. Soaker!!

Lol.. too much.. over here, toby and indy both love to gulp a mouthfull of
water and drizzle it all over you.. it drives me nuts!  they carry it with
them, and I'm SURE they do it on purpose :) :)


>8-) He'd be
> just standing there with his face there, big brown eyes looking at you like
> "boy do I love You" In reality he was using your lap as a Napkin. Heheheh.

hahahahaha that is too funny :)

> black bear, I would warn them, but that did not matter, then they would walk
> away mumbling #$%^&*()_ as they go to find something to wipe the slime from
> their clothes  They met him alright! and he was just being friendly ;-)

See, you should do like I do.. I tell people "wear your play clothes" haha

> Sad.. I dunno, I don't want him to loose his job either, but He just had to
> know! But if I recall, it was like 45 minutes after he picked them up or
> maybe a bit longer.

Yes, I'd think that's enough time to do a dog in.. probably less than that. :(
I know what you mean about the guy losing his losing his job.  It seems like
there are just about none around, period. :(

> I don't think he was in Mickey D's too long, but he knew
> the AC was not working in the van, He should have taken the dogs straight to
> the pound, not ride around and stop for a drink. It was just too hot. If You
> remember that one spell where it was about as hot and humid as it got this
> summer?

How horrible.  Yep, how can we forget how hot it got this summer.. boy.

> It is sad to see, On the news You see her holding her last baby ( she had 3 )
> and she is older and she is very distraught, and claims the last pug is too.

Oh I believe the dog was upset.  When Midnight (Pricilla's sister) was hit by
a truck or whatever in front of Priscilla, that poor girl almost had a nervous
breakdown and couldn't stop shaking when she got home.  Finally after watching
her go through that for another day, I called the vet and got some
tranquilizers for her.  He said it wasn't that uncommon that a dog would be so
upset when one of the family dogs died.  It was the first time I'd heard that,
but he was absolutely right and in thinking about it, it makes just too much
sense... one week on that medication, and thankfully she was fine after that.
I guess she just needed some help dealing with it all. Granted an extreme
case, but still..

> In a way I believe that, being pack animals. They miss those that are gone. I

Yes, in a way it was really the best thing for Toby when we had to have
Priscilla put to sleep.. The vet called Toby over so he could see that she was
at rest.  He didn't go through all the angst that Priscilla did when Midnight,
her sister, died.

> once was going to adopt a pug who lived with an old man and it's Father. The
> Father died and the woman who owned the dog, says that after the Father died,
>the Dog was acting depressed. He was a sweet smart little thing, but You could
> see it was kind of acting in a disconected manner. I told the woman, the
> worse thing she could do was to adopt out this dog now, as the dog did take a
> shine to this womans' little 6 yr old daughter. If the dog lost the little
> now too, who knows how it would react?

Yeah, that would be rough for sure.  Great that you mentioned this to her.

> The dog was a bit depressed from
> losing it's only family it knew for 5 years, and to loose another person who
> he just got to know would probably not do to well for him. They do seem to
> know.

Oh yeah.. when my son just moved to Baltimore it was horrible for Toby too..
he moped around for quite a while.  Eventually he came back to his playful
self, but everytime we'd return from the store or whatever, he'd have to check
to see if my son had also returned.. you could see it in his eyes, poor guy.
Well, eventually after a year when my son moved back home again, and we pulled
up with my son in the car, well you can imagine the look on Toby's face :) :)
Wish I had a picture hahha

>> you see your pal have to go to sleep the peaceful way.. nevermind
>> suffering terribly. damn, can't stand it.

> Amen.. Stupidity in it's purest form. I may be sensitive to dogs in heat
> though. I never have, but so many times I see these dogs locked up in these
> heated cars in the middle of the summer. I hear em barking and crying, I get
> so dang mad. I  have never called, but have come close, I usually will stay
> for a bit and see if the owner comes out in a reasonable time. They usually
> do, but it is still damn hot in that car.

Yeah, I'm the same way.  I'm always tempted to leave a note on the owner's
windshield, "YOU CREEP!" etc. etc.. but I figure the dog might just get more
upset if someone approached the car.. :(

Take care,
Janis

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