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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   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:   
   >   
   > : 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   
   function.   
   >   Departments of Anthropology and Biology  |   
   >   University of Pennsylvania               |  -- Louis Sullivan   
   >   mlchang@sas.upenn.edu                    |   
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