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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   "Sionnach"  wrote in message   
   news:34rf0qF4fcb1aU1@individual.net...   
   >   
   > "Michael A. Ball"  wrote:   
   >   
   > > So, you take an intelligent, hundred-pound dog, that's been   
   > > passed around like a joint.   
   >   
   >   Hmm. You seem to have read a different post than I did; one   
   that appears   
   > to exist primarily in your own mind.   
   >   First, nowhere did the OP say anything about the dog being   
   unusually large   
   > (it would be highly unusual for a Sibe to weigh a hundred   
   pounds, even an   
   > oversized show-line one). Second, there's nothing in the post to   
   suggest   
   > that the dog has been "passed around like a joint". All she said   
   was that   
   > she got the dog from a rescue group.   
   >   
   >   
   > > You disregard the fact that, as a pack   
   > > animal, he's used to  companionship and team-work.   
   >   
   >   All dogs are pack animals. That does not, however,   
   automatically mean that   
   > all dogs are "used to companionshp and team-work". There's   
   nothing in the   
   > original post which indicates, in any way, that this dog has had   
   > companionship before, nor that he's had any experience which   
   would make him   
   > "used to team-work". Given that he's a rescue, and only a year   
   old, the more   
   > likely reality is that he's untrained and has been neglected.   
   >   
   >   
   > >You further disregard   
   > > the fact that he is a double-coated breed--with far more   
   allergens that   
   > > an average breed.   
   >   
   >   You don't know much about allergies, do you? Thickness of   
   coat, and/or the   
   > existence of an undercoat, have little or nothing to do with   
   whether or not   
   > an individual human will be allergic to an individual dog or   
   breed of dog.   
   >   HAIR is not what triggers allergies.   
   >   Furthermore, double coats aren't anything unusual; many   
   "average breeds"   
   > are double-coated.   
   >   
      
      
   sinofabitch writes:   
   > >> What I have said- repeatedly - is that he took   
   > >> posts from two different people,   
   > >> took pieces of them out of context,   
   > >> cobbled them together,   
   > >> then added his own words:   
      
   "Neatly," and "Smartly."   
      
   > >>and a fake signature.   
      
   "sinofabitch" instead of sionnach.   
      
   > >> Which is exactly what he did.   
   > >> The actual quote is misleading   
   > >> when taken out of context, and Jerry's   
   > >> faked "quote" is downright meaningless.   
   >   
   > >Here's Jerry's version   
   >   
   > >   "I Dropped The Leash, Threw My   
   > >    Right Arm  Over The Lab's Shoulder,   
   > >    Grabbed Her Opposite  Foot With My   
   > >    Left Hand, Rolled Her On Her Side,   
   > >    Leaned On Her, Smartly Growled Into   
   > >    Her Throat  And Said "GRRRR!" And   
   > >    Neatly Nipped Her Ear," sinofabitch.   
   >   
   > >Here's yours;   
   >   
   > >   "I dropped the leash, threw my   
   > >   right arm over the Lab's shoulder,   
   > >   grabbed her opposite foot with my   
   > >   left hand, rolled her on her side,   
   > >   leaned on her, said "GRRRR!" and   
   > >   nipped her ear.   
   >   
   > >   --Sara Sionnach   
      
   BWAHAHAHHAHAAAA!!!!!   
      
   That's INSANE. Ain't it.   
      
   "When you get bagged for lying you're MARKED   
   FOR LIFE," The Puppy Wizard's DADDY.   
      
   BWEEEEEEAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA!!!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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