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   From: seadancer1934@yahoo.com   
      
    wrote   
   HOWEDY ~~seadancer~~,   
   ~~seadancer~~ wrote:   
   > Hello - I have a question.   
   [...]   
   > We had a sweet male Maltese who didn't like to be held on our laps.   
      
   That's HUGELY unlikely. "Familiarity breeds contempt".   
      
   > He was definitely not a lap dog.   
      
   The pup was probably uncomfortable with being restrained.   
      
   > Are all Maltese like this or does it depend on the individual dog?   
      
   The Simply Amazing Puppy Wizard has trained several Maltese   
   and many toy "lap dogs" and has never known WON who didn't   
   LIKE to be held or even carried in a pocket if they was small enough.   
      
   > If we bought a female Maltese would she be more   
   > apt to enjoy being held on our laps?   
      
   Sex got nuthin to do with this. A dog is a dog.   
   Your dog was afraid or mishandled in some way.   
   [...]   
      
   We had our Maltese from when he was a small puppy   
   and we never mishandled him or saw him mishandled.   
   I certainly hope he was never mishandled when he wasn't   
   with us.   
   ---Sea   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)