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   From: bogmyrtle@hotmail.com   
      
   "Robin Nuttall"  wrote in message   
   news:RByjh.281415$FQ1.3714@attbi_s71...   
   > mojomcl wrote:   
   >> Just a wee note to say that I am British. Scottish in fact.  I run a   
   >> pet shop (we do not sell livestock)  and I have been advocating crate   
   >> training since the 80s.  There are many, many people who do not   
   >> understand dog behaviour and training, all over the world, and not just   
   >> in Britain.  I just wanted to point that out, and wish you all a Happy   
   >> Christmas!!!!!!!!   
   >>   
   >   
   > One of my best friends has a sister to lives in London. They never had a   
   > crate until they got a new dog from Scotland, and since their other dog   
   > was 15, they somewhat reluctantly followed my friend's advice. They are so   
   > very glad they did, they love the crate, the dog loves the crate, and it   
   > just makes for a much happier and easier life for dog and humans.   
   >   
   > See over here, we are pretty darn horrified at the common practice of   
   > shutting dogs into the boot to travel as is done in the U.K. So different   
   > strokes for different folks and all, but we would never close a dog in   
   > what we call the car trunk.   
   >   
      
   I have never ever seen anyone anywhere put their dog in the boot of the car   
   in the Uk .... Where did you hear that for goodness sake ? People here are   
   generally  totally mad about their dogs ..Stupid talk if ever I heard it   
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