OT Banning (dog) breeds (was feeding nags)

"TBTrlRider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

| Claudia wrote, re: JRT pup:
| >At least this lady did some research before buying. I
wish more people
| >would.

| Yeah.....sometimes it can get rather frustrating.   I've
been asked what the
| "best" breed of dog is.   That's when I know I'm in for a
lo-o-o-ng
| conversation.

Huh.  Just received a monthly publication from the town
Animal Shelter that had a story about a puppy that had been
purchased from a mall pet store and turned over to them
shortly thereafter as the family had no idea what they were
buying.  Said canine is an Australian Sheepdog, which is a
herd dog that needs a job and exercise.  Everyone is the
purchasing family works or is at school, no yard to speak
of, and was not of the evening constitutional or hiking ilk,
and knew nothing of dawgs in general and certainly not this
dawg specifically.  Thusly, said pup was getting zero
exercise, and was becoming aggressive in it's play, scaring
the offspring and earning it a trip to the Pound.  Bloody
fools...........

Well, at least the story has a nice ending.  A local woman
who volunteers at the shelter took an interest in the pup,
spent some time working with it and brought it through a
puppy training course.  It now lives on a farm in Maine with
a few other working dogs and is enjoying a idyllic
existence.

At least that is what the newsletter said.  They *were*
looking for money........

Hmmm..........
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