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Jangchub wrote:

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:03:35 -0500, Omelet
wrote:

I'm beginning to get that impression. G

Want to wipe out your bamboo?
Adopt a border collie from the animal shelter.
They destroy a lot of them every year because so many people get them as
cute puppies, then have no idea how to handle such a hyperactive dogs.

It's very sad.

http://i15.tinypic.com/2m4zy2r.jpg

:-)

NO NO, Border Collies are beautiful animals, but they need a job and
if they don't have one they make their own job. It's usually
destructive behavior and torture for the animal.

Jewely seems to do just fine (but I have a VERY large yard for her to
"patrol"). That is her job... Watch dog. She's also a great rat killer.

Better here than a pile of ashes in the critter crematorium. :-(
I got her when her "sentence" was ending. She'd been there 3 months and
was due to be put down at the end of that week.


We would love to get another dog or two, but we have the parrot now
and she really doesn't like anyone other than us. A dog could do some
real damage to her if she ever tried to dive bomb a dog.

Uh, BC's are NOT indoor dogs. Way too active. She gets plenty of
attention but spends the majority of her time outdoors. I have .22
acres, fully fenced.

I have a Goffin's cockatoo but she was WAY too destructive so now lives
in a 4' x 8' x 6' aviary in the sun room. She was also a rescue.


If we ever did get another dog it would be an adopted mutt, certainly
never buy a puppy from any breeder. There are enough shelters full to
the brim.

I think that was my point. :-) I've not had a puppy for a very long
time. I don't have the time or patience for one. Our last 5 dogs (4 of
which we still have) were adopted as adults. Jewels was 8 months old.

SO much easier to deal with and train, and they bond with their new
humans just fine.
--
Peace, Om

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