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Nah..in my minds eye picture of you, you'd be better suited to a handsome large parrot which would ride around on your shoulder, rearranging the fruit-and-flowers on your large hats, and shouting abuse at the public in a voice that sounds just like yours.
I hate to sound like a one-trick pony(?), but I have really become a great fan of Dr. McConnell. Often people ask "what is the best dog for...(children, house pet, guarding, kind disposition)?" and she replies that there are a few broadly generalized traits, but that each animal is his/her individual creature. My mention of a Cocker Spaniel was *not* meant to denigrate the breed. In fact, my anecdotal assessment was that my father was deficient in learning power, not the dog.
A neighbor has recently trained a couple of Labs to a fare-thee-well, apparently using a lot of shouting and restraint. I believe this can be successful, However, I'd much rather learn the tricks of training an animal with treats and kind words.
Your canine companion sounds lovely. McConnell claiims cats can be trained, too, but I'm not sure she means dragging in the Sunday paper. Which is about the only trick I'd like Marigold to learn. :-)
ROFLMAO.............strangly, I can picture it too now that you've colored in the lines for us Janet. THanks, I needed a smile and a chuckle. madgardener who has Rose and a vindictive Sugar and six assorted felines to flesh out her image
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