WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to JAMES BRADLEY, "Hello!?" on 06-19-05 10:46

 ->  -> When I have to tell my Seventy-YO father to slow down... (-;

 ->  WC> Can't keep up with my 109 Y.O. dog at 50.

 -> And you want him to drag me around the yard? Sheesh, to
 -> think I was starting to like you?

 WC> How's he going to drag me around?
 WC> He's been walked off lead of necessity these last 13 years.

 WC> I have to _walk_ around the block, half block really, with him
 WC> but he certainly doesn't drag me around.

 WC> I only lead him up when I see a potentially aggressive dog.

In that case... (You know I was just yuckin' it up with you?)

As we talked before, I think you have a gem in Spanky. My bias toward the
breed, is dismay at some of the idiots that don't know how to raise them, (Two
doors South of me.) or worse, the idiot that thinks they do! (Your gem's past
in consideration.)

Because he came from a questionable past, to a future beyond reproach, I have
no doubt you have a loyal, appreciative fella on your hands. Quite frankly, I
was always jealous when we conversed about him, because my deceased mixed breed
terrier sounds a lot like him. [(sic.) Which means, "Such is
life.")] I *know*
I don't have to worry about your appreciation of each other!

To what I've heard then, is the difference between my old guy and yours is, I
would never be able to walk him without a leash, because if he was interested
on an object, there was NO convincing him otherwise. I had worked the leash in
training in my yard for a 'lay-down and stay' with urgency, provided there was
no robin, or rubbish blow by, but his patience with a distraction was always
too much for his free-will. Short of negative physical reinforcement, I never
was able to break him of that. So I adapted to him, that if he was off leash,
we were either in a hurry, or did not have a thing on our agenda. I figured he
had a right to his personality, and short of a shock collar, this was one thing
he wasn't prepared to let go of.


... James
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