Hi Roy,

>> That's neat - our fence is the chain-link type - they can see
>> everything, race to the dog door and meet us inside.

> Missy can see through the gaps between the cedar fencing, but prefers the
> birds eye view for some reason. She often jumps on the fence and gains a
> quick view while bouncing backwards.

Sounds like a very happy pooch :)

>>>> She of course then slobbered me with dog kisses :)

>>> Mine has been taught "No kisses"...

>> Mine may be a bit spoiled... :)

> Could be. Missy is too, and doesn't allow her masters to order her around
> much. She sometimes forgets or is too excited to remember no kisses. When

hahaha... very happy pooch then   Years ago we had Chow Chow (chinese 'war'
dog) and she was so stubborn and serious, you couldn't really order her around
much. She would never have slobbered one's face with kisses. It was just not in
her nature.. she was incredibly good natured and cuddly though for the breed.
I'd read that breeders had begun breeding different, better traits into the
breed when judges were bitten at some of the big dog shows.  Luckily we got one
that was from a good breeder that considered that kind of thing.  By the time
she died though, we had a few grandboys and decided to get Labrador Retrievers
since we didn't feel comfortable getting another Chow that might not be as nice
as the first one we had, since we'd moved to another state.

> our friend Andru brings his three 'ankle biters' over for a romp on the
> playground, she gets too far out of hand and forgets that 'walking' in the
> house is the norm, while jumping up and down with excitement over seeing
> her 'pals' is for outside...

Our three (we have two yellow lab-mix youngters who are about 3 1/2 now) and 1
older black lab (about 13 now) are funny to watch when they get into the
challenge and play mode... especially the younger two.  Toby, the old guy just
watches them sometimes with an expression of "I knew it would be a silly idea
to adopt these two fools"... then he grabs the toy(s) they are playing with and
runs upstairs, settling the issue. :)

Take care,
Janis

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