-=> RICHARD WEBB wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 RW> HI Wayne,

 RW> On Sat 2038-Apr-03 09:00, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140) wrote to RICHARD
 RW> WEBB:

 RW> HOwever, if we don't switch then we should go to an every
 RW> twenty days cycle for the heart guard.

 RW> Anybody else hearing this?

 RN> Not me and we have three different veterinary doctors from three
 RN> different hospitals taking care of our dogs at one time or another.
 RW>   INteresting, to say the least.  I"m going to ask
 RW> some more pointed questions when I show up over there MOnday to get her
 RW> drugs for this mont, i.e. heart guard and
 RW> frontline.

 WC> FWIW, I found the first dose of Frontline administered on the back
 WC> of the head and neck area lasted the claimed month however from the
 WC> second dose forward Spanky easily had no flea problems for two
 WC> months after that second and subsequent
 WC> doses.

 RW> I've found this to be true with the frontline as well.  She
 RW> sleeps with us too, so it's important to keep her free of
 RW> such critters.


 RW> 

 WC> Not so much the one that attacked him one day and loosing Spanky
 WC> from that 90 LB Amstaff Pit lost me the use of my left hand for 6
 WC> months.

 RW> I've never had to deal with that with SChotze, thankfully.
 RW> There's one pit/rottie cross around here that comes around
 RW> whenever she's in heat.  WE're trying to get her to do the
 RW> mommy thing once, then we'll have her fixed.  I"m not
 RW> worried about good akc registerd rottie pups going to people who will
 RW> mistreat or mishandle them, because any that I
 RW> don't find good homes for can go to pilot guide dogs in
 RW> their puppy program.

 WC> Skinhead owner goes a long way toward explaining that animals
 WC> behavior.

 RW> YEp, our first ROtt, Roxy which we adopted off the streets
 RW> of NEw oRleans belonged to a crack dealer, she saw him
 RW> gunned down.  Crack dealer's cousin who fought pit bulls
 RW> took her in, but she wouldn't fight, so he turned her out on the
 RW> street.  I"ve told the story in this echo before though, it's a long
 RW> sad tale. WE gave her the best years of her life, and even with the
 RW> heartworm she lived to a ripe old age before hte strokes
 RW> robbed her of enjoyable and useful life.

Well I fibbed just a little on the Pit Bull I owned.
He actually growled twice in his life.

Once at the woman who struck her kid
and me when I FIRST went to give him a bath.


Bared his teeth and snarled the former owner being a Marine MP
and my girlfriend training him to be a guard dog.

Knowing he was afraid of heights I snatched him up and dumped him in the tub
for a bath.
Snarled at me and bared his teeth.

I tossed a cup of could clear water in his face.

He snarled again and bared his teeth.

Then we had a staring match that must have lasted two to two and a half
minutes.

I thought my eyeballs were going to shatter from dryness due to not blinking.

The Pit Bull blinked FIRST and looked away, finally and from that point forward
he would
never act unless I gave him instruction nor growl and bare teeth
to anyone but the child abuser.

Kinda a dramatic deal with a dog that could rip your face off 18 inches from
your face but after that I was alpha male and pack leaded and why he looked to
me 
to free him from that monster Amstaff Pit.  


Oh yeah, BTW, I too am rather fond of Rotties.
Generally rather sweet tempered and rather intelligent.


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