Replying to a message of Mike Roberts to Bob Ackley:

 MR> It must be nice for Your little guy to have backup in that 110 pound
 MR> lab ;-)

That 'little guy' weighs about 35 pounds - and she can d*mn near catch a fleeing
rabbit, that dog is quick.  Understand that I live on a rural acreage and have *ten*
dogs (all neutered).  Buddy is biggest at about 110 pounds, but Sam and Brownie
are both very nearly that big and the rest of them all weigh between 50 and 65
pounds.

 MR> I have two pugs, and somebody forgot to tell them they are little
 MR> dogs. It's  funny to watch them go around the yard. Kind of stride
 MR> for stride, We call it  "Pug Patrol" as we watch them circle the
 MR> whole back Yard in search of intruders.

 MR> You also remind me, I may have told it here before, but it was a long
 MR> time if  so. I had a black lab. It was an early winter morning still
 MR> dark and I let her out the back door.  I watched her.  she lazily
 MR> walked out, looking at me she turned around and there was a little
 MR> cotton tail.  The dog jumped a foot in  the air and ran so fast
 MR> across the yard.  It was hilarious to see a little bunny scare the
 MR> heck out of an unsuspecting lab.  Guess she would not have made a
 MR> good hunting dog huh?

Reminds me that yesterday morning the 3 dogs I keep separate from the
others (they're not 'family') found a good sized snake on the front lawn.
About 4 feet long and 1.5 inches in diameter, weighed about 5 pounds.
Not sure what kind but definitely not a garter snake.  Got the dogs inside
and then picked the snake up and moved it to my 'wilderness' area.

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