Replying to a message of Richard Webb to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:

 RW> Schotze will sort of grab at my arm, and tell me she wants
 RW> to play and roughhouse a bit.

Stormy, a black lab mix and mother of most of the dogs still here, used
to grab my hand and pull me over to the driver's side door of the car.
The first time she did it I had no idea what the heck she was doing.
Of course, she wanted to go for a ride - she LOVED to ride in cars
and pickup trucks.

Had her neutered after the pups were weaned (one litter is enough).
The night after the surgery she chewed out the stitches and gave herself
a massive infection we couldn't control.  2 weeks (and nearly $700) later
she died.

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