> My Buddy is a lap dog.  Or wants to be, anyway.  He's a black lab mix and
 > standing on
 > his back legs (which he does very rarely due to hip dysplasia) Buddy can put
 > his head
 > above the top of a four foot chain link fence, and he weighs about 120 pound

Oh my!  Reminds me of Peggy (a lab mix we were not able to keep).  I have one
picture of her.  She's 6-7 months old, and standing with her paws on my
brothers shoulders, licking the top of his head.

My brother was 6'1" then.

 > isn't part of
 > the 'pack' yet and may never be because the others are all blood relatives
 > (father and
 > 7 litter mate pups, the smallest of which weighs about 60 pounds).

Awww.  Well, maybe in time .
            xxcarol

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