At 02:14 PM 2/26/03 -0700, Kestrel wrote:

>>course, it's also hard to tell what the puppy is when he is all curled up
>and wiggly in the arms of a vet tech) to see that he was a Daschhund!
>
>no such thing as an ugly puppy, even if I don't think the breed is nice as
>an adult :)

True.  Even English bulldog puppies are  cute; but I wouldn't want to be
near an adult one!  (They're smelly.)

>>Weimaraner, I think, though I'm not 100% sure.  From Weimar in Germany.
>
>yup, that's the one :)
>
>I've heard they can be a handful, but I suspect that's due to improper
>handling more than anything else.

Could be.  The one back in them days at FSU was just a sweetie.  And one
lives across the street from my father-in-law and his (second) wife, and
that dog seems to be quite well-behaved.

>>I'd like either a daschhund (I'm not even sure I'm spelling that right,
>either!) or a Weimaraner.  Love them short-haired German dogs.
>
>I got a thorough education in the dynamics of the pointer's gait when I was
>at the show... Came away with an improved appreciation for the pointer. Nice
>looking dogs :) Short-hairs too 

Pointers are nice.  The father of a childhood friend of mine had two.  They
were good dogs.  They were hunting dogs, but they were friendly to all us
kids, too.

>>One's bonnet bees do tend to pop out at regular intervals.  Just can't keep
>'em all under the bonnet all the time!  
>
>it's a regular hive in there 

My head is a regular Borg cube of bonnet bees!

>>Yeah.  My friend Barbaba 

Oy!  My typing is going to hell in a handbasket -- I meant Barbara.  
 I'm losing it.

>yeah, both of them seem to get around just fine -- but they look horrible,
>and one of them is only *barely* clearing the ground. If that thing grows
>any more he'll be hauling his stomach along on the ground which will NOT be
>good. It just gives me heebie jeebies to look at either of those dogs... I
>can't imagine why he hasn't had them operated on.


Barbara didn't have Bubba's tumor removed, either.  Bubba was a very old --
but still quite spry -- dog.  I don't know whether it was because of age or
something else.

>>Yup.  Tiger's a kitten -- only 14.
>
>my word, you have some really ancient critters...
>no more telling *you* how to take care of an animal, you obviously have it
>down! :)

Heeheehee.  Cats can be very long-lived.  Ours are spayed/neutered and are
indoor cats, so they're not exposed to vermin, incurable diseases, or
woodland critters.  And, of course, they get regular vet visits, get their
shots, don't get table scraps or any other odd food.  Kitty treats and, in
McGarrett's case, milk, but not any people food (besides the milk, of
course; lactose-free no less).  I don't expect the neighbors' cats -- which
roam around all the time and I think are never taken either indoors or to
the vet -- to last anywhere near as long as ours.

>WOW... sounds huge! Sure it was a sammy and not maybe a Pyrenese (sp!)
>Still, there are individuals in any breed which are completely outside the
>breed's general stats :)

No, Mischa was a Samoyed.  She was just BIG.  A big cream puff.  She wanted
to be all over you, and of course, could easily knock a grown man down.

>>> Veloci--only if I can keep my kings of England straight!--raptor
>>
>>if that a pre-requisite to a long life? :)
>> With the Phoenix phluttering about, it may well be!  
>> Veloci--would like to keep my aloha-shirt hide intact--raptor
>
><- sending over an asbestos fire-protection suit
>
>don't want that fancy skin ruined :)

Thanks!

Veloci--I like my hide the way it is--raptor
 

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