The question was, would MOST people wait 2 years for a dog. Pointing out that you yourself have, doesn't answer the question. A test sample of one never does. Breeders Club operations that breed from show quality dogs can often say they sell only t...
Yeah, I got her 11 years ago, and she was the 2nd lab I'd ever had. I knew puppy mills were bad news, and that pet stores got most of their puppies from them. I knew I wanted a house-raised Lab from someone who didn't breed a lot of different kinds...
The farmer who sold me my Lab, Camilla, probably had livestock and dogs a little closer to each other in his brain than you or I do. He didn't show his dogs, and he did repeat breedings from his own stock, and dogs were an important side income for...
I hear you, Shep. Pet boards can be real intimidating for newcomers, and it's easy to forget that some of these cliquish-sounding alliances are friendships that were years in the making. When we come new to the board, the established members are al...
Treat your sister as tenderly as if she'd just lost a full-term baby, because she might be taking this as hard as someone who had. We don't have dimmer switches on our emotions. The best thing for you to do now is to listen if she wants to talk, an...
I think people who could handle a Christmas puppy know who they are. Even if Christmas is a holiday you celebrate, not everyone has a tightly scheduled timetable that involves traveling, hosting, and dashing around. Low-key holidays can be lovely t...
Wow, again with the scat insults. Hey, were you that lady I cut off at the entrance to 495-S this morning? I'm really sorry, and I don't know how you figured me out from my user name.
Seriously, if I'm that far off-base I'll have the sen...
It would be late to pull this together for the holidays, but you could stage a craft show on the SPCA grounds, with most of the fundraiser money coming from the crafters who are renting table space. And of course SPCA itself could have table space ...
There are very few "new breeds" that can claim their original purpose. ...
There are very few "old breeds" that can claim their original purpose either. Look, I just heard an interview with that inventor Dean Kamen, who has come up...
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