I ran into my across-the-hall neighbor this morning, on my way back
from walking Miss Brown. Neighbor informed me that Miss Brown is
*very* well behaved, and that she doesn't ever make so much as a
peep when I'm gone.

I'm not completely surprised by that. Harriet *is* a quiet dog.
But you never know for sure, when you aren't there, what sort of
mischief your dogs get up to. It's nice to know that she's
behaving herself. And it's even nicer to know that her quietness
has been noted by others, and that she's not apt to be taken for
one of the local noise makers.

Oh, and you have appreciate a crazy cat lady who is dressed head-
to-toe in business black, but still kneels down and loves on your
*not black* *dog*.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but
when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

diddy wrote in
:

Now this is a wonderful post. YAY Harriet!

Thanks! It made my day, for sure.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

If I think, I am lost.
-- Paul Cezanne

In article 2007022608582384492-montana@wildhackcominvalid,
montana wildhack wrote:


We find discussing pet hair to be a great ice breaker in business
situations. Well, to be honest, DH wasn't too sure about it, but he's
seen how it works and now he's on board, too.

A very common ground! My MIL asked for a sticky roller one day. Hmmm -
I know I have one here somewhere. She asks "what do you use?" My
answer was "why bother?" I mean, I live with 5 pets, interact with any
number of other dogs on a daily basis, and I'm supposed to worry about
pet hair on my clothing? When a task is futile, I yell uncle!

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

In article 2007022608582384492-montana@wildhackcominvalid,
montana wildhack wrote:
We find discussing pet hair to be a great ice breaker in business
situations.

In all situations! At the gym, the grocery store, various
meetings, ...

Cinder has been going through a particularly horrible coat
blow (although she's now sporting a really great butt
Mohawk, which makes it almost worth it). I took her out for
a run the other day and someone up the road was out getting
her mail, saw us coming, said "Oh, what a pretty dog," and
made a beeline for us. She was wearing a black wool coat.
So I put on the brakes and warned her about The Hair, and we
had a very nice conversation from opposite sides of the
road.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

If you can't say it clearly, you don't understand it yourself -- John Searle

In article ,
Janet Boss wrote:
I mean, I live with 5 pets, interact with any
number of other dogs on a daily basis, and I'm supposed to worry about
pet hair on my clothing? When a task is futile, I yell uncle!

It can get so bad that you've really got no choice - trust
me on this.

I once caught my vet going over herself with a sticky roller
after seeing one of my dogs.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

If you can't say it clearly, you don't understand it yourself -- John Searle

In article ,
(Melinda Shore) wrote:


It can get so bad that you've really got no choice - trust
me on this.

I think I'd bring out the vacuum cleaner!

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

In article ,
Janet Boss wrote:
I think I'd bring out the vacuum cleaner!

I do. In fact, I filled two vacuum cleaner bags this week
(Saber and Crow are blowing coat, too, and Image is
[finally!] just finishing up). It is unbelievable. I
should have taken a picture of my legs after going over
Cinder with an undercoat rake, but I'll have other
opportunities.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

If you can't say it clearly, you don't understand it yourself -- John Searle

"Janet Boss" wrote in message
...
A very common ground! My MIL asked for a sticky roller one day. Hmmm -
I know I have one here somewhere. She asks "what do you use?" My
answer was "why bother?" I mean, I live with 5 pets, interact with any
number of other dogs on a daily basis, and I'm supposed to worry about
pet hair on my clothing? When a task is futile, I yell uncle!

There is a similar common ground at outdoor agility trials. With just a
little rain - or even a heavy dew - most people have muddy dog prints on
them somewhere. And it doesn't take a lot of mud to gives everyone the same
design on their clothing and gear. You just can't worry about it. After
last year's Wine Country trials - where it was muddy and cold for days - I
had to wash my running pants several times in warm water just to get all the
muddy prints out!

A couple of years ago I was driving down a highway with a friend who pointed
at a van that passed us and said "They must have dogs!". The windows of
their vans were coated with dog nose prints. She doesn't have dogs - wonder
how she recognized it?

I do keep a reasonably clean house. Really I do. Because, unlike Melinda,
my dogs don't ever blow coat. And they're trained to stop just inside the
door (RUG!") and get their feet wiped off. And sometimes their beards. And
their backs. But the couch is backed up to the front window and I don't
spend a whole lot of time with the Windex. We are having a dinner party
this weekend and probably *just* before they get here, one of us will hit
the window with a heavy spray of cleaner and some elbow grease. But
otherwise, I really don't notice.

And about that doorway wipe-down. This morning the snow is sticking to
leggings and forming snow balls. It's almost impossible to get off. When
it gets bad enough, the dogs get carried to the kitchen sink and hosed off
with warm water.

Sassy will race through snow drifts and end up with snow all over her back.
Spenser spent his outside time this morning sticking his head WAY down in
the snow and then tossing it as high as he could. But after that, the
corners of the couch looked pretty good to them.

Judy

"Shelly" wrote in message
.102...
I ran into my across-the-hall neighbor this morning, on my way back
from walking Miss Brown. Neighbor informed me that Miss Brown is
*very* well behaved, and that she doesn't ever make so much as a
peep when I'm gone.

It's always so great when other people notice how good your dogs are!

And it's a good reminder for us too. We get used to them being good (which
for some of them didn't come easily to them or to us!) and forget to notice
until someone else does!

Yay for Harriet!

Judy

In article ,
"Judy" wrote:


I do keep a reasonably clean house. Really I do. Because, unlike Melinda,
my dogs don't ever blow coat. And they're trained to stop just inside the
door (RUG!") and get their feet wiped off. And sometimes their beards. And
their backs. But the couch is backed up to the front window and I don't
spend a whole lot of time with the Windex. We are having a dinner party
this weekend and probably *just* before they get here, one of us will hit
the window with a heavy spray of cleaner and some elbow grease. But
otherwise, I really don't notice..

All of our doors to outside are all-glass. The front door (dog tv!)
gets the worst of it. There's a stripe about 6" high, at retriever nose
height, the whole width of the door. We do the scrub before company,
but otherwise don't tend to notice.

And about that doorway wipe-down. This morning the snow is sticking to
leggings and forming snow balls. It's almost impossible to get off. When
it gets bad enough, the dogs get carried to the kitchen sink and hosed off
with warm water.

That doesn't work for my size dogs, but we keep a large, low pile rug
inside the back door (an 8' wide 3 door set, middle one opens). The get
most stuff off their feet there. The floor on that level is Pergo and
takes a beating.

We got 4+" of "rain" yesterday, which is now melting and it IS raining
to boot. The pine trees, heavily weighed down with snow, have their
branches suddenly spring up, sending a big snow shower everywhere. Rudy
thinks it is great fun to assist this process. It's very sloppy out
right now, but scooping was a bit easier today - no chipping. Of
course, anything that was left out there yesterday got buried, so I have
to wait a bit longer to find that - my least favorite poop to scoop.

Sassy will race through snow drifts and end up with snow all over her back.
Spenser spent his outside time this morning sticking his head WAY down in
the snow and then tossing it as high as he could. But after that, the
corners of the couch looked pretty good to them.

Lucy rubs her back along the entire length of sofas and walls. Thank
goodness for washable paint, washable sofa surfaces, and low maintenance
household surfaces in general.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com