"Paul E. Schoen" wrote in message:

Muttley was a "projects" dog,

Oh, and I think you misunderstood what I meant by a 'project dog'. It's not
a dog that one finds in the projects, but one that turns out to be a
project. IOW, the option of sitting on your hands and letting things work
out doesn't exist; you actually have to put effort (usually, a considerable
amount of it) into rehabilitating the dog.

Suja