On Oct 25, 8:25 am, Janet Boss
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Shelly wrote:
I just don't see any point in arguing with a cat who is
deaf and senile, yaknow? At some point, I think it's okay to let
them have whatever they want. She gets high octane canned food
morning and night, and her appetite for that is excellent. It gives
me a way to monitor her appetite, which is my main concern.

I agree with you - at some point - give them whatever they want! We
know that rotisserie chicken is our ace in the hole for Carey.

OTOH, Rose (baltimore black dog), the squirt bottle chimpanzee in the
car dog? When she was about 12, her owners started indulging her a bit
- "she doesn't have a lot of years left, so let's give her what she
wants", At 13, they started more, at 14, even more, up until she died
at 18.5! She milked old age but good!

Yep, that was Echo! I'd suddenly notice that I was cold, which
meant that Echo was hogging the in-floor heat vent for that room.
Whenever I'd bake something, she'd curl up in the middle of the stove.

I cringe when she's so close to the wood stove - dogs have singed their
tails just wagging close to it!

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Janet Bosswww.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

My sister was visiting my parents' last winter and brought her cat.
My parents' house is partially heated by a wood stove, so it runs all
winter long. My parents' cat was sitting on the mantle above the wood
stove, and my sister's cat decided to try and chase the other cat
using the top of the wood stove as the step up to the mantle. Ended
up with second degree burns on all four paws. She isn't a very bright
cat, as she is the only one I have seen that couldn't figure out how
to remove vet wrap from her paws so recovery was a little easier. Not
a fun experience.

Nick

"Shelly" wrote in message
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"tiny dancer" wrote in
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I already explained I was 'otherwise' involved at the moment.

Even more reason for you to be concerned about the behavior.

Weeeellll, I dunno about that. Some dogs that think independently might see
the lack of owner direction as carte blanch to make their own decision.

Most dogs IMO snap in fear - not aggression - which further bolsters my
opinion of what happened here. TD was not "there" in the sense of being in
charge for that moment, either to direct or to reassure her dog.

Then stop whinging whenever anyone disagrees with you.

She's commenting. You're misinterpreting that, because as proven in here in
the past, it gives you and Shore so much pleasure to think you've caused
discomfort or unhappiness in another poster.

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"Suja" wrote in message
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While it is not the ideal response, I think that it can be a startle
response, and not sure just how serious it actually is, especially if it
is
a one time thing. Bunch of stressed out people, hustling around, can in
fact cause the dog to react in a manner that it otherwise would not, and I
would chalk it up to extraordinary circumstances (I would also make sure
that enough stranger introductions happened that it wouldn't be repeated,
ever). It seems to me that her response to strangers now is
appropriate,
especially if she is a Rottie mix.

Well said, better than I did. Startle response, yes.

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"Janet Boss" wrote in message
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"tiny dancer" wrote:


Then the woman's 120-pound yellow Labrador retriever, Jack,

UGH. A smaller dog could have done the job!

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Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

That's 2 of Atty. Wow. Granted, she's a petite little yellow girl from
English lines, (21", 63 pounds last month), but I can't imagine 120 pounds
of lab.

Sue and Atty