I own nine dogs and four cats. I am from Alabama and I am one of many
people in this state that take care and love their pets as well as
other animals! Not everyone here is A CRUEL, UNEDUCATED, BACKWOODS,
HUNTING, HILLBILLY, TOOTHLESS REDNECK THAT LIVES FOR NASCAR. Can't
cruel, uneducated (and even toothless!) people be found everywhere?
Yes, many have given us ALABAMIANS a bad wrap, but we are a modern
functioning society just like every other state in our beautiful
United Sates. Some of us do have "southern charm" and know how to
provide "good southern hospitality". I won't even get started on our
southern cookin'! (yes, I said cookin'...what about it?) Don't knock
it 'til you've tried it, y'all. Now, back to my purpose; I love my
pets and other animals and am passionate about their welfare. More
people need to speak and do for the ones that can't speak and do for
themselves. All of us have our passions. Some are advocates for
children, the elderly....More people need to be advocates for ALL the
helpless. My passion is Animal Welfare.

Shih Tzu Mom spoke these words of wisdom in
:

I am from Alabama and I am one of many
people in this state that take care and love their pets as well as
other animals! Not everyone here is A CRUEL, UNEDUCATED, BACKWOODS,
HUNTING, HILLBILLY, TOOTHLESS REDNECK THAT LIVES FOR NASCAR.

Tilt at windmills much?

Shih Tzu Mom wrote:
I own nine dogs and four cats. I am from Alabama and I am one of many
people in this state that take care and love their pets as well as
other animals! Not everyone here is A CRUEL, UNEDUCATED, BACKWOODS,
HUNTING, HILLBILLY, TOOTHLESS REDNECK THAT LIVES FOR NASCAR. Can't
cruel, uneducated (and even toothless!) people be found everywhere?
Yes, many have given us ALABAMIANS a bad wrap, but we are a modern
functioning society just like every other state in our beautiful
United Sates. Some of us do have "southern charm" and know how to
provide "good southern hospitality". I won't even get started on our
southern cookin'! (yes, I said cookin'...what about it?) Don't knock
it 'til you've tried it, y'all. Now, back to my purpose; I love my
pets and other animals and am passionate about their welfare. More
people need to speak and do for the ones that can't speak and do for
themselves. All of us have our passions. Some are advocates for
children, the elderly....More people need to be advocates for ALL the
helpless. My passion is Animal Welfare.

Erm... Okay, then.

Maybe you're not "A CRUEL, UNEDUCATED, BACKWOODS, HUNTING, HILLBILLY,
TOOTHLESS REDNECK THAT LIVES FOR NASCAR", but you come across just a tad
defensive, and more than a little deficient in the paragraph department.

Lighten up.

In article ,
Shih Tzu Mom wrote:
Some of us do have "southern charm" and know how to
provide "good southern hospitality".

Fascinating.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

Shih Tzu Mom wrote:
Some of us do have "southern charm" and know how to provide
"good southern hospitality".

Fascinating.

The poster used scary quotes, so I'm not sure what to believe.

obDogs/scary: Is Full Moon Syndrome happening? All the dogs
were crazy the other night at the training place, and now
kibology folk are crossposting to rpd.health, which I thought
was understood by them to be off limits to such fun. Feel free
to add scary quotes to the previous sentence.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

In article ,
Rocky wrote:
obDogs/scary: Is Full Moon Syndrome happening? All the dogs
were crazy the other night at the training place, and now
kibology folk are crossposting to rpd.health, which I thought
was understood by them to be off limits to such fun.

I think it's just one jackass. I love killfiles!

My dogs are "perky" (- scare quotes!) at the moment but I
think it has more to do with the change of seasons than the
moon, which technically would probably be described as
"Waxing Crescent Moon Syndrome" (- not scare quotes)
anyway.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

My dogs are "perky" (- scare quotes!) at the moment but I
think it has more to do with the change of seasons than the
moon, which technically would probably be described as
"Waxing Crescent Moon Syndrome" (- not scare quotes)
anyway.

Maybe became "perky" (- in a real life scary way!) a few weeks
ago: big nipples way too early after her first heat and a
swollen vulva.

Thinking that this was way too early for a second heat, I went
to the calendar. First visible signs of heat, July 6; finished,
July 21 or thereabouts. New signs: 9 weeks later. Uh-oh.

After my brain took over, the pregnancy panic susided. The girl
has never met an intact male. At 63 days, she wouldn't be as
skinny as she is. And, as it worked out, her annual vet visit
was for the next day. The vet agreed with what I'd figgered
after I'd started rationalizing.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

On 2008-10-03 22:25:03 -0400, Rocky said:

At 63 days, she wouldn't be as
skinny as she is.

Yeah. That's what we thought. That's what the vet thought. That was the
day she gave birth.

I know it has nothing to do with Maybe, but sometimes people can be mistaken.

In article ,
Rocky wrote:
Maybe became "perky" (- in a real life scary way!) a few weeks
ago: big nipples way too early after her first heat and a
swollen vulva.

Did you tell her that it's far too early for Trick or Treat?
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

In article ,
elegy wrote:
luce is "freaking nuts" but that's probably 6 1/2 weeks of no
exercise.

That's a really, really long time. When does she get to
get out and about again?

Cinder came up lame today and I can't figure out what's
hurting, so she gets the next few days off while we keep an
eye on it.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community