When I have the space and time, I'd like
to always have at least one little dog in
my pack -- a "small auxiliary dog" (to
quote Dave Barry) or a "diva dog,"
something I can tote around in a little
bag and take everywhere the other dogs
can't go.
Could you do that, Melanie? I can't. From the git-go, I've treated
Pip like the big dogs .... which may account for a peculiarity.
Although really indifferent to people, he goes into full "look what an
adorable little guy I am' mode with them....until they kneel down and
start cooing. Then, he walks away, mission accomplished. He never
tries 'cutesy' with me.
I can't leave a dog behind. Our new dog beach has a 'one person per
dog' rule, and Mac's the swimmer. But, I couldn't leave Pip behind, so
we don't go there.

When I have the space and time, I'd like
to always have at least one little dog in
my pack -- a "small auxiliary dog" (to
quote Dave Barry) or a "diva dog,"
something I can tote around in a little
bag and take everywhere the other dogs
can't go.
Could you do that, Melanie? I can't. From the git-go, I've treated
Pip like the big dogs .... which may account for a peculiarity.
Although really indifferent to people, he goes into full "look what an
adorable little guy I am' mode with them....until they kneel down and
start cooing. Then, he walks away, mission accomplished. He never
tries 'cutesy' with me.
I can't leave a dog behind. Our new dog beach has a 'one person per
dog' rule, and Mac's the swimmer. But, I couldn't leave Pip behind, so
we don't go there.

When I have the space and time, I'd like
to always have at least one little dog in
my pack -- a "small auxiliary dog" (to
quote Dave Barry) or a "diva dog,"
something I can tote around in a little
bag and take everywhere the other dogs
can't go.
Could you do that, Melanie? I can't. From the git-go, I've treated
Pip like the big dogs .... which may account for a peculiarity.
Although really indifferent to people, he goes into full "look what an
adorable little guy I am' mode with them....until they kneel down and
start cooing. Then, he walks away, mission accomplished. He never
tries 'cutesy' with me.
I can't leave a dog behind. Our new dog beach has a 'one person per
dog' rule, and Mac's the swimmer. But, I couldn't leave Pip behind, so
we don't go there.

Subject: What are your favorite and least favorite breeds?
From: (Chris Williams)
Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2003 8:37 AM
Message-id:

When I have the space and time, I'd like
to always have at least one little dog in
my pack -- a "small auxiliary dog" (to
quote Dave Barry) or a "diva dog,"
something I can tote around in a little
bag and take everywhere the other dogs
can't go.
Could you do that, Melanie? I can't. From the git-go, I've treated
Pip like the big dogs .... which may account for a peculiarity.
Although really indifferent to people, he goes into full "look what an
adorable little guy I am' mode with them....until they kneel down and
start cooing. Then, he walks away, mission accomplished. He never
tries 'cutesy' with me.
I can't leave a dog behind. Our new dog beach has a 'one person per
dog' rule, and Mac's the swimmer. But, I couldn't leave Pip behind, so
we don't go there.

I have to leave some behind sometimes as a pack of seven can be a bit much in
certain places.

So we alternate 4 and 3 or 5 and 2 or well you get my drift.

Paulette~









"The only thing about resisting temptation
is you might not get another chance"

Subject: What are your favorite and least favorite breeds?
From: (Chris Williams)
Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2003 8:37 AM
Message-id:

When I have the space and time, I'd like
to always have at least one little dog in
my pack -- a "small auxiliary dog" (to
quote Dave Barry) or a "diva dog,"
something I can tote around in a little
bag and take everywhere the other dogs
can't go.
Could you do that, Melanie? I can't. From the git-go, I've treated
Pip like the big dogs .... which may account for a peculiarity.
Although really indifferent to people, he goes into full "look what an
adorable little guy I am' mode with them....until they kneel down and
start cooing. Then, he walks away, mission accomplished. He never
tries 'cutesy' with me.
I can't leave a dog behind. Our new dog beach has a 'one person per
dog' rule, and Mac's the swimmer. But, I couldn't leave Pip behind, so
we don't go there.

I have to leave some behind sometimes as a pack of seven can be a bit much in
certain places.

So we alternate 4 and 3 or 5 and 2 or well you get my drift.

Paulette~









"The only thing about resisting temptation
is you might not get another chance"

Subject: What are your favorite and least favorite breeds?
From: (Chris Williams)
Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2003 8:37 AM
Message-id:

When I have the space and time, I'd like
to always have at least one little dog in
my pack -- a "small auxiliary dog" (to
quote Dave Barry) or a "diva dog,"
something I can tote around in a little
bag and take everywhere the other dogs
can't go.
Could you do that, Melanie? I can't. From the git-go, I've treated
Pip like the big dogs .... which may account for a peculiarity.
Although really indifferent to people, he goes into full "look what an
adorable little guy I am' mode with them....until they kneel down and
start cooing. Then, he walks away, mission accomplished. He never
tries 'cutesy' with me.
I can't leave a dog behind. Our new dog beach has a 'one person per
dog' rule, and Mac's the swimmer. But, I couldn't leave Pip behind, so
we don't go there.

I have to leave some behind sometimes as a pack of seven can be a bit much in
certain places.

So we alternate 4 and 3 or 5 and 2 or well you get my drift.

Paulette~









"The only thing about resisting temptation
is you might not get another chance"

I have to leave some behind sometimes
as a pack of seven can be a bit much in
certain places.
So we alternate 4 and 3 or 5 and 2 or
well you get my drift.
Paulette~
Oh, yeah, I could do that. And your dogs are similar enough to
entertain each other, aren't they?
May I go off on a tangent? I've spent a career teaching group
behavior, and a basic tenet is that tight, authoritarian leadership will
prevent interaction and group growth -- each individual will feel s/he
has to check everything with the leader.
Although I'm not authoritarian, that is the pattern I always get with
a pack of dogs. When I keep fosters or friends' dogs, their packs break
down and I wind up with a herd of dogs staring at me, each asking, "OK,
what are you going to do to entertain me now?" I don't know why that
happens.
Mac and Pip are incapable of entertaining themselves. They play with
no toys, chew no bones. If I leave them, they go into a coma, waiting
for life to start up again.
It's a puzzlement.

I have to leave some behind sometimes
as a pack of seven can be a bit much in
certain places.
So we alternate 4 and 3 or 5 and 2 or
well you get my drift.
Paulette~
Oh, yeah, I could do that. And your dogs are similar enough to
entertain each other, aren't they?
May I go off on a tangent? I've spent a career teaching group
behavior, and a basic tenet is that tight, authoritarian leadership will
prevent interaction and group growth -- each individual will feel s/he
has to check everything with the leader.
Although I'm not authoritarian, that is the pattern I always get with
a pack of dogs. When I keep fosters or friends' dogs, their packs break
down and I wind up with a herd of dogs staring at me, each asking, "OK,
what are you going to do to entertain me now?" I don't know why that
happens.
Mac and Pip are incapable of entertaining themselves. They play with
no toys, chew no bones. If I leave them, they go into a coma, waiting
for life to start up again.
It's a puzzlement.

I have to leave some behind sometimes
as a pack of seven can be a bit much in
certain places.
So we alternate 4 and 3 or 5 and 2 or
well you get my drift.
Paulette~
Oh, yeah, I could do that. And your dogs are similar enough to
entertain each other, aren't they?
May I go off on a tangent? I've spent a career teaching group
behavior, and a basic tenet is that tight, authoritarian leadership will
prevent interaction and group growth -- each individual will feel s/he
has to check everything with the leader.
Although I'm not authoritarian, that is the pattern I always get with
a pack of dogs. When I keep fosters or friends' dogs, their packs break
down and I wind up with a herd of dogs staring at me, each asking, "OK,
what are you going to do to entertain me now?" I don't know why that
happens.
Mac and Pip are incapable of entertaining themselves. They play with
no toys, chew no bones. If I leave them, they go into a coma, waiting
for life to start up again.
It's a puzzlement.

I have never been interested in hounds,


Hmmmm........ same thing I always said until I met Ready, our beagle. Now I
cant imagine living without our sweet beagle.

-sunny