Melanie writes:

The other point which you are missing,
which many folks here are articulating,
is that it is extraordinarily rude to mess
with other people's dogs in their absence.

As I noted in my latest response to Jack,
I had meant my response to be narrowly
focussed on the risk assessment of the
specific case that appears to have been
made by many on this thread. IOW, given
all the other issues in play, my response
was TOO narrow, in that it made it appear
as though I was shrugging all the other
issues. Actually, I agree with many of the
other points being made in this thread,
including this one (indeed, this business
rises to the level of significant peeve
for me), and should ahve made that a
lot clearer earlier.

Sorry.

JohnR
Pit Bull Libertarian

Never sneer at the power of a little
pink squeaky toy!