In a message dated 3/11/2003 6:41:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My original post was asking for actual > conversations On a light(?)note, here's my favorite: I met a lovely, well-off, older gentleman at the dog park recently (he's now about 75, I'd say). He admired my two dogs and told me he'd been on a waiting list for a Bernese for about 10 years (!!!), I guess since he was about 65. He's had big dogs all his life (Newfoundlands, now a Bouvier). He had spoken with a breeder, whose main concern was "who would take care of the dog when he was gone." His response: "Oh, you mean when I travel to Europe? My daughter always takes care of my dogs when I'm away." Breeder: "Umm, no, I mean when you're, uh, GONE." It's a valid question, I suppose, but struck us all as funny nonetheless! Anne (Hoping not to be GONE at 65!) with Maddie and Titan Cranford, NJ P.S. I think the thing that some potential owners find off-putting (and it hasn't been my experience)is less the actual questions than the overall sense that they are being discouraged or excluded from Bernerdom as a matter of principle.
