So you're the owner of two new Scottie puppies? Congratulations! What're their names?
Gruss Gott wrote: > We decided to save some Scotties and it turns out that Missouri is the > puppy mill capital of the US. There are tons of dogs of all sorts to > rescue down there so, if you need one, use petfinder.com - there are > thousands of all shapes, sizes, breeds, and ages including puppies. > > We rented a Suzuki Grand Vitara (I was impressed, although it was > underpowered, but it was good) to drive from Minneapolis to Kansas > City to rescue the dogs. We took back 2, and then we convinced a > friend and my Mom to each take one as well - but the trick was that we > had to pick them up. > > So we drove all the way back from KC yesterday with 4 Scotties running > around the back; it was pretty crazy, but all Scotties are now getting > used to their new homes. Most of them have only lived in 4'x4' cages > so they don't know what to do with the freedom. They are beautiful > pure-bred Scotties! > > The rescue lady was on her way this morning to pick up 30 dogs that a > "breeder" hadn't sold so he was going to have them put down. These > are new pure bred puppies! If you want a dog, get a rescue. > > KC Notes > -------------- > * We stayed at the Hilton President Hotel in downtown KC. What a > great place and great location! It's a restored turn of the 20th > century building and you easily feel like it's the 20s. 4 presidents > have stayed there and the last person to use the 12th floor Suite was > Bon Jovi. Luckily I made friends ($20) with the Valet/Bellman and he > gave us a private tour of the Ballroom, Aztec Room, and Presidential > Suite. Pretty swanky! The suite has secret hallways to the Ballroom > so that the VIPs can sneak away if their event no longer needs them. > > * The Valet was also kind enough to shuttle us around KC barbeque > joints and, if you like such things, oh man. We went to Jack Stack's, > but ended up eating at Arthur Bryants which is awesome! It has a > diner feel and you can see the meat roasting behind the counter. If > you and get a "sandwich" just get one for each person - they're > frickin' huge! > > * It's hard to believe KC is big enough for 2 pro sports teams. > > * The KC hospitality from everyone was fantastic! > > * There's definitely a Bible Belt feel. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:210844 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
