Kids and dogs go together. That's all I have to say to that.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:59 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Dog questions > > >She's thinking about getting the beagle because she thinks Moxie is > >lonely when she is out with the kids and having another dog around > >might mellow her out. > > You're joking right?? Ha, ha, no a second dog is not likely to "mellow" > a young, active dog out. More likely they would ramp each other up if > you are not giving the dog(s) proper daily exercise and challenge. My > young sheltie for instance is very calm and sleeps when he's by > himself. Around other dogs he will play and run and chase for hours on > end until the other dogs want to kill him. ;-) > > > >The main question here how do male and female young dogs *typically* > >get along when they're both reproductive system deprived? > > Spay/neutering has little to do with it, as does sex. It has a lot more > to do with the dog's dominance/activity level/social skills, etc. I've > had unneutered dogs that got along well with any newcomers, and > neutered dogs that would take ages to adjust to them. > > > >I know, there are a slew of others including, "is my wife nuts for > >wanting to get another dog when the one we have isn't fully trained?" > > Probably. It sounds like you might not have quite enough time for the > dog you already have, particularly if you have kids. A lot of people > have the misconception that a small dog will just get enough exercise > and mental stimulation running around the house and yard....not so! > Keep in mind your dog was originally bred to hunt, they like to have a > job. Maybe you could look into doing go-to-ground with her...I love dog > sports and activities of any kind, stuff that involves instinct is > particularly cool as you see the brain just click into it. The dogs > just love doing what they were meant to do and it's often great fun for > the kids as well. > > > >and "can cats truly plot to kill you in your sleep for adding another > >dog to the family?" Those are secondary though. > > They might indeed! My cat still hasn't forgiven me for this annoying > puppy I brought home! > > If you get the National Geo channel, try to catch some episodes of the > Dog Whisperer...he does a good job of covering the importance of > activities and exercise for dogs, and has some about how to pick a new > dog and add it into the family. > > > --- Mary Jo > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243969 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
