rats, snakes, spiders, mice all same category for me.
on top of the nearest chair. yeah. On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know how much her aunt paid for the original dogs, but I know > she's been selling the pups for ~$500. > > While researching the "breed", I came across the AKC page about the > myth of the "imperial" type. It's just one more reason for me to be > leary of it. I don't want to get a dog that will have more health > problems than the norm. > > btw, I always think of rats as the NYC sewer type.....unless I've > recently watched the Rats of Nimh. > > > On May 8, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: > >> >>> turns out it's a "tiny imperial shih tzu" which I think translates >>> into >>> furry rat. >>> >>> still undecided.... >> >> >> Is that really how the breed what described to you?? Besides the >> fact that it's not a Chinese dog at all, that sounds to me like one >> of these made-up designer dogs that they convince people are "rare" >> special breeds worth lots of money. What they usually tend to be are >> inbred, undersized dogs that are outside the normal breed standard >> and thus not showable or normally of breedable quality for AKC >> purposes. It's quite a little racket, and you'll find many internet >> sites selling such dogs at outrageous prices. So for your friend's >> sake, I hope they didn't get taken in like that. >> >> As for whether your other dog will be "jealous" I doubt that. He may >> want to be in with the other dog, but for socialization and to be >> able to play with him (or herd him around) rather than out of >> jealousy that he gets to be in the house. >> >> Just by the by....sounds like you use "rat" as a degrading term....I >> find rats to be amazingly fun and tough little critters. Definitely >> as rodents go, they are fairly high up there in intelligence and >> playfulness. So a furry rat sounds like a great pet to me. ;-) >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296898 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
