Hi John. You have a very nice menagery. They are all beautiful animals. I love Ginger's color and your cats, bird, rabbit are all adorable. I think you are right that all of our Chihuahuas probably came from the Aztec dog breed called Xolo. I guess no one will ever know for sure because it was so long ago. Stefanie
--- On Sun, 10/26/08, John Kariotis Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: John Kariotis Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Chihuahuas] my menagery To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 9:27 PM When we first brought Ginger home, I did some research on the internet. The ancient Aztec had a small dog that was worshipped as a deity of the Sun God. This is very likely the xolo that others have referred to. Our Chihuahuas are more than likely offspring from the xolo that was revered by the Aztec. I live in a rural section of Imperial County in California ; I wake and look out over the Salton Sea every morning. The porch is fenced in and the so is the back courtyard. Ginger and the feral cat rescues have the run of the fenced in areas. Annubis and Blaze are the two older cats; Twisty, the breech birth and Cleopatra are Blaze’s kittens. Crystal came from Ohio with my then fiancé. Galileo was a birthday present to my wife from Angel, our oldest daughter. There are centipedes, millipedes, stinky beetles glass spiders and scorpions, all of which have various defensive mechanisms that could cause, among other things, like drooling in cats a and dogs if mouthed. Many frogs and toads have secretions that taste bad to predators, again causing drooling. The predators learn to NOT attempt to eat the offensive creature. That is why there are two other butterflies that mimic the Monarch which most birds eat only once. I’ve rambled. Included are pictures of my menagerie, which is why my wife lovingly calls me “Beast Master”. if we want to solve the spamming problem, then we could moderate the group. it would some serious effort by one or several people who have an intimate working knowledge of all of the regulars to the group. They’d all have to post, something short, and be moderated into the group. After that there'd be no problem with regulars posting whenever they want. New members and spammers would have to be allowed into the group as new members. Spammers would be removed by a moderator. Owners can be moderators, but moderators need not be owners of a group. Blessed Be, John Kariotis
