Jan, I love this story. Who says dogs don't problem solve! I have as much fun watching their brains work as I do watching my grandkids! (sometimes more!) What great personalities they have. I have a 7 year old golden and a 2 year old cav and the interactions are wonderful!
Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "L-Soft list server at Apple (1.8d)" From: mjtkrinker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: my big puppy > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi List, > > I thought this was so cute I just had to share. I have had my > Aussie pup = > for 5 weeks now. She was the same size as the Cavalier when we got > her = > and now she is quite a bit larger. If you haven't lived with a > herding = > dog puppy, well they can be BAD puppies:) Just mischievous and > high = > energy really! Anyway, she is too much for Tuffy, my Cavalier, > she just = > trounces him when she tries to play with him. The first few time > this = > happened one of the older Aussies was jealous cause she did not > want the = > puppy to play with anyone else and she would get the puppy away. I = > praised her for this and now she has a job. She watches that puppy > and = > if she so much as glances at poor Tuffy, she is right after her > stopping = > he in her tracks. (in a nice way) A herding dog with a job is > such a = > happy dog! And no, the puppy and Tuffy are never left together = > unsupervised!=20 > > This is the same Aussie who will use a toy to get Tuffy away from > the = > people. We call Tuffy the "toy nazi" No one can have toys but him. > He = > watches and if anyone gets a toy he is right after it. Now when > Echo, = > the Aussie, wants attention she gets a toy, makes sure Tuffy sees > it, = > drops it in front of him and comes and gets love while he goes off > with = > the toy. I love dog dynamics. > > Jan Rinker > > ========================================================= ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
