Hello All - (& Myra!) This may be a twist on the "Advice to Parents seeking pups for their children" topic. Last Monday, we had a family come to possibly be matched to my 5 month old B&T girl. She was a singleton, thinks the world revolves around her and is very rambunctious. I thought a family of at least 4 boys would be suitable for her! So a very nice family came and brought 3 of their 4 children. The smallest was a 1 year old who the father held the entire time (which was fine), a nice 5 year old boy and a 9 year old girl who the mother told me on the phone was the local dog walker and pet sitter for their neighborhood. Sounds pretty good? The dogs hated them. Ok, maybe not hate, but they were very reluctant to approach any of them. Not like my dogs. My husband kept saying things like "Look at Abey Rose, she likes everyone but she doesn't even want to say hello." and "look at that one" and so on. I finally told him to be quiet and we'd discuss it later. The 9 year old girl was very bossy and started "barking" commands at them like "sit" and "down" and my dogs were looking at her like "you gotta be kidding!"
Lesson: Pay attention to the dogs. I tend to like everyone and certainly would have considered this family suitable. My husband told me he took a vote and the dogs voted 6 to 2 against. The dogs know best. I was humbled. Diane Zdrodowski Evanlake Cavaliers Blairstown, NJ USA ========================================================= "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 2002 by its original author.
