>>>> However, turns out Bud is not at all gun shy, is rather well trained and polite and wants very much to please.
Connie seems like she's been trained to hunt, with a good nose. She points reliably. When you want with her, she just scans the ground within about a 100-yard radius of her person. But, sometimes the slightest reprimand sends her into a tizzy. She's been treated roughly in some ways - maybe not too bad in others. She just SO wants to please. Anyway, I'd be surprised if she simply got lost. I feel sure she was dumped - she was so nervous to begin with, but is getting over a lot of that now. >>> We certainly tried very hard to reunite him with an owner. I think the guy may have been glad he found a home. When the girl found Simon, she called the E/S rescue and they were full. She's a vet tech at the clinic where my buddy is a vet, so they fostered him at the clinic, advertising, calling the humane society, the pound, the newspapers.. After 6-8 weeks, no one still had claimed him. Why? Why would someone buy such a nice dog, neuter him, house train him, teach him basic obedience...and not tear up the earth looking for him when he got lost? I don't get it. But, about every breed rescue agency stays full, many times with dogs that apparently have been abandoned. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
