This post is in reply to Robin Hartl's post about dogs, cliffs and voice commands. Your posting while seeming to appear rationale is insensitive, uncaring, shortsighted and plain old ignorant! Show me a dog that obeys 100% of the time, better yet, ever had a child listen to each and every demand made upon him or her? You should know Ms. Hartl that Raj graduated tops in his class on two occasions and was well on his way to acing his third class, all at the age of only 8 months. This was no dodo bird dog. Matter of fact, Petco, where we took him for obedience training, has offered lifetime classes for any dog I take there for training. This comes from the recommendation of the trainer that taught the classes he attended. This trainer has well over 30+ years of experience and based on what the corporate Petco people told me is one of their best. You should know that this trainer is one tough cookie. She is one of the best I've worked with. Petco believes this and followed her recommendations to give me the lifetime membership. A small jesture on their part, but most appreciated. So, Ms. Hartl believe what you will, dogs will be dogs, dangers are what they are and this in no way should impede efforts to erect safety fencing. Consider yourself the only individual out of dozens who believe differently about this issue than you do.
God forbid your pets for if they are ever in a tragic accident, they will have to endure your senseless admonishments as to why they didn't listen to your imperious voice commands as they lay helpless and injured. My demands for safety fencing are based on the fact that I acknowledge my responsibility as a pet owner, however, this does not imply that anyone is at fault, simply an attempt to see that this does not happen to anyone else. Eduardo Parra Cleveland Neighborhood,N. Minneapolis _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
