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I'm a lamb! Maybe that's why I had to have a great pyrenees!

For the dog quiz I'm a Burnese Mountain Dog! YAY!

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I had taken it one other time a while back and was a St. Bernard that time... still a cool dog, just not terribly well suited for the climate here...lol.

Chance, the lab/dane mix that I've been fostering (and have now decided to adopt) is reponsible for 'the great chicken massacre'.  Someone, a neighbor I believe, opened the door to my coop about a month after I brought Chance home.  I came home and let the boys out to play in the yard and went inside to watch the news.  After watching the local and national news, I went out to play with the boys and found 7 of my 10 chickens that had met their demise.  Quite cleanly killed, with no damage to their bodies.  Guess I should take up duck hunting?

Hey there and welcome.  What a handsome 'little' fellow you have there!  I don't post a whole lot, but this is a great site and bunch of folks.

That sounds lke something, we'd enjoy.  Do have any info on it?

I second 'Amazing Gracie' (Dan Dye & Mark Beckloff) - totally awesome book and a fast read.  Beware, you'll shed a few tears (good ones) before it's over.  Another that I have enjoyed and returned to frequently is 'The Dog Listener' by Jan Fennell.  it's written in a straightforwar d manner with good illustrative examples that can be related to issues that we face.  It's also a great book for those of us with multiple dogs. She writes a lot about pack behavior and how to both deal with it and use it to your advantage.

Luckily, my 2 big boys like people, crowds and all that goes with it.  Feste in fact spent 3 evenings out of the last week at the Fair, being, petted, pawed, etc... on behalf of the animal shelter. 

Puck, my little one, is not quite as gregarious and I just usually tell people he's kind of cat-like and not really friendly, and they usually will focus on one or both of the others.  If they persist and Puck acts disapproving, I'll tell them he's got chow in him and, having given them a warning, that if he bites them I take no responsibnilit y for their stupidity (yes, I usually put like that). 

On rare occaisions, Feste has acted fearful or even bristled at someone; I have absolutely no problem whatsoever telling them to back the h*** off - NOW.  That goes for family, friends, strangers or whoever.   Like Gr*dame, forget about the dog, but you'd better watch out for me if you threaten them!  Anyone who knows me, knows and accepts this aspect of my personality, and anyone who doesn't can go hang.   I haven't had too many people go beyond that and persist.   

It's hard to not be able to save them all.  I know I'm at my limit now... and it just wrings me out to know I cant take them all in. I've started volunterring with the Friends of the Animal Shelter and SPCA which helps to take up some of those feelings.

  What an awesome trick!  Go Drake!