[Ramius]

Lisa... Southern Cal... Lab puppy standards.... shaving collies...

Yah know... she's talking just like the crazy lady down the bar. In fact, now that I look... the crazy lady looks sorta like Lisa, only about 70 or so with gray hair and a shawl.

[Wneighbor]

Ya know.... we've heard all these stories about Sonya and Lisa.... and they're Hair's dear friends..... should we be concerned that she calls *us* dear friends as well? Is this something I should go tell a shrink?

[HairOfTheDog]

She's movin' fast, our Lisa, but there is no one at the wheel!

I told her it was not practical to read a standard and understand the breed well enough to pick a puppy.... especially when choosing a puppy for show is a guessing game even for the very experienced. You can't tell whether a puppy is going to have good conformation or not. I said there are more Labradors born every year than any other breed, and that most are not show quality. If she really wants to get into Labs she needs to study it more than a couple minutes on the phone.

She has too many dogs now.

And I didn't feel like it.