[Hot Tabasco]

Interesting homepage. i found a standard poodle this past summer. It walked up onto my deck while I was lying in the sun and scared the crap out of me. It wouldn't let me near it but kept hanging around the deck, not running away. I called the local animal shelter who told me someone had reported it missing but they wouldnt give me their name or phone # so I told them if they called back to have them give me a call. Meanwhile I went back out on the deck and the dog finally came to trust me and walked up and sat next to my loung chair and let me start petting it. Darndest thing I had ever seen.

it then let me put a leash on it and walked quietly beside me around the house to the garage.

Eventually the shelter called me back and gave me the number of the owners who happened to be in the neighborhood looking for the dog and the two sons drove over and picked her up. She had actually strayed from about 2 1/2 miles away through many subdivisions.

I was really impressed by her temperament, her gentleness and her obvious intelligence.

[word_warrior_bob]

They're amazing dogs, only after I got one (wierd story) did I realize what a special dog they were. I was told a lot of vets have them as they know their qualities. The parent of my guy was an older couple who had Standards their whole life, but they had one that was super special. They never bred a dog except this one because they thought it would be a tragedy to not pass along the gene.