Posted on 12/13/2001 12:07:14 PM PST by Flyer
I'm in a no-dog apartment, unfortunately, but will definitely keep you in mind if that ever changes. Thanks!
Let your dog sleep with you (at least some of the time)
Let your dog lick your face (this is very important to your dog)
Talk to your dog in your real voice (the more you talk the more they will learn)
Unfortunately, it's kind of a tricky surgery, especially when you're an older vet with eyesight that ain't what it used to be, and he missed a vocal cord or two.
When the dog had healed, its owners brought it back and said "You either do this right or YOU KEEP THE DOG!!!" That dachshund sounded just like a chicken when it barked, honest to God.
The doctor didn't have the heart to do the surgery again, plus (being German) he had kind of a fondness for dachshunds. So the Santa Monica Dog & Cat Hospital got a new mascot.
He'd wander around in the hospital at his leisure, barking - so to speak - whenever he felt like it. People would come in to have their pets worked on and whilst standing at the front counter they'd hear this strange racket. "You guys have a chicken back there?" they'd ask? It was hysterical.
Other funny thing was, that dog HATED cats. And we had a lot of cats. He'd get himself all worked up, standing beneath a cat's cage, barking - so to speak - at the cat and hyperventilating until his tongue would turn blue and he'd pass out.
One of the funniest things I ever beheld.
But he was a great veterinary hospital mascot < g >
Weimaraners run in my family; parents and siblings have had 12 of them since the '60s. Some say it's a congenital defect (us, not the dogs). They can definitely be a handful, but always in an exuberant way. Absolutely great with kids.
My current Weim, just over a year old, also has a name with a conservative origin: Atlas, as in Atlas Shrugged. The breed was not imported into the US until 1946, but quickly gained a small but intensely loyal following. GOP credentials: Dwight Eisenhower had one (Heidi) at the White House, and another one was in a movie with Ronald Reagan (sorry, I don't know which one).
Next time you see Rush Limbark, pass along greetings from Atlas.
I live on a farm... that would mean love smells like horse-sh!t.... I voted for cleaning the dog somehow.
I used to breed Abyssinian cats. The absolutely most gorgeous cat I ever produced was a female. She started spraying at about 6 months. I got her spayed - which meant, alas, no kittens from her :( She kept spraying. She became an outside cat, even though my contracts on kittens I sold said specifically that the cats don't EVER go outside or if I find out I'll take them back, no refund, sign on the dotted line.
Rascal was a beautifully wild-looking thing to watch as she'd bound through the neighborhood when I called her :)
IB ... best friend ever ... ????????????????? &;-)
Depends on what kind of seasoning you use....
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Most of my cats have just been 'cats', but I think Abbies are a wonderful breed.
My favorite dog was our Weimaraner (sp?) - she was the best (after a wild, wild puppyhood!). She was a great babysitter after my daughter became a toddler. No one got close to our baby - including grandparents - unless we told her it was ok and the dog would herd her away from the street. All of our dogs were rescued or given to us.
No, no, not as a hat....cover the table top with tinfoil. Did that with my cats when they kept getting up there. They hated the stuff.
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