DOG SHOW BREEDS CONTEMPT

NY Post ^ | February 11, 2003 | Andrea Peyser

[NYer]

No sooner had I walked backstage at Madison Square Garden yesterday when I was brushed aside by a beautifully groomed, purebred bitch who possessed the manners of a mongrel.

She was a dog owner.

"A- -hole!" the high-strung biped ranted, just loud enough to drive a sensitive cocker spaniel to the kibble.

[Jean Chauvin]

"Barking is DEFINATELY part of the mix..IF he wakes up to do it... "

Goodness, my whippet barks in his sleep (I think he's chasing rabbits in his dreams).

Jean

[Jean Chauvin]

I forgot to add:

"If you made a funny sound with your lips -one he's never heard before- he'd jump up on you in a heart beat and look at your face from 5 inches away with his head cocked trying to figure out what that was while growling at you"

Jean

[RnMomof7]

Pugs weigh about 20-25 pounds..the largest member of the "toy" class. they have a very deep bark and are very protective of the home and family..so ours will bark and growl at anyone within ten feet of our home..he terrifies delivery men charging out the door nipping at their feet ...But he likes sleep alot..so if he falls asleep on the back of the sofa as he is prone to do (yes a pun) he doesn't hear the outside noise ..so often people are in the house with their coat off before he wakes up to play "watch dog"You have met him..he "watches" well:>)

[Jean Chauvin]

"You have met him..he "watches" well"

He liked me, if I remember correctly -most dogs do. It helps being a 'dog' person. They ~know~.

Jean

[AKA Elena]

I am still actively breeding and showing -- our family is on its third generation (human-wise) of exhibiting and breeding as well, so showing at the shows is certainly not that bad an avocation as painted here in many posts.

Since I have some hard taught lessons of observance -- if you have a pedigree I would love to see it and see if I can find the common sources of his (this decade's) epilepsy on his. It needn't even have any "known dogs" on the pedigree in the first five generations. I am doing a study on dominant carriers of this genetic defect.

[Jean Chauvin]

I don't think we have any paperwork on him. It came from a farm family here in Western Michigan. I think the son was raising them as a hobby. Supposedly the father came from Florida. The dog only cost $150.

Other than the epilepsy, he was a great dog -taking into account he had one of the main caretakers in the family wrapped around his paw. He got anything he wanted. A spoiled Schip has gotta have some issues and he did in that way (he wasn't under control). He was absolutely fine when we had him with the familiar family, but he was a bit too hyper and uncontrollable when visitors came over.

If you could FRmail me your info, I just might look you up in the future. It may be a year or so, but I've had my eye on one for a while.

Jean