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Skriven 2008-02-28 09:24:18 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Carol Shenkenberger
Ärende: cat's and dogs
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Howdy Carol!
->     
->  > -> Cash should be joining us Sunday and we are 'dog proofing' til then.
->  > ->
->  > Cash is a beagle right? Good dogs beagles..a bit
->  > yappy but they were bred for that so you'll have
->  > to really work to get them away from that habit.
-> 
-> Really?  What I read is beagles are les yappy than most.  Either way, Cash
-> isnt yappy in any particular manner.
-> 
Beagles were/are pack hunters...and chasers...they yap
and howl, and bay so the hunters can find em as 
they go. The good part is they are quite friendly and
have a great disposition. they like to play and they 
like to sleep (grin). One of their weak points is that 
they can be a bit tough to train, they are quite
intelligent, and also fairly stubborn (grin).

->  > You have any plans to obedience train Cash?
->  > It is WELL worth doing! Dogs you can train,
-> 
-> Only so far as needed for his fun and our comfort when walking with him to
-> school and back on a leash.  (He'll go with Charlotte and Don daily, will
-> need to learn to use a shorter leash as he's been let a 30ft section but we
-> will have to restrain him to 7 or so, school rules).
-> 
I'm a giant fan of having well trained dogs. It makes
living with them much more pleasant, and going out 
with them much less troublesome!

->  > Cat's will only frustrate you!
-> 
-> Hehe depends on what you are trying to train into cats.  They take best to
-> commands like 'lay down, snooze, eat'.  They also can be trained to run to
-> the kitchen at the sound of a can opener pretty easy ;-).  They will also 
run
-> to you at the call of their name after a bit of training but only at set
-> times.  Easy.  Feed them every evening at 5pm sharp and call them by 
name at
-> 4:59 and you will find out shortly they run to you at 4:59 as soon as you
-> call their name.  Be sure to issue the 'speak' command only between 
4:59pm
-> and 5:00pm but at those times, you will always have success in training a 
cat
-> to speak.
->
 yes, we train dogs...cats train us!
-> 
->  > -> Hehe no thanks.  Then again, we have 'lettice-zilla' still getting cut

do
->  > fr
->  > -> om when we let it bolt uneaten one year.  Lawnmower used on it.
->  > ->
->  > I love salads so we've never had THAT problem!
->  > We use a whole lot more lettuce than we do mint!
-> 
-> I see more lettuce-zilla trying to poke up.  Hey, it's green so we dont
mind!
-> 
Pick it and eat it!

->  > Anne loves to garden! She has her favorites (hosta's) in her
->  > shade garden and everything else all around. Each summer we
->  > have fuschias hanging all along the eaves of the house (in the
->  > back and front) as well as cherry tomatoes and lemon cucumbers
->  > hanging in baskets as well.
-> 
-> I like to have things I plant then dont have to do much with later to keep
-> them going.
->                xxcarol

Anne likes to go out and fiddle with her gardens...I like 
to watch her when she does that! Sometimes I feel like
going out there and helping her....but if I lie down for 
an hour or so, the feeling passes! (grin)
chat with you soon
hap 
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