funny - kinda - story...
 

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
my wife and i took in a little girl, age 10, out of a broken home for
a long term placement in the middle of december. shes a great kid and
has been a dream, but she is very reticent of the dogs - in particular
my youngest boys dog skippy who is a pit bull/whippet cross - we are
dog sitting while hes in training. skippy has a lot of energy and i
can understand how she wouldnt immediately take to him.

this morning when i got up to take the dogs out for exercise and a
little training i couldnt find skippy.

finally, i let the other two out and opened up the door to her room to
get her up to start getting ready for school and much to my total, but
very happy surprise, there was skippy curled up right next to her on
the bed - happy as a clam.

i got her up, she gave skippy a big hug and asked if skippy could stay
with her at night.

no problem sweetie. :)


You're braver than I am leaving a pit bull dog alone in a room with a
child. Why not get her an English Springer Spaniel or similar dog.

funny - kinda - story...
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

I'll send you my son for a week and you can vet him, too. Teen nonsense du
jour "I don't care what the IRS rules are - I'm not doin' it that way".
(Never mind what "that" is - it doesn't really matter). :-)

funny - kinda - story...
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:30:46 GMT, Don White
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
my wife and i took in a little girl, age 10, out of a broken home for
a long term placement in the middle of december. shes a great kid and
has been a dream, but she is very reticent of the dogs - in particular
my youngest boys dog skippy who is a pit bull/whippet cross - we are
dog sitting while hes in training. skippy has a lot of energy and i
can understand how she wouldnt immediately take to him.

this morning when i got up to take the dogs out for exercise and a
little training i couldnt find skippy.

finally, i let the other two out and opened up the door to her room to
get her up to start getting ready for school and much to my total, but
very happy surprise, there was skippy curled up right next to her on
the bed - happy as a clam.

i got her up, she gave skippy a big hug and asked if skippy could stay
with her at night.

no problem sweetie. :)

You're braver than I am leaving a pit bull dog alone in a room with a
child. Why not get her an English Springer Spaniel or similar dog.

its not a pit bull - its a pit bull/whippet cross and is the sweetest
animal you could ever ask to have - hes a good guy.

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.


A pitbull-whippet would have a complex from just it's looks. ;)

funny - kinda - story...
 

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:30:46 GMT, Don White
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

my wife and i took in a little girl, age 10, out of a broken home for
a long term placement in the middle of december. shes a great kid and
has been a dream, but she is very reticent of the dogs - in particular
my youngest boys dog skippy who is a pit bull/whippet cross - we are
dog sitting while hes in training. skippy has a lot of energy and i
can understand how she wouldnt immediately take to him.

this morning when i got up to take the dogs out for exercise and a
little training i couldnt find skippy.

finally, i let the other two out and opened up the door to her room to
get her up to start getting ready for school and much to my total, but
very happy surprise, there was skippy curled up right next to her on
the bed - happy as a clam.

i got her up, she gave skippy a big hug and asked if skippy could stay
with her at night.

no problem sweetie. :)

You're braver than I am leaving a pit bull dog alone in a room with a
child. Why not get her an English Springer Spaniel or similar dog.


its not a pit bull - its a pit bull/whippet cross and is the sweetest
animal you could ever ask to have - hes a good guy.

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

You may be right... but it seems that everytime a pit bull...or pit bull
mix breed attacks up[ here, the owners always swear upside down about
what a sweet/obedient/loving/trustful etc etc pet it was and they don't
understand how the kid/woman got all chewed up.

funny - kinda - story...
 

Don White wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:30:46 GMT, Don White
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

my wife and i took in a little girl, age 10, out of a broken home for
a long term placement in the middle of december. shes a great kid and
has been a dream, but she is very reticent of the dogs - in particular
my youngest boys dog skippy who is a pit bull/whippet cross - we are
dog sitting while hes in training. skippy has a lot of energy and i
can understand how she wouldnt immediately take to him.

this morning when i got up to take the dogs out for exercise and a
little training i couldnt find skippy.

finally, i let the other two out and opened up the door to her room to
get her up to start getting ready for school and much to my total, but
very happy surprise, there was skippy curled up right next to her on
the bed - happy as a clam.

i got her up, she gave skippy a big hug and asked if skippy could stay
with her at night.

no problem sweetie. :)

You're braver than I am leaving a pit bull dog alone in a room with a
child. Why not get her an English Springer Spaniel or similar dog.


its not a pit bull - its a pit bull/whippet cross and is the sweetest
animal you could ever ask to have - hes a good guy.

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

You may be right... but it seems that everytime a pit bull...or pit bull
mix breed attacks up[ here, the owners always swear upside down about
what a sweet/obedient/loving/trustful etc etc pet it was and they don't
understand how the kid/woman got all chewed up.

A Pit Bull is actually a mixed breed dog. From Wikepedia: "A pit bull
is a member of any of a number of breeds of dogs developed from the
English Bulldog. Breeds recognized as pit bulls include the American Pit
Bull Terrier and the American Staffordshire Terrier, although the name
is also often used to refer to other breeds of similar characteristics,
such as the American Bulldog and Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and mixed
breeds that include any of these breeds."

If you look at the AKC list of breeds (
http://www.akc.org/breeds/complete_b...H_ BUTTON.Y=0)

you will see there is no such breed as a pit bull.

If you look at the Pit Bull laws being enacted you will see that is one
of the problems they have, identifying what is a Pit Bull.


--
Reggie
************************************************** *************
That's my story and I am sticking to it.

************************************************** *************

funny - kinda - story...
 

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.


Don White wrote:
You may be right... but it seems that everytime a pit bull...or pit bull
mix breed attacks up[ here, the owners always swear upside down about
what a sweet/obedient/loving/trustful etc etc pet it was and they don't
understand how the kid/woman got all chewed up.

True, just like all the cases where a gun "accidentally"
goes off and kills somebody, the owner fo the gun insists
that it is 'always' kept locked up & unloaded etc etc.

The truth is that very few people spend much time with their
dogs these days, training a dog even to half-assed standard
of socialization & behavior is unusual. Go to any suburban
dog park & observe.

The flip side of the equation is that our society seems to
encourage people to stand up for imaginary rights, such as
the right of a person who is neurotically afraid of dogs to
never ever ever see or hear a dog no matter where they go.

Before too much longer, guns & dogs & cigarettes will be
illegal.

http://gprime.net/flash.php/thepitbullproblem

DSK

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...


and your point about owners is very well taken. when we have
deliveries here at el rancho nut case, otherwise known as cracker box
palace, delivery men are shocked at how well the dogs behave..

The well behaved ones are spooky.

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"Mys Terry" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:40:21 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..


and your point about owners is very well taken. when we have
deliveries here at el rancho nut case, otherwise known as cracker box
palace, delivery men are shocked at how well the dogs behave..

The well behaved ones are spooky.


The most dangerous ones are the ones who have been deliberately trained
not to
bark, or show any other normal aggresive behaviors before attacking.

Sort of like people who shoot 38 co-workers because one of them ate only the
top from his favorite muffin in the office lunch room. "I don't
understand...he was always such a quiet guy. Kept to himself...."

funny - kinda - story...
 

DSK wrote:
and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.



Don White wrote:

You may be right... but it seems that everytime a pit bull...or pit
bull mix breed attacks up[ here, the owners always swear upside down
about what a sweet/obedient/loving/trustful etc etc pet it was and
they don't understand how the kid/woman got all chewed up.


True, just like all the cases where a gun "accidentally" goes off and
kills somebody, the owner fo the gun insists that it is 'always' kept
locked up & unloaded etc etc.

The truth is that very few people spend much time with their dogs these
days, training a dog even to half-assed standard of socialization &
behavior is unusual. Go to any suburban dog park & observe.

The flip side of the equation is that our society seems to encourage
people to stand up for imaginary rights, such as the right of a person
who is neurotically afraid of dogs to never ever ever see or hear a dog
no matter where they go.

Before too much longer, guns & dogs & cigarettes will be illegal.

http://gprime.net/flash.php/thepitbullproblem

DSK


Don't know about dogs...but guns & cigarettes are on the way out.

funny - kinda - story...
 

"Don White" wrote in message
...



Don't know about dogs...but guns & cigarettes are on the way out.

Guns: Yeah. Just wait until Jamaican drug dealers pick YOUR town as a nice
place to land with cargo. You'll be writing to your MP begging to get the
laws changed.

funny - kinda - story...
 

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:57:25 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

I'll send you my son for a week and you can vet him, too. Teen nonsense du
jour "I don't care what the IRS rules are - I'm not doin' it that way".
(Never mind what "that" is - it doesn't really matter). :-)


Doug, I've spent the past two weeks babysitting a class of 7th Grade math
kids after a teacher said she'd had enough. Your kid's a jewel compared to
most of that crew. Love him to death!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

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On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:50:23 GMT, Mys Terry
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:40:21 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..


and your point about owners is very well taken. when we have
deliveries here at el rancho nut case, otherwise known as cracker box
palace, delivery men are shocked at how well the dogs behave..

The well behaved ones are spooky.


The most dangerous ones are the ones who have been deliberately trained not to
bark, or show any other normal aggresive behaviors before attacking.





If you want to see danger personified, go look at abpso and find the 'smart
dog.jpg' picture.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

funny - kinda - story...
 

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:57:25 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

I'll send you my son for a week and you can vet him, too. Teen nonsense du
jour "I don't care what the IRS rules are - I'm not doin' it that way".
(Never mind what "that" is - it doesn't really matter). :-)


Doug, I've spent the past two weeks babysitting a class of 7th Grade math
kids after a teacher said she'd had enough. Your kid's a jewel compared to
most of that crew. Love him to death!

It's only 2/3 of the way through the year and the math teacher had enough???
What was her problem?

funny - kinda - story...
 

"JohnH" wrote in message
...



If you want to see danger personified, go look at abpso and find the
'smart
dog.jpg' picture.
--
'Til next time,

John H



Here's a "smart" dog. Wonder if he's a graduate of Tom's dog academy ...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66181727845562

RCE

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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:28:17 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:57:25 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

I'll send you my son for a week and you can vet him, too. Teen nonsense du
jour "I don't care what the IRS rules are - I'm not doin' it that way".
(Never mind what "that" is - it doesn't really matter). :-)


Doug, I've spent the past two weeks babysitting a class of 7th Grade math
kids after a teacher said she'd had enough. Your kid's a jewel compared to
most of that crew. Love him to death!

It's only 2/3 of the way through the year and the math teacher had enough???
What was her problem?


Only half way through, end of second quarter. Her problem was the lack of
support from the principal in helping with discipline of students. Today I
put two kids out of the room and wrote four disciplinary referrals. It will
be interesting to see what action the principal takes.
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

funny - kinda - story...
 

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 21:01:22 -0500, "RCE" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .



If you want to see danger personified, go look at abpso and find the
'smart
dog.jpg' picture.
--
'Til next time,

John H



Here's a "smart" dog. Wonder if he's a graduate of Tom's dog academy ...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66181727845562

RCE


That dog would give my bearded collie a run for her money in the lack of
intelligence arena!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

funny - kinda - story...
 

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 21:01:22 -0500, "RCE" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
. ..



If you want to see danger personified, go look at abpso and find the
'smart
dog.jpg' picture.
--
'Til next time,

John H



Here's a "smart" dog. Wonder if he's a graduate of Tom's dog academy ...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66181727845562

RCE


That dog would give my bearded collie a run for her money in the lack of
intelligence arena!
--
'Til next time,

John H


After watching the clip several times, I am convinced this dog was trained
to do this.
Listen carefully at the very beginning .... you will hear what sounds like
someone giving the dog a command.

RCE

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"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:28:17 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
. ..
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:57:25 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
m...

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

I'll send you my son for a week and you can vet him, too. Teen nonsense
du
jour "I don't care what the IRS rules are - I'm not doin' it that way".
(Never mind what "that" is - it doesn't really matter). :-)


Doug, I've spent the past two weeks babysitting a class of 7th Grade
math
kids after a teacher said she'd had enough. Your kid's a jewel compared
to
most of that crew. Love him to death!

It's only 2/3 of the way through the year and the math teacher had
enough???
What was her problem?


Only half way through, end of second quarter. Her problem was the lack of
support from the principal in helping with discipline of students. Today I
put two kids out of the room and wrote four disciplinary referrals. It
will
be interesting to see what action the principal takes.
--
'Til next time,

John H

Something's seriously wrong there, or probably everywhere.

In my senior year, I was taking an AP biology course from the most feared
teacher in the district. Mid-April, I decided I needed a day off. Found my
way into the woods with my girlfriend. Luckily, we still had our pants on.
The teacher left the class with instructions to finish their lab work, found
us in the woods, and literally dragged us by our ears back to class. This
was about 1/4 mile away, behind the school. Got home and found my parents
had been informed by the teacher that I'd be pumping gas for the rest of my
life if this behavior continued (this, with a 97 average). Came to school
the next day and was "invited" to the principal's office. Got to bio class
and found my desk was now in the back row. Ms. Fullerton made sure the stink
followed me for about two weeks.

If I were a teacher now, I'd do exactly the same thing.

funny - kinda - story...
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 21:01:22 -0500, "RCE" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
. ..



If you want to see danger personified, go look at abpso and find the
'smart
dog.jpg' picture.
--
'Til next time,

Here's a "smart" dog. Wonder if he's a graduate of Tom's dog academy ...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66181727845562

know what that is?

the dog is dreaming. ive seen that happen before.

With its eyes open, chewing on a bone? Looks more like a seizure.

funny - kinda - story...
 

"
lol!! sky was trained as a puppy to stare at a person and show her
teeth if i say the word spooky.

it has its uses. :)

Must have been hilarious to watch if you ever had the great Classics IV song
of the same name playing in the house.

funny - kinda - story...
 

RCE wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 21:01:22 -0500, "RCE" wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
...


If you want to see danger personified, go look at abpso and find the
'smart
dog.jpg' picture.
--
'Til next time,

John H


Here's a "smart" dog. Wonder if he's a graduate of Tom's dog academy ...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66181727845562

RCE

That dog would give my bearded collie a run for her money in the lack of
intelligence arena!
--
'Til next time,

John H


After watching the clip several times, I am convinced this dog was trained
to do this.
Listen carefully at the very beginning .... you will hear what sounds like
someone giving the dog a command.

RCE


He was either trained or they had a fishing line attached to his paw.

--
Reggie
************************************************** *************
That's my story and I am sticking to it.

************************************************** *************

funny - kinda - story...
 

Doug Kanter wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...



Don't know about dogs...but guns & cigarettes are on the way out.


Guns: Yeah. Just wait until Jamaican drug dealers pick YOUR town as a nice
place to land with cargo. You'll be writing to your MP begging to get the
laws changed.


Don't quite understand that response. IIRC Don lives in Halifax, a port
town that has a LOT of goods passing through it, including Jamican dope.
(I used to live around there back in the '70's, trust me on this one)
What difference would it make to Don to be armed?

Don't get me wrong. I didn't vote Liberal (I usually do because I like
the Liberal in our riding) in the last election because Paul Martin
promised to ban handguns. Since the Ontario government cancelled the
spring bear hunt six years ago I have rarely gone for a walk in the bush
unarmed (too many hungry bears). I think we have too many gun controls
in this country. I believe, like many Americans, that it is a good idea
to have firearms in case the government and/or police turn against the
people (working in Sri Lanka in the late '80's showed me what could
happen if the population is disarmed and people cannot defend themselves
against police, military, insurgents and rebels).

But how is having a gun is gonna help Don protect himself from Jamican
drug dealers? They generally fight amoungst themselves anyway, the
occasional innocent gets caught in the crossfire (ie, boxing day in
Toronto). But even if that innocent girl had had a gun on her, it
wouldn't have saved her unless the bullet that hit her bounced off said gun.

Excuse me, now I need a cigarette.

funny - kinda - story...
 

"Black Dog" wrote in message
.. .
Doug Kanter wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...



Don't know about dogs...but guns & cigarettes are on the way out.


Guns: Yeah. Just wait until Jamaican drug dealers pick YOUR town as a
nice place to land with cargo. You'll be writing to your MP begging to
get the laws changed.
Don't quite understand that response.

More drugs = more users. Often leads to more burglaries by users who can't
afford the insane prices caused by said drugs being illegal. Good to have a
gun in the house. I realize that the proximity of the shipping point may not
necessarily mean more users. But, it might, too.

funny - kinda - story...
 

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:30:17 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:28:17 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:57:25 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
om...

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

I'll send you my son for a week and you can vet him, too. Teen nonsense
du
jour "I don't care what the IRS rules are - I'm not doin' it that way".
(Never mind what "that" is - it doesn't really matter). :-)


Doug, I've spent the past two weeks babysitting a class of 7th Grade
math
kids after a teacher said she'd had enough. Your kid's a jewel compared
to
most of that crew. Love him to death!

It's only 2/3 of the way through the year and the math teacher had
enough???
What was her problem?


Only half way through, end of second quarter. Her problem was the lack of
support from the principal in helping with discipline of students. Today I
put two kids out of the room and wrote four disciplinary referrals. It
will
be interesting to see what action the principal takes.
--
'Til next time,

John H

Something's seriously wrong there, or probably everywhere.

In my senior year, I was taking an AP biology course from the most feared
teacher in the district. Mid-April, I decided I needed a day off. Found my
way into the woods with my girlfriend. Luckily, we still had our pants on.
The teacher left the class with instructions to finish their lab work, found
us in the woods, and literally dragged us by our ears back to class. This
was about 1/4 mile away, behind the school. Got home and found my parents
had been informed by the teacher that I'd be pumping gas for the rest of my
life if this behavior continued (this, with a 97 average). Came to school
the next day and was "invited" to the principal's office. Got to bio class
and found my desk was now in the back row. Ms. Fullerton made sure the stink
followed me for about two weeks.

If I were a teacher now, I'd do exactly the same thing.


Key word - 'parents', plural. At least three of the worst behaved in the
class are from broken homes, all living with mother only.

These kids are from families whose parents have very little interest in
their child's education, for the most part. The mother of one of them *is*
interested, but cannot control her son. He yells at his mother during
parent/teacher conferences.

Of 127 students in this teachers classes, 31 had an 'F' at the end of 2d
Quarter. These kids will *not* be seen in any AP classes!

You deserved what you got. Shame on you!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

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JohnH wrote:



Key word - 'parents', plural. At least three of the worst behaved in the
class are from broken homes, all living with mother only.


I heard an interesting stat last May, I don't remember the exact numbers
but, in a nutshell, Mother's Day is always very busy in our Federal
Penitentiaries, almost everyone at least requests a card. Very few
requests are made for Father's Day. Conclusion - most of the guys
behind bars were raised in single-parent mother-only homes.

Stella