On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:56:53 GMT, Don White wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:21:20 -0500, "RCE" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:07:06 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

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I can't imagine how anyone even entertains the idea of having a dog, if
there's a chance of it ruining nice furniture. Maybe it helps to own
crappy
furniture.


Totally agree. The original furniture was old. They just bought some new
stuff. It took the dog all of about two days to get a moment when it
wasn't
being watched to chew up a leg on the couch.



I am sitting here at my desk - a nice desk. It's oval in shape and has a
leather top with drawers and compartments all over the place for my stuff.
Mrs.E found it in a very unusual furniture shop.

Since Sam Adams joined the family 10 months ago the bottom of the desk has
acquired lots of teeth marks and chew damage. I've repaired it once by
sanding and staining, but the damage is done.

But, the way I look at it, ... 20 years from now (if I am still around) I
am going to look at the bottom of the damaged desk and will recall, with
fond, happy memories, the unique creature that he is, Samuel Adams. The
furniture can be repaired or replaced. The unique personality of a living
creature, even a lowly dog, cannot.



RCE



Understandable. I feel the same way about Buffy, my lab, who, BTW, is going
to the vet this afternoon. The tumor is looking worse every day. I'm afraid
the time is coming very soon to have her put to sleep.

The bulldog has gone through the legs and several cushions of the family
room furniture, chewed the corners off an oak coffee table, chewed the
corners off all the low window sills in the kitchen and family room, and
has now started on the new furniture. If it were an only dog that they'd
had for a while, I could understand it better. They've got another dog, two
cats, and two (soon to be three) kids under four years old. Perhaps the dog
just needs the attention someone like you or I could provide. As it is, the
dog spends most of its life in a cage. I don't like it, but it's their dog.
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'Til next time,

John H

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Can they throw a 2 x 4 in the cage with it?
preferably a wood that doesn't splinter.

Not wood! They discovered, yesterday, that the dog loves rawhide, so
they're using that. But, I know I've read somewhere that rawhide is not a
good things for dogs to chew. Something about it not going well with their
digestive system.
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'Til next time,

John H

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"JohnH" wrote in message
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But, I know I've read somewhere that rawhide is not a
good things for dogs to chew. Something about it not going well with their
digestive system.
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'Til next time,

John H


I'd ask Sam but he's snoring at the moment.

RCE