Comments on: CH 6 A Special Friend

By: Reyes Hust

Reyes Hust — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:44:53 +0000

Animal mistreatment has forever bothered me. It appears like it is getting worse, at least where I live. But there are still sweet individuals out there who feel like I do that we must take care of them. I hope the judicial system will match up with our means of believing about this. It is still handled as a relatively minor criminal offence. That’s wrong.

By: Margherita Pinnette

Margherita Pinnette — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000

We just took in another rescue cat from the local shelter last calendar week. I will never be able to understand how anyone could desert or worse disregard a cat. A portion of individuals think that cats can fend for themselves since they are predatory animals. They are damned free and strong little critters, but once a cat has been tamed it not only loses its power to live in the wild, but the person who received the cat in has a duty to give care for it. It really saddens me to acknowledge that anyone could abandon a cat. That is why I seek to aid as best I can by taking in rescue cats.

By: Sliloh

Sliloh — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:00:44 +0000

You write so well and dog stories are always a winner with me. I really enjoy reading here

Anita

By: Matthew C. Kriner

Matthew C. Kriner — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:09:37 +0000

Thank you for your post, and i trust it helps me a lot.

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By: Bean

Bean — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:17:22 +0000

Its true that humans often don’t “get” dog behavior. Ebony my service dog is well acquainted with proper winery behavior, including how to interact with resident winery dogs. As a service dog, she takes her job very seriously and she doesn’t want dogs distracting her when she is on the clock. If she is wearing her vest and the leash around my neck she is working. If the vest is off and the extending reel leash is on she is off the clock. It is hard to explain that distinction to other dogs and their owners. She is also a BIG black dog and she will guard me from other dogs. People will freak out when she growls and snaps at dogs that try to sniff at her or get too close to me when working. Owners don’t understand when i ask them to keep their dogs at bay, especially if Ebony thinks I am having a bad day. She will tolerate no distractions and she trained the puppy at home all about leaving her along while working by showing her GRRRR face and growling. I don’t think she would actually hurt another dog unless it threatened me but it distracts and stresses us when we are dealing with dog management instead of concentrating on not falling down! We have people convinced that I am taking a dangerous dog in public and the other end of the spectrum who think that I am unreasonable when I tell them Ebony needs to work right now, not greet.

This is the same BIG black dog that gets as submissive as possible so the 6lb kitten will chase her in a game of tag. But that is only when she is off duty and she knows I am safe.

By: Deb H.

Deb H. — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:55:19 +0000

We have a pit/Am Staff also who can be quite a marshmellow. He wears a coat outside this time of year and sleeps curled up on the bed between my husband and I.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:28:23 +0000

Doll and I truly value our dog friends. Certainly I have met people I wouldn’t have otherwise.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:27:25 +0000

Hi Barb,.

Thank you for the kind words. I write for the Townsend Times, a local weekly newspaper in Massachusetts. It would be nice if someone paid me for the blog, I am writing a grant proposal that’s due very soon.

By: Barb Hartsook

Barb Hartsook — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:35:57 +0000

Okay — you have me hooked to go back and read the first 5 chapters. I like your writing style.

You mentioned on your website that you not only teach music, but you get paid to write. What do you write, other than the blog? (Or maybe someone is paying you to write the blog???)