Re: the one-dog two-dog dilemma


"sighthounds & siberians" <x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:33:15 -0800, "Beth In Alaska"
<bethinak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Oh, I guarantee you that my husband doesn't experience emotions the
way I do - - Mars and Venus, and all that. In fact - well, never
mind. I absolutely believe that dogs have a wide range of emotions,
and agree that no one knows exactly what emotions they feel or how
they experience them. One reason I don't think they feel gratitude is
that I don't think they're able to understand the concept.

Or maybe the rescued dogs I've had experience with are all a bunch of
ingrates. For example, I just bought new muzzles, because Gene
countersurfs and knocks them off and Music the goat chews them up.
Eats them, actually. These are plastic turnout muzzles used at
racetracks and farms, and we use them here all the time because four
males get pretty excited running the fenceline and chasing the stray
cats (on the other side of the fence) that the neighbor lady persists
in feeding (read: attracting), and also because Gene and Stan are
only 2 1/2 and don't have their brains yet. So I got a lovely purple
one for Stan, to match his collar, and a royal blue one for Gene, to
match his collar. They show no signs of gratitude at all. Greyhound
turnout muzzles are also great for wounds when Elizabethan collars
aren't practical or possible. Some other breeds look funny in them,
though.


I desperately want a goat. I was told you can' t have just one. Is this
true?

I don't know, although the only single goats I can recall offhand were
companions for a single horse.

At what age do greyhound boys grow brains? (I'm still waiting for five
year
old Tok)

I usually tell adopters that they have them by age 3. These two are
actually pretty smart in some ways - - Gene had I think two accidents
in the house, and I caught him the second time and there were no more
after that. By the second week we had them, both he and Stan were
waking us up to go outside in the morning, or during the night if they
had to, which I think is kind of amazing, considering that Stan is a
spook and Gene is socially challenged.

and yes, I imagine a sighthound involved in chasing something to be
sorely
lacking feelings of gratefulness - a little too busy! and probably happy
too.

Or even involved in holding down a couch, which is what they spend
most of their time doing.

Mustang Sally

Sally,

I've been meaning to tell you...my brother got his first dog. He adopted a
15 year old Greyhound (bro is 61 years old).

I am so proud of him.
Karla


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