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From: pgarnier@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Philip Garnier)
Subject: Re: Was she humping?
Organization: UIUC Department of Psychology
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:31:16 GMT

intrigue@stein.u.washington.edu (Shelley Vogel) writes:

>I have a wonderful Airedale puppy, Morgan, who will be 12 weeks old
>this Friday.  She is a frisky little thing, to put it mildly, but
>she's quite smart and is training beautifully - she already knows
>Sit!  Well, anyway, last night she was getting a little out of hand
>and I was just getting ready to put her away for a "rest" when she
>grabbed my arm, like I have had male dogs do in the past, and my
>SO said, "She's humping you!"  And it sure looked like it to me, too.

   
 My older border terrier bitch humps the younger one all the time.  Sometimes
she humps our male rabbit too.  Of course, he humps her all the time.  I'm
told that dominant bitches will do things like this.  She in fact, also
marks all the time when out for a walk - no leg-lifting, but squatting every
5 seconds and sniffing every hydrant, signpost, and tree.

>Anyone know what was going on?
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: Valaria_Vorlop@mindlink.bc.ca (Valaria Vorlop)
Subject: Dogs in cars with no restraint.
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 18:52:51 GMT

There have been questions about dog seat belts lately, and the topic has been
on my mind lately anyway...

I use a doggie seat belt, primarily because my dog's crate is bigger than my
car :) I've never been in an accident, but I'm positive that this is better
than an unrestrained dog...I have a bit of concern that he might get hurt by
the straps in a stop, but at least it will keep him out of my lap.

I've been wondering lately, WHY is it that the same people who wouldn't dream
of riding in a car unrestrained have no problem with loose dogs in the car?
Just this morning I saw a guy with a boxer sitting in the passenger's seat.
After that I saw a woman with a maltese lying on the shelf part behind the
back seats. The other day I saw a car parked at the grocery store with *4*
pomerianians all over the inside.

My first reaction to all of these was, "Awwwwwww, how cute!" but then the
image of these dogs hitting the windshield came into my mind :(


--
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pride,where wit fails,steps in to our defense,
Valaria_Vorlop@mindlink.bc.ca   And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
or:      a4080@mindlink.bc.ca                 - from Alexander Pope's
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *                         An Essay On Criticism
From: mjohnson@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Marget Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: Pedigree Software Program
Keywords: Pedigree Software
Date: 20 Nov 92 15:52:06 GMT
Reply-To: mjohnson@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Marget Johnson)
Organization: Stakeholder Relations, NCR Corp in Dayton,OH

In article <1992Nov19.152137.6611@cbfsb.cb.att.com> posie@cbnewsg.cb.att.com
(donald.e.church) writes:
>Does anyone out there know where I might find a good
>software program for doing pedigrees?  Preferably would
>like a PD or SW version but a good commercial one would
>be OK.

Don: I've been using COMPUPED pedigree program for the last 3 years. It has
worked OK, but I've been very frustrated with some of the arbitrary
restrictions and lack of a decent user interface... not to mention unresolved
bugs. COMPUPED is marketed by RCI Software (a one-man shop) in Loveland CO and
sells for around $135.

We are now testing out a highly-recommend package from Management Computer
Services in Modesto, CA. This is a d-base program (COMPUPED is proprietary)
and has a good user interface. Besides the standard pedigree, options include
whelping & medical records, show records, and JUDGES RECORD (we talked about
this, remember?). The vendor is friendly & knowledgeable & provides telephone
support & s/w upgrades at no charge. MCS is affiliated with George Alston,
the ex-professional handler who is now on the seminar circuit (also wrote a
book recently) teaching conformation handling techniques (an excellent 2-day
class, BTW). We will probably go with the MCS package, as have a number of
other Newfy breeders. Because of the standard d-base format, we can
interchange files....a real boon when you're talking data entry of a 1000
dogs! Also, the Newfoundland Club of America is converting its 15,000+ dog
pedigree files into d-base, so the potential for starting with a pre-built
database is high for us.

Price is $139 + $6 shipping. Demo w/documentation is $20, refundable with
purchase (s/w is not protected...we borrowed a copy from a friend to try out,
rathe than the demo). Address is P.O. Box 3573, Modesto CA 95352. A new
version is due out in 2 months removing some minor irritations. 

Anyone else have a favorite?

Marget Johnson

--
From: mmussell@fmgu25.intel.com (Morgan Mussell ~)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: Is my puppy sick?
Date: 20 Nov 92 16:18:58 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

>I have another question for all your knowledgeable dog owners.  I
>got such a wonderful response to my question about whether Morgan
>was humping ...

Say what?  Oh...You're talking about your dog?...oh, never mind.

(descriptions fo puppy's lack of energy and appetite deleted).

When our dog Charis was about 14 weeks she got deathly ill, and required
antibiotics and was even on IV's for a day.  She had these four symptoms:
1) Very listless, 2) Lack of appetite, 3) Vomiting, 4)  Off colored stools.
It went from "I wonder if she's okay, to unmistakably sick in very short 
time.  

Now of those four symptoms, she's had every single one in passing, and for
brief periods of time (eg. barfed last sat am for no apparent reason, and
is fine).  After a vacation last summer, she spent several days sleeping and
only picking at food.  But, if more than say two of those symptoms ganged up
and persisted for any length of time, I'd take her to a vet for a check up.

Morgan (no relation to the puppy) Mussell      mmussell@mcd.intel.com
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: rasmussenc@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu
Subject: Re: DOG IS SICK
Organization: Darden Center, University of Virginia
Distribution: jadpc2
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:39:14 GMT

In article <9211151200.AA2067@f723.n202.z1.fidonet.org> ELAINE_GALLEGOS@f703.n202.z1.fidonet.org writes:
>Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 10:15:08 -0800
>From: ELAINE_GALLEGOS@f703.n202.z1.fidonet.org
>Subject: DOG IS SICK

>  Your old dog sounds very sick.  It's probably cancer.  Maybe
>advanced liver disease.  You can consider putting the dog down,
>although it doesn't sound like he is going to live much longer on his
>own.

Geez lady.  You are so full of empathy.  Between this post and the the 
postregarding the woman whose dog had kidney failure, you're quite 
something -- helpful, kind and considerate.  NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: LAM138@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: size of kennel for golden retriever
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:04:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: psuvm.92323.110448LAM138
Organization: Penn State University

you might consider a wire kennel as some goldens find a vari-
kennel too warm.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: hckrus01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Re: Please help: cancer and pet Yorkie (long)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 22:22:50 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

I just re-read my posting and noticed some stuff got strangely deleted
so sometimes it makes no sense.  Go figure.  Oh well.

But ANYWAY, what I really meant to say is that I just re-read YOUR original
posting and saw that your email address is Iowa State.  Since I grew up
in Iowa City and worked at a vet clinic where 2 of the 3 docs were 
Iowa State (note that I am NOT calling it "Moo U"!) grads, I now know the
answer to the following question I asked:
 
> Do you live near a university with a vet school?  Does your mother-in-law?
> If there is a chemo. regime, they could undoubtedly administer it there,
> or perhaps vets at a vet school could instruct Fang's vets on how to do
> the therapy.

If your mother-in-law doesn't live near Ames, would you be willing to
house Fang around surgery and/or chemotherapy time?  If getting Fang to
Ames is an option, I would certainly at least try the vet school there 
for a second opinion.

Again, good luck!


Holly Kruse
University of Louisville
and Tristan (Ch. Rendition Wind Voyager) of course

Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: schlumpf@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu ()
Subject: Re: UPDATE: Gaseous GSD...
Reply-To: schlumpf@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu ()
Organization: Materials Research Lab
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:10:28 GMT


In article <1ebeokINNhr3@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
vln@icpsr.umich.edu (Victoria Neff) writes:

|> In article <BxtIAH.3LF@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
|> schlumpf@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu () writes:
|> >Well folks, as I was going to the vet Saturday with Dante, the
|> jester-cat,
|> >anyway, I decided to ask him about little Siegfried and his gas and
|> gulping
|> >problem.
|> 
|> One thing to try for gulping is to put several large (3-4") clean
|> rocks in the
|> dog's dish.  Then they have to sort of hunt for the food bits, and
|> it's
|> harder to just inhale.....
|> 
|> 
|> 
Cool idea, but what do you do if your doggie likes to pick up rocks and
chew on
them and try to swallow them??? (he does this too...and yes, he gets
plenty of
food...always has some left in his bowl) :-)

Kay & Siegfried the inhaling rockeater!
From: jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: The Real Scoop on Lymes Disease
Date: 18 Nov 92 23:39:56 GMT
Organization: Washington State University
Originator: jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu

I know a lot of folks here expressed some opinions about Lyme Disease
prevalence and vaccinations in dogs.

Some of you may care to read an excellent, easy-to-read summary of
what is happening in the veterinary community with regard to Lymes.
I suggest you read
"Questions 'push' for vaccinations against Borrelia burgdoreri infection",
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
a letter on pages 1491-1493 of the latest Journal of the American
Veterinary Association (JAVMA, 201(10), 11/15/92).

This journal can be found in many places - if your library doesn't have it,
chances are your veterinarian does.

-Jeff
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From: mcnc!fns-nc1.fns.com!vib (Victor Bur)
Subject: Dog Sports Magazine
Organization: Fujitsu Network Switching
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 18:20:58 GMT


Either my first post on this subject has never made it, or I've missed
the response.  (Then again, maybe the response has never made it -- my node
has a very peculiar behavour: sometimes I read responses to questions I've
never seen).

Anyway, I'll bother you again, folks.  I need a subscription information
for the "Dog Sports Magazine".  I remember seen that information on the
net, so if anyone still has it, please respond.  And if you do, please
e-mail, not post -- just to make sure I or my node will not miss it.

Thank a lot.
Best regaard.
Victor
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Distribution: jadpc2
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 23:22:01 -0800
From: ELAINE_GALLEGOS@f703.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Subject: Re: Mutts vs. Purebreds
Comment-To: All@f703.n202.z1.fidonet.org
Reply-To: ELAINE_GALLEGOS@f703.n202.z1.fidonet.org
X-FSC-PATH: 202/703 701
X-FSC-PID:  RA 0.04

  Which is better, purebred or mutt?  What you say about purebreds is
certainly partially true.  You need to consider the nature of Working
purebreds.  Unfortunately, many purebreds are now strictly show dogs,
and might have no working ability left.  Many show dogs have no
defence drive or any other form of sense whatsoever.  They just Look
beautiful.
 Whether a show beauty, or the ugliest mutt on the block, the Bet dog
is the one who is the best pet.
--- FMail 0.92
 * Origin: HILLCREST COMMUNITY BBS, SAN DIEGO. HST 619-291-0544 (1:202/703)
From: kathy_buetow@QMS1.life.uiuc.edu (Kathy Buetow)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: It's a boy !!  And a girl, and another...........
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:41:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: physio10.kathy_buetow-181192102735
Followup-To: rec.pets.dogs
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Hi there everybody...I'm a grandma again !!

Oreo had her babies on Monday night between 6:20 and 11:15 p.m. 
Rather considerate timing considering all the "horror stories" I've
heard about bitches waiting until the wee hours of the morning to
whelp !!
 
7 all together...5 girls and 2 boys !! They all are very uniform in
size (all around 300 g or 10.5 oz), very healthy and they all have
a great set of lungs (they are the *noisiest* bunch of puppies I've
ever seen !!).  "Big Sister" Stuffy and "Uncle" Rowdy are taking
the new household additions well (of course the "bribe" of a giant
rawhide for each of them didn't hurt matters either :-).

It will never cease to amaze me how each of these "little blobs"
already seems to have a personality !!  I could sit there and just
watch them for hours and hours and hours !!  :-)

Kayti Cook won the pool.....although she predicted "all boys", 
she was the only one that guessed 7 puppies on the nose !!!

Cattle Dog Kisses and Heeler Hugs to all !!
Kathy
--------------------
Katwala Australian Cattle Dogs
Kathy_Buetow@QMS1.life.uiuc.edu
"Australian Cattle Dogs are not just a breed....they're a way of life !!!"
From: liza@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Liza Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: HELP me choose a dog breed, please !
Date: 20 Nov 1992 22:59:29 GMT
Organization: Stanford Univ. Earth Sciences
NNTP-Posting-Host: pangea.stanford.edu

In article <1992Nov20.192508.13330@hou.amoco.com> zjsg12@hou.amoco.com writes:
>My fiance and I are starting to look for a dog as her childhood dog died	
>a while back and she feels lost without a dog. What we want is a medium-sized
>dog big enough to be a decent watchdog, good with kids, minimal shedding and odor
>as we like to keep the dog in the house and train it to go outside. We have a 
>house with a big yard and we are both fairly active (we are 24 & 25), so exercise 
>won't be a problem. What we have considered is Keeshond, Siberian Husky,
>and Alaskan Malamute.
>
>Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>

Gee, sounds to me like you need a Labrador! :)  Of course, I'm not biased
or anthing!  No, not me!  Right guys?  "Woof!" says Kash, smiling at me.
"Woof!" says Hopper, hoping I'll feed them dinner soon.  "Woof!" says
Rosie, wiggling with puppy delight!

No, seriously, labradors are really nice pets.  They certainly meet the
criterion above.  They are not in the Keeshond, Siberian, Malamute league,
but they shed less than those dogs.  Which isn't to say that they don't
shed.  They shed seasonally.  The "blow" their coats and then grow new
ones.  This usually happens twice a year but it varies from dog to dog.

Anyway, if you want more info on labs, feel free to write me.  If not,
well, ignore the ramblings of a Labrador devotee!

-=lizalee
 

--
Liza Lee Miller         My dogs are labradorable!     liza@pangea.stanford.edu
Cibola Labradors            Field * Show * Fun                    415/326-5309
Cibola's Misty Mountain Hop--Hopper                   Mistypoint Kashmir--Kash
	            Campbellcroft Cibola Rosette -- Rosie
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From: emm@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ellen.m.mcsorley)
Subject: re: gassy GSD
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:54:00 GMT

My young Newf, Arnie, used to have us running from
the living room in the evening - he was DREADFUL!

We just happened to change his food two weeks ago
and just REALLY noticed last night "gee, the dog
isn't gross any more!"

He was on Nature's Recipe lamb and rice, and is
now on Pro Plan "natural" turkey and barley.  The
canned food has not changed from Pedigree (various
flavors.)

I had avoided Pro Plan because of the ethoxaquin
but the Pro Plan rep at the feed store pointed out
that the new natural is preserved with vitamin E
and is the only food that can boast that all of it's
grain is grown without pesticides.
From: schlumpf@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: UPDATE: Gaseous GSD...
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:31:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.Bxx78B.JLL
Reply-To: schlumpf@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu ()
Organization: Materials Research Lab

In article <1edmb2INNfg@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>,
vln@icpsr.umich.edu (Victoria Neff) writes:
|> >
|> >|> One thing to try for gulping is to put several large (3-4") clean
|> rocks
|> >|> in the dog's dish.  Then they have to sort of hunt for the food
|> bits, 
|> >|> and it's harder to just inhale.....
|> 
|> >Cool idea, but what do you do if your doggie likes to pick up rocks
|> and
|> >chew on them and try to swallow them???
|> 
|> Pick up his dish as soon as he's done eating??
|
Knowing Siegfried, he'd probably go play with the rocks and leave his
supper! Which brings me to another question, how can you get your dog
to stop picking up little rocks while he's sniffing for a spot? And it's
HARD
to find those little rocks in that big mouth of his.  Sometimes it's
hard to
tell he's picked one up until you hear the click click of it against his
teeth
as he mouths it, especially if it's at night. At night I can never tell
if he's
just sniffing or picking up rocks! I usually pull him away when I guess
he's trying to find one and say NO! in the voice that makes him stop
everything. If he's picked up one, I take him immediately inside and
remove it as well as I can, then take him back outside, if he needs to
still do something. So, why does my dog want to eat and play with
rocks,
I'm sure he's not a bird who needs them to properly digest his food!
:-)

And as far as the gas problem, why's he always worse when company is
around? Perhaps the excitement??? He's been much better lately as we've 
started to isolate him when he eats so he isn't tempted to hurry up and go
play with Baeki, our other dog....he still inhales it, but not as fast...

Kay & crew
From: rhh@alice.att.com (r hardin)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: behavior modification or dog training
Date: 23 Nov 92 23:38:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: alice.24276
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ



Marla Belzowski writes:
>>I have noticed that people who train dogs here tend to say things
>>like ``A dog should never be taken off leash near traffic, because
>>no matter how well trained he is, he might dash off for some reason.''
>>I find this amazing, what in the world are these people teaching?
>

>I find it amazing that you take such a risk with your dogs.  It only
>take one second of laps time in a dogs training to get it killed. 
>No dog is 100% reliable all of the time.  Maybe yours is, maybe mine
>are, but I'm not willing to take that chance with my dog's life.

What about seeing eye dogs?  Did you know Koehler wrote some stuff
for them too?  A guy at the local pilot dog place says he
has some of his stuff.

It is as unthinkable that my dog would dash off, as that a Seeing Eye
dog would dash off, and for the same reason.  ``I am Susie who
heels in spite of deer,''  to use a distraction that recently
presented itself about eight feet away.

It's character.

Koehler has a story somewhere about a handler who trained her dogs
to go out on the directed jump by dashing out excitedly like she
wanted the dog to do - he said she gave up training and became an
obedience judge.

I think his point was, partly, that what you find around the ring is
not what he'd call training.  I said this once by saying that sometimes
the dog stories that we use in training become dog handler stories,
and I meant it as a caution.

Koehler trained 10,000 dogs without a failure, not one.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: emily@azariah.tamu.edu (Emily Glass)
Subject: Re: Dirty Paws/Dog Booties
Organization: Texas A&M University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:48:54 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.111632.2024@yogi.hsc.ucalgary.ca> steve@yogi.hsc.ucalgary.ca writes:
>The following is a response I received concerning the "Dirty Paws" issue.  I
>have permission to forward it to this group.
>
>Stephen R. Lee is a musher and he advises me of the cons of "Dog Booties".
>
... stuff deleted

>I've decided it's not the solution to "Dirty Paws"!  Thanks again, Stephen!
>Since you have no dog entrance (one that the dog can come in and out at
>will), I would recommend the water and towel by the door routine.  What
>do you think?  If you want to try booties, I have a good source that
>I would recommend.  If you decide to go with RC Steele, be sure and get
>the soft cordura booties as opposed to the hard leather ones.
>


I do not have a hose by my back door, so I use a 5 gal bucket. I fill
the bucket 1/2 full with water, carry it outside the back door, and then
stick the dog's feet in it (one at a time, of course :-) ).  I use my 
hand to loosen the dirt while the foot is in the bucket.  When finished 
with all 4 feet, I dry them with a towel.  This procedure is a little bit 
of a pain (for me), but it beats carrying my 55 lb lab-cross and my 70 lb 
Bouvier through the house to the bath tub.   Plus, it keeps my bathtub 
clean :-).  I also have to change the water in the bucket between dogs.  
Incidentally, the dogs dislike this procedure, somewhat, but -- hey! --
if they want to come in the house, then they will have to bare with a 
little temporary "discomfort" :/

good luck

Emily
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (S. Mudgett aka little gator)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: New England and National Rescue Groups  FAQ
Date: 15 Nov 92 08:57:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: harvee.H.ea.EAth6lmK44o
	<1992Nov12.113147.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
Reply-To: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us
Distribution: na
Organization: gators 'r us
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.04 Rev. Sep  5 1992

In <1992Nov12.113147.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>, hckrus01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:
(additions deleted to save space)
>
>Thanks for all this terrific information, Eric!
thank you too. i'll ad them to the list today.

(eric is my husband and breedlist assistant)
-- 
-- little gator aka s. mudgett     email: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us
-- friend of a gator is a friend of mine
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: ztac18@hou.amoco.com (Tom Chaimov WWNV x5076 9.134)
Subject: pad for dogs on hard floor?
Reply-To: ztac18@hou.amoco.com
Organization: Amoco
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:39:07 GMT

I'd like to give my dogs something nicer than the hard floor to lie down on
when I am away.  Only problem is, they like to play tug o' war with anything
I leave, like their pillow, a big scrap of carpet, etc.  They are perfectly
well behaved and don't chew much as long as someone's around.  But, give
them an hour alone, and they'll destroy their favorite pillow!  So, what can
I do to make their elbows a little more comfortable while I'm away?

For point of reference, they're brother & sister Golden's, weighing in at about
150 lbs total.

Thanks,
--Tom--

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