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From: kozowski@ohsu.edu (Eric Kozowski)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs,or.forsale,or.general,pnw.forsale,pnw.general
Subject: Breeder Wanted
Keywords: Akita Breeder Dog
Date: 28 Jan 93 01:27:36 GMT
Organization: Oregon Health Sciences University

I am in search of an Akita breeder in the Pacific Northwest.  The closer they  
are to Portland (OR), the better.  Any recomendations, both positave and  
negative are welcome.  Please reply via email.  Thanks.

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kozowski@ohsu.edu            | Oregon Health Sciences University
                             | 840 SW Gaines Rd GH113
503/494-4537                 | Portland, Oregon 97201
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
Subject: Re: Get Your Pet Neutered
Reply-To: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
Organization: Ingres Corporation, a subsidiary of The ASK Group, Inc.
Date: 28 Jan 93 01:54:00 GMT

Damon Feldman writes:

> Ok, Jon.  You oppose the idea that reputable breeders should
> produce a lot of dogs and strive to improve the breed.

Incorrect.  And yet another silly straw man.

I have no problem with anyone, including those you term 'reputable
breeders', adding to the supply, for any reason they like, as soon as
demand catches up.  I have stated this here many times.  I see no
reason to defend another, different, idea, that you attribute to me.

-- Jon
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From: mje@cci632.cci.com (Mark J. Egan)
Subject: Collie Neutering Problems
Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:02:39 GMT


Well, let me preface my problem with some history.

On Nov. of '91 we bought a pure-bred, 6 month old,
pet quality collie from a breeder. We didn't know
a whole lot about the breeder but she had been
recommended highly. We did know that a collie
typically had the temperment that we wanted. We almost
got a sheltie but, all the ones we found were
terribly high strung.

He was "pet quality" because of a white hau, which is
that clear (normally) membrane that partially
cover the eye. Cornell Univ. had a vet which said  it
could be trimmed if it effected his sight- which it
hasen't seemed to.

Anyway as we were leaving she said "Oh by the way, his
testicles haven't dropped yet". Being niave we said  we'd
keep an eye on it. (so-to-speak) Later to find out
that if they hadn't dropped by 6 weeks, there could be
problems.

Upon his first visit to the vet. We were told he has 
actually only one testicle. So were's the other one?
Now, he's a year and a half old, most of his growing
should be done.

Since this situation is a tumor waiting to happen,
we (and the vet) decided to have him neutered and 
extract the "impacted organ". Anyway - HE CAN"T FIND
IT!

The dog is recovering well but he has a zipper from
one end to the other of his abdoman where the vet went
looking for the testis. Even the associated plumbing
was missing! In two weeks (when the stitches come out)
he'll do a testosterone test to see if the levels had
dropped to near zero. If so we'll assume that he only
ever had one.

The vet has seen the adreanal grands actually produce
some testosterone after the other organs are gone.

Anybody got any info about this kind of issue?
A call was placed to Cornell U. down in Ithaca, NY, 
but no news back yet.

Thanks,   sorry this got so long.

Mark Egan, Northern Telecom, Rochester, New York
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: feldman@cs.tulane.edu (Damon Feldman)
Subject: Re: stressed out puppy
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:24:01 GMT
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>his crate.  Well all of a sudden Troy started rattling his cage and Jasper 
>jumped back toward me.  She seemed a little startled.  From that point on 
>everytime we had to walk past Troy in his crate Jasper would fight me and 
>try to stop by clawing the floor.  The trainer suggested I take that corner 
>
>got up on his hind legs and started barking at Jasper and of course she 
>became terrified and leaped back behind me again.  I beginning to wonder if 
>
>I would also like to add that Jasper is not normally a submissive dog.  In 
>fact she is very outgoing and friendly with all other dogs and people.  

I have never seen this behavior myself, but Volhard and Fischer write
of a "second fear imprint period" late in puppyhood.  In these periods,
the dog overreacts to something unpleasant.  This period passes naturally.

In general, don't push the dog by physically dragging it or commanding
it to confront the other dog.  Usually you want to cheerily and 
confidently encourage the dog to overcome its fear, but in this case Troy
will just re-enforce it, so don't do that.  Give the dog support so 
it feels safe, but don't praise or coddle it when it overreacts.

The worst thing for the dog is to be dragged or forced to face the 
other dog physically (i.e. go near its crate), when mentally it wants
nothing more than to escape.

Damon
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Subject: Disgusting culinary habits
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 25 Jan 93 06:42:14 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
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I am starting to develop a theory about dogs eating used tissues, poop, socks,
underwear, & other disgusting (to humans) items with bodily smells.

I've been watching my dog's "grazing" habits closely, & here's what I've come
up with:  I think these things all smell VERY strongly of the mammal who
produced it (dog, raccoon, human, etc.), & I think a dog has very opinionated
ideas about where the "proper place" for such things should be (just like WE
do, after all!).  I think the dog wants to eat it in order to "clean it up"
whenever it is in the "wrong" place (according to the dog).  What I've noticed
when taking my dog to her "elimination spot" (at the edge of the woods; a fair
number of other dogs use this general area, too) --- she has certain "pathways"
(invisible to me, but obvious to her) that she follows every time she walks
there, & certain little "detours" where she always goes to make her "deposits". 
Now, she doesn't try to eat ALL the other animals' poop she sees;  she only
tries to eat it when it is in the way, in one of HER little "pathways".  It
really does look as though she is trying to clean up a "mistake" that she
thinks some other dog made.  This looks very much like the way that a bitch
will "clean up after" her pups before they learn to go outside of the den to
poop & pee.
                                                                   
I think "bodily fluids" all have VERY specific & important *meanings* to dogs,
& when they try to eat it, it is their way of saying "Oops, whoever put this
here made an error in communication!  Better clean up this mess..."

I don't know if this is right;  it is just an observation & MHO.

------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
From: ce293@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gail E. Brookhart)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: Science Diet... (second try)
Date: 27 Jan 1993 23:36:26 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ce293@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gail E. Brookhart)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ADMINN04@clvm.clarkson.edu (Michael Griffin) says:

>O.K. We'll try this again. (Sorry about the last two postings!)
> 
>I've been reading rpd for a few months now, but this is my first posting. I've
>enjoyed the wealth of information displayed here (I guess "dittoes" isn't the
>proper term :)  )
> 
>Freddie, my 9-month old yellow lab, has been on Science Diet Canine Growth
>since June. In December she began to get kind of bored by it, so I have
>been giving her equal amounts of Science Diet/Purina Puppy/Cycle Puppy.
>(About 6 cups a day total.) She cleans her bowl (two meals a day) most days,
>but has seemed awfully itchy lately. I'm wondering if it's the change in diet
>(SD is very high in fat) or just the cold, dry weather here in northern New
>York state (near Canada). My hands have been really dry lately too.
>The vet suggested some capsules of fatty acid, vitamin E, etc., which I am
>giving her. I followed the "Purina & other food string" last month,
>but I forget if this was covered. Any thoughts?
> 
>P.S. Vet is thinking of recommending Purina Hi-Pro Puppy (SP?) along with
>SD. He sells only SD now.
> 
>MICHAEL P. GRIFFIN <ADMINN04@CLVM.CLARKSON.EDU>
>CLARKSON UNIVERSITY
> 
>"CANIS MEUS ID COMEDIT!"
>

Your baby girl is old enough that you could even put her on adult food if
you wanted to do so.  She is not going to experience the tremendous growth
of a younger pup so she doens't need as much protein, etc. to build her
grown-up body.

In MY OPINION, puppy food manufacturers who claim that a pup needs to be on
the food for 18 to 24 months are just trying to line their pockets with
your money.

The choice is yours but she could just be full if you are giving her 6 cups
of food a day.

Gail Brookhart
ce293@cleveland.freenet.edu
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From: kkv@inel.gov (Jamie J Ferguson)
Subject: Re: Border Collies
Organization: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 21:47:19 GMT

In article <CORWIN+.93Jan28145656@MORPHEUS.CIMDS.RI.CMU.EDU> corwin+@CMU.EDU (Scott Safier) writes:
>ps.  My border collie not only jumps, but she has taken to flying
>across the room (yes, I do mean airborn for a significant period of
>time) when something (like my other dog) is on the floor in her way. :-)

Harry will jump over Meggin if she is in his way -- or, of course,
if he's just feeling excited!  (Like when we get home from work!)
Kenzie is a little too tall for Harry to jump over -- well, maybe
he just hasn't tried it since she is the dog alpha!

He certainly doesn't have any compunctions about jumping over
my husband and me!  Maybe we should bite when he does it?
:-)

Jamie

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     canines:  Kenzie -- 16 month old black Lab X
               Meggin --  9 month old Australian Shepherd X
               Harry  --  5 month old Border Collie X

     felines:  Kieri  -- (almost) 6 yr old lilac point Siamese
               Zak    -- (almost) 6 yr old blue point Siamese
               Duke   -- 1 yr old seal point Siamese
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From: betsy@rainbow.uchicago.edu (Betsy Weatherhead)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: PUPPY LOVER WANTED FOR 3 MONTHS
Date: 25 Jan 93 03:40:40 GMT
Organization: University of Chicago

I'm in a horrible situation.  I need to find a temporary (3 month) home for
my six month old black lab mix puppy.  I have to go to Sweden for three months
for a job, and unfortunately they have a four month quarantine.  I thought
my boyfriend was going to keep her, but he has pulled out at the last minute.

She is an adorable 35 lb. full grown puppy.  She is almost housetrained, in
that she presently lives in a home with a dog door which she uses consistently.
She has very little experience with having to wait hours to be walked.
She gets along very well with both dogs and cats.  She is in perfect health
and has had all of her shots.

I am hoping for a loving home as she is very socialized.  She is healthy,
smart and sheds very little.  She knows sit, stay, heal, give-up and is
leash trained. She is very consistent if there are no distractions.  She
just needs more practice with distractions--she is very compliant.

She is a very, very sensitive dog.  I have almost never raised my voice
at her.  She is just crushed with any harsh reprimand.  She really needs
a very light touch.  I have avoided formal obedience until now because
of her age and have gotten very far with just positive enforcement.  She
only chews on her toys.  Although she went through a few telephone wires
when she was two to three months old.  

She is a wonderful work companion.  She sleeps under my computer terminal
while I work and then is ready to play at a moments notice.  She is on
the shy side with strangers and doesn't understand kids yet, although I
try to expose her to children at every possibility.  She has a definite
shyness of strange men.  This has worked out very well, as she doesn't
bother people at the park, etc.  Otherwise she has that wonderful lab
personality: calm, easy going, no dominance problem at all, loves to
retrieve, very soft mouth.  She barks at strangers approaching the house,
but that's about it.

I'm afraid I never foresaw her living with anyone else, so she has peculiarities
that may make her a bit difficult at first.  She is not crate trained.  She
thinks all furniture is fine for her, and she sleeps at night in bed with me.

She's really a wonderful pup.  My vet is even considering breaking his
"no dogs" lease to take her for the three months.  Now that's what I call
a compliment!

I will cover all expenses as well as further financial reimbursement. Please.
I leave on Feb. 1!  I'll be back on May 1.  Can anyone offer my puppy a
wonderful temporary home?



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Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: roop@cc.swarthmore.edu (Karen Roop)
Subject: Re:dog biscuit recipe COLLECTION
Followup-To: rec.pets.dogs
Organization: Swarthmore College Computing Center
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:04:23 GMT

In article <93024.181054EMDJJ@CUNYVM.BITNET>, <EMDJJ@CUNYVM.BITNET> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have a good dog biscuit recipe that they can pass on ?
> Thanks in advance.
> Dan Schlissel

Dan,

I got these off the network and have copied them in full.  Hope the
original authors don't mind.  I haven't tried any yet so I can't vouch for
how "tastey" they are.

Karen
_________________

Subject: Dog Biscuit Receipe
From: mjohnson@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Marget Johnson)
Date: 3 Apr 92 14:04:22 GMT
Organization: Stakeholder Relations, NCR Corp in Dayton,OH
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Reply-To: mjohnson@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Marget Johnson)
Keywords: receipes
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Article 14834


A Dog Biscuit Receipe:

     2 cups whole wheat flour
     1 cup corn meal
     2/3 cup Brewer's yeast
     2 teaspoons garlic powder
     1/2 teaspoon salt
     2 egg yolks
     3-4 beef or chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 1 1/2 cups boiling
water

Mix well and roll out 1/2 of dough to 3/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired
shapes. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Turn off oven but leave biscuits in oven until crunchy. Makes about 1
pound.

NOTE: If you don't have any Brewer's yeast, leave it out. The dogs will
never
notice.

For a REAL taste treat, chop 1/2 lb raw liver in a blender or food
processor
until soupy. Add to mixture above. Unless you love the smell of cooking
liver,
leave the kitchen while the biscuits are baking. Also, clean the blender
THOROUGHLY with vinegar and water, or your Margaritas will be real
show-stoppers.
..............................................................................
Marget Johnson, Windwagon Newfs

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Subject: Re: tv ad
From: pendergast@jrvax.bpa.arizona.edu (MARK O. PENDERGAST)
Date: 27 Jan 1993 11:30 MST  
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <27JAN93.12827721.0070@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA>, LS45@UNB.CA (D. Savoie <MOE@UNB.CA>) writes...
>HI!  Has anyone seen the new Mazda van commercial?  I believe the
>opening line is "Enough room in here to swing a cat," spoken by a
>little grey dog with an unique clip.  He definitely is not a cat
>lover, as the rest of the ad shows.

Being allergic to cats, I'm all for swinging them anywhere, especially
in someone else's mini-van.  The phrase and the add probably refer to the
'cat-o-nine-tails' used to flog sailors. Flogging cats in mini-vans 
could become an exciting sport, especially on LA freeways.



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From: isc40041@nusunix1.nus.sg (LOO KOK HOE)
Subject: Looking for James Herriot  8)
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 07:49:32 GMT

[ Article crossposted from rec.pets.cats ]
[ Author was  ]
[ Posted on Thu, 21 Jan 1993 05:02:44 GMT ]

Hi People!

I am trying to locate the address of  James Herriot ...
the author of animal books such as 

"Vets might fly", "Its shouldn't happen to a vet",
"The Lord God made them all", ...

All I know that he is in Yorkshire in UK ...
I will be going to UK this May, 
so thinking of getting his autograph  ... 8)


george

Internet:   isc40041@nusunix1.nus.sg
From: james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: THANKS FOR THE FAQ
Date: 21 Jan 93 13:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty)
Organization: Nitelog BBS - Monterey, CA - 408-655-1096

Thanks for the FAQ that was recently posted. Quite a bit of usefull
information that was saved and put into a binder. My wife and I
appreciate the work that went into creating that piece of work.
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From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: $500 Reward Offer.  Was:  Poison Alert!!
Date: 21 Jan 1993 10:23 PST
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.198
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

> I quit supporting the NRA because of their on-going efforts to 
> tell congressmen how they could or couldn't vote.  

Of course, that's probably *why* most people who support the NRA
do so.  (Not that "telling" congressmen how to vote is likely to
get you very far.  To borrow a famous quote attributed to Jesse
Unruh, late of the California state assembly, on staying afloat
in a sea of lobbyists and special interest groups, "If you can't 
take their money, drink their liquor, sleep with their women, and 
vote against them anyway, you don't belong up here.")  

You're *supposed* to tell your representatives in Congress what you
think on the issues and therefore by implication how you'd like
them to vote.  That's why they're called "representatives."  They,
in turn, are supposed to balance what their constituents want with
their own presumably well-considered opinions on what's good for 
their districts and for the republic as a whole.  You can tell them
at the polls every couple of years, but that's a rather heavy-handed
and unsubtle form of communication, somewhat like shooting your dog 
for widdling on the rug, so if you feel strongly about an issue, you
might want to let them know via calls or letters.  Quite probably
you will be more effective in this regard if you band together with
like-minded citizens and raise your voices as one.  Hence the 
political activities of the NRA and thousands of other groups.

Should probably follow up to talk.politics.guns or talk.politics.misc,
as this has kinda diverged from the subject of dogs.

--Joe
"Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: Valaria_Vorlop@mindlink.bc.ca (Valaria Vorlop)
Subject: Re: Vefie eating pup
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:44:34 GMT

> scott weaver 9209 U writes:
> We used to have a dog who, amongst other things, liked to eat blueberries,
> and carrots.  At our cottage, there is a blueberry patch just down the
> lane, and when we would go picking, 'Joe' would go along with us and due
> to the underbite he had, he was able to pick the berries right off the
> bush.  We always knew when they were ripe when he'd come back to the
> cottage with purple-stained teeth sticking out!


Dante and I always go berry picking too! He doesn't have an overbite, he just
kind of takes a berry-laden branch into his mouth and chews :) The thorns
don't seem to bug him. Sometimes he will nip them off with his front teeth,
one at a time. I've always thought it would be great to have a flock of
berry-picking dobermans who were trained to drop them into buckets :) Of
course I'm not sure I'd want to eat the berries after knowing who they were
picked by :)


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Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: demetri@cgrg.ohio-state.edu 
Subject: Bullmastiffs
Organization: OSU Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:55:41 GMT

Anyone out there have a bullmastiff or a mastiff?  They are my favorite
dogs in the world.  When I used to walk with Peggy (bullmastiff) people
would walk a wide circle around us.  We also heard people say how ugly she
was, but I think they are gorgeous dogs with incredibly expressive faces.
And in spite of what a lot of people expect, I've found them to be some of
the sweetest, gentlest beasties around.  Too bad they don't live longer.

Renee
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty) 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Help! Ideas for findi
Date: 25 Jan 93 15:46:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Nitelog BBS - Monterey, CA - 408-655-1096
Reply-To: james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty) 

.DA> Don't overlook a rabies tag as an id--most of the tags have the name an.
.DA> location (and sometimes the phone #) of your vet and a number which is .
.DA> specific to your dog at the clinic.                                    .
.............................................................................

Also include area codes. Found that out when I lost my eyeglasses.
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From: kruus@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Kaia Kruus)
Subject: Free dog to good home
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Distribution: tor
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:52:42 GMT


This dog is in the Toronto area.  You would have
to arrange pick-up....

Free dog to a good home

2 year old cocker spaniel springer
(small dog with fluffy ears and paws,
jumps around runs in circles with
tongue lolling out of mouth, loves
people and kids)

Giving her away because of allergies.
Call 466-0235 any time, pls leave message
 if necessary.
-phoning is better than email.




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