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Leslie and Sandy, Jethro is one quarter chow, the rest black lab. He came to us from divorcing friends a few years ago. We've known him since he was a pup. He's a lover now, but I had some anxious moments. He hadn't been well disciplined and didn't do well with noise. One time he lunged at a neighbor boy getting on the school bus, and he's jumped at a girl who ran past him shrieking. He used to growl and try to bite me when I clipped his nails. No idea if that was chow or just lack of discipline. He's much better behaved now that he's had some training and is in a more stable environment.

Do Dexter and Simon trot? I had noticed that Jethro does, even at a slow pace when Midnight is walking normally. Then one day I was watching a dog show and the announcer introduced the Chow, "with his distinctive gait."

Jethro couldn't bark as a pup. It sounded more like the honk of a goose. I remember when he first came out with a real bark. We all laughed at his look of surprise. He still sounds a bit wimpy. He drools a bit, too. Then shakes his head so the strand swings up around his muzzle. He's *such* a Jethro! Liz

Whew! That sort of thing can be rather worrisome, can't it, Liz? Fortunately for us, Dexter has never exhibited any of that sort of behavior. In fact, when it recently became necessary to start him on thyroid medication twice a day and he didn't want us to open his mouth and shove the pill down his throat (the only way I've ever done it on other dogs), his reaction was simply to clamp his jaws tight shut and become completely limp everywhere else. It was like trying to wrestle with a piece of spaghetti! I gave up and give him his pills in a variety of treats: cheese, Vienna sausages (halved), pill pockets He gets bored easily and refuses things if he's had them too often. LOL!

Dexter doesn't really. I've seen him trot when he's all excited about another dog walking down the road, but it's the same trot that my previous Dobies and other large dogs I've seen have had. There's a Chow next door to us who trots *all* the time.

LOL! My first Dobie lived with me before I met DH, when I lived in a tiny apartment. One night someone rattled the doorknob, and that spurred the Dobie pup to his first real bark. Next thing I heard was footsteps pounding he** bent for leather down the sidewalk. Dobies have a

We have 8,500 gators and we keep them, mostly, on the back of our swamp. Give or take. It's just so hard to find a competent census taker who doesn't taste like chicken these days. And a Yorkshire terrier. He has impeccable papers and was going to be named something very English such as Richard. Somehow, he's a genetic throw-back and looks heaps more like an 8 pound buffalo; the Yorkie authorities call him a Woolie. Yogi doesn't care. Yogi was supposed to be my dog. DH didn't want a @#$! animal to take care of. When Yogi bounced into the house, he took one look at DH and said, "Yes. I'll take him" and take him, he did. Fun to see a white-haired old guy carrying around a teddy bear. Polly

My Simon has hip dysplasia, so he has a rather stiff legged gait in his hand legs in all speeds. He does a funny up and down bounce-y trot (boing, boing) when he's "defending" his back yard from imaginery intruders on the other side of the fence- with the hair standing straight up on the back of his neck and shoulders. We always laugh at him because he is a very sweet-natured, cuddle bug and doesn't fool anybody when he's trying to act ferocious. He's absolutely trustworthy with our 2-3 yr. old grandchildren and always happy. He has a very large bark- fearsome sounding- but completely all dog... nothing special.

Leslie & The Furbabies > >

Thanks Kate! Ernie loved that couch, so good for tunneling into and attacking unsuspecting bottoms!

LOL Cheryl, don't worry, your secret is safe with me. Ernie's my love, but he's a tart for attention. Play with him and he's your friend for life.