[Rhodes22-list] Doggie update

[Geoff Farrell]

Lee, We had a flat-coat that looked much like your dog. Same ears, same
longer hair, and also very intelligent- probably the smartest dog we've ever
had. When we got her from the shelter they told us it was a black lab
mix (seems to be the default breed for most black dogs in shelters). As the
dog grew we had three different and very "dog smart" friends who said she
was a flat-coat. At cocktail time, as soon as I poured my martini, she would
go get her empty peanut butter jar, we'd smear peanut butter around the
inside of the jar, and she would enjoy licking it out while we had our
drinks. This was a ritual. If sometime we forgot to fill the jar, watch out.
She'd take the jar onto the hard kitchen floor and drop it from as high as
she could get it. This would continue until one of us got up and prepared
her "cocktail". Dogs are so cool.

Geoff

If we On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 11:44 AM, KUHN, LELAND <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

> Geoff,
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> He's a mix of what our vets believe is a black lab and some type of a
> shepherd (probably German or Austrian).  He looks like a lab until you
> see him next to a purebred.  His hair is longer and his body is taller
> and more wolfish.  He can pop his ears up like a shepherd but that face
> is mostly lab.
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> He's far smarter or more trainable than any of our other dogs.  He knows
> he is allowed to bug me when I'm playing a game on the computer and to
> leave me alone when I'm working.  I don't know if it's the difference
> between using a mouse versus a keyboard or if he recognizes different
> screens on the monitor.  Reminds me of stupid dog tricks on David
> Letterman.
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> Lee
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Farrell
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Doggie update
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> Lee: Is that a flat-coated retriever? Geoff
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> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
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> > Elle,
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> > I love animals and especially dogs but there's a limit (so I thought)
> to
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> > the
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> > extreme measures I'm willing to take to keep one alive.  A few months
> ago
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> > we
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> > discovered that our "free" rescue dog had cancer.  He truly is part of
> the
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> > family and the most loving dog we've had, so my wife was able to talk
> me
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> > into a medical budget that could have purchased a large litter of
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> > purebreds.
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> > We spent over twice the budget.  We had the staples and stitches
> removed
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> > yesterday and the final biopsy was negative so I guess it was worth
> it.
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> > He's a great dog but not a great citizen--he's over 90 pounds and
> likes to
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> > great visitors by jumping up on them.  His name is Jack and the
> command is
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> > "off."  Visit our home and we're bound to scream Jack!--Off! at you.
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> > http://old.nabble.com/file/p30586681/At%2BEase%2B10-5-09%2B025.jpg
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> > I can't think of it this way, but I could have almost upgraded my
> recycled
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> > boat for a new one with the money we spent on that dog.
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> > Lee
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> > 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
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> > Kent Island, MD
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