Lynn you are to kind, but I love the way you boost my ego, LOL!!! I agree that everyone in this group feels the same way about dogs and animals in general, and I feel from all the emails that I read that we are all tuned into our babies. Maybe it is a gift, who knows. I sure hope the day comes, when you and your hubby can agree on getting a dog, no mater what the breed, because you will be on the same list as all of us crazy animal fanatics, LOL!!
My folks were pretty much the same way as yours, but my Dad really did like our dogs and showed them attention, much more so then my mother did, she is like your mom, she can't understand what the big deal is over any animal. The only reason why she allowed a dog in the house was because my Dad worked a lot and nights and she wanted the security of a guard dog. We had one dog that was an excellent guard dog. He was mostly Shepherd and one night some one tried to break in via the fire escape. My mom heard Duke go into a very low mean growl while looking at the window, and huddled all of us kids quietly into the bathroom and locked the door so the stranger couldn't get into it. Then we heard her yelling out, 'who's there?" and next thing we heard was Duke attacking the guy. The police came and the guy got arrested and boy was that guy a bloody mess! I remember hearing the cops laughing and saying that they wanted Duke on their team, because I started to cry and thought that they were going to take Duke away,lol! Duke was really my dog. What stories I could tell about our childhood adventures together, that my parents never really showed an interest in, ( I think they thought it was all a child's imagination, they should only know!) but my friends adored our Hero Dog and shared in many of our adventures. Everyone knew how really smart Duke was. He was the type of dog that just went with the flow and figured things out for himself. He never had any real training, he just got tuned into people and understood what they wanted. Our neighbors always yelled out "Hi Ya Duke" whenever I would walk him, and sometimes would call me to their door, just to give him a treat. He was special.....boohoo, I am teary-eyed again! -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 5/2/2011 7:25:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Went to a Fair today Peggy, you are such a wonderful advocate and champion for dogs, always demanding what is best for them and wanting others to feel the same, but some never will, no matter how much we wish it or will it to happen. They just not do possess the same love, compassion, understanding, connectedness, that you and others who deeply love their pets and value them do. I honestly think those of us that do were born this way. My parents never had any real understanding of animals or how much love you can feel for them or how they love you back, just barely tolerating my deep love of animals, my mom, bless her heart, would only give my cats, which was all I was ever allowed to have (they had to live outside where they always got hit by a train and I had to mourn them forever) a perfunctory pat to appease me. When our neighbor's dog had cocker spaniel puppies and my sister and I begged our hearts out to have one, the answer was no, no, no, from both mom and dad. In their defense, they were both working extremely hard to support our family. After I was married and finally got my own dog, when they would visit they never noticed the adorable antics he performed that made us laugh so hard and love him even more. I always wondered how I could possibly be their real child because of my adoration and love for animals and would search our house for my adoption birth records from time to time, never found them, lol .. Gigi, what a doll, well, we knew that, and what a compliment to her preciousness, that people wanted her puppies should she have some, and how observant of you to notice all that she responded to, the stroller, wanting her mom to let her spend more time with the guy who she knew looked like her (so cute!), because you are all of the above in the third sentence of this very lengthy email. Sorry about that, but really admire how much you love and care for yours and spend the time to find out what is the healthiest food to feed, what they truly need in life to give them the longest and best lives possible. And all the many others on this group that do exactly the same. You know who you are! Lynn In a message dated 5/1/2011 11:58:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I felt bad for that little chi that I saw today. He was way to skinny and you could feel all his bones. The owners were not the type of people who are really into their dog. I got the impression that they love the dog, but it is just a dog attitude. I really wanted to take him away from them. Guarantee that poor fellow is on cheap can food and will never gain weight on it either. Would you visit me in jail Joan?, lol!
