on 6/10/04 3:51 PM, Erin Holder at erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: my little > Sheltie. Had you, in your hectic day, had time to read the piece at the web link Andreas posted, you would know that your Sheltie's cousin--and possibly therefore your Sheltie itself--speaks German. My advice is to try "Beejay, oder Herr Ausstossen, wo ist die Banane?... Die schokolade?" If he comes back with, "Ich bin ein Berliner," you know he ate the jelly doughnut. David Ritchie Owner of a Border Collie who responds to "sit," "come" and "bog off" in Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html