Way back when, when Terry still smoked, I was teaching a dog to show and wanted to introduce him to "odd" people judging. So Terry put on lots of perfume, smoked like a smoke stack, wore flapping clothes and a huge hat. After a morning of that, the dog thought the people in the center of the ring were fine, regardless of what they looked/smelled like. The dogs really liked Terry playing dress-up. they'd never know what strange version of Terry would jump from behind a tree. It became a favorite game. Ruth ________________________________ From: Stormy Hope <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx> To: gsd list mail <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 12:02 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: what we do for our dogs (smoking) What drove ME crazy was that when my kids (sil in one pair) went into the AF, the all started smoking because they got Smoking Breaks and those who didn't, didn't. Cigarette companies used to, I don't know if they still do, give free packs to service men in boot camps. I got out of "field day" by going to church that night <VBG> My dogs hate/hated the smell of smoke and YO! would back away from those who had the odor. Which wasn't too hot around judging time. Storm On Dec 2, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Liane Fossland wrote: I smoked about a pack a day back in the 1960's, kept having a sore throat and wondered why. So, to stop smoking was the alternative. It worked. Just quit from one day to the next and chewed a lot of gum and hard candy. Never touched a cigarette again although the temptation was there; we were military and cigarettes were cheap for us to buy. Lee F. @freelists.org [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of Kathy Partch My husband, Joe stopped smoking about 30 years ago. I was always around cigarette smoke but never smoked myself. I really wanted him to quit. Then we started to do a lot of boating, motorcycles & snowmobiles (always around gas). Our first boat we had we had to blow out the fumes before we started the engine so Joe said, "I think I'll quit smoking because mostly of our hobbies, dogs, horse's & me." And he quit all by himself & never smoked again. I was SO pleased. Kathy Partch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Cochran" <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx> I never bug anyone to stop smoking. when your time comes to stop you know it. I had been trying to stop for a while. I was down to just lighting them and taking a puff. Dam spendy habit that way :0) Anyway I had to come do a walk through of the house in AZ in July. Lord it was hot and I was staying at a friends house. I went out side and stood in a bucket of ice so I would be cool enough to smoke. Anyone that says it isn't an addition has never been out of gas and out of smokes at the same time. :0) So glad I got that monkey off of my back! Terry ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org ; SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ÿÿ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================