I know what you mean. My high school kids thought it was "cool" that I called the female dogs "bitches." (I had pictures of our dogs all over my classroom.) They would get gleeful by asking me, "Is that a dog or a BITCH?" Loved those days. Thanks for the memories. #1 bitch Penny from NC The Farm Dog (#2 bitch) On Jan 9, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Kathy Partch wrote: > I remember the very first time when I started talking about my show > girls in > front of my husband's sister. She asked me not to use that kind of > language > again. And especially in front of her little girl, our niece. Oh > sure, this > happened with other people too when I wasn't realizing who I was > around in a > public, or where ever. I explained to my sister-in-law & she said, > "I don't > care! It sounds just terrible!" She also asked me this question > some years > later, "Can't you ever take a photo without a dog in it!" As you can > plainly > see, we have NOTHING in common. [sigh] > > Kathy Sater-Partch ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================