In a message dated 8/27/2006 7:12:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, irrenhaus4@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: I guess I'm the only meannie on the list. my dogs are not allowed on the furniture period. they have drop and flops on the floor and I don't sleep on their beds and they don't sleep on mine. >Emilie >WINDVANE KENNELS > > > Not the only one, Emilie. My dogs are floor dogs, too. No furniture or beds for them. Oh Lord, Nitro waits for Ken to get up from the couch and in .05 seconds is up sitting next to me.(of course , I don't dissuade this, lol) Ken comes back into the room, feigning outrage, lol and gets eye to eye with Nitro, and nose to nose....Nitro turns his head and gives him the doggie equivalent of "talk to the hand" ...at which point Ken drags him off the couch (I'm giggling) and Nitro, unaffected...steals one of Ken's shoes and makes a point of SHOWING it to Ken and puts it in his crate......what a sense of humor!!! Nitro will also get on the bed to challenge Ken...but doesn't stay but a minute, he just likes to bat Ken around and bite my feet....lol The Ovcharka doesn't get up on the furniture, technically (she is 7 mos and 29 inches) but she will walk up and sit her BUTT on the chair next to you, with her four feet on the ground....like a giant silver and black teddy bear, and roll her eyes at you like..."aren't I cute?" She isn't allowed to sleep in the bedroom or on the furniture or anything else as this breed aspires to the top of the pecking order....forthwith. As large as they are, they must always remain subordinate. But cute, oh yes. Kathy _www.Victory_ (http:www.Victory) germanshepherds.com We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.-Aristotle Victory...There's Something in a Name ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================