We currently are raising a puppy, from a litter of one. Because of being the "only one", he is nicknamed "Keeper" and naturally, because of all the attention he gets, he is an obnoxious little devil. Now we live in the middle of our 30 spread and my daughter and her family live at the back of the property, about 1/4 mile walk. Although Keeper is suppose to live with Bob & myself, he frequenty sneaks off to Cathy's house, because with 2 grandkids and the kennels back there, that is "where the action is". One of Cathy's house dogs is "Brite Eyes", the last Spellbinder daughter, who is about 11 fancies herself to be a ferocious watch dog, at lest she barks at all the coons, deer, falling acorns, and any strange noise in the night. After his last visit with Brite Eyes, Keeper, who is 4 months old, decided he is now a watch dog also. I came home on Fri and walked into the house , only to be greeted by serious, loud puppy barking as he raced to check me out - all his hackles standing straight up. He was not even embarrassed when he discover it was only me, not a burglar. That night he heard voices from our grand daughters house, towards the front of the property. He promptly leapt and loudly barked - but his directional finder has not yet kicked in, and he kept facing the empty field instead of the location of the voices. Needless to say he still received lots of praise. This is an excellent example of puppies learning from various grown dogs, as our two "girls" are so used to unusual sounds, they only bark if it is 2 AM. He learned all his "alertness" from a visit to Brite Eyes. Carol In a message dated 9/5/2009 1:04:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, scotties@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Hope everyone enjoys thier dogs as much as I do because they are my "BEST FRIENDS"!!!! They never stab me in the back,they never borrow money, they never ask for anything but love and I love them! Giselda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doc Zoe" <wynsum@xxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:32 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] A RESPECTFUL REQUEST Frank is out of remission. He has been for a while and many treatments have failed He is fighting for his life. As a human being, I am asking you to stop talking about Frank and just keep him in your thoughts an prayers. You can talk about WHAT IS A PUPPY MILL - do it generically List rules say you shouldn't throw stones at anyone This is NOT an ADMIN request, but a PERSONAL ONE I cannot wait until all this election stuff is over and done and the list gets back to DOGS California has shows today - hopefully not near the Fires It is a holiday weekend - the last of summer, albeit, I am still waiting for summer to begin! 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