<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:45:24 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>Border collies are evil. A relative had one that like to greet visitors by
>>jumping on their chests. One day, I showed up for dinner, straight from
>>work. The dog leapt on me, got its claws stuck in my suit jacket pocket,
>>and
>>tore the left-front of the jacket down to the bottom seam. Ha ha. Too bad
>>it
>>was a new Hickey-Freeman suit. Its owner wrote me a check. Ha ha. Great
>>dog.
>>A month later, it chewed open a dental floss container and ate the floss.
>>This resulted in expensive surgery, since the floss tangled in the
>>intestines. Very expensive. Ha ha. Two incidents cost the woman upward of
>>$2000.00 in a period of a month.
>
>
> They aren't evil... they are working dogs that need a job. They are
> very active animals and people who decide to own one should be aware
> of that. Sounds like she didn't train her dog and should own a basset
> instead. Bassets are loving animals. A little dumb, but sedentary
> and sweet.
>

Fortunately, the border collie is dead.