In article >, sf wrote:

> 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.

Yay! :-)
Someone that "gets it".

Thousands of BC's are put to sleep in the pounds every year because
people don't research the breeds of dogs before picking out that cute
little fuzzy puppy.

This is why puppy farms need to be banned. Responsible breeders
interview the prospective adopters.

I adopted Jewely as an 8 month old youngster from the animal shelter...
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