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Old 10-27-2012, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Patty55 View Post
The people fostering them said the Guide Dog Foundation brought down 12 in a van, they stay here for a year learning the basics, then they go back. I don't think I could give them back.
I really, really admire people who foster dogs, or take them for training. I've contemplated it, but I know that if I had a puppy for a year, there is no way in the world I could bear to part with it. I'd be a felon because I'd take the dog and flee across the border to Canada.


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May I please ask a serious question about being the pack leader? I understand this, Barefoot, and believe it with all of my being. But, how does a dog respect you as a pack leader when you have to follow behind their BMs and pick up their poo?
The dogs have an intelligence equivalent to a two-year old child, or perhaps if it's a aussie, a three-year old child. So I don't think they give a lot of thought to what people put in the bag they carry around. Or maybe I underestimate dogs. Maybe inside they're laughing their ass off.
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