tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post1806053775336076952..comments2024-03-16T12:45:12.251-04:00Comments on Raised By Wolves: Director of Homeland SecurityHeather Houlahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-20259724801232111762008-11-30T21:34:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:34:00.000-05:00Your post illustrates perfectly the difference bet...Your post illustrates perfectly the difference between Protective and Possessive. I so desperately want to strangle people who claim that their little Muffin or large Duke is 'so protective' when it won't even let family approach them! And they think it's SO KYOOT! *gag*<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you have a perfect relationship with your guardian. I can only hope to achieve something like that with my future canine cohorts (although I'll actually be working them in Schutzhund and protection)!Viateciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523551407472141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-7994055449854571502008-11-25T17:32:00.000-05:002008-11-25T17:32:00.000-05:00Moe's half-brother has the same instincts. As you ...Moe's half-brother has the same instincts. As you know, he had huge paws to fill in that capacity (both literally and figuratively speaking) but he's done quite well. Like Moe and the Lokster, Audie's first instinct is to get between me and any potential threat - but like both of them, he's quite happy to make friends and get butt scritches once I tell him it's not a problem.<BR/><BR/>In another note regarding family "traditions" - the groundhog down the hill is officially dead. Neighbor said that his dog dragged the corpse up to their garage a day or so after his altercation with Audie. They're quite sure that Brandee didn't do the dirty deed - it's takes all he's got to limp to the end of the drive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-87739754394166096612008-11-25T11:40:00.000-05:002008-11-25T11:40:00.000-05:00Forgot to add that I recently found your blog, lov...Forgot to add that I recently found your blog, love it, and love your writing!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378199204420558607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-57014844146888738042008-11-25T11:33:00.000-05:002008-11-25T11:33:00.000-05:00Awesome!I met another idiot macho owner the other ...Awesome!<BR/>I met another idiot macho owner the other day with a traumatized Rottie pup who "didn't want him to learn to be too friendly" so he'd grow up "mean". I bit partway through my tongue and then explained that a dog who learns at an early age to fear humans will certainly be aggressive if cornered, but won't have the confidence to be a real "watchdog".<BR/>Or tried to explain that... there seemed to be a flicker of a dim lightbulb but I have my doubts that anything got through.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378199204420558607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-41701105350250469242008-11-25T07:07:00.000-05:002008-11-25T07:07:00.000-05:00Yeah, Pepper does much the same thing, although sh...Yeah, Pepper does much the same thing, although she will bark to let me know the intruder is there and what is my opinion on this?<BR/><BR/>Pepper also doesn't like open doors, so she and the pastor have an argument over whether the church's front door should be open in the summer. The pastor says yes and Pepper says it's much too dangerous so if I don't close it when we're there, Pepper will sit in the doorway and watch for "things that will murder us all"<BR/><BR/>The day the blimp flew over the community garden and Pepper felt she had to escort it along the property was pretty over the top. I feel better knowing this is a "known" behavoir!<BR/><BR/>DoreneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com