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On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 6:47:43 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/13/2019 10:46 AM, Bruce wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:32:07 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "Bruce" wrote in message ...
> >>
> >> On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:05:45 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I know what you mean, more or less. I wouldn't want to risk our pets
> >>> outliving us. My wife's younger than me, though. Besides, you might
> >>> live until a 100
> >>>
> >>> ==
> >>>
> >>> Yeah and I might not)) Before we got our Poppy I'd had serious thought
> >>> about getting another dog. Then I saw this poor skinny dog on the Dogs
> >>> Trust website!!
> >>>
> >>> She had no hair on her back and looked really scared. That did it!!
> >>
> >> I think we'll do that too at some point. All these poor animals in
> >> shelters. Even if they only have one year to go, we could still give
> >> them that. I'd hate all kinds of medical problems, though. I knew a
> >> guy who had to inject his cat for diabetes. Well, he didn't...
> >>
> >> ==
> >>
> >> Oh dear. We have to inject Poppy once a month for her skin condition
> >> (Dermatitis). Well, D. does it. He knew how to do it from his time in the
> >> military.
> >>
> >> I get heartbroken when I see all those lost wee souls. If only I was
> >> younger and a millionaire eh?

> >
> > Yes, we'd clearly better stay away from animal shelters. I wish people
> > wouldn't go to breeders while the shelters are full.
> >

> Mostly ignorance and vanity. There are those that don't want some mutt,
> but a pure bread dog that looks cute, no matter how poor a fit it may be.
>
> When the Disney 101 Dalmation move came out many people wanted one but
> did not know the characteristics of the breed until too late.


I was surprised to learn that my brother was raising/breeding dalmatian show dogs. Beats me how that happened. We weren't into dogs when we were kids. I would never get involved with show dogs but he has produced some of the finest dalmatians in N. America - whatever that means. They all look alike to me.