Loving my Oldies

Congratulations, Jed. Contacts like that help to ameliorate some of the not to good things that have happened lately. I am having lunch today with people who adopted little dogs from me, one family last year and the other this year and both adopted two dogs together, so two happy families and four happy dogs. Although naturally I didn't breed these dogs (LOL), it is great to know that people and puppies are happy.

And so you should be . I read again where you said "he did nothing". But, in fact he did :p . He showed you (and us) yet again how amazingly intelligent dogs can be, how intuitive they are and how they can discriminate between the accidental and the intentional, the large and the small, the vulnerability of babies, etc etc.

Well ! I've cancelled my order. My teacup sledders didn't arrive and I had to suffer the ignominy of driving down Pennant Hills Road in a -- gasp gasp -- CAR Instead of streaming magnificently in the wind, my tinsel antlers were hitting the roof of the car and bending over. NOT the look I was aiming for. My Christmas was rooned and next year, I will be looking elsewhere for speciality pups to pull my sled. I've heard of a place called: You Draw 'Em, We'll Produce 'Em. Sounds perfect.

That photo of Mollie is very very funny. :D It looks as though she decided to investigate her food bowl, decided she was just too tired and flopped where she was.

I have three exits, but house is quite shallow; if it had gone up in flames when the metre board exploded, I would have had time to get the dogs out. I don't know what you do when you wake up to find the place in flames as you did, Jed. PM box freed up.

Many years ago, I used to be a morning jogger, but to fit it in before work, I had to get up at 5.15am. I had moved to a new suburb and because I didn't feel safe, running in the dark, I let my routine fall away. Time went by and I tried to get back into my jogging routine. It must have been the second or third morning that I'd started jogging again, it was quite misty and I was thinking about the little Maltese Puppies I'd put my name down for when they were born. Out of the mist came a woman running gracefully and effortlessly and by her side were two German Shepherds. I thought to myself: no one is going to mess with her; I wonder if I should rethink my breed of choice

I kept on wondering what I'd done wrong, because of this bright red print across the top .... and then I read it. Even though he keeps giving me totally unjustified warnings , I am a DOL tragic too. Merry Christmas to everyone, don't confuse Christmas with Santa and may 2011 bring many blessings to us all. ;)

Yes indeed. Too often we hear/read in the media of someone who has been injured in a fire or an accident and then that's it. We rarely hear about the long road back to health, the pain and suffering of that person and those around her or him and the support of family and community. Jed and others like her has suffered more pain and suffering this year, both physical and emotional, that most of others will ever experience. I often wish I had recourse to Harmonie's magic wand of the "virtual waiting room" established when Jed was still in hospital.

Just the smallest bite and the stupid man will be wearing the scars forever - hopefully scared s***less for the rest of his life, too. True, but I still hope he got a really good full mouth bite just to make sure the bloke remembers! Oh, I do too

Just the smallest bite and the stupid man will be wearing the scars forever - hopefully scared s***less for the rest of his life, too.

Great work doggy. p_stampy, I know you are joking, but I would imagine your natural fear would transmit very quickly to your dog and all her instincts regarding the source of that fear would come into play. Hopefully . . . . . . :D

Gosh, Deshonko will need to watch out - you'll def be getting lots of orders for them.

Dear me, you'd never be lonely

The dog is right, of course

Happy Gotcha Day, Spot. Your mum sure does love you

Perhaps Deshonko could throw in a teacup Santa Claus, it being the season of giving and all? Well, they are pretty busy at the kennels, churning out their pure bread Deshonkos an' all, so maybe I'll dress up as Santa. I have the tummy for it ;)

With your finely honed skills, Deshonko, I know you'll have them all ready by Christmas. I'm looking forward to going out on Christmas Day being pulled by my dozen teacup sledders.

Very heartwarming. However, I still stand my by statement that if people can start up a business, they can learn the law.

I hope they give him eye drops reqularly. Luckily dogs don't care about looks --- although I have caught a certain little dog looking at herself in the mirror - LOL.

Hmm, I rather think pix are in order

Nah! Deshonko can get them out in a couple of days. I would like to see the result of this "mating" though

The story was on the news as well and they pups looked absolutely delightful. Lucky woman ;)

I find it hard to believe that the message hasn't reached everyone by now... I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, and maybe they honestly didn't know... So I wonder what more can be done, that hasn't already been done, to get the message out there. You'd certainly think so. If they have enough understanding of the legalities to open and run a business no matter what it is, you'd think they'd have enough understanding of the laws pertaining to Assistance Dogs. And cultural differences should be no excuse for breaking the laws. Frankly, I'd like to see the book thrown at people who put another obstacle in the way of people who require assistance.

I love the colours, not to keen on the nose, but love the little ballerina- on-point feet, but I might have to pass because I don't know that this one would fit in with the Teacup Sledders. Kissindra - how wonderful to see you

I hope you passed around the hat, the one you no longer need to wear - LOL. OMG, Jed. Your progress stories are harrowing enough to read ;), must be very difficult to live it. But your spirit is indomitable. There are people on this forum who need to be cloned . The world needs more of you.