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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Roxanne, do you have a great big outside dog, like Lynda and bev, and most of 
the rest?  I know I will have to eventually get a big dog.  My dog, most of 
my childhood, was a german shepherd, and  he was an outside (very large 
fenced area ) dog. But, All of my dogs as an adult have lived inside.  I can 
probably adjust again to a big outside dog, but I would feel awakward not 
letting the one dog sleep inside with the other dog, where it is most 
comfotable.  

I'm one of those 'dogs are people too' men.  I know it is not right.  But, I 
find the campionship of dogs to be at least equal to that of other humans. 
with few exceptions.  And, with my dog, the relationship is superior to that 
with other humans, again, with a few exceptions.....

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--- On Fri, 1/2/09, roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com> wrote:


> Hey, I like that idea, Linda. It is similar to how having
> guineas work for me. The guineas and the dumb chickens
> forage too far from the henhouse for the dog to keep up with
> them all. The smart chickens stay around the central area
> where he guards, and they never get eaten. But the guineas
> and dumb chickens get snagged by the fox and weasel who
> lives in the ravine and my flock gets selectively thinned
> for the smart chickens. And those are the ones who's
> eggs I incubate. Not sure if it is an inherited genetic
> trait yet, though, lol. There seems to be dumb chickens in
> every flock.
>