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[Rick Valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>]

> Subject: [NAFEX] RE: Orchard Dogs
> 
> So, a question I have to the group is:  What type of dog is a good
> orchard 
> dog?

I once met a Schipperke, a small dog origionally kept on working canal
barges in Belgium, which kept 5 acres gopher-free. I've been on many
homesteads where such a dog would be considered an invaluable asset. I
fondly remember Glen Mill's Home Orchard Society gopher education display
which included the lower section of a ten-year old dwarf apple which looked
as if it had been stuck in a giant pencil sharpener root-end first.
Anyway, size isn't everything, dog!

-Rick  
in Oregon, pruning today.