Fw: [at-l] Fw: dogs

[tacombs99@xxxxxxxxxxx (Tab Combs)]

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ok, after some rather unfriendly off-list messages, please allow me to cove=
r my rear-end and state for the record that i do not mean to lump "dog-disl=
ikers" and "complainers" in one category.  apparently my last post seemed o=
therwise.
my point is that some people will complain about anything they can find to =
complain about.  if there is a dog around, it will make a good target.  if =
there isn't a dog, something else will be the target, whether it be a noisy=
 stove, a flapping tent fly, or smelly socks near the campfire.  in this si=
tuation, you and your well-mannered dog may as well move along rather than =
give people cause to be annoyed.
then there are other generally agreeable people who just don't like dogs ar=
ound, no matter how well-behaved they are.  if you and your dog are around,=
 they may complain (or just be unhappy), and if you leave, they will probab=
ly stop.  in this situation as well, it's best to move along.
so in terms of who you should keep your dog away from, yes, complainers and=
 dog-dislikers belong in the same category.  but by no means does that mean=
 dog-dislikers are complainers.

-cheeseburger



----- Original Message -----
From: ATGonnaBe03@aol.com
To: tacombs99@hotmail.com ; at-l@backcountry.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Fw: dogs


In a message dated 2/12/2003 3:32:15 PM Mountain Standard Time, tacombs99@h=
otmail.com writes:



  Just remember that not everybody likes dogs.


And not everybody likes everybody--for good reasons.  To lump "everybody" i=
nto one distasteful category seems a little like lazy thinking.  Mine's a p=
oodle too, but she is a very large Standard Poodle.  If she were in my back=
pack, I couldn't walk.

If she is with me, it is because she had no other "me" to take care of her.=
  I know that most of the time I will enjoy her company.  I know that somet=
imes I will be upset with her and sometimes she will gag me out with that w=
et-dog aroma.  Still, she is a dear companion, and I will take on the incon=
veniences and hope that our record at the end of the trail is one that serv=
es as a good example of what a canine hiking companion should be.

My canine ideal is Abby, a long-haired German Shepherd of the "Class of 199=
9."

Kinnickinic