[at-l] embarrassing mom [OT, I might add]

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When I was in elementary school, one of my classmates had white hair. I don't know what colo(u)r it is now, because I haven't seen her since then...

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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:36:26 -0500
From: Felix <AThiker@smithville.net>
Subject: Re: [at-l] embarrassing mom
Cc: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net

Now, tell me this...if a child has gray hair...and, as the child grows 
older, into an adult, the hair starts to turn some other colour...say 
brown (aka brunette)...would that adult artificially colour the hair so 
it stays gray?From shellydhale at earthlink.net  Sat Feb 26 23:29:14 2005
From: shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)
Date: Sat Feb 26 23:39:38 2005
Subject: [at-l] Update on Middleun...
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Jim,

Even though you and your brother never had any issues with that dog, one can
never really tell what an animal will do when others invade it's territory.

My husband had a German Shepherd when he was little.  He even rode the thing
like a horse.  However, one day the dog turned on him for no reason.  His
parents even had the dog tested for rabies because he was acting so out of
character.  However, the dog was negative for rabies, and they weren't able
to discover the change.  After another incident in which Jerry was nearly
bitten, his parents decided to remove the dog from their home.  He became a
drug dog and things worked out well for everyone.  But, even his mother
cringes to think of what could have happened if she hadn't grabbed the dog
when she did the second time.

Like I said, animals can sometimes be unpredictable.  I say that when it
comes to the safety of children it is better to be safe than sorry.  'Course
that's just my opinion.

Tenacious Tanasi
    (Shelly Hale)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hiking_backpacking_events/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Bullard" <jbullar1@twcny.rr.com>
To: "Shelly Hale" <shellydhale@earthlink.net>;
<at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Update on Middleun...


> At 09:27 PM 2/26/2005 -0500, Shelly Hale wrote:
> >I have to agree with you Sly.  If it were my dog, there'd be no question
> >in my mind as to what needed to be done.  However, there are those that
do
> >put an animal's life over that of a child.
>
> I doubt those are the terms in which they see the situation.
>
> >There are 2 children in the home that are younger and smaller than
> >Jerrica.  And, I fear that this may be a case such as that.  What would
> >they do if the dog had bitten one of their own children?
>
> When I was a very little kid (3-4 years old) we had a dog that was thought
> by many to be vicious. In fact, to strangers he was prone to be aggressive
> and living alone at the time with 2 small children, my mother considered
> that an advantage. With my brother and I, he was completely docile. We
> could climb on him, pull his hair, whatever and he wouldn't even growl.
>
> >Plus, with the dog belonging to my husband's cousin, it's making it that
> >much tougher.  We're gonna give them the opportunity to put the dog
> >down.  If they don't we're gonna get a warrant to have it put
> >down.  Family be damned, but if it will keep another child from going
> >through this same situation, then so be it.
>
> It is a complicated situation. I don't envy you.
>
> >For all of those out there that are dog owners, if you have dogs in your
> >home, please, please, please, put that dog in another room or outside
when
> >you have company over.  It would keep so many instances such as this from
> >happening.
>
> I have two dogs. One is a scardy-cat who will bark at you all the time you
> are here but won't come anywhere near you. He was abused as a puppy before
> we got him and doesn't trust most people as a result. The other will bark
a
> couple of times then pester you to play with him and pet him. We never
shut
> either of them up for company. They are part of the family.
>
> Dogs have the same sort of social problems people do. Some are happy and
> friendly, some are shy, a few are belligerent. In general we humans try
> harder to understand why people are the way they are than we do with dogs,
> especially other people's dogs. One thing I know about dogs is that early
> socialization is extremely important. It may be too late for this dog but
I
> would recommend the opposite to anyone getting a dog. Take it out to as
> many social situations as possible as early in the dog's life as possible.
> Bring people into your home specifically to get the dog accustomed to
> people coming in. Behavior like this is harder to correct than to avoid
> with proper early socialization.
>
>
>
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