Re: Not MY dog!

[Julie Coats <Julie_Coats@ncsu.edu>]

Hi again,

I do have to say in region 5, to my knowledge MOST (not all)
but really most of the dogs are behaved. My friend and I parked
next to a couple who had a boxer and boarder collie pup who were
wonderful dogs. Never barked and just slept under the truck on
leashes when the owners were gone. My friend has a aussie who 
that she does agility with and has won many obedience classes also,
that dog is definently well behaved. My sheltie female will not leave
our trailer and prefers the bed to wondering around. When we are gone
they are in the back of the horse trailer and my dog is debarked (no
I didn't do it, her show owners before me did) so they never bother
anyone when gone and are quiet. This we know because all our neighbors
tell us. So to Region 5 NATRC keep up the good work.  Julie



At 08:20 AM 1/24/98 PST, Sullys Maze wrote:
>REPLY TO 01/24/98 02:50 FROM ridecamp@endurance.net: Not MY dog!
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>>From: "Blankenship, Ann" <ABlankenship@commerce.ca.gov>
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>Since every single person INSISTS that THEIR dogs are not the
>out-of-control ones,  then WHO owns  these dogs that are running around
>peeing on the hay, begging at the table, and generally being a pain in
>the ass???  Think about it now, have any of you EVER heard anyone say
>"Well yeah, I bring my dogs to rides and I let them run wild."  These
>people are idiots and you can't legislate stupidity.  Even if you rule
>that dogs are not allowed, they bring them anyway.  The only way to end
>this behavior is to DQ them from the ride if they don't follow the dog
>rules, just like any other ride rule.
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>If dogs are well behaved (read confined and quiet) they should pose no
>problems at rides and I'm sure no one will mind.  If we weren't (some
>kind of ) animal lovers, we wouldn't be here, right?
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>Well, let me ask all of you this?  You take just about any dog, no
>matter how well trained, that is used to going along with his owner
>on horseback.  Take that dog to a ride, and suddenly the owner
>leaves the dog in camp while he rides away. 9 out of 10 dogs are
>going to whine, bark or howl. What about the rest of folks in camp?
>Our spouses and kids.  Do they want to have to listen to that?
>
>Your point is well taken,though, NOBODY is willing to admit their
>dog is an annoyance.
>
>Karen
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>To:  ridecamp@endurance.net
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