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HOWEDY Kathleen,

Sinofabitch is a liar, a dog abuser and a MENTAL CASE:

"I Dropped The Leash, Threw My Right Arm Over
The Lab's Shoulder, Grabbed Her Opposite Foot
With My Left Hand, Rolled Her On Her Side,
Leaned On Her, Smartly Growled Into Her Throat
And Said "GRRRR!" And Neatly Nipped Her Ear,"
sionnach.


"Kathleen" <khhfm.RemoveThis@charter.net> wrote in message
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> sionnach wrote:
>
> >>Nope. These are not full foot boots and have no application
in
> >>sledding.
> >
> >
> > We're not talking specifically about what you're
advertising/selling-
> > we're talking about using booties in general. BTW- do you ever
actually
> > contribute to other threads, or only to ones where you can
push your
> > product? So far, I've not seen you post anything but veiled
spam.
> >
> >
>
> It's not veiled anything. I've never made any bones at all
about who
> and what I am. I own and love border collies. I compete in
flyball and
> I make and sell protective skid boots. As far as I can tell,
this
> thread included a discussion of dewclaws and potential injuries
thereof.
> I felt I had a valid contribution to make. If you like, I
could make
> an effort to chime in on threads where I have no knowledge to
> contribute. Or I could flame a few backyard breeders, if it
would make
> you happy.
>
> Kathleen Hansen
> Z-Control Skid Boots
> Leg armor for gonzo dogs!
> http://webpages.charter.net/dhfm/ZControl.html
>
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>
> It's not veiled anything. I've never made any bones at all about who
> and what I am. I own and love border collies. I compete in flyball and
> I make and sell protective skid boots.

The latter is fairly obvious; if you've posted about BCs or flyball, I've
apparently missed seeing those posts. If you do post on those subjects, my
apologies.

>As far as I can tell, this
> thread included a discussion of dewclaws and potential injuries thereof.

Yep, it did and does.

> I felt I had a valid contribution to make.

<shrug> The only contributions I saw from you came across as efforts to
turn the discussion to a product that you have for sale. Sorry, but that's
something I find annoying.
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"I Dropped The Leash, Threw My Right Arm Over The
Lab's Shoulder, Grabbed Her Opposite Foot With My
Left Hand, Rolled Her On Her Side, Leaned On Her,
Smartly Growled Into Her Throat And Said "GRRRR!"
And Neatly Nipped Her Ear," sionnach.

"sionnach" <rhyfelwr.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
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>
> > Nope. These are not full foot boots and have no application
in
> > sledding.
>
> We're not talking specifically about what you're
advertising/selling-
> we're talking about using booties in general. BTW- do you ever
actually
> contribute to other threads, or only to ones where you can push
your
> product? So far, I've not seen you post anything but veiled
spam.
>
>
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shelly wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Mary Healey wrote:
>>Respectfully disagree. Docked ACDs are at a disadvantage
>>when playing and running (both involve balancing), judging
>>from the way undocked ACDs use their tails to maneuver and
>>balance.
>
> i've been thinking about this. i wonder if it may be breed
> relative? how supple are ACDs? i've only met a few (tailed)
> ACDs. they weren't terribly well exercised, so they were a
> little thick and chubby about the middle.

Well, all too many look like barrels. Sometimes, it's just fat, but
sometimes well-conditioned ACDs are thick through the abs the way upper
level dressage horses are thick through the abs -- it may look like
chubola, but it's actually a rebuilt tranny for the rear-mounted engine <g>.

> IOW not supple at all! OTOH Boxers bend in half *very* easily.

ACDs do not kidney bean. They whirly-tail instead. Tails that go
roundy-round are a *very* important breed feature (one of the many
reasons that docking an ACD is Just Wrong).

OTOH, I've never noticed any of 'em having trouble, uh, "grooming" their
tail. Or under their tail. So, maybe they've got special grooming
hinges or something.

> do you suppose
> that makes a difference in how well the dog is able to correct
> its balance with its body?

I'm sure it does. Also, given the relative size/design of the average
Boxer and the description of those few extant Boxer tails, I suspect
that counterbalancing a fully-tailed Boxer would be like trying to power
a sailboat with a hand-held "personal fan".

> i swear, harriet--and many of the
> other Boxers i've known--does mid-air corkscrews. i can't
> imagine how having a tail would help her balance any <G>.

Ah, but do Boxers "popcorn" like Poms? (And guinea pigs!)

--
Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001),
Ranger, Duke,
felines, and finches
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The Puppy Wizard wrote:

More than we care to be annoyed with.

Jerry, please get cancer, go away and rot in a corner.

Thanks.
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Mary Healey said in rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

> Well, all too many look like barrels. Sometimes, it's just
> fat, but sometimes well-conditioned ACDs are thick through
> the abs the way upper level dressage horses are thick
> through the abs -- it may look like chubola, but it's
> actually a rebuilt tranny for the rear-mounted engine

Yup - a friend recently adopted such an ACD, a blue girl. Some
of her thickness was fat, which she quickly lost, but she's
still known (affectionately) as a "Pit Bull Cattledog".

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.
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> Wrap the ankle with vetwrap
> before putting the bootie on. It will pad the claw and make it so the
> boot doesn't need to be on so tightly.

Erm, well- in Rocsi's case, it WAS vetrap. She wasn't wearing a bootie,
she was wearing the Vetrap bandage the vet put on after he did the surgery;
it simply happened to cover her foot and ankle like a bootie.
When I re-did the bandage and discovered the sore on her leg (she
decided to go swimming with the bandage on, and I had to replace the whole
thing), I put padding UNDER the dewclaw- IOW between her claw and the side
of her leg.
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In article <bo6ft1$18rvr5$1@ID-45033.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sionnach <rhyfelwr DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote:
> When I re-did the bandage and discovered the sore on her leg (she
>decided to go swimming with the bandage on, and I had to replace the whole
>thing), I put padding UNDER the dewclaw- IOW between her claw and the side
>of her leg.

Righto - the issue, as I've heard it from people who've
experienced it, is not "smooshing" per se but rather
friction between the dewclaw and the leg.
--
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