> Dutch wrote:
> > "Swan & Rat" <lab...@NOSPAMpacbell.net> wrote
> > > firstoftwins wrote:
> > > > "Jonathan Ball" <jonb...@mindspring.NS.com> wrote in message
> > > > > firstoftwins wrote:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > > We both grew up with big fat labs around us coincidentally,
> > > > > > and I've no real objection to pet ownership, but dogs are
> > > > > > just so messy around the house. The house just ends up
> > > > > > looking and stinking like an old kennel. Their feet stink and
> > > > > > they trump all over the place or they're ruining the garden.

> > > > > That's a small price to pay for loyal friendship.

> > > > I'll give it some more thought. A dog might take her mind off
> > > > her teeth and jaw.

> > >    Try a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel -- a great
> > >    breed, thoroughly British.  I lived for 16 years
> > >    with one I rescued.

> > Why wouldn't people presumably SO compassionate to animals as you lot
not
> > rescue a pound dog, NOT patronize an evil dog exploiting pet breeder?

> > Here's where you say you meant for him to get one at the pound...

>   If available. I would suggest getting one from
>   a breed rescue, which usually gets dogs which
>   are -- or look like -- a specific breed, which are
>   due to be put down at a pound, or were returned
>   by an owner from a previous adoption.  Swan and
>   I have worked with cat rescue (there are breed
>   rescues for Siamese, Persian, and other breeds )
>   and Golden Retriever rescue. I'm constantly sending
>   people to breed rescue rather than to a breeder
>   for a dog or cat, if they want a specific type of
>   dog or cat. Of course, there are many, many good
>   mixed-breeds out there too, and I've worked to place
>   a lot of them too.