Re: [Paddlewise] Paddlin' Pooches (was something else)

From: Gary J. MacDonald <garyj_at_rogers.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 23:28:34 -0500
Jackie Myers wrote:

> The tough hunter instinct is still there as well as the happy and 
> playful clown (a lot of people mistake this cute, white, fuzzy, 
> friendly, critter for a lap dog... BIG mistake).  This, along with
> the fact that they were bred to work in teams, makes them tough, 
> affable companions for outdoor folks and *great* little adventurers.

I used to describe him as cute and cuddly enough to be a lap dog and 
bloody minded enough to be a dog's dog.

Rarely took him out on the water, and then he always insisted on jumping 
in.  Immediately followed by scrambling to get hauled out.  He could 
swim if he just waded in, but the leap from a boat got his fur 
waterlogged and he didn't like that.

You'd think that he would have learned....

GaryJ

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