*** Quoting Janis Kracht from a message to Mike Roberts ***   
      
    > He reminded You of Hooch on turner and hooch.   
      
    JK> Aw how neat.. :)   
      
   Actually it is terrible... 8) You would not believe how some of those big    
   dogs with the loose jowels can slobber. Vader, Yeah a big black heavy    
   breathing product of the 80's, hence the name. Was so funny. I hated the    
   drooling, but could not help but love the dog. If You really wanted to get a    
   laugh, he'd go over to his big stainless steel bowl on a hot summer day Stick    
   his whole face in it and guzzle. Well this presents a problem, Now you have a    
   furry faced dog with a head bigger than Yours with a wet muzzle. If You    
   weren't paying attention that he had gotten a cold drink. He'd like walk up    
   and stick his face right in your lap as you sat there. Soaker!! 8-) He'd be    
   just standing there with his face there, big brown eyes looking at you like    
   "boy do I love You" In reality he was using your lap as a Napkin. Heheheh.    
   But that was not the general drooling, just a funny fact. I don't know how    
   many people who loved dogs, just had to meet him because he was like a big    
   black bear, I would warn them, but that did not matter, then they would walk    
   away mumbling #$%^&*()_ as they go to find something to wipe the slime from    
   their clothes  They met him alright! and he was just being friendly ;-)   
      
    > Did You guys down there, hear about the animal control officer   
    > up here who caught 2 pugs that had escaped from their yard and put   
    > them in the animal control van? The Van had no air conditioning, and   
      
    JK> Oh man.. no we didn't get that tale over here.. how sick is that.. :(   
    JK> :( You figure the guy had to be in there a while.. geez!   
      
   Sad.. I dunno, I don't want him to loose his job either, but He just had to    
   know! But if I recall, it was like 45 minutes after he picked them up or    
   maybe a bit longer. I don't think he was in Mickey D's too long, but he knew    
   the AC was not working in the van, He should have taken the dogs straight to    
   the pound, not ride around and stop for a drink. It was just too hot. If You    
   remember that one spell where it was about as hot and humid as it got this    
   summer? That was when it happened. Oddly most are blaming the owner for    
   letting the dogs out in the first place, where they dug under the fence. They    
   say she should not have let them out in the heat. I still think as sad as    
   that is. The officer should have known better.    
      
    JK> That is the worst of it.. I'm sure she's really having a rough time   
    JK> with the way they died.. I would have.. I mean it's so hard even when   
      
   It is sad to see, On the news You see her holding her last baby ( she had 3 )    
   and she is older and she is very distraught, and claims the last pug is too.    
   In a way I believe that, being pack animals. They miss those that are gone. I    
   once was going to adopt a pug who lived with an old man and it's Father. The    
   Father died and the woman who owned the dog, says that after the Father died,    
   the Dog was acting depressed. He was a sweet smart little thing, but You could    
   see it was kind of acting in a disconected manner. I told the woman, the    
   worse thing she could do was to adopt out this dog now, as the dog did take a    
   shine to this womans' little 6 yr old daughter. If the dog lost the little    
   now too, who knows how it would react? The dog was a bit depressed from    
   losing it's only family it knew for 5 years, and to loose another person who    
   he just got to know would probably not do to well for him. They do seem to    
   know.   
      
    JK> you see your pal have to go to sleep the peaceful way.. nevermind   
    JK> suffering terribly. damn, can't stand it.   
      
   Amen.. Stupidity in it's purest form. I may be sensitive to dogs in heat    
   though. I never have, but so many times I see these dogs locked up in these    
   heated cars in the middle of the summer. I hear em barking and crying, I get    
   so dang mad. I  have never called, but have come close, I usually will stay    
   for a bit and see if the owner comes out in a reasonable time. They usually    
   do, but it is still damn hot in that car.   
      
   Have a good One!   
   Mike   
      
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