Greetings Janis!   
      
    JK> Hi Roy,   
      
    >>> That's neat - our fence is the chain-link type - they can see   
    >>> everything, race to the dog door and meet us inside.   
      
    >> Missy can see through the gaps between the cedar fencing, but prefers   
    >> the birds eye view for some reason. She often jumps on the fence and   
    >> gains a quick view while bouncing backwards.   
      
    JK> Sounds like a very happy pooch :)   
      
   She is and always has been. Even when she was attacked by a Golden   
   Retriever for eating his dinner. She had to have surgery on the lower lid   
   of her right eye and recovered completely from that. However, she doesn't   
   like big dogs sniffing around and will only put up with it for a few   
   seconds before she reaches out and touches them; with her big, white wolf   
   fangs.   
      
    >>>>> She of course then slobbered me with dog kisses :)   
      
    >>>> Mine has been taught "No kisses"...   
      
    >>> Mine may be a bit spoiled... :)   
      
    >> Could be. Missy is too, and doesn't allow her masters to order her   
    >> around much. She sometimes forgets or is too excited to remember no   
    >> kisses. When   
      
    JK> hahaha... very happy pooch then   Years ago we had Chow Chow   
    JK> (chinese 'war' dog) and she was so stubborn and serious, you couldn't   
    JK> really order her around much.   
      
   Oh, she will take orders because she is well trained and disciplined for   
   behavior. However, when she sets her mind of something, nothing will sway   
   her from doing it.   
      
    JK> She would never have slobbered one's face with kisses. It was just   
    JK> not in her nature.. she was incredibly good natured and cuddly though   
    JK> for the breed. I'd read that breeders had begun breeding different,   
    JK> better traits into the breed when judges were bitten at some of the   
    JK> big dog shows.  Luckily we got one that was from a good breeder that   
    JK> considered that kind of thing.  By the time she died though, we had a   
    JK> few grandboys and decided to get Labrador Retrievers since we didn't   
    JK> feel comfortable getting another Chow that might not be as nice as   
    JK> the first one we had, since we'd moved to another state.   
      
   My son had a Chow when he lived in San Diego. Fortunately, he moved to   
   Denver and took his Chow with him. I always felt sorry for it because it   
   was constantly panting and seemed never to get any relief from the warm   
   weather there.   
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
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