GRGR(3) - Dogs I've known

[David Morris]

calbert at pop.tiac.net wrote:
>What is it with TRP and dogs?

From: DudiousMax at aol.com
>I've got at least 10,000 dog stories, some of which
>are even hard for me to believe.  Dogs make friends.
>They remember other dogs that move away and then return
>to the neighborhood, and make great todos of welcome.
>They are capable of something like abstract reasoning.[snip]
>I think dogs are a bit more like us than most people
>are willing to admit.

Me:
I have two Pugs (a great breed).  One (Angel) is a "treat-whore."  The other
(Igor) knows she covets his treat, so he just holds on to his for hours, if
he can remember to.  She is smarter, though, and will run to the other side
of the house and start a barking diversion.  When he runs to see what's up,
she'll run back to where he left his treat and snatch it.  But that's OK
'cause he really didn't want it anyway.  That sure seems like abstract
reasoning to me.

Max:
>As a specie we have lived with dogs (tame wolves) for
>thousands of years.  They like us.  They are loyal.
>We have tried to tame just about every specie we could.
>Very few enjoy our company like dogs obviously do.  Now
>why TRP uses a talking dog, beats the shit out of me.

Me:
Dogs are almost the epitome of pure love.  No matter how rough the day's
been, when I come home to their ecstatic greetings, it always refreshes.
Their idea of heaven is to snuggle w/ me on the sofa.

Now Pointsman, though, cuts them up alive, tortures them.  And he can't live
w/ one.  That pretty well establishes him as a villain.