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Then I sure as hell would hate to think what urges you have when around one of those barrel-chested "Oh, he's really a sweet Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:14:55 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/16/142954/79#14 You're all ignoring the possibility that <a href="http://www.forgivenforlife.com/">it is the dogs</a> that are driving people to do these heinous acts.  I know that I feel the urge to smash something whenever I'm around one of those yippy little toy-a Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:54:25 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/16/142954/79#13 Agressive people have agressive dogs, this is news?  <p> I had this neighbor with a Rottweiler.  It was huge.  It was a lamb, absolutely terrified of strangers and always hiding behind the neighbor's other dog, which must have been a third i Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:04:11 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/16/142954/79#12 Oh!  I don't think I've ever seen a chinchilla before.  Very cute.  And the name is even cuter... almost painfully so.  Thank goodness he recovered from your accident.  Hopefully you've recovered as well.<p> kind regards,<br> spine Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:45:33 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/16/142954/79#11 <i>I taught my dog Kung-Fu, but he only uses it in self defense.</i><p> Yeah, but I bet it still poops on the rug. Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:20:29 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/16/142954/79#10 just had to say, thank you for "bitey shithead". Maybe you and yours say this a lot but it was new to me. Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:40:18 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/16/142954/79#9 I taught my dog Kung-Fu, but he only uses it in self defense. 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However, she has enough toys and whatnot that she seems to get along well enough. Of course, her getting along well enough may also be due to the fact tha Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:16:28 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/16/142954/79#2 <i>95% of the folks who own pets are responsible ...</i><p> I disagree.  In my experience it's much closer to 50-50, and if we limit the discussion to dog owners specifically I'd say that good ones are lower than 50%.  I'm not just talking about Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:46:30 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/11/16/142954/79#1 I'm suprised folks haven't made this connection earlier. I've had almost nothing but good experiences with other dog owners in my life; but since moving to the city I've had at least two encounters of the moronic kind.<p> The first was a neighbor a few hou Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:36:38 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/