http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41 The Japanese latch onto fads and ride them for all they're worth.  Gigantic film monsters used to ravage Tokyo and other Japanese cities with impunity.  Golf, a sport requiring a lot of space is a national obsession for a people short on space. Within the last decade and a half, fads have swept over the Japanese.  It happened with <a href="http://www.topics-mag.com/edition02/tamagotchi.htm">tamatgotchi</a> (literally digital pets).  Sometimes they pass beyond Japanese shores.  Both en-us Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:51:19 EST Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:20:12 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41#8 My dog is a goofy shepherd mix that we adopted from a rescue operation when she was a year old, so I am definitely not trendy. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:20:12 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41#7 <i>And fuck the horse it rode in on, too.</i><p> No doubt this is already in the works:  Crossing a horse with a dauchshund so you get horsehund that has short legs...fuck them without a stool! Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:39:48 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41#6 <i>a puggle is a breed concocted from a romantic liaison between a pug and a beagle. Very trendy.</i><p> And that's the kind of shit that irritates me to no end. Shelters and <a href="http://www.lrr.org/wiki/index.php">breed</a>-<a href="http://www.greyres Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:44:32 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41#5 Pugs are even-tempered? Maybe. But they surely don't have an easy time breathing. In any case, though, a puggle is a breed concocted from a romantic liaison between a pug and a beagle. Very trendy. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:55:23 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41#4 At least pugs are even-tempered dogs. Every chihuahua I've ever known has been jumpy and vicious. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:02:13 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41#3 In the past week I've noticed a proliferation of these little breeds where I live. On Sunday, I counted at least 12 chihuahuas in the space of an hour, five of whom were not even walking but were being chauffeured by young women in those pouch- or sling-li Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:12:10 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41#2 We've had a total of six dogs we've had to euthanize over our 32 year marriage.  All but one due to the fact that the animals were in the checkout lane with some form of serious disease (cancer for the most part).  Each of them was loved and a pa Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:57:15 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/12/30/135820/41#1 Let's play devil's advocate here. How many of those reading this have put a pet down - not because the pet was right on death's door, but because the pet had become to old/lame/sick to easily care for (i.e. diabetic cat peeing all over the house). Humans Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:59:06 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/