Anne you are right on, ask me how I know....yes, I have already made this mistake....and let me tell you those guns are pretty wicked, I am a small woman but a 10 year veteran all natural body builder, and she like to tear my arms right out of there sockets as she waited for the other dog to get close enough..... the only time she was slow on the up take was when she had eaten a tennis ball and was so sick, we really didn't know how sick she was until it was bad because these kinds of dogs are so hearty, we had her in the vet office and she was just leaning against my legs, you could see her ribs because the ball had obstructed her stomach, and some yahoo with a cute young lab, ran right up to us and let the dog jump right on her. Lil just turned her head, never moved the rest of her boddy, and grabbed the dog, it wasn't the dogs fault it was the owner, he just ran up to me without even asking. She also let go of the the Lab with little coaxing - not characteristic of her at all....no damage, I didn't even feel bad (like I usually do if she scares someone or their dog) cause I was so sure she was going to die...but she pulled thru!!!!

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Loppa Oppsu -spelled wrong!!! (dust mop) type of dog

LMAO!! I couldn't resist laughing at this. It's Lhasa Apso, pronounced lah-sah op-so) by the way.

I mean no disrespect to Angel...she is a tough little cookie, I just had no idea of how to spell what she is.....

My dog is a ridgeback/pit bull/doberman cross--he's about 70 pounds and very strong and fast. The sit-stay works for me because he doesn't break it. If he's standing, he'll break. If we're moving, he'll break a heel. We're working on those, but this is the way I can keep distance between us and the other dogs and keep him from starting into an agressive mode. It also serves as a signal to the other dog owners that my dog isn't approachable.
He's always on the dead ring on his prong collar when we walk, too.

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"my" dog (I don't know if I'll keep her or adopt her out yet) is a doberman/pit mix amd looks just like a show-bred rhodesian sometimes. Sometimes like greyhound. Do you have a photo of your dog we could see?

I have some on photobucket that I wanted to post on the bios/pictures section. I love your quote at the end, btw. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I want to put it in my classroom.