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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] Ms. McFarland, first I hope it is understood that what follows is without any disrepsect. While you note your locatioon as Glendale, WI, a suburb of Milwaukee, possibly you came from a rural agararian background. I knew first at college (Univ of Ill does have a College of Agriculture) but more so later when I was with the Milwaukee RR, colleagues who were 'from the farm'. Their attitude towards dogs were simply they were just one more farm animal. As I distinctly recall one colleague noting, "just give it a plate of food a day' maybe a pat and what else does an animal need? "It if gets sick, well that's what a baseball bat is good for". I grew up in a different environment around New York where dogs were loved and cherished - often sometimes more than humans. A comment that has stuck with me over the years is that 'the English (yes I am quite Anglo Saxon - WASP if you will) treat their dogs better than they do their children'. They take their dogs into restaurants (yes they do) but they send their children off to boarding school (I was)'. But all I know is that on September 12, 2003, I lost the best friend I've ever had in this life. His Memorial here in the house includes the inscription: Je T'Aime Plus Qu' Hier Moins Que Demain I love you more than yesterday, less than tomorrow. My "mostly' Newfoundland (I never had any documentation: I think either some Labrador or Flatcoat got in the mix) was named Lucky (the name he came with), but I was truly the "Lucky One' he came my way. Rest in peace, my beloved friend. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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