Posted by Pfinstegg on November 19, 2003, at 17:52:43
In reply to Re: springers-, posted by fallsfall on November 17, 2003, at 23:37:59
I loved hearing about your springer! We, too, have baby gates up all over the house. When guests come (like my book group) she gets up next to them, licks their faces and sticks to them like glue until she feels she's gotten an adequate (and very extensive) welcome. At least half the group does NOT want to do that! She pees with excitement, too, though not on anyone's foot yet. We take her to a park where she can usually run and swim off-leash, but twice a park policeman has come up behind me, stealthily and quietly, on a HORSE, and handed me a 20 dollar ticket for disobeying the leash law!
You'd think we would learn, as she is our second springer, but the truth is we are helplessly in love with her beauty and tremendous joy in life. Even if I leave the house for five minutes to mail a letter, I get an all-out welcome when I return, including a wonderful circular dance all around me, which ends with her jumping about three feet into the air while she completes two full aerial turns. She's a great AD all by herself- I'd choose her over an SSRI any day (not that I always have a choice).
Pfinstegg
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