tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post5537640969396872358..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Canine faux pasDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-66814663263999238152010-02-18T16:01:28.960+00:002010-02-18T16:01:28.960+00:00I am bad (though I don't think I know you, Pad...I am bad (though I don't think I know you, Paddy). But I did say I found that 'love me' photo appealing, and Carl Otto is fine with the situation. <br /><br />It seems that, however careful I try to be about not hurting people's feelings on a blog, I'm bound to come a cropper - and this is it, albeit over a hund I've never even met.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-19561584885296571562010-02-18T11:46:43.241+00:002010-02-18T11:46:43.241+00:00David, I was upset to read your comments vis a vis...David, I was upset to read your comments vis a vis the french bulldog. Please take note of the following text from the rspca blog and be more responsible next time you feel the urge to spread lookist opinions. You should reserve your aesthetic judgements for things that don't have feelings.<br />- Paddy<br />"The RSPCA kill over 60,000 animals a year - which includes more than one out of every 3 dogs. Some of these dogs are killed in circumstances such as this, most in RSPCA "rescue kennels".<br /><br />Reasons for this are not just temperement and ill health. I have had an RSPCA officer asking me to help get a dog out of an RSPCA rescue kennel on the quiet as he was due to be put to sleep... as he was TOO UGLY to be rehomed".Paddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-48145676135109862782010-01-27T14:34:18.887+00:002010-01-27T14:34:18.887+00:00My personal choice would (and eventually will) be ...My personal choice would (and eventually will) be a Border terrier: bags of character, if a bit truculent (we like some independence of spirit). Highlands can be neurotic: if Jo reads this, will she forgive for grimacing at the name of Tuppence, her mother's snarling terror in Edinburgh?<br /><br />So, probably better a sweet-natured French bulldog than a nasty west Highlander. I must admit I melt the more I look at that second picture above.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-15185167122452675142010-01-27T14:12:40.104+00:002010-01-27T14:12:40.104+00:00I'm with you David... and I'm not particul...I'm with you David... and I'm not particularly fond of Pugs either (sorry, Glyndebourne), though I do long to have a dog.<br /><br />Most members of the classical music blogosphere seem to do nothing but put their cats online. Perhaps, when I publish my book I'll also acquire a dog for the photo shoot?Gavin Plumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367649538228383713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-33834282961994911582010-01-27T03:08:48.170+00:002010-01-27T03:08:48.170+00:00But the terrier really is incredibly appealing and...But the terrier really is incredibly appealing and adorable so I, at least, will cut you some slack on this one.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.com