Re: [pyrnet] More on Newman's "dangling participles"

["Linda Weisser" <lmweisser@attbi.com>]

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From: "Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>

And for some reason, the majority of men seem to connect
their manliness to their dogs testes, or to a sportscar or to something
else. There are of course exceptions to this rule, but the majority of men
who have not dealt with dogs or Rescue over a period of time seem to take
this attitude.>>

Well, in defense of men, that has certainly not been my experience.  Of
course, altering comes up in the first conversation about puppies, so I
suppose that the squeamish just don't follow up.  But I have had virtually
no resistance that I know about from men buying pets or even from
ranchers/farmers buying working dogs.  I have been pleasantly surprised to
find that I even get little "argument" when I tell them that this surgery
will be done before they pick up their new companion at 10 weeks.

I am fascinated by the men's brief idea.  Certainly sounds worth trying to
me.  If it doesn't work you just have a number of dog peed shorts to wash or
throw out or whatever.

Linda