Good dogs, was Bad day!

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Okay, one more. I pulled into a rural (what else) driveway only to have to
huge Dobermans come bounding out to the driver's side of the car. Very
intimidating, to be sure.

They were barking but didn't seem to be in a threat or guard-dog posture
(no, I don't know what I mean either, they just didn't look like trouble). I
opened my door just a crack to see what they'd do. Here came about 8 inches
of sloppy pink tongue--lickety, lick.

I told the owner "If you were counting on these as guard dogs, I've got bad
news for you." She laughed and said, "Oh, yeah. They're just a couple of
wimps."

I think I know why the Thumpster has trouble with dogs. He tries to win them
over with big, succulent pieces of tofu.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of John Ross
  Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:47 AM
  To: Pianotech
  Subject: Re: Good dogs, was Bad day!


  Hi Mike,
  You were lucky.
  It took the owners 15 mins. to find my shoes, after their dog, took and
hid them. It had chewed the laces too.
  Have you ever tried to buy, good replacement laces?
  I have been nipped a couple of times, by those yippy, little small dogs.
It seems the smaller they are, the noisier they are.
  I had a bite from a bigger one, that ripped my pants, and my leg had a red
mark, but it didn't break the skin. The owner wrote me a cheque for a new
pair of pants, and when I go now, the dog is locked up in another room.
  I like dogs, and the majority of times there is no problem. But it still
pays to be wary.
  Regards,
  John M. Ross
  Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
  jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Mike Spalding
    To: Kevin E. Ramsey ; Pianotech
    Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:11 AM
    Subject: Re: Good dogs, was Bad day!


    Kevin,

    Last stop today, Aeolian spinet 50 cents flat.  By far the most inviting
part of the job was Mel the Spaniel.  Owner kept calling her back to the
kitchen so she wouldn't "bother" me.  I would rather have had Mel's company
during that unpleasant tuning job.

    Earlier this year, took my shoes off at the door, kneeling by the piano
opening my tool kit, all of a sudden there's a Retriever in my face trying
to give me back one of my shoes!

    Mike

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Kevin E. Ramsey
      To: Pianotech
      Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:52 PM
      Subject: Re: Bad day!



      FWIW, I get a whole lot of pleasure from the friendships I've made
with
      piano owners' pets and children during my visits.  Couldn't imagine
      excluding them from my practice.

      Mike Spalding RPT


          Mike, I too have fun with people's pets. I've never met a dog that
I couldn't have playing with me and licking my hand within about a minute. I
don't know what it is, I've had people say "He doesn't usually warm up to
people like this."  Clue, they're just big kids, even the little ones. They
want someone to pay attention to them.
      Kevin

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