<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>FWIW, I get a whole lot of = pleasure from the friendships I've made with<BR>piano owners' pets and children during = my visits.  Couldn't imagine<BR>excluding them from my = practice.<BR><BR>Mike Spalding RPT<BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    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. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>