• That's the thing with spanners, they do have to be kept busy. My two are convinced that they are always the biggest dogs in the building, whereas the labs are fully aware that they themselves are toy poodles. Dogs don't do mirrors.

  • Kept away from any body of water too....my aunt's two Cockers were an absolute nightmare for rolling in anything disgusting and disappearing off into lakes for extended swims. One would do lengths of the local lake for an hour, absolutely impervious to instruction to the contrary. Sweet doggos, even if the prettier of the two bit me. That one had the dreaded cocker rage, she was fine most of the time and after a while, you figured out when to leave her alone.

  • they themselves are toy poodles.

    Funnily enough my toy poodle is the most fearless good natured dog I've met - never met a toy who isn't like this actually. He'll go up to anyone and just wants to play. Plus he's fast and agile enough to get away from more or less any dog that isn't so friendly.

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