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by Clifford Francis Dogs gone bye Some enchanted forest. The Rutherford Trail was found to be decorated with rolls and rolls of paper towel Thursday morning. Business Telephones Sales & Service INC. Toronto: 416-715-5427 Peterborough: 705-657-2900 Fax:705-657-2404 E-mail: dreed@ptbo.igs.net Dav id G. Reed T still hold it in my mind the first dog I ever owned. Last night it all came back to me while sitting on the bench on Main Street. Mr. C.A. Reid and his lovely girl friend, Mary Ann stopped and asked if I would look after his dog while they went to the cemetery to put on his Mom and 's grave. (Dogs are not allowed at the cemetery.) While dog sitting his Australian sheep dog 'Dingo', I thought about my first dog. I was about five years old and someone had given me this dog. A mix of collie and something else. I loved that dog and would pet it and pull its ears and tail all the time. My mother warned me not to tease it but I persisted. persisted. Eventually, the dog got tired of all this attention and bit me badly above the eye leaving a scar that I still carry today. The dog was quarantined quarantined for a period of time then put to sleep. There was lot of boo-hooing but a lesson was learned--don't maul a dog in hot weather. The next dog I had was a German shepherd mixed breed. It never bit me but bit several other people and had to be "'put down'. After that, I got a Doberman Pinscher and one of my horses kicked him in the head and killed it. I acquired another Doberman after someone threatened to kill me. A couple couple of months later the police came by and told me the dog had been stolen a year ago from a gas station along with all the tools. It had changed ownership six times before I got him. I didn't need the dog any longer anyhow--the death threat was over. The guy who threatened me had his girl friend back. Everybody in Leskard seemed to have a dog or two in those days and most all of them chased cars. Dogs don't do that any more. The cars drive too fast or maybe the dogs are lazy. I'm not sure. The next nice dog I had was a Sheltie. But when my wife left, she took the dog--I missed him for months. The last dog I had was also a Sheltie. His name was Foxy F. Francis and he was as smart as any dog I ever saw. On weekends, he would know when I walked down the driveway whether I was getting the mail or the paper. He would sit by the gate and wait for me. If I was leaving the property he always came with me. It took me a year to figure out how he knew where I was going. Finally, I CLARINGTON DAY CAMPS realized when I left the property, property, I locked the door. He would hear the lock click and he knew what I was doing. The only mistake he made was running into the side of a cattle truck on the way to the sales bam. The vet said he died of shock. Another sad but funny story concerned my neighbour. neighbour. He had a Chow that was rather large. It died in January and he called me over to help him bury the dog. Being the middle of winter and bitterly cold, it turned out to be a hard job. The neighbour, neighbour, broken hearted, was blubbering and crying, and wasn't much help with the digging. After hours of using a pick and shovel and getting nowhere, I suggested that we keep the dog in cold storage at the Forestry for the winter. So we wrapped the dog in a blanket and put him in the freezer. Spring came and before we had a chance to buiy him, the tour guide was showing a group of school children how the cold storagè kept the trees dormant until planting time. I happened to be at the forestry working when the tour guide lifted the blanket and said "what the heck is this?" They all stood stone still when they saw the large fangs of this frozen dog. I never ever had a pet again. However, I did have a girlfriend who called me a pet! 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