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The Good, the Bad... and.... the Ugly!

or - nobody's perfect and we have faults just like you do!

If you have perused our website, you may have noticed that we love dogs! We enjoy showing the funny, playful, affectionate side of them. But, we are realistic - every dog has his faults - just like every human.

This page tells about those, with a large dose of humor thrown in. We describe the most irrritating faults of our own dogs, as well as the dogs we are seeking permanent homes for.

Enjoy!

Hi, I'm Max. My faults? Well, I don't have any - I'm a German Shepherd! OK, I admit it, I like cars. NO, make that - I LOVE cars. When I see one, I want to get into it. I can't help myself. It doesn't matter to me if it's an old car, a new car, any car will do. It doesn't even matter if the car doesn't move - I just like sitting in them. I'd really like to have my own car! Why, I'd sit in the car all day, if only my humans would let me! And when I do get inside of one - I don't like getting out! I also like the front passenger seat - so I can have the best view of all the action! No sir - it doesn't matter to me, Chevy or Ford, Mercedes or BMW - I LOVE CARS!

But - I HATE TRUCKS! Yeah, go figure. I even hate the sound of them. Every time I hear a truck engine, I roughen up the fur on my back and bark as loud as I can! The worst place I ever lived was a house in Wisconsin across from a truck stop! Those trucks were coming night and day and it just about made me stir-crazy! I HATE TRUCKS - don't know why - but, hey, everybody doesn't like something, right?

The other thing about me is I don't "give paw". I refuse. I don't want to and I won't do it - not even if you have a steak in your hand! I speak for my treats and that's the way it's gonna' stay. Don't even bother wasting your time and mine on that tired, old trick. Any dog can learn it, and like I said - I'm a German Shepherd!

I also have a little nail biting habit. I like to keep my nails short and trim and if my humans don't get the clippers soon enough, I do the job myself.

Other than these minor flaws, I'm a pretty good guy. Not too bad, eh?

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Animal Abuse!

Lovely Lady Lorelei - yes, I'm so pretty, so pretty, it's true!

Faults? What are those? Who, me? Why I never!

Alright, but they're not really faults - so I have a few idiosyncrasies. Doesn't everyone?

For example, I used to be very sneaky and go potty on the floor when my humans turned their heads or left the room! Then I would return quickly to my corner as if nothing had happened! Sometimes my brother got blamed! Wasn't that clever of me?

I didn't mean to chew up mommy's silk trees - but they looked almost real! Why would she put trees indoors anyway?

And it was merely an accident that I chewed up two telephones, the computer cables and my daddy's driver' s license. Just like it was purely an accident when I got ahold of my mommy's wallet and chewed everything up. She shouldn't have left her handbag on the kitchen counter! And daddy shouldn't have left his Justin boots in the hallway - he knows I have a sweet tooth for rawhide...

None of it was my fault! Mommy shouldn't have fallen asleep in her chair!

What? The mattress? Oh, that little accident! Well, it looked so comfy and I felt it was fit for a queen, like me, for instance. They could have tried to put the stuffing back into it and sewn it together...

The new leather ottoman? Mommy shouldn't have left me when she took the trash out. She knows I like to come with her.

I give Max big kisses every day whether he wants them or not!

No one ever finds fault with me because I'm so pretty!