For forty years real scientists have been saying that g****l w*****g is happening and that as a result of it there will be more intense and devastating storms. Harvey was a 1000 year storm of historical devastation, but the g****l w*****g deniers will not admit their error. Indeed, they actively promote policies which will accelerate the warming and within a 100 years will bring about the destruction of the human race. The President of Finland says to Trump, if we lose the tundra the human race is finished. Trump had no idea what he was talking about and won't try to find out. If Trump and his minions were the only people to be destroyed, I could live with that, but they are also going to k**l my beautiful grandchildren and that makes me angry.

The Gospel of Thomas;

Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said to his disciples, "These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom."
They said to him, "Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female female; and when you fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom."

Well hiya Archie!!
Thanks. I was hoping my post didn't come off as snobby or with any 'know-it-all' kind of undertones.
This subject is one which I speak publicly about, addressing all size audiences and people from all walks of life. People need to be educated so understanding will begin to replace the knee jerk responses that seem to be attached to this breed. Hopefully arming the masses with facts, will decrease the stigma of the breed.
I'm sorry your precious Gus is hurting. Seems he ended up in very good hands when he became part of your family! They try hard to hide it, but hey, if someone hits my sore spot, I'm liable to take a nip at them too! LOL
You're 100% right, any dog can have a negative reaction to any given situation. They are animals after all and given the fact they can't speak to let us know when they are not feeling well, it's up to us to really know our pets.
They all have their little 'tells'. Mocha's tell would go unnoticed by everyone else, but she's mine and I see it immediately. Whenever she is overly excited or if she is thinking about doing something wrong her pupils dialate.. LOL
Knowing that helps me to redirect her BEFORE she exhibits the behavior. Mocha has been battling congestive heart failure for over a year and a half. It's costing a pretty penny but, she has defied all the odds. My vet still can't believe she's continuing to thrive. She is the office favorite, every staff member has a different nickname for her. Nobody thought she would be alive this long after the diagnosis. But, she s still spunky and as long as she has quality of life and isn't suffering, I will continue fulfilling the promise I made to her 11 years ago.
I don't have a bone yard, I have the ashes of all my dogs though and when my time comes I will have my ashes mixed with theirs and set free. I have been extremely fortunate regarding the longevity all my animals seem to have. I rescued 2 chinchillas, one I had for 18 years, I have no idea gow old he really was but the vet guesstimated his age to be about 21 or so. The other I have had for 13 years now. I guess I'm really lucky cause Lord knows I don't follow all the rules.. lol

I disagree, with respect. The more the investigators dig into "charges", "suspicions" or "allegations" the more frequently it exposes obama and clinton. Like yesterday with Comey, who admitted that our President was not under investigation, that Comey was insecure, and that Comey was one of the FBI leakers. And who knows how much information he leaked aside from his memos. To shut down the investigations would be an admission of guilt. This would change e******n results for 2018 and 2020, putting the Liberals back in control. I do not think this is what we need.