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Never had a dog. Or a cat. Or even a fish.
Well, it could be worse. At least, like hope, you have two beautiful daughters.
I've had them all, even fish, albeit neither cats nor fish for several decades. Never had a bird, though. A few years back, I did have a pet rat, Scooter. I became rather fond of her.
We lived in apartments until I was in high school. By the time my family had their first home, my brother and I--both allergic to cats and (to a lesser extent) dogs--weren't going to be around long enough to make having a dog worth while to my parents. My daughter M has inherited my allergies, so we won't be getting a pet of any kind soon. Maybe someday. People do seem to love them.
I actually didn't care for your review, until I read the spectacular line, "But, to his credit, Big Red wasn't a racist asshole like Lad a Dog." GREAT LINE! So you read Terhune too! I still recall (as a ten year old) wondering why Albert Payson Terhune kept noticing that all the cops in his area were white men (as in, "your cops are all white men!") Regarding BIG RED: there are some indications of superiority from good breeding in the book, but not as explicit as Terhune. I did have several dog breeders tell me that no Irish Setter could or would even have the inclination to do what Big Red does and survive. Kjelgaard himself originally wrote the dog as a hound, but that was changed in production and forced some rewriting.
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Well, it could be worse. At least, like hope, you have two beautiful daughters. I've had them all, even fish, albeit neither cats nor fish for several decades. Never had a bird, though. A few years back, I did have a pet rat, Scooter. I became rather fond of her.
We lived in apartments until I was in high school. By the time my family had their first home, my brother and I--both allergic to cats and (to a lesser extent) dogs--weren't going to be around long enough to make having a dog worth while to my parents. My daughter M has inherited my allergies, so we won't be getting a pet of any kind soon. Maybe someday. People do seem to love them.
I actually didn't care for your review, until I read the spectacular line, "But, to his credit, Big Red wasn't a racist asshole like Lad a Dog." GREAT LINE! So you read Terhune too! I still recall (as a ten year old) wondering why Albert Payson Terhune kept noticing that all the cops in his area were white men (as in, "your cops are all white men!") Regarding BIG RED: there are some indications of superiority from good breeding in the book, but not as explicit as Terhune. I did have several dog breeders tell me that no Irish Setter could or would even have the inclination to do what Big Red does and survive. Kjelgaard himself originally wrote the dog as a hound, but that was changed in production and forced some rewriting.
