>>>>>If you think about it hard enough you will realize that your company has received plenty of government assistance. Which is as it should be. Small businesses are indeed an engine of our prosperity.
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>>>>>I repeat: my company has received no governement assistance (unless, as I said before, you are talking about the roads that I helped to pay for with my tax dollars). So tell me about this plenty of government assistance that Tightline has received.
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>>>>>Put up or shut up.
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>>>>I really am out of this food fight after replying to this message, which is too aggressive to be ignored. Tamar already said it well. The government provides all kinds of infrastructure you seem to take for granted. It doesn't have to take the form of a check on your desk.
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>>>>See you in cheerier threads. I really am tired of arguing. My puppy just demonstrated that she can climb the stairs by herself and anoint my bathroom carpet, LOL.
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>>>Well, YOU do walkies in that room, why can't she? I swear that's always the hardest concept to get through to a young dog.
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>>She is pretty smart and also eager to please. (My daughter and I were joking the other day that the previous dog, a puggle, was smart but not eager to please). She is my fourth dog and the first one I have worked hard on trying to do things the right way. One thing I read and hear over and over is how important it is to instill good habits from the start. Things that are no big deal in a puppy, cute even, will be big deals when she reaches her adult size of 80 pounds or so. For example, jumping up on people. So she already knows the word down. Her vocabulary is growing rapidly.
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>Yup, raise a puppy as you want the dog to act. Much like raising a child, yet people insist on looking at me like I'm crazy when I say "Raise your puppy the same way you'd raise a child." Give 'em limits, let 'em know what the consequences of their actions will be when they misbehave - praise them when they do well and give them your time.
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>Works 99% of the time.

Maybe you should be a vet, because that's exactly what she said. She said if there are no consequences for unwanted behavior the puppy has no reason to change. Ditto again on giving them your time. She said puppies sleep a lot (18-20 hours a day at this stage) but when they are up there should be no telephone, television, etc.