<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>In my experience dogs (and kids) will rise to your expectations. My father always said don't set your expectations too low or your kids will lower themselves to meet them, and I believe he was right. I have always taken a dog freshly pulled from the shelter outside frequently for the first few days by simply going outside myself all the time. And all of them have made one or two mistakes and that was it. Of course, we have a dog door and we live in sunny California where it is expected to be 75 degrees AGAIN today so that helps.</DIV>
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<DIV>Just look for the best and help them along and it'll all work out in my experience.</DIV>
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<DIV>--Dale (I may be clueless but hey, it works for me)<BR></DIV>
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