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08-14-2008, 05:02 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virginia
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| Are You Terminal? A friend sent me this and I thought I'd share. I definitely have the disorder and I'm headed towards terminal. How are you doing? A new disease has been identified: Acquired Canine Obsessive Syndrome (ACOS) At first, ACOS was originally considered to be psychological in nature, but after two young researchers suddenly decided to become show breeders, scientists decided that ACOS was indeed of infectious lethal viral origin. Viralologists have identified three stages of this disease and the typical symptoms. They are: You have the early symptoms (Stage I) if: You think that any show within 300 kms is nearby. You begin to enjoy getting up at 5 a.m. in the morning to birth puppies and feed dogs. It is fun to spend several hours a day grooming dogs. You think you're being frugal if you spend less than $3,000 a year on shows. You can't remember what it was like to have just one dog. (Stage II)You definitely have acquired the disease if: Your most important factor when buying a car is how many crates you can fit in it. When you look for a house, the first thing you think of is how many dogs you can pen on the property. Your dog food bill is higher than your family's. You spend as much on veterinarians as on doctors. You have no money because of showing dogs. You have more pictures of the dogs than of your family. Your idea of a fun vacation is to hit a show circuit. Most of your conversations revolve around the dogs. You are a terminal case (Stage III) if: You wake up in the morning and find out that you put the kids in the pens and the dogs in the beds last night. You know each dog's name and pedigree, but can't figure out who that stranger in the house is; it turns out to be your spouse. Your neighbors keep insisting that those kids running around your house bothering the dogs are yours. You cash in the kid's college trust fund to campaign the dogs. You've been on the road showing dogs so long that you can't remember where you live. Your family tells you "It's either the dogs or us"; you choose the dogs. You trade your wedding ring in for a ring that has the profile of your breed on it. Author unknown
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08-14-2008, 10:09 PM | #2 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: HOT, HOT, HOT AZ
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| I think I am terminal!!!!!!!!
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08-15-2008, 02:47 AM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dominican Republic
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| Hi Tami,well I think I am TERMINAL !!!!!!
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08-15-2008, 05:21 AM | #4 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Somewhere Out there............
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| OH Dear I would like to think I am holding at Stage II but I think I am in denial about being Terminal ROFL Deana Prestigeous |
08-15-2008, 05:24 AM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,808
| I've been informed that we are all doomed as there is no cure for this malady. Oh well, at least we'll go in good company!!
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08-15-2008, 07:51 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas
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| I'm terminal....LOL! Oh well...my life with the dogs! Donna Bird Brooklynn's Yorshire Terriers |
08-15-2008, 08:38 AM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,079
| ROFL...I love that! Very cute, I saw it a few years back and thought I was still safe, but now it seems I am terminal...oh well! Wonder what we could do to ease the symptoms...perhaps attend some more shows? lol
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08-15-2008, 08:43 AM | #8 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Livermore, CA
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| How cute!! I'm not terminal but may be heading that way, thanks to YT!! Like someone else said, oh well! At least we are in good company
__________________ Now if only the rest of us were as determined as this dog |
08-15-2008, 08:45 AM | #9 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,079
| I thought there was more to this...here is what I found! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you have this dreaded disease? Well, there is hope. In the course of our research, we have found that most cases seem to stop at Stage 2, and remain chronic. We have, with great difficulty, managed to acquire several Stage 3 ACOS patients. They are currently in our isolation wards, where we are studying them to gain a better understanding of this disease. It is a sad sight, seeing these formerly vibrant people as they shuffle around their rooms in endless triangle or L-patterns, making odd hand motions as if holding a lead and baiting a dog, and making chirping noises. Merely saying the word "Crufts" can send them into an uncontrollable frenzy. Unfortunately, there isn't much hope for these cases, but with time and research to further understand this disease; we hope to come up with a cure. We are now attempting to isolate the causative agent and may be able to develop a vaccine in the future. An interesting sidelight of this disease seems to be that exposure at an early age has an immunizing effect. Several people afflicted with ACOS at Stage 1 and Stage 2 have close family members(children/spouses) who have absolutely no disease. It is thought by some of our researchers that this may be due to environmental effects, to an age-related immune function, or to the fact that those with the disease tend not to associate with their close family members, possibly due to the memory deficit induced by the disease - that is, they don 't remember they have close family members! What can you do to prevent this disease? Until a cure is found, prevention is the best measure. Avoid kennels advertising "show stock," since it may be the dogs that are the carriers of the disease. Leave town when there is a local show. If you inadvertently come into contact with an ACOS-afflicted person, leave as soon as possible (they do tend to cling) and thoroughly shower, preferably with a germicidal soap. If you are living with an ACOS sufferer, take comfort that if you haven't succumbed yet, you are probably safe.
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08-15-2008, 09:44 AM | #10 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,808
| I don't think I care for the preventative measures! Oh well I'm sure I'm a goner anyway so I'll just die happy!! I have the fever so badly right now, I'm on the hunt for a Hungarian bitch to put in the ring. Definitely terminal!!
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08-15-2008, 10:22 AM | #11 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio
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| lol you sound perfectly normal to me...but then again it is everyone else that is crazy right?
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08-15-2008, 11:06 AM | #12 | |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virginia
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Jackie, would you pm me and tell me about why you choose Hungarian dogs as your foundation. I'd love to discuss it with you.
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08-15-2008, 01:21 PM | #13 | |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio
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| Quote:
E-mail is on it's way!
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08-16-2008, 09:57 PM | #15 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Seymour, Indiana
Posts: 1,384
| On my way lol Okay I'm on my way...No shot to help well thanks Tami you just had to drag me with you through this sickness ... You better get my room ready I'm already showing bad signs and I haven't even been in or around a real show ring YET... Sign: Yesterday eveing looking at all those beautiful Yorkies...Hubby had to fix dinner (Chicken and noodles) and yes hollered at me to come eat...I ran in felt the bowl said it's too hot, I'll be back in a few...He said LEE I said well they are beautiful lol...Ran back in got my noodles ran back to the Yorkie room and drooled over the Beauties...Yep my noodles was running down my face into my bowl NO not really lol. So get a big bib ready for this one lol. |
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