I was raised with dogs....my manners show it.

But I had RONCO demining dogs in Rwanda as part of my effort with the US-Rwandan demining program. Aside from one brute who tried to eat one of my trainers, the dogs were a great addition given the threat we were dealing with, especially those nasty Italian plastic AP mines. The dogs could find them when conventional detectors and manual probing failed--with a lot less noise and fuss.

I also a had a Ridgeback for more than a year...a story that got me on the front page of the Wash Post as an evil man

Now I have cats believe it or not...they have given up trying to improve my sense of etiquette.

Best
Tom