I'm very happy with the tolerance level of all 3 of mine, but
Maddie goes above and beyond my expectations. When
she had a tumor and any other kind of lump or bump the
vet could find on her body removed a few months ago,
she was just unbelievably good about having all the stitches
removed. There was at least 7 or 8 different spots on her
face alone. She sat there patiently, not a sound out of her,
while the vet tech removed all of'em. She even commented
when we were done, how wonderful Maddie has been about
the whole thing.

She's also extremely tolerant with kids. My cousin's lil' girl,
tried to pick Maddie up by the neck, before I could stop her
and Maddie's attitude was one of "Oh kewl! this gets me
closer to your face, so I can lick you more".

We had a Lhasa Apos when I was a kid that we dubbed,
"the dog from hell", because he was always ready with a
growl and a snap over just everything... Zero Tolerance...
Hated kids, grooming, the vets and he was definitely food
aggressive. He'd got ahold of a pork chop bone one day
and tried to swallow it whole. I heard him choking and
found him with it half way down his throat, stuck. He
growled at me the whole time I was removing it to save
his lil' life.

My Uncle was over one day, trying to rough house with
him and was teasing him. We kept warning him to knock
it off, that Ghengis wasn't his Lab and didn't appreciate
the rough housing, but he didn't listen. Ghengis promptly
attached himself to my Uncle's boot, which was lucky for
him that he was wearing cowboy boots or he'd of had some
pretty nice puncture wounds in his ankle vs. his boot.

Anywho, after having a dog like him, I truly appreciate
Murph and Maddie and Oz and never underestimate
the importance of socialization, when they're puppies.

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