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Welcome to Mashti.net!
This home page is a good spot for you to know some facts
about my life and see some of my favorite pictures.
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Reminder:
March 13th is my Birthday |
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No excuse to forget |
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Lessons in Unconditional
Love |
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| Diana Wells's intriguing exploration into
the rewards of relationships--both the canine
and human varieties--begins when she reluctantly
starts seeing a psychologist, Beth, during a
difficult time in her life. With no insurance to
pay for counseling, a barter is arranged in
which the client becomes part-time caretaker to
the therapist's dog, Luggs, a sweet, clumsy
black Labrador retriever. |
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More about Me
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The Shih Tzu, the "lion dog",
originated in Tibet. The forefathers of today's Shih Tzu were
presented as a tribute gift of state to the Chinese emperor over
2000 years ago. At that time the emperor resided in an
area now known as Peking. The exports of this breed to the rest of
the world have come from this area of China. Therefore most people
have forgotten its Tibetan origins and have given the people of
Peking credit for both naming and developing this breed. |
| Because.. the Chinese
considered the lion symbolic of Buddha, and because of a centuries
old awe and respect for this most courageous of beasts, Chinese
dogs were bred to resemble the lion. As the lion was not native
to China, it is probable that sculptors carved lions from
descriptions they had received about the beasts, and the dogs were
bred to look like the statues instead of the real thing, i.e.:
flattened muzzles, undershot bites, bowed legs (bowed legs were
even intentionally bred into the Pekingese and are a
characteristic of the breed!), protruding eyes, wrinkled faces,
and fierce expressions. |
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