can I return these pants

[bmccasland]

(note: I catch and release so I fish with barbless hooks).

By the way, catch and release is extremely stressful on fish - especially in areas that are heavily fished. Takes a fish 24 hrs to recover from being caught just once, and if they get caught again, then the stress hormones keep rising until they die. The lovely things one learns when working for a fish physiologist.
Also learned that trout are stupid, especially hatchery raised ones. I could chum in rainbows just by pretending I was throwing feed over a pond. Or by tossing some pebbles

[grey]

My shepherd mix is blowing her coat now also. I swear I sweep up a small dog worth of fur EVERY DAY (It can kill a vacuum cleaner, so I sweep first then run the bugger), and that's WITH me brushing her outside!

I love my dogs, but the shedding drives me crazy. I love a clean house, but it's not possible with dogs. Shedding and dust... oy.

[Owlie]

Also learned that trout are stupid, especially hatchery raised ones. I could chum in rainbows just by pretending I was throwing feed over a pond. Or by tossing some pebbles

I think it's just fish (or any animal, really) that's used to being fed by humans. My sister's various bettas started heading for the surface of their tank if someone so much as turned the light on in that corner of the room.

[feral1]

I got my Pom a lion cut to avoid the dreaded blowing of the coat

[channlluv]

Yep. Our lab shed enough to build a gerbil on any given day. DH is in charge of brushing her and vacuuming.

On the fly fishing thing, I heard a story in NPR a while back about how one of the suppliers of the poultry feathers they use to make fishing flies said that because of the new fashion of feathers woven into hair, there's actually a shortage for the fly makers.

I wonder if you could start a new fur fly thing. You can call them Fur Flies.

Roxy

[blackhillsbiker]

We shave our curly-coated retriever as soon as it gets warm enough. We had a cold, wet spring this year, so we have "curly tumbleweeds" all over the house, no matter how often I sweep or vacuum. It's a good thing he's cute!

Deb