Thursday, October 23, 2008

Roots

Lia: THAT'S IT! I want to go find my heritage!

Zoe: Excuse me?

Lia: Ya...see where I came from. I'm supposedly mostly Rodesian Ridgeback....from South Africa...country of origin: ZIMBABWE! I'd like to go and see it.


Zoe: Well, I know this wasn't something you thought of on your own; where did you learn about this travel adventure, you inquisitive beast?

Lia: msnbc.com:

Visit your dog's ancestral home
Seven vacation ideas you—and your pooch—can dig:




Don Mason / Corbis
In the 1800s, workingmen crossbred terriers with English bulldogs to develop a strong, spunky offspring for dogfights. The result—a small, bat-eared canine with a tuxedo-like coat—was the Boston terrier
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27297330/
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Zoe: (.....it's ok, folks...she'll never make it past airport security.........)