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To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (212972)	7/22/2007 1:30:45 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794048

And Andrew, may Mr. B continue running like the wind, and frisking in the breeze! No wonder he looks so noble...a long and honorable heritage indeed! What type of animals were they bred to hunt? And just so LB can't say we weren't talking about PfP's, if these little dogs were running France today, we could be pretty assured that things wouldn't be as "squishy".... These fellows run things with a pretty firm paw. My little Paps were bred to be cute, but actually they were mouse chasers in the 1500-1600's in Flemish castles. The Ladies loved them, and there are many paintings of the period with them on the Ladies laps... upload.wikimedia.org breed of toy dog known from the 16th century, when it was called a dwarf spaniel. A fashionable dog, it was favoured by Madame de Pompadour and Marie-Antoinette, and it appeared in paintings by some of the Old Masters. The name papillon (French: “butterfly”) was given to the breed in the late 19th century, when a variety with large, flaring ears resembling the wings of a butterfly…