[HPforGrownups] Re: Back to Snuffles

squeakinby squeakinby at tds.net
Wed May 12 21:57:23 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 98164

Geoff Bannister wrote:

> Yes, but to me, as an owner of dogs (two Border collies, black and 
> white and intelligent), it makes sense. We often say when we're out 
> with them things like "Why are the dogs snuffling around over there?" 
> using snuffling in the sense of the dogs whizzing round in circles 
> with their noses to the ground following scents. To me, no problem.

I have 2 bullmastiffs, a breed with a short nose and it would never (and 
never did!) occur to me to think snuffling had anything to do with dogs.

I'm not sure I ever saw the word snuffling until you wrote it, Geoff.

Jem




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