bajesus, apologies, I do recall reading about your fear of dogs due to your experiences.....

When Anex arrives, i would love to meet with you and have some kind of introductory session with you two.... I think it would help you a bit with your phobia.

I have been training dogs for over 10 year now, and with the knowledge I learnt from my ex-husband, I have a fair amount if information I can give you regarding dog behaviour.

What will happen the day you do encounter one of the strays you talk about? How will you react? If you run, rest assured he will run after you.... you are after all moving prey.... but if you stand dead still and not make any eye contact with him, he will in all probability leave you alone.....

There is much to learn about the pshycy of our four-legged friends.... and once you have realised what wonderful creatures they truly are, you will wonder how you could ever have had negative thoughts about them.

With regards to the newspaper, we have had staff in Qatar for about three months setting up the paper. Of course we are hoping it will be competition to the other newspapers, what would be the point otherwise.

To all on QL, please feel free to mail me your thoughts about Qatar Tribune when it's released, as it is only when we listen to our readers that we can improve if it's not up to scratch.

Xena