Quote Originally Posted by Бармалей
I'm a native speaker -- and I know what these breeds are and their temperment, but you're spot on -- this is a lousy metaphor. Like I said (*cough* admitted *cough above it wasn't clear to me...
Thanks, guys. Your opinions were really interesting.

It's funny but I took the original phrase from the book for corporate spokesmen. It was given as an example of good analogy and clear thinking ("sometning even my grandmother could understand").