Hobbit

Good for them!

We have a Golden mix, does this count? She is a rescue dog.

[quote name='Jacsmom']Oh poor thing... Better things await her now!!! Hobbit will teach her bunches of cool things!!! :lol: So the toy is MIA??? Ummmm check the goats :lol: !!! Couch cushions...Yep Hobbit did it and is gonna blame it on Ms. Kitty!! :wink: [b][color=red]That I wouldn't doubt!! [/color][/b][/quote]

I remember growing up in Lubbock. Those spiders.....too nice of a word, .... those beasts .... would crawl upon our screen door. Geez, scare me to death! I'm not afraid of them, just don't want one to slip down in my sleeping bag, as I wouldn't want a rattle snake to do the same! :lol:

[quote name='Jacsmom']That is okay now even I would laugh AT me.... [size=1]Mr. mouthwash tee hee[/size] That thing could have ate my foot(when I was born)!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote] :oops: [size=2]i was pretty sure everyone had forgotten about the mouthwash incident......[/size]

.....okay, okay, so the baby chick was a Bantam....still! That's pretty big for a SPIDER.

Oh yeah, they can be pretty intimadating! Especially when they are so big you could almost mistake them for a VW Beetle!! :lol: I've seen them as large as a baby chick. Wait.....wait.....getting that mental picture of you, the dog, the tarantula.............. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ......laughing with you, not at you.

Girl you are from Tarantula country!! You never seen those hugh ones crawling everywhere, after a nice rain shower, in Odessa?? .....you missed out! :lol: :lol:

........and there was never ANY doubt that she was a female!

Just my opinion: Lily is dominant, the Pit will be dog aggressive just by nature (she probably comes from game-bred bloodlines, just guessing); so, I think it will be disasterous. You won't have any fun, because you will be either keeping the dogs apart, or breaking up dog-fights. Then again, miracles do happen --- and they could get along (doubt it, but they could).

She came with a name......Sissy. She doesn't really respond to it. I think she'll be okay. Lord help me if she gets loose from me! I'll never be able to catch her. Yeah, she'll be here forever.

:o :o :lol:

Okay -- sad part first: This story was told to me by the rescue lady. She went to get the female from the owner. She was in a small kennel, her feet were encrusted with her own fecal matter, she stunk, was skinny, not vaccinated, wormy, never had been heart worm tested, and wasn't on Heart worm preventative, she had bloodly sores on her neck from the shock collar that she was wearing because she barked all the time, she was never let out of the kennel, she never went into the house, she was a frightened young lady. He couldn't *remember* if she'd been spayed, but she hadn't had any puppies. He *thought* she was "around" 1.5 years old. So, she took her (3 wks ago) and fed her good food, got her vac's, dewormed her, HW tested/neg, on prevention, took her in the house, gave her a toy, she didn't bark, washed her, doctored her neck, loved on her...and called me. Now, I have her. She's thinking that she must have done something wrong, because she is in another home. She is again a frightened young lady. I spent all afternoon just sitting on a bucket and talking (gossiping, actually) with her. I hand fed her -- her dinner. Gave her some snacks and she finally agreed to let me pet her. By the end of her session, my butt was numb....but she would come to me. Her toy is MIA --- someone must be holding it hostage. Noooooo....Hobbit doesn't have it, already looked (that was the first place I looked). So, tomorrow she'll get a new toy until we can find her old one that she really liked. She barked maybe twice, since Sunday. She didn't bark at all on Saturday. She has a long way to go, but I have all the time in the world.

:o Spiders are okay, as long as they stay on their web and behave!

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[quote name='gooeydog']I've been wondering about two things for a while... First, in brindle dogs, which color is considered the "real" base coat color? Like in Goo, the predominate color is black/dark brown, with red being the less "shown" color... but which is [i]really[/i] her true color? Is the red over the "black"? Or is the "black" over the red? Or are they just "sharing" the space, and neither is over the other? [b][color=red]Brindle is not well understood genetically speaking. In Labs, it's thought to be various things: a mutation, chromosome nondisfunction, chromosome loss. In breeds that can be brindle, it is thought to be located in the E series. It is now thought that the brindle color is dark pattern on lighter base coat. There is a black brindle, but the brindling can not be seen. Brindle also comes in blue and fawn coloration. So, since Goo has a black nose, black eye rims -- she is technically - genetically, black; BUT she is phenotypically red with black stripes. The fact there are black and tan dogs with brindling in the "tan" areas suggests that brindle involves suppression of agouti or independent stimulation of eumelanin production (i.e., that it is a "dark" pattern which requires a "light" background to be visible). [/color][/b] Second, what exactly is it that makes the double dappling (or merling?) in dachshunds lethal? Is the gene "connected" to the merle gene? Or is it just a product of the type of breeding that was used in producing them?[/quote] [b][color=darkred]Double dappling is not a color, it is a pattern. It is a merle gene. And it is a dilution gene. Breeding merle to merle -- the resulting offspring are known as "Double Dapples" or "Double Merles" and can be lethal (in any breed). Congenital deafness in dogs (or other animals) can be acquired [caused by intrauterine infections, ototoxic drugs like gentamicin, liver disorders, or other toxic exposures before or soon after birth] or inherited. Inherited deafness can be caused by a gene defect that is autosomal dominant, recessive, sex-linked, or may involve multiple genes. It is usually impossible to determine the cause of congenital deafness unless a clear problem has been observed in the breed or carefully planned breedings are performed. The deafness, which usually develops in the first few weeks after birth while the ear canal is still closed, usually results from the degeneration of part of the blood supply to the cochlea (the stria vascularis). The nerve cells of the cochlea subsequently die and permanent deafness results. The cause of the vascular degeneration is not known, but appears to be associated with the absence of pigment producing cells (melanocytes) in the blood vessels, related to the merle and piebald gene. The function of these cells is not known but appears to be critical for survival of the stria. A lethal allele's phenotype, when expressed, causes the death of an organism. Lethal alleles arise when a mutation to a normal allele disrupts the function of an essential gene. Without this essential gene, the organism dies. Lethal alleles can be embryonic or postnatal.[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]Goo -- were Annies parents both merles (dapples)? She could be a phantom or cryptic merle. If she has black hairs in her red, then she is a sable -- sometimes the red merling (dapples) can't been seen in the sable coloration. Sable merles are not desired (for breeding), because you can't tell if they are a sable, merle or a phantom --- until you breed them, and then sometimes there are fatal results. [/color][/b]

[quote name='Jacsmom']Labradors range in size usually from about 21-25 inches at the withers(shoulders). Small would be about 19"... It is possible that this was a mixed breed or some other breed of dog. I have to agree please to not fall into the "rare" or "mini" ads that so many people post in newspapers or on the internet and make sure you find a reputable breeder that does testing on parents and pups.[/quote] Maybe it's one them *RARE* Mini-brindle Labs? :lol: OR maybe a *RARE* teacup-bindle Lab......!!!

AND another thing: What do you expect from someone that would seek out a suitable dog or bitch over the internet, at the dog park, the vet clinic, or some dog in the back yard?

[color=red][i]Now you want to talk about mad that was me when I got to the BRINDLE and VERY RARE part!! Brindle is not a rare color..it a chromosome mutation.. BUT hey if they can make a buck... [/i][/color] Jacsmom ---- you are getting into this genetics thing!! Yippee-Yay for you! I'm glad I helped you convert to my nerd side. :wink: :wink: I would more likely think that there was another sire in the woodpile. OUCH, that was hateful of me....I'm trying to be less cynical than Horsefeathers! haha. Cynical --- doesn't that sound like a laxative?? :D Rare, medium well.....just how do you like your steak? Oh--way off topic. Seriously, the miss colored pup is more than likely sired by a different sire. OR it could very well be a mutation ---- regardless, this pup should be sold as pet quality and spayed or neutered. I don't blame you Jacsmom for being mad --- it's people like this that hurt the Lab as a breed.

K - is that your little blonde headed baby girl? She's a doll.

[quote name='bk_blue']there are lots of poisonous snakes here, I think Aust has almost all of the top 10 most poisonous snakes in the world... [/quote] You guys can go on being the poisonous snake capital of the world. It's amazing, really....think about it. One country has all the snakes that will kill you, when another country (place) doesn't have any. Sounds like a conspiracy to me! :lol: :wink:

Upon first encounter --- they harrass the heck out of the snake and usually get bit. Change usually to, just about all the time get bit. We do the same thing that the vet does --- I give them a shot of Dexamethasone, or "Dex" for the swelling; 2 Benadryl gel caps; and wash the bite with betadine soap. Normally, the bites are late in the evening, on a Friday night, a holiday, or a weekend.....or any time when the vet is NOT available. I swear these dogs know when the vet is out of town. The ones that have been bitten, usually stay away from them from now on. They recognize the smell, know them by sight and try to avoid their painfull bite. We have an old Heeler that hates snakes and will go out of her way to seek them out and kill them. She has been bitten numerous times, it's a miracle that she hasn't died. We have to keep her in the yard to keep her from hunting them down.

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I needed some stress release....... :drinking: :wink:

Andrew thanks for posting again to clear up any misconception(s) concerning your book and your intentions. Please understand, we see this sort of thing all time, like Horsefeathers said, they post then they are gone. Especially the dog food peddlers! Good luck with the promotion of your book.