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Latest News on WHAT'S NOT LATEST NEWS Bet Hergreaves, I am confused as to why all you posts that are mostly your opinions/inquisitions are apparently latest news on SM. Please note I have nothing to do with Cavs but am a nosy person who is confused by your post formatting. ValleyCBR

mmmm not really I don't think - yes they might both be caused by dilutions but this doesn't mean it's (1) the same allele causing the colour or (2) the same gene causing the dilution. The dog pictured looks like a cross to me - very wei-like in the face. Since Mary Roslin Williams wrote in her book that the brown found in Labradors was introduced through outcrosess with Chessies in the war it is highly likely that it is both 1 and 2

Doesn't look anything like a photo to me. Looks like something made in illustrator! This one takes the cake.. Agree! I am pretty dissapointed and glad I didn't waste my time entering as it looks like a photoshop compeition and not a photography competition

WTF?! this one is barely a photo! http://www.canon.com.au/worldofeos/photo5/...x?imageId=54951

I will watch the clip at home Yeah Tobylarone is the only dog I have ever owned that gets excited by a vet visit, and the only dog who the vets all know on first name basis. :D When i call up they are like what's your surname and then I say it and they go... "OH Toby!!! What's he done now?"

How did he manage that? Does he have rear dew claws or do you mean the front ones? I think it was on a bone or something stupid he was chewing on. And it's his front dew claws, he gets skin infections in the fold of skin between the leg and the claw and one of grew in a really odd direction because of being in a cast when he was growing.

You can always use a stick :D A question to you now ( ) does rear end awareness (i.e twirling on the brick) lead to anything other then a dog that hopefully kowns how to pivot in heelwork? Like are you supposed to get in "heel" position with the dog and teach him to line up while on the brick? Also with the hand targeting heeling if you were attempting the continous touch method you would obviously have you hand ay the dogs head height right? Toby broke a tooth so I am thinking next week he will be going under GA to get that removed and while he is under I want to get his dew claws done too.

Ptolomy I may actually have a solution for you! :D (or no idea what I am doing with rear end awareness most likely ) When I do rear end awareness with my boys I have been using a riding crop to touch the side I want them to move away from, I have also been using teh same crop to touch thir chests and teach backing up. This is because it's how I taught my horse rear end awareness and I am too lazy to read how to teach it properly for dogs (although I saw Amypie doing it woth Trixie on Sunday ;) )

KTB don't be offended but you have a great way with words, and I remember you quoting Latin at me once, are you a lawyer/have studied literature?

With the Ash in Chessies, it does pop up, you can show it HOWEVER almost all ash Chessies are neutered and hunt or pet homed, the REALLY exceptional ones are ONLY bred to darker dogs as breeding two ash coloured Chessies would result in a loss of pigment in the eyes- 1st gen ash Chessies will still have yellow or amber eyes, when they breed two ash dogs it goes that light blue/clear sort of colour and is no longer breeding to standard.

Sorry to rain on the parade but is is genetically possible for Labs to come in silver, look at Chessies colours they are brown and all it's dilutions (from the darkest ebony brown to the lightest ash). Ash/silver is a dilution of brown and natural for brown pigmented dogs with dilution genes.

Rottigirl I posted these earlier on aren't the Appenzellers :D in brown.

It also covers (from left to right) Light Deadgrass, Deadgrass, Sedge and Dark Sedge in Chessies. Urgh, "deadgrass" is not a nice name. :p Yep we also get tan, ash and (wait for it) light brown, brown and dark brown.

It also covers (from left to right) Light Deadgrass, Deadgrass, Sedge and Dark Sedge in Chessies.

It rained in Helena Valley today (so my mum says )

No I think she has that covered She just has the best temprament I bet you can't wait to start sports with er.

Thats a shame about Archer but I am sure he is having just as much of a good time as a pet! I was having a cuddle with Tika last week, she is such a cutie. But not nearly as big as Rebus.

no liver flat coats have got Grand Champion. But not heaps have been shown either. I have shown 3, both titled but thats it. Bushman have won a group or rubig with one quite a while ago. Your boy Archer is what inspired my question , I was having a look at your website today and he is stunning

It's a Toller Lab!

Appenzeller Sennunhund One in havana - the only breed of mountain dog where this colour is allowable.

Small Munsterlanders are not a registered breed here in Aus or in the UK. They are on the continent. Large Munsterlanders aren't even recognised in the USA but are recognised almost everywhere else.

Quick question, has a liver FCR ever attained a Gr. Ch?

I am sure you will be fine RnH, all of Swan View has to burn down first.

Fire is nearest to emery and Roxi'n'Hemi so fingers crossed for them. It looks pretty damn awful. I am glad I am home cause I would be stressing if I had been at work.

I really like her. A bit special.