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Go Kyzer .

Staranais about driving you batty if she literally flipped into drive every time she was given a command - Hmmmmmm got one of those yep she drives me batty but I also love that about her personality .

SB I don't use anything elaborate just whatever I can manage to tweek in iphoto . Ooops now I better run from this thread ducking for cover - auto tweeking I think its called .

Day 18 - The Balls have it......

Millie x 2 Ruby Chloe Clover Tinny (Tin Tin) Vada Tilly Holly Logan Finta Lucy, Tayla, Abbey. Hayley, Ella, Jodie, Bree, Tori, Becky Nala Peggie April storm Kara glitter gypsy Hayley skye Tara Molly Bonny Zoe Stimpy Blossom Kenzie Ness

Day 17 - The Red Ball Obsession

Hey if its any whatever RubyStar - our yard is heavily shaded too and my parents gave up on the concept of lawn for half of it for a while. They put in a gravel area and only converted it back to grass after my instance. The grass doesn't last though and does end up needing replacing.

You put in underground drippers before you install the turf .

Day 16

Yeah I liked the first one too but had too many of midget and not enough of Ness . The original looks pretty shitty but it worked out ok when I edited it.

My two day 15 shots - couldn't decide which to include:

about the Twilight comment TerraNik. Interesting photo. So hard to keep up and comment on all the photos. I get a quick chance to have a skim over whats been posted but don't even know where to start with commenting. All looking good and nice to see so many people keeping up with posting/taking a photo a day. Good work everybody.

Day 14: Clever Midget Dog - not the best photo and I ended up going back to auto settings as midget wasn't cooperating and photos weren't turning out - sorry Terra .

I posted this elsewhere but also used the 50mm lens

I should have ordered more little i-squeaks Kenzie likes the baby ones . RubyStar well you could add a couple of little i-squeaks for me and I'll just pick them up when I come visit hey .

Hehehe go Cider yeah Kenz brings her toys back to have them thrown again - very nice .

you and your i-squeaks Ptolomy!!!!!!!! (says me who just ordered 2 i-squeaks in our last order ).

Never mind free shipping we just order anyway . Even with shipping the price on things is very reasonable. I was looking at a frisbee there which was $10 US which I can get within Oz for $25-$30 each!!!! So as long as there are a few items you want its pretty reasonable even with shipping. You at least break even pretty quickly.

TerraNik - I meant that but was sidetracked .You know its not encouraging to new comers to point out their short fallings Terra .

;) I am playing in AP mode at the moment .

Sorry have been a bit slack posting here So Day 11 - my first non-dog photo No more auto settings Day 12 Day 13

I think that is what a lot of people in the US were finding - pure bred dogs were being tested and coming back as various mixes and with options and none of which were the breed (in this case it was border collies). To me it was just a marketing scam and I don't think would provide any credit to a vet practice offering the service (well in the context they were offering and advertising it in). ETA. Pete if I had a mixed breed/rescue dog that had no real definite breed look to it and I had a spare $145 I would probably do it but take the results with a grain of salt and would certainly be more than likely to have a bit of fun then I would with a dog who I know to be pedigree and who's breed is not in question.

Sorry I wasn't arguing about the positive uses for such a test (I have a science and law background so understand why it might be useful) but more a case of the marketing talk that was attached to it . I can understand why breeders would find it useful to DNA test and profile their breeding stock for example but this wasn't marketed as being that - it was marketed as being a find out what breed your dog might have in it and how that might relate to his behavior. It was clearly aimed at a "pet" market. Particularly if you look at the information provided on the website under benefits or what will the results include. There was no suggestion it was anything other than a gimic.

. The results I have read from the US are extremely interesting.

if I had a spare $145 I'd play with one of mine just to see what they came up with. Too funny if they came up with anything other than a Border Collie. Interesting though they require the dog to attend the clinic for an appointment and I wonder what information they might also include when they take the swab such as appearance of dog. Would seriously spoil the fun if it wasn't a "blind" test.