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Originally posted by mgdzkm433:
in the future I'd like to get a pure bred dog to train and show
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And that's perfectly legit -- I can understand it if its for show, or like Shelacious said - birding or herding LOL!
But people get on my last nerves when the dog subject comes up, and they jump right in with "well we have a $600 Black Lab" -- they don't even say his/her name or anything. Of course, I guess its like those people who when you say "I like that dress you're wearing" and they say "Oh - its Liz Claiborne - cost me a fortune, but I like it" --
Some people have said to us that Oscar (the lab) is not a pure bred because he's so tall - and he is about 2 inches taller than the AKC will allow for registration (not that we care) -- BUT - he was 1 and a half times the size of his entire litter -- they are all the exact lab size. And Oscar is totally lab - he's just our order of "biggie fries" (and if we ever did register him, he'd be Oscar Biggie Fries-Baby Teeth
...yeah - I know that's not an accepted name, but its a moot point!
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But we don't care - he could be everything rolled into one, and we couldn't love him more! My parents rescued a puppy from the shelter - she could fit in the pocket on a shirt she was so small, and yet they had her in the pen with all the big dogs like Dobie's and stuff -- they were so mad. She was just absolutely terrified to move. It took some time, but she is little miss everybody's business now.
Shelacious - honey I am so so sorry for your loss. That is terrible for your family. I'm so glad that you were able to give your mom such a precious gift of friendship, and that Ubu had such a wonderful loving home. I'll be keeping you all in my prayers, and I know that Ubu is playing over the Rainbow Bridge with my Poochie.