It is good to hear this had a happy ending. I just got an email from a friend about a beautiful 8-year-old Vizsla looking for a new home. Reason? "Owners got a new puppy and can't take care of two dogs." WTH!?!?! Wonder if they have more than one child. If I was the older one I'd be getting nervous. Grrrrr.

I have done rescue for years, and before I became a member of EBC and realized their support, I saw all breeders as adding to my rescue numbers. OF course, that is totally wrong thinking..but when you have more dogs than you can place, and not a good support system, it can make you ridged and bitter. I do know. I totally understand her and I tried to share with her how I went from where she is to where I am. I does take a village..it takes a breed club to open their hearts and wallets. It take a rescue to realize that breeders, good breeders keep the dogs we love healthy. Its a long learning process, and thank heavens I have lived long enough to get to this.

@Knipper: They have an elastic that goes around the base of the tail. I'll admit, at first I thought it was attached by going in. :eek: I can't imagine one of those staying intact for long on any basenji. Blaze would shred it, dispurse it around the house, then pee on something of mine for revenge. I thought that at first too, and I was horrified!! Took me a moment to realize it had elastic string. Mine would rip that off immediately. I don't even know if I'd be able to get it all the way on.

Thanks for all the replies! Pugs have the best expressions :D Kipawa - I try to keep all of my birds unclipped as i like to see them fly :) I take them out on harnesses and flightlines in the summer to get some real flying time in, they love it!! I have one poor conure who had her wing mutilated by someone trying to clip without knowing what they were doing. She drops like a stone if she tries to fly, and the wing wont ever grow back so she will never fly again, poor Lola :( AJs Human - Ruby wont have all of her colours through until she is about 3 (she's 6 months now). She should get much more vibrant colours :) Tanza - Leaving tomorrow at about 8:30 for Crufts, its just 45 mins down the motorway for me - a local one!

What about 'chow' as in chow down? Or you could go to a particular food item - like beans.

Beautiful bunnies! I had a grey lop named Snuffy. He was a sweet guy!

that is some beautiful and spectacular filming

Beautiful drawing! Very nice color too!

Wow, 5 months already..he is growing so quickly.. He is so cute..I love his smart little eyes. Great pictures. Yes, I like the one when the dogs are relaxing with their bro..:)

@Maya: Oh, i didnt know Sue and Jeff weren't coming over, last time i spoke to Sue (just before Westminster) everything was still on for them coming to Crufts. That is such a shame as i was really looking forward to meeting them both, but especially to thanking Sue in person for being the one who made it possible for me to have Maya! :D And i just adore Dunkin so i was really wanting to have a look at him in person… Maybe next year! I have a friend who was hoping to bring her pug over from Malta but wasnt able to because of the expense of bringing her into the country... I think JUST to get her into the UK was about ?1500... Thats crazy and a real shame. Yes, they decided after Westminster that the flight cost was just too high for this year, they are planning on next year. Works out for me, however since I am flying out to see Jeff that weekend

This is really cute. You and your mother sure do look alot a like. Rita Jean

I think that all is OK from the news reports

Visits are a great idea. In the past year I have been staying at my familys farm wich has plenty of room but I added another dog and my Mother got another dog for a total of 4. Not bad since two are tiny ones, lol. But it took a bit to learn to b a good pack. I am not sure how cats mix with the dogs but I'm sure visits won't hurt any. Good Luck :)

@Basenjimamma: How funny..Yes the dogs are going to have a ball finding all those "treats". Glad to hear from you again. Thanks :) we're still waiting to sell the ship (the crisis in holland still goes on so it can take a while) but getting more and more into the Ostriches and Germany. It's sad but we can't do anything more than wait..

LOVE the pictures. Yes, we are animal lovers. Our cats are treated royally here. Other than one cat, which I have trained to sit and shake a paw for a treat, they do exactly as they please. Nothing is sacred in our house. The back cushions of our couches have permanent sags in them from continuously being pushed down by a warm, living bundle of fur. It's deadly to wear black in our house. I still haven't figured out how to strap little vacuums onto their paws.

@nkjvcjs: That is too funny that you responded now, as I have 2 other tabs open with papers on the experiment. One from 2005, and one from 2007. Have just downloaded them, and will start reading soon :) I had also never heard of operons (multiple genes under control of a singe promoter) in eukaryotes. The dogma I was taught was: One gene, one promoter in eukaryotes. Operons only in prokaryotes. So I was thinking it had to be a transcription factor change. But apparently a small number of operons have been very recently identified in eukaryotes, so I have a 2002 and a 2004 paper I am looking at about that. Fascinating stuff. I am never going to graduate. -Nicole Focus! You can read dog genetics articles once you graduate.

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