Thief…
Posted: October 22, 2007 Filed under: Apso Aficionados 1 Comment
Vickie sent this:
Yup, I’m a thief. I stole Kathy R’s ric-rac Apso and used it to create a quilt block. One of the lists I’m on, a gal’s husband has pancreatic cancer and somebody had the idea of getting a group together to do quilt blocks and send to her to complete the quilt. She’s been wanting to do a “dog quilt” this summer and didn’t get to with her husband’s illness. Anyhoo, I volunteered to do a block. Why, I have no idea since I’m not generally known for my crafty talents. Only thing I can figure out is I must have had one too many cocktails the night I said “yes.” Actually, I’m pretty certain I was drinking … otherwise I’d have never said yes! In any event, it’s done …
Trains, trains and automobiles
Posted: October 22, 2007 Filed under: DRambles on Black Mountain 2 Comments
Here’s a photo I took during my first ever train ride. The awesome curved window was in an abandoned train depot, next to a very uninteresting box building that currently serves as Grand Junction’s depot. For our 30th wedding anniversary Rick and I took a train to Reno, complete with a sleeper. From there, we rented a car and *quickly* got out of Reno to see the more natural sights in the Sierra Nevadas.
Speaking of Aaron..color genetics fun!
Posted: October 14, 2007 Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info Leave a commentWhen Aaron was born, his red/gold brindle pattern was apparent. His hair grew longer; the brindle pattern became less and less visible. As he matured, the greying factor began to work upon the brindle hair. He underwent a transition from what appeared to be a gold and white parti-color dog to a black and white parti-color dog.
Some of his offspring, including Frankie, Robby and Allie, inherited his brindle coloration. See more photos of this phenomenon.
Boys
Posted: October 14, 2007 Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos Leave a commentFor those of you commenting on how much the boys look alike…here’s a composite of Aaron, Frankie, Robby and Pete.
The Downside of Inbreeding
Posted: October 14, 2007 Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info Leave a commentC.A. Sharp, the author of this piece Vickie shared with me and numerous other great articles, participated on Dr. John Armstrong’s genetics list. She starts this article with a quote from Hellmuth Wachtel Ph.D., another participant on that most excellent list (which has been defunct basically since the death of Dr. Armstrong). Hellmuth, a zoologist, not a dog breeder, is quite radical in his views. However, he, along with several other participants with ‘out-of-the-box’ views, are the people that indirectly gave me the courage to take on the Gompa dog project. C.A. is self-taught, extremely intelligent, has co-authored some scientific pieces with researchers and breeds Australian Shepherds. She is generous with sharing her many excellent articles. You can find read more of her articles, along with other articles along similar lines on the Genetics page of the FFT website.
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 