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@childman You're right in that a lot of people can't tell the difference between roan & merle. There's clear distinctions between the two and once one knows them, IMHO, they are very obvious. I find roan to be very pretty and think it just looks right with Cockers. It's elegant with subtle...

@childman Merle has cropped up in many breeds that never had it before. Gosh, golly gee. Amazing how this happens when merle has gotten so popular. Some breeders explain this by saying it's always been there and was hidden. I remember one breeder's website had some old splotchy photos of...

@etenczal Wow, this is really very interesting. I don't have time to read the article but does it give any thoughts on why male Dobermans should be left intact?

@thewingsoftruth Doodle pups are typically sold as "labradoodles, goldendoodles, Aussiedoodles, Bernadoodle and so on. By this I mean the pups are Lab x Poodle, Golden x Poodle, Aussie x Poodle, BMD x Poodle. But there's no oversight with doodle/designer dog breeders. No one is going to...

@jingshenbianxi Was in the same situation 7 years ago. Our smooth collie Lucy was 14 and was put down due to a brain tumor. She was weary and we expected this. The Lucy we knew, our Sassy Lassie, the queen, SWMBO, wasn't there anymore. We mourned the loss of Lucy months before she actually...

@knr80 One of the weird things I love to watch on youtube is sheep shearing. It takes a professional about 5 minutes to shear a sheep. They flip them onto their butt and just go at it. Of course there's no bathing, blow drying or special trimming. It's the same length all over. The goal...

@devonboy The challenge is trying to tell twins from siblings that look like each other. I mean how would you know if any two pups in a Golden litter are twins? One thing that is interesting is how some markings are shaped by cell division and cell actions while the embryo is developing. I...

@samwan Low drive? Maybe some conformation lines but there's plenty of performance Aussies out there and they are absolute get-it-done beasts.

@thankfullness IMHO, sometimes I think it's backwards in that being "hypoallegenic" often isn't as much as about the dog but the fact that "hypoallergenic" breeds are the ones getting regular professional grooming. Keeping a dog well groomed, with regular baths, goes a long way in reducing...

@inhisservice3320 Sorry I wasn't clear - I was commenting about each name needing to be unique. :-) I'm not saying that super short BC names were puppy mill type names but was commenting on the 3 situations (BCs, PAL registrations and puppy mills/BYBs) I've seen repeated short names...

@willmore She's within the ballpark in traits for a Pomeranian x Siberian Husky cross. That said, don't be surprise in her DNA test (use Wisdom or even better, Embark) results if there's more than two breeds. Puppy Mills tend to have a "close enough" mindset with their breeding dogs. If they...

@unapprec Within a breed, names can be reused 36 times, each one followed by a number. After the 37th, the name is retired. And so I could have registered Alfie as "Alfie" since there hadn't been 35 collies registered with that name. The AKC does apply a roman numeral suffix to tell them...

@dukedesu You need to work on your math skills - high ten. ;-)

@thankfullness Ah, I had never heard that one before. Thanks for the clarification. :-)

@markinro Well they are nicknamed Malagators for a reason. A protection type of Mal is an intense beast and I can easily imagine a 9 month pup doing what you described. They are incredibly challenging because they are so intense and sensitive. It's all about channeling that drive and...

@thankfullness Off topic but this makes me think of back in the 90's, when the AKC started their herding test/trial program. AKC herding program was open to dogs in the herding group and (and a few others). There were, however, people who wanted to be allowed to trial any dog in herding...