Interracial Puppies?

John Nguyen, Ross Parry Syndication

As a white mother of a black child, this story from Doncaster, England  really caught my eye.  What happens when you breed a white female poodle with a black male poodle?  In this case, ALL EIGHT of the offspring turned out black, a genetic rarity.  Together they make quite a picture!

 Sukanto My Fair Lady (otherwise known as Rosie), who lives with John & Carol Marsden, went into labor unexpectedly, and Mrs. Marsden actually got to deliver the first three pups before the breeder got there to take over.  Over the course of seven hours, all of the puppies were born healthy and happy.  Good thing Mrs. Marsden is a retired nurse! 

 To keep her strength up while caring for the newborns, Rosie is being treated to a liter of goat’s milk every day from the Stone family farm, just down the road from the Marsdens. 

 The father is Kertellas on Easy Street at Montravia, but goes by the much less-of-a-mouthful name of Alfie.  He lives with Marita Rodgers.  No word on what he thought of his octuplets.  (Should I say “typical man”?)

 Until next time,

Good day, and good dog!

Poodle Madness

For those of you who enjoyed the last set of pictures I published from grooming shows, I stumbled across this slideshow from MSNBC.com. Too cute!

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!

Extreme Grooming for Poodles

Thanks to friend-of-the-blogger Wendy for sending me the finalists from the Extreme Grooming Contest.  Don’t forget to look at the people in the background, as well as the dogs.  No doubt, there are those of you who will think this is cruel and demeaning to the dogs.  Feel free to let me know.  My personal feeling is that they are works of art, and assuming that the paint comes off fairly easily and does not harm the dogs, why not?

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