I gave Talullah and Roberta a treat and 'Berta wanted Talullah's. She's trying to stare her down.
Posted on 08/07/2007 7:33:14 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
So how did you do at the show last night?
She may be onto us.
Tell me this... cat experts...
Isn't this tortie most probably female?
And is the orange one more probably male?
Just wondering.
Meanwhile, this little kitten is pretty wild but she's in immersion therapy now, watching us and the dogs and all this activity and we'll see how she does. Gidget's interested but I told her this one is not ready for her attention yet.
Someone over on the other forum picked up on the Adam and Even angle! Funny! I wish I’d thought of it!
We had thunder and lightning last night, so we got no sleep for awhile with Homer clawing us and Gidget barking.... this poor kitten.
T Storms were not on the forecast last night... of course they are NOW ;~\
I gave Talullah and Roberta a treat and 'Berta wanted Talullah's. She's trying to stare her down.
Yep, I think the odds of a male torti are pretty slim. I don't know about the odds of orange tabbies being male. All the ones I've ever known of or had have been female.
You got a cute bunch there, dogs included! Those kittens sure are pretty. I’d love one but since I’ve already got 3 cats in the house I think I’d be pushing my luck. It’s hard to find an open spot in the bed at night as it is! ;o)
Oh goodness look at you and that mixed bag o kittens!! What’s this “Himi’s house”?
Oh - well there goes my theory on the orange one then... I haven’t had a chance yet, to see his/her face.
Kari’s got a fully enclosed cat pen outside with a cat house in it, and since all she’s got is Himilayans, I assume that’s what she meant by “Himi house”.
My registered pair are in a 10x10 with a top and dog houses to keep the coyotes from getting them. Hal accidently let my Blue point 4yo female I raised out of the house a couple of weeks ago and she’s never been seen again. So sad.
Wow!! You done good!! Especially getting 1st out of 10 in Novice. But you get a BadDog for forgetting the camera! ;o)
Now if you could just carry Soldier to a show and get people to want you to name your price for Him!
I figured it was a nicer term than “cat house”! Too funny!
You know... I forgot, or failed to connect, that the little pregnant kitten who showed up here that died, she was orange.
That kitten is the reason I’m so focused on saving these before that can happen.
Oh wow! And these are her kittens then?
Soldier did eventually act up and John did spank him with a whip. He kicked the front of the wagon and his foot up in the wagon a few inches from Hal and broke the harness. Hal said he didn't know how he didn't bust the front out of the wagon. John said, "I just love this!"
No, she never had any. I kept her inside and never bred her. The middle sized 3 are her sisters kittens and the big one and the smallest 3 are her mama’s kittens. The old tom was a whole different mixed shorthair that was the same looking as the biggest kitten. He was part Ragdoll and I’d had the bloodline since 1982, so I didn’t want it to die out. They have sweet personalities and HUNT.
I told Hal to keep working him behind that wagon, and maybe we can sell him as a “SKILLED WAGON/BUGGY HORSE”. He needs a skill and RIDING AIN’t IT!
The gene for the tricolor (white on the body) is a sex-linked lethal. Since the males only get one X chromosome, if they get the tricolor gene, they die in utero or shortly after birth.
You will occasionally get a tricolor male, but they are XXY and sterile.
. . . got out of the cat breeding business years ago, but still remember some of the jargon.
Miss Ruby turned two yesterday, so it's time for hips, elbows, and eyes, as well as the blood test for EIC. Then we'll see if we're getting into the dog breeding business . . . .
. . . Ruby has been at a professional trainer's for a few weeks and he says she's doing really well. I decided if we're going to breed her she needs to do well in the performance world . . . . she's signed up for Working Certificate, Conformation Certificate, and the Junior Hunter test at the Labrador National Specialty (which is going to be here in October). Plus she'll have a tuneup and try for her first two Started Qualifying Scores in UKC at the Old South hunt test in September.
Miss Shelley, not to be outdone, is entered in the Labrador Specialty as well. If she passes both days, she will have her Junior Hunter title. She did very well in her first AKC hunt test so I have high hopes. She is also going to try for a couple of Seasoned passes in UKC. She is I think still a little shaky on her blind retrieves . . . but yesterday at the club Sporting Clays shoot several of us went off across the pasture and ran blinds, and Shelley did a **168 yard blind retrieve** across two hills and a dirt road. It was a memory blind because she ran to the same spot before, but if she'll go 168 yards I think I can push her to a 60 yard blind, which is all she's required to do in Seasoned.
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