The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

ecurbh

[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[msdrby]

Pe and I will be holdin the fort with ya.

[HairOfTheDog]

You don't think that dog up there could hunt? - I think he could, according to his purpose, which is really close hunting, and retrieving in very cold water. That dog above is really the ideal standard I would look for today, and will in the spring when ecurbh and I go get our pups.

The function of a labrador was not the long legged field dog.... those pointers and runners would run on ahead. The Labrador is the 'gentleman's hunter and companion', that would always remain in gun range, the dog that in it's origin, remained at heel or close-in if pointers or spaniels were used. He hunts at the trot. Small enough for a hunter to pull back into a boat, and quiet enough to want to sit in one all day.

In recent years, they began breeding the legs into them to do the "all in one flushing and retrieving dog" on upland birds. These new dogs were also wired all the time, like a pointer, wanting to run rather than trot. They started breeding them taller with a body bred for endurance and distance. They also disregarded or bred away from, the heavy double coat that would keep them warm in cold water, because in running the field, they would overheat if too heavy. But that was not their original function. And the big tall labs of today could not fit or want to sit still in a boat.

[RosieCotton]

I got real big feet...

One of my brothers wears a size 15, at least in some shoes.

But proportionately, my little sister has the biggest feet. She's about 5'5" and wears a size 10 MEN'S shoe. Bizarre.

[My back yard]

Oh, great! I wish I could be there with them. It will be so much fun I know.

Well, there is still a 3% chance of me still showing up there.

[HairOfTheDog]

All that being said.... Change is also a constant in dog breeding, and if the classic Labrador no longer is what people want, a branch of the breed will create a new one, that fits a new purpose now in demand.

[RosieCotton]

You're thinking of BAG BALM.

Nope...he was thinking of Butt Balm. Long story, which has probably already been told. I'm catchin' up.

Incidentally, Bag Balm is made in the town wherein I sit. And it DOES work nicely. I use it on dry feet and hands in the winter and also on cuts and scratches - seems like they heal MUCH faster than without.

[Professional Engineer]

We ARE gettin' another kiddie.

[Professional Engineer]

A true Hobbit, she is.

[HairOfTheDog]

finally made it back into Miami, am a little out of touch with the Hole at the moment.

It's OK Sam.... You can miss everything, and nothing, here... some ole same old! We'll catch you up if need be!

[RMDupree]

Ok everyone!

I posted the virtual shopping list over on ecurbh's page, so please feel free to go in there and add what you'd like to it. I'll be picking the stuff up on Friday morning and having the castle ready for everyone's arrival. :-)

I'll not look at the list after Thursday afternoon because I'll be too busy getting ready, so be sure to put what you want on the list before then, OK?

[AnAmericanMother]

He was coy about Butt Balm. And I'm afraid to Google. :-D

I was introduced to Bag Balm while working on a dairy farm in St. Albans, and it DOES work -- on people as well as Holstein cows. I keep a small tin (one of the little 2x2 inch "gimmes") on my desk at work. The secret is the anhydrous lanolin. Zim's on the other hand is glycerin based. But either one works pretty well.

[HairOfTheDog]

Chelsea is a good lookin' dog, PE! - Females are lighter in structure than the males.

[RMDupree]

Should I bring Butt Balm to Entmoot? *laughing*

[msdrby]

Hehe, not the same, ya know.

[HairOfTheDog]

We will help out with those $$$$ too you guys...

[RMDupree]

I got a pic of me with Flat Frodo in my backyard with Jessi, my lab puppy! She wanted to chew on him, but I didn't let her. *grin*

[Darksheare]

My step-daughter wore size 8 1/2 Medium width men's boots.
She was 5'9".

[2Jedismom]

Here I am with Legolas at the line party...we're tough!

[Professional Engineer]

Don't show him to Msdrby. She'll want one too. LOL

[RMDupree]

Woo-hoooo!!

He takes these line party things VEY SERIESLY!!