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.

[HairOfTheDog]

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

LOL!

[Professional Engineer]

[My back yard]

He would hunt I'm sure. I was being somewhat fascetious there. But he couldn't hunt for very long. Not with the heavy weight on him, not in this climate and terrain. I think the original New Foundland needed that weight and insulation, and a boat dog has less physical demands. Maybe our views are different because of our different locals. I need a dog that can do a day of ducks or geese at long distance in corn fields and in much warmer weather. That dog would not be able to do that for very long. I just think it is wrong that there is no category for conformation that a dog that could do that job might compete for. Two separate categories then? I don't know. :)

[RMDupree]

CUTE! I see Jessi there on the bottom!

[RosieCotton]

A true Hobbit, she is.

I guess so! That's what we tell her.

My feet are pretty big, but not THAT out of proportion. ;)

Trying to eat...phone keeps ringing. Phone shall die soon.

[HairOfTheDog]

It is when that diversion of 'what people are looking for' happens that new offshoots and new breeds develop. Or the breed changes if the new demand is unanimous, I suppose.

The original Labrador was not bred for upland birds, and those seeking a universal hunting dog that could do that too have changed the Labrador already. And either the standard will change to meet it, or those in duck country will fight for their old Labrador, leaving the upland bird hunters free to choose their own standard for a NewLabrador.

[HairOfTheDog]

You need to post pup pics!

[AnAmericanMother]

Wow! Lab discussion! All right!

As many of you know . . . I have a "throwback" Lab, a little Chocolate girl - she is English conformation bred on her sire's side (Mardas Labs in Yorkshire) and Canadian field trial on the other (Storm's Riptide Star). She looks very like her sire except for the chocolate color - she is 42 pounds and 20.5 inches at the shoulder. We have kept her very thin because she competes in agility, but she has bone and substance with a good wide skull and chest. I thought she might look a little "houndy" until I consorted with 10 couple of foxhounds all Saturday.

Her coat is not as thick as it should be because she is a pampered indoor pet, but she minds the cold not at all and was blissfully happy jumping in and out of the cold ocean at 20 some odd degrees air temperature over Christmas. And she is naturally birdy - although we have never hunted her she retrieves beautifully, and she has twice jumped up and caught birds alive and unharmed off the bird feeder. When I yelled, "DROP IT!" and she spat them out, they flew off. She looked at me like, "You silly human, you told me to drop it and look what happened!"

[RMDupree]

Tonight you shall see her! She's so cute, but very naughty!

[Pippin]

Good Afternoon, Darks!

[Pippin]

HEY!

Where's mine!?

[Pippin]

I'm the cute pup on the right! LOL!!

[RMDupree]

hehehehe...I hid some bacon and biscuits in the oven.

[HairOfTheDog]

She has a nice head. You only think she looks houndy because her ears are prolly a little too big.... makes her look eternally a pup. There are a lot of chocolates without the double coat, I think a throwback to the pointers brought into the line that left behind the occasional chocolate color.

Pretty dog! I have a soft spot for Black labs, but I have always wanted a yellow. I would even end up with a chocolate if that is the right pup in whatever litter we are shopping for our two in. We will be looking for two males, litter mates.

[Pippin]

OOOOOOO!

GOODY!

Thanks! :O)

[Darksheare]

Gaaah!
Cold noses!

[Darksheare]

Afternoon!

[Pippin]

You know your tagline is out of order?

[Pippin]

Thanks!

[JenB]

When we get to the airport, I can find this fountain. It sounds like a good place to meet.

I should be coming into gates 30-59, according to the airport gate assignments, but I don't know which in particular.