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To: AnAmericanMother

Beautiful !


44 posted on 07/10/2006 9:50:00 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Ain't she a cutie? (I post pics at the slightest provocation.) But she only weighs 42 pounds, which is over 10 pounds under the standard for bitches . . . she is also really too short, depending on who was measuring her that day . . . her ears are too big and her nose too long.

But she is a hybrid type -- her father is a conformation champion, and her mom is a very well bred field trial dog. She is about midway between the two, her litter of nine ran the gamut from pure conformation to pure field. . . . I've met one of her full brothers, and he looks exactly like a conformation Lab - big heavy dog with a head like a brick. He's quite a good hunter though.

For comparison purposes - here's a pic of her daddy, and one of a field Lab . . . my dog's good friend Tori the Black Lab, who has her HRCh title in UKC (and that is not easy to get!)

You can see that the types have diverged!

53 posted on 07/10/2006 9:59:52 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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