Thread: Strange Dog

Originally posted by UncleHo
G'day LRH

Question from SHMBO, Is your Choc Lab a "Gunnislake" :?: as it has a very nice head

Gee your misses knows her labradors!!!

Shes actually a Gungrange - but her fathers side of the family are Gunnislake dogs and bitches, and Lawnwoods also!!!

She has just won her challenge / best of breed / Best Gun dog and then reserve best of show today!!!

We hope to have her titled by the end of the year and maybe start thinking about breeding from her.

LRH

G'day LRH
Yeh, the missus isn't bad at picking her types and genome, we used to show in Sydney and 200klm area radius in the late 70's early 80's Group 5 ACD's (blues) but would always keep track of other breeds, and we knew in a doggie world way the breeders of both "Gunnislake" and "Driftway" and usually try to say "hello" at the Brisbane Royal We now concentrate on Obedience, and own and breed Chocolate Border Collies

Congratulations on you win's over the weekend Runner-up BIS is a nice feeling and a very healthy points addition hope it was at a big metro show

Bung-Tiddley

Originally posted by gruntfuttock
Yep, dogs can be inteligent, Change the almonds for macadamia nuts

Macadamia nuts are poisonous for dogs. Not sure how many they need to eat though.

Our dog, "Chops" just eats anything that fits. :?

our male cat is a sink ****er, also walls, curtains, kitchen bench, doors, boots, shoes, clothes. i swear if the dogs sat still long enough, he'd **** on them. he also sharpens his claws on my blundstones. the female cat hides in the cupboards and can open the bedroom window from the outside (inside their cat run). my female dog and i have a special language that she responds to, the other 2 don't. the males are just idiots, about the only odd thing they do is eat the bird seed off the floor from around the bird cage.
one good thing the 3 of them did the other night was alert me when our male cat, who'd got out earlier, was in the back yard. i let them out and they split up and trapped him in the garden and held him there until i could get him. they were very proud of themselves.
anything to annoy the cats.

At some stage were they chocolate coated almonds?
Your pooch may have been removing the chocolate whilst you were out.

regards
Ralph

Gooday LRHybrid

That's a lovely looking Lab notwithstanding your claims about her attitude. Tt was only a few years ago that I saw my first chocolate Lab and it by coincidence I read a copy of the English magazine "The Field" which had an article about the choc Labs. There is/was a big debate about their alledged inferiority as gun dogs and their trainablility. Does that debate exist in Lab circles in Australia?

Also, Uncle Ho

I have been a Border Collie fan all my life but only ever owned one, Dougal, a b&w dog. I only ever saw one brown and white purebred and that was on a beach in Esperence. She was a juvenile but drop dead good looking. I'd love to see some pics. Do you have a website or a website of some brown and white breeders?

Jamie