BEFORE ANYONE COMES DOWN ON ME FOR CONSIDERING A MERLE MERLE CROSS... I
HAVE STUDIED IT IN DETAIL... -- REMJEMBER I AM NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PRODUCING
SHOW DOGS WITH CERTAIN MARKINGS ETC
I AM WANTING WORKING DOGS- THERE IS AN AKC AUTHORITY I RUN INTO ALL THE
TIME .. SHE HAS FINALLY STOPPED CALLING MY DOGS A "PIECE OF JUNK" BECAUSE I DO
NOT PURSUE A CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AT THE DOG SHOWS,... ACTUALLY SHE REALLY GOT MAD
AT ME FOR BUYING A BUNCH OF BLUE RIBBONS FOR 15 CENTS EACH AT THE RIBBON MAKERS
STORE...
IT JUST SEEMED SUCH AN EASY SOLUTION.... BUT THAT IS MY HISTORY WITH THE
GDCA ( GREAT DANE CLUB OF AMERICA)
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I AM SURE THERE WILL BE A FEW WHO WILL DECIDE VERY VOCALLY ONLINE--- I DO
NOT KNOW WHAT I AM DOING...
START WITH.. STATISTICALLY-- HEALTH WISE---- BREEDING HARL X HARL IS ABOUT
AS BAD AS MERLE TO MERLE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT MERLE TO MERLE WILL PRODUCE
NO "CORRECTLY COLORED" SHOW DOGS.. SO FOR YEARS THE AKC DECIDED MERLES WERE THE
WRONG COLOR AND SHOULD NOT BE SHOWN/BRED/OR SOLD. THE FACT THAT MERLE TO MERLE
DOES NOT PRODUCE SHOW COLOR HARLS SEEMS TO BE THE BASIC OBJECTION..
IN THE AKC OPINION "WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BREED DOGS WHEN THERE IS NO
CHANCE OF PRODUCING A SHOW DOG" WELL... I AM THE EXCEPTION
SINCE THERE WAS ONLY 3 LETTERS YESTERDAY- WE BROUGHT YELLOW IN FOR A
CAMERA SESSION-- AND THEN HIS BROTHER BENTLY... THEY ARE BOTH GREAT DOGS- BUT
CONFORMATION WISE I PREFER YELLOW-- HE IS ONE BRICK OF A THING.-- AND IF I HAD
TO BE VERY PICKY ABOUT PERSONALITIES-- YELLOW IS THE QUIETER "I AM FAR
SUPERIOR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD" ATTITUDE AND BENTLY CAN BE A LITTLE SILLY.
MINUS THE COAT COLOR MY CLEAR CHOICE IS YELLOW.
AND BOTH CAN PRODUCE HEALTH ISSUES--- READ THAT CAREFULLY-- BOTH HARLS AND
MERLES CAN PRODUCE DEAF WHITES- AND AN ODD STILLBORN HERE AND THERE-- WE KNOW
THAT-- SO CAN ALOT OF DOGS-- AND PEOPLE...
THE CHART SAYS
MERLE X MERLE 25 % BLACK- --- 50%MERLE--
---25% WHITE
HARL X HARL 8%BLACK 16%BLACK/W 33% HARL 16%MERLE 16%WHITE/HARL 8
WHITE
SO IN A LITTER OF 8 WE STATISTICLLY COULD HAVE ONE BAILEY--- WELL THAT
SURE ISN'T GOING TO BOTHER ME MUCH...
IF WE HAVE 8 STILLBORNS THAT WOULD BE WAY OUT OF THE STATISTCAL BELL
SHAPED CURVE.. COULD IT HAPPEN? YES - AND IF WE SHOUL;D BE SO UNLUCKY TO HAVE
IT HAPPEN , WE STILL HAVE TO GO WITH PROBABILITY CHART-- IT ALSO COULD HAPPEN
HARLTO HARL
AND THERE IS NO PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH A DEAF DOG- THEY AREN'T MUSH
DIFFERENT THAN A BEAGLE WHO DOESN'T LISTEN ANYWAY-- BESIDES NOW- WE HAVE A
VIBRATING COLLAR FOR USE WITH DEAF-- I HAVE HAD DEAF... SOME OFMY BEST SHINER,
PANDYMONIUM - AND MARIA HAD ONE ...OTIS...
WHAT I NOW WILL DO IS REDUCE THE FAMILY TREE TOTHE STATS FOR COLOR AND SEE
HOW CLOSE THAT GDCA CHART PERCENTAGES COMPARE WITH THE REAL WORLD...
THAT WILL TAKE ME A WHILE AND I WILL SEND IT OUT LATER..
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NOW ABOUT HOW I DECIDED 32 " WAS THE GOAL FOR SIZE OF A DANE SERVICE
DOG....AND WHY GEORGE BUSH'S "INSEAM" MEASUREMENT INFLUENCED IT.
IN ALL THOSE PHOTOGRPHS OF GEORGE BUSH WALKING DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERA, I
NOTICED HIS KNUCKLES WERE AT THE SAME HEIGHT AT HIS .... SHALL WE SAY... INSEAM
MEASUREMENT?????
SO I WONDERED WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR INSEAM MEASUREMNT--- WHERE ELSE TO
GO BUT COSTCO AND THERI PILE OF BLUE JEANS.-- THE HIGHEST PILE WAS THE 32"
INSEAM-- I AM SURE THEY SPENT A FORTUNE RESEARCHING THAT - SO I WILL TAKE THIER
WORD FOR IT.
A KNUCKLE HIGH DOG WOULD NOT NEED A LONG HANDLE- AND EVERY INCH OF A
HANDLE LOOSES STABILITY...
SO I SET ABOUT BREEDING FOR 32" DOGS...STRONG- STURDY-- SHORTER LEGS.--.
SHORTER NECKS -- A PIECE OF JUNK-- JUST LIKE YELLOW.
I AM WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK OF A DEAF DOG OR TWO IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A
BUNCH OF GREAT SERVICE DOGS .. THERE ARE QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO WOULD ADOPT A
DEAF DOG...
I AM WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK- BECAUSE I AM ALSO WILLING TO DEAL WITH
WHATEVER HAPPENS...
AND THIS CAMERA CROWD HAS BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH NOW TO REALIZE WE CAN
HAVE PROBLEMS OF ANY KND AT ANY TIME.. I HOPE THEY WILL BE READY TO EXPLAIN TO
ANY NEWCOMMER WHO SHOWS DOGS- THAT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT GOAL... I CAN HEAR IT
COMING....
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I WANT TO GET AT THE FAMILY TREE AND SEE HOW CLOSELY ALL THOSE NUMBERS ON
THE CHART FIT... I WILL POST THAT LATER
IN THE MEANTIME HERE 'S 2 REFERENCES
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ALSO I TALKED TO AOL AND THEY SAID THEY MAY HAVE FIXED THIS EMAIL
PROBLEM-- PUTTING ME ON THE WHITE LIST FO PEOPLE ALLOWED TO SEND OUT MASSIVE
NUMBRS OF EMAILS
BUT IT MIGHT TAKE 24 HOURS
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO
STOPPED GETTING IT AND NOW IT IS BACK AGAIN.
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I AM NOT YELLING-
I AM NOT YELLING-
I CAN NOT SEE the small
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