Posted: 7/20/2004, 12:02 pm
sandsleeper wrote:my blind, diabetic schnauzer and i.
one of your puppies is sick again?
one of your puppies is sick again?
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one of your puppies is sick again?
Posted: 7/20/2004, 12:39 pm
lemonphile4 wrote:Of me?
Yes, I want pictures of you. Having them now is preferred.
Posted: 7/20/2004, 2:43 pm
I was bored yesterday and so I decided to take pictures of myself.
Yay for Photoshop.
It wasn't much of a photoshoot.
Here's me dressed up with people about three months ago:
That's all of the pictures I have of me, at least recent ones.
Yay for Photoshop.
It wasn't much of a photoshoot.
Here's me dressed up with people about three months ago:
That's all of the pictures I have of me, at least recent ones.
Posted: 7/20/2004, 7:46 pm
*Inducts April into the CMettes club* 
Posted: 7/20/2004, 10:21 pm
superboots wrote:one of your puppies is sick again?
shyaaa, prinnypoo now has diabetes and cataracts.
word of warning to anyone thinking of getting a dog: schnauzers are NOT a healthy breed to choose.
Posted: 7/21/2004, 11:02 am
I'll always adopt mixbreeds SOLELY because most pure bred breeds are action packed w/ genetic diseases. WHY IS THIS? Because they used inbreeding to create new breeds.
Posted: 7/21/2004, 12:10 pm
xjsb125 wrote:*Inducts April into the CMettes club*
I didn't know about this club! I would have posted pictures sooner.
And about purebreeds- we used to have a German Shepherd and she lived for only two and a half years. The breeder never told us her disease ran in the bloodline- well, of course not, because she wouldn't have gotten money from us.
Posted: 7/21/2004, 12:58 pm
If you're a girl, and you're on the cm, they'll tell you you're hot! 
Not that you're not.
Not that you're not.
Posted: 7/21/2004, 1:05 pm
every girl on the CM is hot
Posted: 7/21/2004, 2:03 pm
Cass wrote:If you're a girl, and you're on the cm, they'll tell you you're hot!
Not that you're not.
Thanks Cass. Did I ever tell you that you look like my sister?
Posted: 7/21/2004, 8:31 pm
So today I got bored and curled my hair 
Posted: 7/21/2004, 8:36 pm
Posted: 7/21/2004, 8:58 pm
Nope, but that's cool!
I look like alot of people I think. Me and my cousin, and my dad's cousins mix people up. They'll come up to me and be like Jill! I mean Tana! I mean Katrina! Ack! Who are you?
I look like alot of people I think. Me and my cousin, and my dad's cousins mix people up. They'll come up to me and be like Jill! I mean Tana! I mean Katrina! Ack! Who are you?
Posted: 7/21/2004, 9:22 pm
the Android wrote:I'll always adopt mixbreeds SOLELY because most pure bred breeds are action packed w/ genetic diseases. WHY IS THIS? Because they used inbreeding to create new breeds.
yep. basically. if ever i got another dog (which i don't think i ever will... or at least not for a long time) it would definitely be a mixed breed.
Posted: 7/21/2004, 10:09 pm
you guys are scaring me. my dog is a pure breed american eskimo. is that bad?
Posted: 7/21/2004, 10:51 pm
well it's entirely variable, there are certain illnesses and disorders that each pure breed is prone to. they don't develop 100% of the time, but it's just more likely that they will. for schnauzers the big danger is diabetes. i have two schnauzers, they're both diabetic, and it's proven really difficult to care for them thus far. but it may not always be this bad with pure breeds... i may just have an anamolous horror story.
Posted: 7/21/2004, 11:03 pm
I have a pure bred and it's doing awesome. I guess Lakeland terriors are supposed to be a healthy breed....
as a sidenote, I don't think we could be talking about anything less relevant to the topic of this thread.
as a sidenote, I don't think we could be talking about anything less relevant to the topic of this thread.
Posted: 7/21/2004, 11:20 pm
...which is precisely why i so love the cm.
Posted: 7/22/2004, 5:26 am
sandsleeper wrote:the Android wrote:I'll always adopt mixbreeds SOLELY because most pure bred breeds are action packed w/ genetic diseases. WHY IS THIS? Because they used inbreeding to create new breeds.
yep. basically. if ever i got another dog (which i don't think i ever will... or at least not for a long time) it would definitely be a mixed breed.
actually inbreeding was a problem in pure-breds but if befor eyou buy your dog the person can show you a paper of it's family pedigree you can acertain whether or not your dog is linked to inbreeding. Purebreds just mean the dog is predictable, you can predict it's behavior and what it's prone to. Mix breeds anything goes and in some cases it's harder for a vet anticipate problems
Posted: 7/22/2004, 10:20 am
All the dogs I've ever had have been pure breeds, but I don't think it was intentional...