Breeds

Margaret on September 12th, 2009

Seen in “Today’s” news, is the story of the world’s most expensive dog. A Tibetan Mastiff was sold for US$582,000 to a young Chinese millionaire, a Ms. Wang. Yangtze River Number Two is 18 months old. He was purchased from the Qinghai province of northwest China. Yangtze was picked up from the Xi’an airport in […]

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Margaret on September 10th, 2009

A USA family paid close to US$10,000 for an eleven month old Bouvier Des Flandres who was specially trained to help their five year old autistic child. Carter, a child who does not speak, was heard to say “wait” and “hold” to the Bouvier, Corbin. Before the family had the dog, the family had a […]

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crownridge on September 10th, 2009

CrownRidge is delighted to announce a litter of Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies due Sept 15th. It will be the first BKC registered litter from imported/frozen semen. The stud was born in South Africa and has 5 breed ring championships as well as a working champ; hunting dog certificate from Germany. The dam is a UK import […]

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Margaret on September 3rd, 2009

Chanel, a wire-haired daschund made the Guinness Book of records as the world’s oldest dog; she lived 21 years and died of natural causes at her owners home in the USA. Looking rather stylish as she wore goggles for her cataracts and sweaters because her skin was sensitive to the cold, she celebrated her last […]

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Rick Louis on August 18th, 2009

Hi. Tks. for supplying links to info. I was seeking. Also for passing on contact info. on B/M in B’dos. That breed seems to have become very popular. On Shepits, there are a lot of mixed breeds now in the islands which will get coined names. That is ok, we get a smile out of […]

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Margaret on August 16th, 2009

Today’s issue of the “Sun” has it. Here is quoting the ad: “Shepit Puppies Trained, biting German Shepherd crossed with powerful pit. Loving family protection.  $500.00 Bds.” I wonder what the German Shepherd is trained in, wonder what it has bitten. “Powerful pit” as in body structure? “Loving family protection for $500.00,” What a laugh, […]

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Margaret on August 10th, 2009

It was reported that some Chihuahuas were born with an interesting and unusual heart shape on their coat. Two of them are Heart-kun (adult) and Love-kun (puppy). At least they would not need a microchip or tattoo to identify them if they went missing. 🙂 They live in Japan with their breeder.

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Margaret on August 3rd, 2009

These American Bulldog puppies are seven weeks old. The puppies were sold at US$2,000. each.

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Margaret on July 13th, 2009

There is a lot of it around.  Check the newspapers any day and you will see people mixing pedigree dogs to get all kinds of crosses. To be objective, this is how different breeds were created.  At some time, different breeds were deliberately crossed to create new breeds. And there will always be some nice […]

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Margaret on June 27th, 2009

High in CD trials Sandra Manning and her German Shepherd, Topaz Sue Blanford was the judge for The B’dos. Dog Training Club trials.  Rosemary Coghlan was also in the ring assisting. There were 8 contestants in the CD trials. Scoring high (first) in the class was Sandra Manning and her German Shepherd Dog, Topaz.  I […]

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