Oh xmas time ..don't ya just love it 🙄😒

It's like how my day went ...water pump on a 08 Jeep Wrangler..easy as hell job..except two bolts snapped removing the pump ..took 2 hrs to get em out ..then decided to replace all 7 of em with M6 x 22 mm grade 8.8 bolts so they'll never be a problem again..all back together..running the engine...top radiator hose super hot..the bottom one .cold ..knackered thermostat 
Now gotta wait till Monday for a new  to be shipped in...man I love xmas 

What type of dogs ? 

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 20, 2024, 06:22:03 AMWhat type of dogs ? 

Usual occupants:

1 x 7yo Sable Straight/Working-back German Shepherd (none of this stupid hip-dysplasia inducing sloped-back over-breeding here) - de-sexed male [Kokoda/Koda]
1 x 15mth old Chocolate Labrador (under-scale, insane, hyperactive, mobile organic-garbage disposal unit & food thief) - female [Kitty]*

Visitors;

1 x 6(?)yo Boxer-x-Labrador-x-American Staffy (looks mostly Boxer with a hint of AmStaff; high-strung & constantly on alert; also a bit of a food fiend but not as bad as Kitty) - de-sexed female [Mildred/Millie]*
1 x 7(?)yo Cocker Spaniel-x-Labrador (looks all tan-&-white Cocker Spaniel, though; little fluff-ball lookin' for loves) - de-sexed male [Fraser]



[*: Note that, although Kitty is a runt for a Chocolate Lab, she is as long & as tall as Millie but broader (fit,not fat).]

Is there not a fancy "special breed" name* for a Cocker Spaniel/Labrador cross?
Cockador springs to mind.



*Labradoodle, Groodle, Cockapoo, Cavoodle, Multishit...

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 22, 2024, 01:15:41 AM1 x 15mth old Chocolate Labrador (under-scale, insane, hyperactive, mobile organic-garbage disposal unit & food thief) - female [Kitty]*

Perfect description of any Labrador and most Retrievers   

Quote from: zenrat on December 22, 2024, 02:11:46 AMIs there not a fancy "special breed" name* for a Cocker Spaniel/Labrador cross?
Cockador springs to mind.



*Labradoodle, Groodle, Cockapoo, Cavoodle, Multishit...

Labradoodle refers to a Labrador/Poodle cross here in the UK. You see a lot of them nowadays post Covid, apparently their popularity is down to the facr they don't shed hair ? The breeders are trying to get them registered as a new type of pedigree.

I have heard of Cockapoo being used by someone who doesn't want to admit they have a mongrel being used for a Cocker/Poodle cross.

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 22, 2024, 01:15:41 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 20, 2024, 06:22:03 AMWhat type of dogs ? 

Usual occupants:
1 x 7yo Sable Straight/Working-back German Shepherd (none of this stupid hip-dysplasia inducing sloped-back over-breeding here) - de-sexed male [Kokoda/Koda]
1 x 15mth old Chocolate Labrador (under-scale, insane, hyperactive, mobile organic-garbage disposal unit & food thief) - female [Kitty]*
Visitors;
1 x 6(?)yo Boxer-x-Labrador-x-American Staffy (looks mostly Boxer with a hint of AmStaff; high-strung & constantly on alert; also a bit of a food fiend but not as bad as Kitty) - de-sexed female [Mildred/Millie]*
1 x 7(?)yo Cocker Spaniel-x-Labrador (looks all tan-&-white Cocker Spaniel, though; little fluff-ball lookin' for loves) - de-sexed male [Fraser]
[*: Note that, although Kitty is a runt for a Chocolate Lab, she is as long & as tall as Millie but broader (fit,not fat).]

That might be a bit of socialization fun. My brother's family brings dogs to his farm. His dogs are not acceptive of "Furriners". So he has a pound he puts up to seperate the groups. Lots of stand off evil eye business, then much joyousness/sulking when the roles change when the innies become the outies and vice versa.

Have a great Christmas Guy with all your family.... and pets.

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 23, 2024, 05:34:50 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 22, 2024, 01:15:41 AM1 x 15mth old Chocolate Labrador (under-scale, insane, hyperactive, mobile organic-garbage disposal unit & food thief) - female [Kitty]*

Perfect description of any Labrador and most Retrievers   

Quote from: zenrat on December 22, 2024, 02:11:46 AMIs there not a fancy "special breed" name* for a Cocker Spaniel/Labrador cross?
Cockador springs to mind.



*Labradoodle, Groodle, Cockapoo, Cavoodle, Multishit...

Labradoodle refers to a Labrador/Poodle cross here in the UK. You see a lot of them nowadays post Covid, apparently their popularity is down to the facr they don't shed hair ? The breeders are trying to get them registered as a new type of pedigree.

I have heard of Cockapoo being used by someone who doesn't want to admit they have a mongrel being used for a Cocker/Poodle cross.

I find this fashion of crossbreeding somewhat hard to understand. The reason for having bred dogs like we have for a century and a half is to create specific features that are predictable. Buy a Labrador, and you KNOW it will be ridiculously friendly, constantly starving and totally unable to not try to submerge itself in any puddle looking at least somewhat damp. Buy a Dachshund, and you know you'll be getting a dog that mentally will be grumpier than your haemorrhoid ridden old uncle, but loyal to a fault.
Crossbreed, however, and actually you don't know for sure what you get at all.

Or it's just me being completely out of touch as usual.. 

Our family has always had a mutts for pets. Works out just fine. Each dog has had their own personality without being crazy in any one way.

Quote from: Pellson on December 24, 2024, 12:49:42 PMBuy a Labrador, and you KNOW it will be ridiculously friendly, constantly starving and totally unable to not try to submerge itself in any puddle looking at least somewhat damp.

Most perfect definition of a Labrador I've ever seen    I shall contact the Kennel Club (the UK's registry for pedigrees) immediately 

My niece and sister in law have to Mutts from the same litter. Mother was a Poodle, father a Chihuahua (with a ladder obviously  ). They'd been bred purposely the seller said    and went for £450 each 14 years ago. My niece's looks like a largish Chihuahua and is lovely and calm, my sister in law's looks like a tiny poodle and is a nutter - still.    My niece also has a Great Dane (Daisy) who is gorgeous.

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 25, 2024, 03:15:54 AM

Quote from: Pellson on December 24, 2024, 12:49:42 PMBuy a Labrador, and you KNOW it will be ridiculously friendly, constantly starving and totally unable to not try to submerge itself in any puddle looking at least somewhat damp.

Most perfect definition of a Labrador I've ever seen    I shall contact the Kennel Club (the UK's registry for pedigrees) immediately 

It's all experience, you know. There's been labradors in my family all my life, and while individuals in many ways, there have been common denominators, I tell you.. 

Quote from: Pellson on December 25, 2024, 08:21:20 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 25, 2024, 03:15:54 AM

Quote from: Pellson on December 24, 2024, 12:49:42 PMBuy a Labrador, and you KNOW it will be ridiculously friendly, constantly starving and totally unable to not try to submerge itself in any puddle looking at least somewhat damp.

Most perfect definition of a Labrador I've ever seen    I shall contact the Kennel Club (the UK's registry for pedigrees) immediately 

It's all experience, you know. There's been labradors in my family all my life, and while individuals in many ways, there have been common denominators, I tell you.. 

I used to take the family's Golden Retriever for walks when up north visiting the Tribe, and whenever I took it along the beach I always had some chocolate in my pocket so that I could get her out of the sea, she'd sell her soul for a bit of Cadbury's 

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 26, 2024, 04:02:37 AM

Quote from: Pellson on December 25, 2024, 08:21:20 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 25, 2024, 03:15:54 AM

Quote from: Pellson on December 24, 2024, 12:49:42 PMBuy a Labrador, and you KNOW it will be ridiculously friendly, constantly starving and totally unable to not try to submerge itself in any puddle looking at least somewhat damp.

Most perfect definition of a Labrador I've ever seen    I shall contact the Kennel Club (the UK's registry for pedigrees) immediately 

It's all experience, you know. There's been labradors in my family all my life, and while individuals in many ways, there have been common denominators, I tell you.. 

I used to take the family's Golden Retriever for walks when up north visiting the Tribe, and whenever I took it along the beach I always had some chocolate in my pocket so that I could get her out of the sea, she'd sell her soul for a bit of Cadbury's 

Retreiver souls aren't very expensive, to my experience.. 

Quote from: Pellson on December 27, 2024, 03:45:23 AMRetreiver souls aren't very expensive, to my experience.. 

And here she is, God bless her. Bess in her prime. Long gone now 

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Quote from: NARSES2 on December 27, 2024, 05:55:13 AM

Quote from: Pellson on December 27, 2024, 03:45:23 AMRetreiver souls aren't very expensive, to my experience.. 

And here she is, God bless her. Bess in her prime. Long gone now 

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Now that's a happy looking face 😁
A very cheerful lady 😀

Took a modelling free day, today, & played World of Warships instead.

For those who know:

I only play Co-op Mode, & only run British, Australian & New Zealand ships (with the exception of 1 US destroyer at any time).

I ran through all of my destroyers (x 3) & light cruisers (x 9), including 5 that appeared in my dock since I last played & 1 that I "researched" & "purchased" (not with real currency) today (HMAS Hobart, ca. WW2), then I "sold" the 3 that weren't RAN/RNZN ships.