Well, I got a semi decent xmas: Didn't get what i want, but you can't get them back once they're gone. . .but it was semi decent
Secret's DM:
1st. The Wait is OVER!!!
I hate waiting
I am not the most patient being
So, when I sent in Secret's OFA DM test 12/3, the next three weeks were hell on my nerves
Why?
Because the results of this test could so affect the choice of stud dog, my first choice may or may not be a carrier since his grandfather sired a number of carriers, so it was really important to me to get these results.
She's not due in til March/April, but I wanted to do the test ASAP. .not sure when the stud dog owner'll do him. . but now I know it doesn't matter for breeding purposes who I will breed her to. . as she's clear :) So as I said in my previous post, even if he's a carrier or hell, an affected, I will use him.
Now to work on the older dogs. Not that I'm going to breed any of them except maybe Grins again, but the more dogs we have tested, the better idea we have of the gene pool. . and well, Grins' mirror cousin is an "at risk", so a bit worried there and Dei's half sister was a carrier, soo it is important. . .Also helps clear litters(The holiday & NCIS litter)
A load of my mind, just in time for xmas.. .not that I didn't have other loads to occupy my mind:
2nd
Poor Dei had a strange wart pop up. I thought it was a tick, yeah, I know, WTH was I thinking, a tick in December? But that's what it looked like. . so THursday Bonnie took her to the vet's(I couldn't get off work the day before a holiday), and I waited on pins and needles. She's 10, so anything odd comes up I will be a worry wart(Excuse the pun LOL). Thankfully Dr Knickman says it's just a skin tag, but we're having it removed when she goes in for a dental next month. He said she looks really good for a 10 yr old. I have to say, she looks way better than her mom did at this age. Lost Kyra at 10 yrs, 3 months, the way Dei looks, she is going to live beyond that, barring anything going wrong, you can never tell. She's currently enjoying life as a house dog. Too many old dogs in the dog kitchen, and she's too naked to be a yard dog, so she's been guarding my desk at night, and she's holding the floor down quite well!!
3rd:
Two Fridays ago, I noticed the heat sensor on the car was fluctuating. . and not just slightly, it would raise up to half way, drop down, raise up, drop, all while just driving in town, wasn't doing anything extreme with it. Came straight home, took it to the Car Vet the following Monday, and got the bad news: Head Gasket. . .the early Neons were known for bad head gaskets, damn Dodge never did a recall on it, even tho it is a widely known problem. Thankfully, the Car isn't going to cost me anywhere near as much as I'd worried, even with a new timing belt, water pump and the headgasket. .and hopefully I will get it back Monday and it'll last me another 50K. . .not that it didn't ruin Xmas, but oh well. It's my 13 yr old car and only has 76k on it, can't complain too bad.
And the last tidbit that wasn't a worry, but made xmas a decent one. . I now have 4 opens to run. . we held a practice yesterday, and Ms Nacht & Bratty Bella got their ASFA Certs. Bella looked really great, running like a little blond adult. Bonnie looked at me after Bella came off the field, totally ignoring her yardmate who was a little brat and tried to play with her and asked "You're keeping that one, right?" Oh yeah. . .most definitely, keen as Grandpa Brooks and great uncle Grins. . .it'll give me something to do with that one until she matures, she's currently very very coltish, vs Nacht who is looking much more mature.
Depending on weather, will go get their QC's next weekend, but that gives me Ziva, Jenny and the two girls(And Reba when she's not in season) to run. After not having an open dog to run since Grins back in 2004, it's soo nice to have a few . LOL Secret had a nice practice too, shocked BOnnie with the speed on the straight(did an almost 200 yds straight then turns), look forward to getting her out some more before she comes into season. We'll try Aurora next time(My knee said no more in the cold wind) and maybe Gibbs now that he's had time to mentally mature. It was a lot of fun running the lure again, ran it for a Shihtzu, a Samoyed puppy as well as a crapload of Afghans and our BOrzoi.
4th:
I think I have a new OB dog. .Jenny. . this bitch has learned to open the dutch door. .. so, next month, we will start Rally and agility training as my knee allows LOL. . .she's unfortunately a house dog at night due to her neck injury(Think she got T-boned by her idiot brother), she doesn't have the undercoat the others have and with subfreezing weather, she'd be a Jennycicle. . .this morning, she let ALL the old dogs into the house. .too smart for her own good. Maybe we'll start doing some training tomorrow LOL
Had a quite day at home, usually go for a walk on xmas, but no car meant we took a nap and just relaxed. . .tomorrow we might get hit with snow, oh joy, I was so hoping none this year LOl
Hope everyone had a safe happy holiday
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
the fahel award
It's official.
Gossip will be posthumously awarded the Fahel award.
This award is given out to the bitch who is #1 bitch of the year twice in her career. Gossip did it 2007 & 2010.
Only one other bitch has ever done this: The great Greyhound Horsea.
A very bittersweet award. . but she deserved it. . . to add to her other accolades, she is also the only borzoi to've ranked top 10 all breed four years running. And I think is the highest scoring bitch of all breeds for any year. .. just neat stupid little facts.
To've owned a dog of her quality is awe inspiring, to've been the breeder, is the things made of dreams.
Got a sweet email from a competitor I respect and adore. . her Snoopy ended up the #1 all breed, but she said it was a bittersweet award, it should've been Gossip's. . my girl was smoking her buddy Snoopy's butt before she died. . but we rooted him on. .. and her comment is why I love racing in this area. The camaraderie and supportiveness of all the racing community in this area makes it the bomb. . .as our shirts read at the Nationals "East Coast Rocks"
I will always wonder if she could've beat Bartleby at the top of her game, I think she could've for a few reasons, but would've loved to've known. . Both of the Nationals this year was supposed to be that meet. . .unfortunately seasons are the bane of running bitches, and every meet but one(Nationals 2009, where she rejammed that damn toe we ended up taking off on top of a very bad handslip) that they went head to head, she was in that slump period. . .
A group of great people are working on creating a Gossip trophy, spear headed by a wonderful lady named Carol Enz. I am so tickled and honoured by this all.
I miss my shadow.
Saw memories of her in her sister today at coursing practice, Secret took Bonnie by surprise with the speed she has. She will never be Gossip, but may she give me the next best thing: a little Goosling in her litter next spring.
Gossip will be posthumously awarded the Fahel award.
This award is given out to the bitch who is #1 bitch of the year twice in her career. Gossip did it 2007 & 2010.
Only one other bitch has ever done this: The great Greyhound Horsea.
A very bittersweet award. . but she deserved it. . . to add to her other accolades, she is also the only borzoi to've ranked top 10 all breed four years running. And I think is the highest scoring bitch of all breeds for any year. .. just neat stupid little facts.
To've owned a dog of her quality is awe inspiring, to've been the breeder, is the things made of dreams.
Got a sweet email from a competitor I respect and adore. . her Snoopy ended up the #1 all breed, but she said it was a bittersweet award, it should've been Gossip's. . my girl was smoking her buddy Snoopy's butt before she died. . but we rooted him on. .. and her comment is why I love racing in this area. The camaraderie and supportiveness of all the racing community in this area makes it the bomb. . .as our shirts read at the Nationals "East Coast Rocks"
I will always wonder if she could've beat Bartleby at the top of her game, I think she could've for a few reasons, but would've loved to've known. . Both of the Nationals this year was supposed to be that meet. . .unfortunately seasons are the bane of running bitches, and every meet but one(Nationals 2009, where she rejammed that damn toe we ended up taking off on top of a very bad handslip) that they went head to head, she was in that slump period. . .
A group of great people are working on creating a Gossip trophy, spear headed by a wonderful lady named Carol Enz. I am so tickled and honoured by this all.
I miss my shadow.
Saw memories of her in her sister today at coursing practice, Secret took Bonnie by surprise with the speed she has. She will never be Gossip, but may she give me the next best thing: a little Goosling in her litter next spring.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The sky is falling the sky is falling!
I'm proud to be a friend of a certain lady in Borzoi. The first, and
only person, brave enough to post the results of her dog if it got the
"At Risk" result for the DM Gene. Luthian is her beloved, spayed,
girl, but she did what was right and posted the full results
Too bad others in this breed are too damn chicken to post even carrier status.
Bah
Yep, the paranoia has hit the people all ready, afraid of having
fingers pointed because GASP the results didn't come back as perfect.
Someone I know got the result of carrier on one of their dogs. . she's
out of a dog this breeder bred who's now dead, and they are now
wanting the other parent tested because "I want to know where it came
from".
COME ON people, it DOESN'T matter in the scheme of things. Pointing
fingers is NOT going to help the cause. In this case, neither parent
is being bred from again(the one is a retired altered pet, the other
as I said is gone). So why get upset about it? Because people are
taking it as an affront to their lines. . .MY dog couldn't've produced
this. . . Even tho we inherited this problem which had NO test until
recently. There are people who unknowingly bred two carriers together!
IT's not their fault, they had no clue. . .because nobody KNEW
Yes, there are people who will cut their nose off to spite their face,
and only breed to clears. . .not sure why, as as of right now, we
still have to test every other generation due to possible mutations. .
This is a TOOL, it will allow us to make better decisions. . we truly don't
understand the affect of DM on our breed. . Heck, having two doses of
the gene doesn't even mean the dog WILL suffer from DM, just that they
are at higher risk to come down with DM. . now, if outside influences
have to come into affect for that to happen, nobody knows. .but some
people are blowing it so damn out of proportion with so little knowledge it's frustrating
I am currently preparing Secret to be bred to a dog who may be a carrier. His grandfather is believed to've been an affected, as a number of his get are carriers, a large number. . if Secret is clear(Her DM went out two Fridays ago) I will continue on with that plan even if he is a carrier, if she's a carrier, we'll wait to find his status out.. if he's a carrier, than I'll have to change my mind, and thus why I'm looking at other dogs. Heck, if she's clear, I'd breed to him even if he were at risk, as he's too damn nice and the worse that'll happen is all the resulting pups would be carriers. . .This test allows us to make these decisions!
Our gene pool is too small to eliminate even the at risk right now. . .but breeding properly, we can never produce another at risk dog again! Within a generation of two of that at risk dog, you can have clears again, that is the joy of a DNA test!
Am I worried? Yep, who wouldn't be at this point in time, we don't know how affected our gene pool truly is, many of the dogs are clusters of certain bloodlines due to carriers popping up. . .but unlike bloat or cancer where it's a wait and see, we have something at our hands that will help us potentially eliminate this from our gene pool, WITHOUT destroying our gene pool. It allows us to smartly use every dog tested, and select away from the one gene we don't want!
Yes, if she's a carrier or even an at risk, there will be stud dog owners that won't allow their dogs to be used on her(or any other dog of the same status), but so be it. . .again, cutting their nose off to spite their face. I'll just go on to my next choice, but whatever her status is, like my friend's dog, it will be up there for all to see. I didn't create the problem, I'm just trying to work away from said problem.
Truly truly hope the breeder gene pool one day becomes more educated in these things. . just goes to show again that there should be some sort of miniature genetic course given to anyone before they decided to put two dgos together.
So KUDOS!! To Kathy to being brave enough to put it out there for all to see. And shame on those who continue to hide it.
On a side note: Dei, TOuchet & Secret all have their CERF #s!! :)
only person, brave enough to post the results of her dog if it got the
"At Risk" result for the DM Gene. Luthian is her beloved, spayed,
girl, but she did what was right and posted the full results
Too bad others in this breed are too damn chicken to post even carrier status.
Bah
Yep, the paranoia has hit the people all ready, afraid of having
fingers pointed because GASP the results didn't come back as perfect.
Someone I know got the result of carrier on one of their dogs. . she's
out of a dog this breeder bred who's now dead, and they are now
wanting the other parent tested because "I want to know where it came
from".
COME ON people, it DOESN'T matter in the scheme of things. Pointing
fingers is NOT going to help the cause. In this case, neither parent
is being bred from again(the one is a retired altered pet, the other
as I said is gone). So why get upset about it? Because people are
taking it as an affront to their lines. . .MY dog couldn't've produced
this. . . Even tho we inherited this problem which had NO test until
recently. There are people who unknowingly bred two carriers together!
IT's not their fault, they had no clue. . .because nobody KNEW
Yes, there are people who will cut their nose off to spite their face,
and only breed to clears. . .not sure why, as as of right now, we
still have to test every other generation due to possible mutations. .
This is a TOOL, it will allow us to make better decisions. . we truly don't
understand the affect of DM on our breed. . Heck, having two doses of
the gene doesn't even mean the dog WILL suffer from DM, just that they
are at higher risk to come down with DM. . now, if outside influences
have to come into affect for that to happen, nobody knows. .but some
people are blowing it so damn out of proportion with so little knowledge it's frustrating
I am currently preparing Secret to be bred to a dog who may be a carrier. His grandfather is believed to've been an affected, as a number of his get are carriers, a large number. . if Secret is clear(Her DM went out two Fridays ago) I will continue on with that plan even if he is a carrier, if she's a carrier, we'll wait to find his status out.. if he's a carrier, than I'll have to change my mind, and thus why I'm looking at other dogs. Heck, if she's clear, I'd breed to him even if he were at risk, as he's too damn nice and the worse that'll happen is all the resulting pups would be carriers. . .This test allows us to make these decisions!
Our gene pool is too small to eliminate even the at risk right now. . .but breeding properly, we can never produce another at risk dog again! Within a generation of two of that at risk dog, you can have clears again, that is the joy of a DNA test!
Am I worried? Yep, who wouldn't be at this point in time, we don't know how affected our gene pool truly is, many of the dogs are clusters of certain bloodlines due to carriers popping up. . .but unlike bloat or cancer where it's a wait and see, we have something at our hands that will help us potentially eliminate this from our gene pool, WITHOUT destroying our gene pool. It allows us to smartly use every dog tested, and select away from the one gene we don't want!
Yes, if she's a carrier or even an at risk, there will be stud dog owners that won't allow their dogs to be used on her(or any other dog of the same status), but so be it. . .again, cutting their nose off to spite their face. I'll just go on to my next choice, but whatever her status is, like my friend's dog, it will be up there for all to see. I didn't create the problem, I'm just trying to work away from said problem.
Truly truly hope the breeder gene pool one day becomes more educated in these things. . just goes to show again that there should be some sort of miniature genetic course given to anyone before they decided to put two dgos together.
So KUDOS!! To Kathy to being brave enough to put it out there for all to see. And shame on those who continue to hide it.
On a side note: Dei, TOuchet & Secret all have their CERF #s!! :)
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