The Bill Mattocks said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

http://www.growlery.com/puppies/DSCN1924_small.JPG - Mollie
in the kitchen an hour ago. She has a thinner face than
her brother, and her ears stick up, while his either flop
over, or one up and one down. I am guessing he also has
like 10 pounds of weight on her.

Dang, I like the looks of Mollie.

These are just quick grab-shots, not the kind of
photography I normally do. Just thought you'd like to see
what they look like now - since they change so fast.

Quick grab-shots is what you've gotta do with dogs. That's why
digital cameras were invented.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

On 8 Mar 2005 19:12:49 GMT, Rocky wrote:


What's large for a Golden? He's certainly much taller than
those I see in agility, at least 2 or 3 inches taller than 24"
Rocky. And you're right: his coat *is* lovely and he's a *very*
nice dog.


that WOULD be tall. He's doesn't appear bulky though, so I guess that
tempered the height (which doesn't look too tall in pics, but from
your description.....). A male Golden should be about 24". 3" taller
is a very tall boy!

A lot of very red Goldens that I see don't have a dense coat like
that, nor the nice full and even feathering on the tail. His coat is
in such lovely shape, and that's always nice to see.

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Janet B
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
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Rocky wrote:

The pictures don't really show how tall he is. I couldn't get
him to stand still next to 21" Friday or 24" Rocky.

He's a pretty dog. Is he still a puppy?

Suja

In article ,
Rocky wrote:
Heh. When you have as many dogs (working dogs at that) as
Melinda, [ ... ]

Speaking of which, here's the likely next member of the
pack:
http://www.employees.org/~shore/Crow300.jpg

She's a littermate to Cinder (it was the 'C' litter) and
will take us up to a sufficiency of dogs to do 15-mile races
next year. If it works out she'll be joining us in April.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

The projected gap between Social Security revenues and expenditures is
smaller than the gap between non-Social Security revenues and expenditures

Janet B said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

heck - with just 2, it's assigned! In this house, when at
my sides, boys eat on my left, girls on my right - dogs and
cats.

Yup, I started on food stations once Dog 2 came along. Rocky,
as a puppy, thought nothing of pushing good ol' Murphy away from
her food. Murphy allowed it, which was strange, because she
corrected him about other things.

The easy answer to my situation was to train Rocky to eat only
at his station. He got an "OK" to start his meal and had to sit
when he'd finished. It still works well, though I no longer
enforce the "sit'n'stay when finished".

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Janet B said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

A male Golden should be about 24". 3" taller
is a very tall boy!

I realise how easy it is to overestimate, but he's easily 3"
taller that Rocky. And I emphasize *easily*.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

In article ,
Rocky wrote:
The easy answer to my situation was to train Rocky to eat only
at his station. He got an "OK" to start his meal and had to sit
when he'd finished. It still works well, though I no longer
enforce the "sit'n'stay when finished".

I sure do. Emmett is a bossy-pants and everybody knows he's
a bossy-pants, and all it takes is for him to show up and
stare for the other dogs to abandon their food, toys,
chewies, etc. and leave it all to him. Not Allowed.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

The projected gap between Social Security revenues and expenditures is
smaller than the gap between non-Social Security revenues and expenditures

Suja said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

He's a pretty dog. Is he still a puppy?

Yes, still a puppy at 3 years, as many retrievers seem to be.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

On 8 Mar 2005 19:28:57 GMT, Rocky wrote:


The easy answer to my situation was to train Rocky to eat only
at his station. He got an "OK" to start his meal and had to sit
when he'd finished. It still works well, though I no longer
enforce the "sit'n'stay when finished".

can't say I ever had a sit after the meal, but definitely before.
Lucy would eat all of the food if she didn't have the very strict rule
that the only time you ever go to another dg's bowl is AFTER all food
is gone. Saliva sharing is popular. They eat about 1.5" apart.

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Janet B
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...ence/my_photos

ceb said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I have never seen a
Golden who was so red, most of the ones around here are
quite golden.

I also see white Goldens, though they're by far in the minority.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.