Melinda Shore wrote:
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ChrisJ wrote:
His
faults are that he's slightly cowhocked and - this is the big one - he
has flat splayed feet. The breeder hasn't ever had flat feet in her dogs
and we're waiting to see if they tighten up.

Hey! Slick has flat feet, too. Therefo white dogs have
flat feet! We've invented a new fact! That is so cool.

From my vast experience I know that all sable-headed white smoothies
excel at Stevie Wonder impressions, all Tris are morally superior, all
sables are airheads. And IIRC Dino's feet were a little bit splayed so
thus all white dogs do have flat feet. Whoa.



We don't know how likely it would be for puppies to inherit those feet.

The people who sold me Image just had a bunch of dogs
neutered for a bunch of different reasons, including
temperament. They're sad about some of them (because the
dogs have some really outstanding qualities), but ruthless
in their breeding decisions.

Yes, it's quite possible Fawkes may be neutered. His breeder kept a
brother & two sisters from the litter. The Sire & Dam were heterozygous
for CEA & MDR1 and Fawkes was the only one dealt the perfect hand
(homozygous normal for both). His siblings are a total mixture. So she
still the MDR1 Normal and/or CEA Clear genes in her line but not
perfectly packaged like in Fawkes.

Chris and the smoothies,
Lucy, Fawkes & Bree the visiting collie