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Hello UPH'ers ,
Well as we all know it sure has been a different year. That being said I have a few things that make me feel optimistic still in the face of all that is going on out there. First off I did it again but this time I am in double trouble. In December the wife had the big idea to get another lab so Josie our now 3 yr old would have a playmate since old Rufus is now 11 years old. so Feb 2nd we picked up Lizzie another Choc Lab from a breeder friend in Holt KS. Well 8 weeks go by and the breeder reaches out to us as a litter mate had some issues and the perspective owners backed out. She offer us the pup if we wanted her for free due to the issues.
It seems this pup had some problems but tests were done and all came back in conclusive. She is missing fur on about 15-20% of her body, has an underbite and is at least a third small than her sister. We had K state vet school do testing of all sorts but I believe we found the problem and will found out for sure in a couple months,. Daisy has all the genetic markers for dwarfism, but I'll be damned if she isn't my favorite. So for those of you keeping score at home I now have 2 six month old labs and a 3 yr old lab Josie who is about to get breed and of course old Rufus the Brit. It makes thing interesting working from home.
Oh yeah almost forgot the best news... I was coming home from my farm in NE KS Tuesday evening and saw no less than 4 pairs of quail over about a 5 mile stretch of rock road.
Well as we all know it sure has been a different year. That being said I have a few things that make me feel optimistic still in the face of all that is going on out there. First off I did it again but this time I am in double trouble. In December the wife had the big idea to get another lab so Josie our now 3 yr old would have a playmate since old Rufus is now 11 years old. so Feb 2nd we picked up Lizzie another Choc Lab from a breeder friend in Holt KS. Well 8 weeks go by and the breeder reaches out to us as a litter mate had some issues and the perspective owners backed out. She offer us the pup if we wanted her for free due to the issues.
It seems this pup had some problems but tests were done and all came back in conclusive. She is missing fur on about 15-20% of her body, has an underbite and is at least a third small than her sister. We had K state vet school do testing of all sorts but I believe we found the problem and will found out for sure in a couple months,. Daisy has all the genetic markers for dwarfism, but I'll be damned if she isn't my favorite. So for those of you keeping score at home I now have 2 six month old labs and a 3 yr old lab Josie who is about to get breed and of course old Rufus the Brit. It makes thing interesting working from home.
Oh yeah almost forgot the best news... I was coming home from my farm in NE KS Tuesday evening and saw no less than 4 pairs of quail over about a 5 mile stretch of rock road.
