Monday, January 19, 2009
Time to go 'Off the Grid'
This is from the latest Beastie Boys album The Mix Up. I thought that 'The In Sound From Way Out' was great. The Mix Up is great-er-est!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
I heart my CHOCOLATE Lab
Summit turned 2 on Thursday and I just wanted to say I love her. There have been some that have said that the chocolate is the, lets see, how can I say this, "dumb" gene. I couldn't disagree more!
Puppies of all colours can potentially occur in the same litter. Colour is determined primarily by two genes. The first gene (the B locus) determines the density of the coat's pigment granules: dense granules result in a black coat, sparse ones give a chocolate coat. The second (E) locus determines whether the pigment is produced at all. A dog with the recessive e allele will produce little pigment and will be yellow regardless of its genotype at the B locus.[11] Variations in numerous other genes control the subtler details of the coat's colouration, which in yellow Labs varies from white to light gold to a fox red.
(from Wikipedia)
Now having said that. I don't think that any of the lab colors are a lessor dog than the others. I think that they are all equally outstanding dogs. I just wish that the prejudice against the Chocolate would stop!
For those of you that were at our Christmas party and my 30th birthday party know that Summit was VERY well behaved. She has been socialized very well with other dogs and people. On the topic of hunting. It is my belief that they are all equal and that it's the TRAINING that determines how well they use their senses.
I love my Summit and can't imagine life without her.
Puppies of all colours can potentially occur in the same litter. Colour is determined primarily by two genes. The first gene (the B locus) determines the density of the coat's pigment granules: dense granules result in a black coat, sparse ones give a chocolate coat. The second (E) locus determines whether the pigment is produced at all. A dog with the recessive e allele will produce little pigment and will be yellow regardless of its genotype at the B locus.[11] Variations in numerous other genes control the subtler details of the coat's colouration, which in yellow Labs varies from white to light gold to a fox red.
(from Wikipedia)
Now having said that. I don't think that any of the lab colors are a lessor dog than the others. I think that they are all equally outstanding dogs. I just wish that the prejudice against the Chocolate would stop!
For those of you that were at our Christmas party and my 30th birthday party know that Summit was VERY well behaved. She has been socialized very well with other dogs and people. On the topic of hunting. It is my belief that they are all equal and that it's the TRAINING that determines how well they use their senses.
I love my Summit and can't imagine life without her.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Work?
What's that? We have seem to come to a stand still at work. Since the Monday before Christmas I've only put in 39 hours. OUCH! I don't know what's worse. Having a job but not working, or just not having a job. I suppose I could collect unemployment if they lay me off. That would at least be something. But evidently it cost the company less money to not lay off employees. If any of you know of someone looking for some work done send them my way. Not just floors. I know how to install base and crown moulding and stairs.
Now that I'm done complaining about work.... I had a birthday on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who came over despite the bad weather. I had a great time. Check out Mel's blog for the pics. That's about all for now.
Now that I'm done complaining about work.... I had a birthday on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who came over despite the bad weather. I had a great time. Check out Mel's blog for the pics. That's about all for now.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
