Show off your dogs!!!!!!!!!!!! **VERY PIC HEAVY!!**

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

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He is from Vom Banach Kennels in Washington state.

 

[catdaddyfro]

Here's some pics of my 3 Louisiana Catahoulas .

Two-socks/Aka. Granny- looking all camera shy and stuff

Here she looks a liitle more chipper

Resting in the kids jungle jim/slide

This is B.J. son of Two-socks/ he's not anything shy.

Last but not least, this is Scrapper dog/Scrappy he's a happy boy

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

I thought Catahoula's had at least one blue eye?

 

[Chickn chick 46]

This is Emma, our Petfinder dot com find. She was a total leap of faith for us and she worked out to be a great addition. She is pictured in my avatar cuddling with the cat

 

[ChickenToes]

Here is our Bloodhound, Scout, trying her best to be a pretzel.

 

[catdaddyfro]

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No, they have all sorts of colored eyes.

The blue and white eyes are referred to as glass-eyed which means their is no pigment in the iris and you are actully seeing the back of the retina. That is a triat thrown in by the merle gene, which some breeders breed out or try to stay away from as double crossing can lead to all sorts of health problems, such as blindness and deafness. Makes some pretty colors but it sorta the same as the lethal white gene in paint colored horses.

The mama dog (Two-socks) and the pup (BJ) have both the same father and yes he does have the glass eye just didn't carry over in them.

Somewhere on here someone posted a link on the Merle gene when I find it I'll post it, theres some very interesting reading there.

At least you didn't say that all Catahoulas are supposed to be Blue Leopards as that's a common misconception also.

It's just that everybody wants a blue leopard color with the glass eye which are usually the hardest ones to get. Two socks had two blues at birth and both died within a day or so one was born with a cleft lip/palate the other was runted prolly due to the fact she had eleven and she's a whole 35 lbs. soaking wet.

Anyway Catahoulas can be various colors and have many difrerent colored eyes, by the way I like the Golden/yellow eyes these dogs have its really a different look than you'll see on a everyday dog, matter of fact that's one of the things alot of people comment on is Two-socks yellow eyes. Just wish they showed up better in the pics, may have to learn how to use the photo shop to get the flash out of their eyes so the color shows better.

catdaddyfro

 

[guinea fowl galore]

These are our dogs,

Chicane, the japanese spitz. she is shaved now so she looks crazy and she is also on a diet

and this is Figgi, the cavalier king charles spaniel. he is VERY cheeky.

 

[catdaddyfro]

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No, they have all sorts of colored eyes.

The blue and white eyes are referred to as glass-eyed which means their is no pigment in the iris and you are actully seeing the back of the retina. That is a triat thrown in by the merle gene, which some breeders breed out or try to stay away from as double crossing can lead to all sorts of health problems, such as blindness and deafness. Makes some pretty colors but it sorta the same as the lethal white gene in paint colored horses.

The mama dog (Two-socks) and the pup (BJ) have both the same father and yes he does have the glass eye just didn't carry over in them.

Somewhere on here someone posted a link on the Merle gene when I find it I'll post it, theres some very interesting reading there.

At least you didn't say that all Catahoulas are supposed to be Blue Leopards as that's a common misconception also.

It's just that everybody wants a blue leopard color with the glass eye which are usually the hardest ones to get. Two socks had two blues at birth and both died within a day or so one was born with a cleft lip/palate the other was runted prolly due to the fact she had eleven and she's a whole 35 lbs. soaking wet.

Anyway Catahoulas can be various colors and have many difrerent colored eyes, by the way I like the Golden/yellow eyes these dogs have its really a different look than you'll see on a everyday dog, matter of fact that's one of the things alot of people comment on is Two-socks yellow eyes. Just wish they showed up better in the pics, may have to learn how to use the photo shop to get the flash out of their eyes so the color shows better.

catdaddyfro

Here's a website about the merle gene that causes the blue or glass-eye color you'll see that it is sometimes not a good idea to try to breed specificaly for this coat and eye color.

http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/GENETICS/Merle.html

 

[Anny]

 

[rainierlass]

I love the chance to show off my pups!!!!

Soon I hope to be showing off baby chicks! Just built my first coop~~~~~

I am a dog groomer and agility instructor @ a working sheep farm in Western WA State - -

My Aussie (Tess) and Border Collie (Roz) both compete in agility .....Tess is also herding and Roz has

started in flyball ( she is cattle bred and way too grippy on sheep - - can you say....SHARK!!!!!?)


Tess the Aussie ( alot of ppl think she is Border because she is a black-bi and has prick ears

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Roz the Border: