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Skriven 2015-06-04 15:23:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: calicos  was: weather
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 06-01-15  17:00 <=-

 > we remember, he was white, with some black splotches and some more brown
 > splotches... no golden to them at all... and not really any gray...  We
 > don't remember whether there were tiger stripes in the blotches... (I
 > asked Richard to help remember... [g])   He actually "belonged" to
 > friends of ours that had moved into student housing that wouldn't allow
 > any pets... so we boarded him for them...

 JK> He sounds like he was an interestingly colored cat, that's for sure.
 JK> And a neat chance for you folks to enjoy a kitty :)

That was before we had any of our own living here... we boarded another
friend's cat when they went away on trips, but that was all, back
then... 
 
 >> like that so I'm not sure.  Fred's coloring was so neat when I think
 >> about it, a gray tiger but with amost a tinge of orange to the gray.. I
 >> don't know how to describe the color he was Lol..."enriched gray" ??
 >> hehe There was definitely orange in there or very reddish brown.
 > Sounds distinguished... ;)

 JK> Well, he did have a great mustache (laugh)

Made quite the picture, I'd guess...  :)

 >> Eh.. a moment here and there LOL.. they hang out with Matt when I'm
 >> busy. They still sleep with us, not him...
 > Patterns are hard to break...  :)  They're probably still getting used
 > to the fact that Toby is gone, too...  :)

 JK> Yes, no doubt.  They still stop off in Matt's room upstairs now and
 JK> again as if to see if there is anything there.. even though we moved
 JK> his room downstairs when Toby was so very sick weeks ago.

Gotta check to make sure it's all ok, after all...  :)

 > They're lab mixes aren't they... :)

 JK> That is what the rescue people told us, and as little pups they both
 JK> did look like full breed labs, well except for Indie's markings on his
 JK> head... Indie had the biggest feet I'd ever seen in a pup... he did
 JK> mostly grow into them ending up the same height as Toby.. Sophie didn't
 JK> though.. which I'm just as glad of. Who needs two 'lummoxes' hogging
 JK> the bottom of the bed (grin). 

One is bad enough, to be sure... ;)

 >  Did you ever find out what else is in them...?

 JK> I asked my vet once what he thought was in their "family"... I figured
 JK> he'd have an idea.. he burst out in a guffaw and said "AMERICAN MUTT!!"
 JK> :) 

IOW, too many possibilities to be sure... or to list...  ;)

 JK> So I guess their bloodlines were crisscrossed every which way for more
 JK> than a few generations.  I know the area down south they were rescued
 JK> from had a lot of dog-fighting rings... And I know they use Labs in
 JK> those rings (along with pit bulls and others) because Labs don't fight.
 JK> Really sad stuff.  

Very sad.  I was just thinking that Sophie might have some genes from a
breed or breeds that did make good guard dogs... like maybe pit...

 JK> Thankfully both our dogs take after the lab side
 JK> mostly so that's a good thing.  I've also read that rescue dogs are
 JK> always very insecure when owners leave the house. I thought that was
 JK> interesting as well.  Matt says they always cry themselves to sleep
 JK> when we go shopping, etc.. silly dogs :( 
 
Eventually they'll settle in, maybe... especially if they bond well with
Matt...  ;)

 > Yeah, Sophie's probably thinking, gotta humor mommy, even
 > if it is beneath my dignity...  ;)

 JK> Yes, I think so :)  It's funny to watch her watch Indie and I play
 JK> sometimes. Like she'd like to join in, but rubber balls aren't her
 JK> thing :)  I should see if I can find an indestrutible rubber toy for
 JK> her.  Maybe she'd enjoy that. :) 

Maybe... part of the joy would be in finding out how fast she could
destroy it...  (G)

 > That's kids for you... living in the moment... and noticing
 > everything... ;)  Is the baby fairly brand-new...?

 JK> Yes :)  I guess she has 6 kids now :)  It's like the house I grew up
 JK> in.. hehe 

yeah... sounds like mine, too...  :)  

 > At 5 and 3, they're
 > probably old enough to comprehend death... even if it isn't really any
 > easier for them than for us...  It is, after all, a fact of life... and

 JK> Sure, I probably might have mentioned more then but the conversation
 JK> kept changng if you know what I mean haha

Yeah... I do know what you mean... kids that age also tend to be little
magpies...  ;)

 > hiding it from them doesn't help them.  We took our then 4-year-old to
 > his great-grampa's funeral and burial... four years later, when
 > great-gramma died, he was explaining everything to his cousins, then 8
 > and 5 (who had been deemed too young to attend the earlier occasion),
 > quite matter-of-factly...

 JK> That's pretty common isn't it.. and neat. :)

Yup, way too common that people try to hide reality from their kids...
And we thought it quite neat that our son could fill in that gap... I
think their parents may have learned something that day, too... :)

 JK> We love eating this and used to eat it all the time in Korean
 JK> restaurants in Louiville, KY :)
 JK> ===Korean Bibimbaap Recipe===

Our favorite place used to have a great bibimbap... too bad it is long
gone now...  and our current favorite Korean place has a respectible
one...  ;)  One of my favorite Korean meals...  :)

 JK> Geez, now I want to make this for dinner tonight.. :)

And did you...?  Or didn't you have the ingredients available...  ;)

ttyl      neb

... Weeds!  No, that is my vineyard!  Ever heard of dandelion wine?

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