Comments on: Confessions of a (Reluctant) Water Dog http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/ Fun, freedom, and adventure with Victor Milán Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lexi http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-685 Lexi Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:23:51 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-685 Great Post! It's always difficult to find information on the pei's! Great Post! It’s always difficult to find information on the pei’s!

]]> By: Victor http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-663 Victor Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:38:13 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-663 Hey, JLee! Thanks for posting. Short form: wish I could help you, and I cannot. Emma came to me as a skinny, schizzy adolescent from an animal rescue outfit. I <em>believe</em> she was abandoned as a pup, fostered for a year, and then given back up for adoption because she fought with the family's other dogs. (She's one of the household members who likes cats better than dogs.) My best guess is that she was an accident. So I fear I know of nobody deliberately breeding lab/shar pei crosses. Certainly on the evidence of Emma you can get a smart, sturdy dog who's incredibly sweet and loving to those of whom she personally approves, and has a bit of paranoid streak toward the rest of the world. Best of luck on your quest for a lab/shar pup. Hey, JLee! Thanks for posting.

Short form: wish I could help you, and I cannot.

Emma came to me as a skinny, schizzy adolescent from an animal rescue outfit. I believe she was abandoned as a pup, fostered for a year, and then given back up for adoption because she fought with the family’s other dogs. (She’s one of the household members who likes cats better than dogs.)

My best guess is that she was an accident.

So I fear I know of nobody deliberately breeding lab/shar pei crosses. Certainly on the evidence of Emma you can get a smart, sturdy dog who’s incredibly sweet and loving to those of whom she personally approves, and has a bit of paranoid streak toward the rest of the world.

Best of luck on your quest for a lab/shar pup.

]]> By: Jlee http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-662 Jlee Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:25:14 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-662 I have been searching for a lab/shar breeder and would be keen to find out where you got your pup from? Thanks I have been searching for a lab/shar breeder and would be keen to find out where you got your pup from?

Thanks

]]> By: Sara Harvey http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-286 Sara Harvey Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:06:43 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-286 Guinevere, our own mixed breed black dog (Border Collie and Blue Heeler) absolutely hates water. She has to be dragged out to be walked in the rain and doesn't even like to get her paws wet in the dew. Which makes it nice since I know she'll never roll in the mud puddles at the dog park like the labs do...but makes her exceedingly difficult to bathe. I don't think either breed is specifically opposed to water or if it is just her own personal hydrophobia, but it also makes for some interesting encounters with water. ^_^ Love the dog stories! Guinevere, our own mixed breed black dog (Border Collie and Blue Heeler) absolutely hates water. She has to be dragged out to be walked in the rain and doesn’t even like to get her paws wet in the dew. Which makes it nice since I know she’ll never roll in the mud puddles at the dog park like the labs do…but makes her exceedingly difficult to bathe.
I don’t think either breed is specifically opposed to water or if it is just her own personal hydrophobia, but it also makes for some interesting encounters with water. ^_^

Love the dog stories!

]]> By: Victor http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-238 Victor Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:36:02 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-238 Hey, Larry! Good to see you here. Thanks for the comment. I'm sure Emma would think it way too personal. Fortunately I didn't consult her. Hey, Larry! Good to see you here. Thanks for the comment.

I’m sure Emma would think it way too personal. Fortunately I didn’t consult her.

]]> By: Larry http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-237 Larry Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:23:23 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/2007/12/08/confessions-of-a-reluctant-water-dog/#comment-237 Excellent post! Very evocative and personal. Or Emma-al. Or something... Excellent post! Very evocative and personal. Or Emma-al. Or something…

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