The wacky questions that we have to answer about our dogs
Then she tossed one at me that I've never heard before. She looked at Owen's face and asked "Now, is he considered an albino?" It was so out there, I actually laughed out loud and asked her why she would ask that. She pointed to the pink pigment around Owen's left eye and said "Well, there's no color there." I explained how it was just lack of pigment and that lots OES had it and showed her how the other eye had pigment (his hair was flopped over). She was really cool and laughed, too. Just thought I'd share because that was definitely a new one! |
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| Then MO is an albino too but she has a dark mask........and that awful piggy pink eye. Now if you had brought Bear along................  Sounds like a lovely place, any place selling doughnuts and cider is on my list! The creek and walk sound nice too. |
| 1. Can they see? 2. How can they see? 3. How can you tell them apart. This last one is fun. Archie has two brown eyes, Sherman has 2 blue eyes and Sophie has one brown/one blue. So we say: we can tell them apart by the color of their eyes. Once in a while someone will notice that Sophie is markedly smaller than Sherman or Archie and even more rare, someone would notice that Archie was older (because he wasn't runnign up and down like mad, but standing close by so he could get some love). |
SheepieBoss wrote: Then MO is an albino too but she has a dark mask........and that awful piggy pink eye. Now if you had brought Bear along................ Sounds like a lovely place, any place selling doughnuts and cider is on my list! The creek and walk sound nice too. That's one of those places that we had to stop bringing Bear because we literally cannot walk and just enjoy ourselves. People go insane. It's like walking with Elvis (in his heyday!). I don't blame people for being interested and I realize we have a dog that most people have never seen and will never see again so it's a big deal to them but, keeping that in mind, sometimes if we just want to relax, we leave him at home. I never want to be rude to someone who's interested but sometimes I can only repeat so many times "He's a Komondor... no, not Commodore... yes, his hair grows this way... no, he's not from Jamaica (haha, we've never heard that before)... yes, he is very rare, we've only seen a few others ourselves." We often joked about creating little brochures for Bear to hand out via a holder around his neck. SheepieBoss wrote: Sounds like a lovely place, any place selling doughnuts and cider is on my list! The creek and walk sound nice too. The best part about the walk this time was that we saw a COUGAR! They were mostly taken out of Michigan around the turn of the century and people are starting to have sightings as of late. I called the DNR and wound up filling out an official "cougar observation report" (which sounds pretty funny, actually). It was climbing down a steep hill about 100 yards beyond the back fence of the trails, super graceful and low. It was amazing to see one in the wild. A big group of people stopped and some were asking "Is that a dog?" We're not used to seeing giant cats so no one could swallow what they were seeing. I told James that I want to go back this weekend with my butterfly net and try to catch it.  |
| I've been feeling lately that the "OES in coat" attention has increased a lot lately. I'm not sure why. Maybe because you don't see them very often anymore. We live on a corner property, 4 way stop signs, no physical fencing. I'm outside a few times a day kicking the ball around with Frank while he chases it and people will literally stop their car at the stop sign and watch for minutes at a time. Sometimes it is kind of annoying, like we can't get any peace, but usually I am thrilled that the dogs can get so much attention and socialization. |
My ALL time favorite..........."Are your dogs thoroughbreds?"  Even my Mom choked on that one! |
ChSheepdogs wrote: My ALL time favorite..........."Are your dogs thoroughbreds?" Even my Mom choked on that one! LOL. No, they're dogs! |
| I know I've posted this comment before on the forum, but I had a guy one time ask me if our Norfolk Terrier & Old English were the "same species"! I immediately burst out laughing, and then embarrassingly the guy says, "I meant the same breed". I, of course, did not stop laughing with that comment either. |
VerveUp wrote: I know I've posted this comment before on the forum, but I had a guy one time ask me if our Norfolk Terrier & Old English were the "same species"! I immediately burst out laughing, and then embarrassingly the guy says, "I meant the same breed". I, of course, did not stop laughing with that comment either. I get the same question ALL THE TIME about Violet my OES and China my Aussie. Many ask if China is Violet's puppy. lol  |
| Is that a bear? Sometimes jokingly, but many times seriously! Not kidding. We live in a neighborhood with a lot of recent African immigrants, and they often have zero experience with the variety of dog breeds and dogs as household pets. Mady is a creature they have no experience with. Perhaps they expect to see bears in Canada, in the same way a North American would think of seeing elephants in Africa. I think Mady does an excellent service for sheepdogs and dogs in general for this group. The mothers are extremely wary, but the kids often love her, so this brings the mothers around. Helping these new residents become comfortable with the idea of dogs as household pets. The name "Mady" is also a well-known name in west Africa. |
tgir wrote: 3. How can you tell them apart. Ya know, I was thinking about this when I went to Sheepiepalooza in 2009. How would I ever tell Zeke apart from all the others? But once I got there it was plainly evident that no 2 sheepies look alike. It's real easy to tell sheepies apart. There's so much variation in their size, markings, eyes, skin pigmentation, ear set, fur type & length, etc. I am, however, not so sure with Airedales. They all look remarkably alike. Case in point: I had Brick groomed this past Saturday. I bring him to a woman who breeds Airedales and I left him with her for a couple of hours. When I went back to get him, I opened the door only to be greeted by a happy, trimmed Airedale. I squat down and start rubbing his head and calling him sweetie when I hear the groomer call for Michael to come back. It wasn''t Brick!  It was another 'dale! I couldn't believe I didn't recognize my own dog whom I've owned for almost 7 years. I guess if it came down to it, he does have one disguishing mark; a black spot on his tongue. I suppose I could always check that. |
| The most recent comment I get when showing up at the dog park with all three in tow is, "are they all from the same litter?". None of my dogs look remotely alike. But, they are all shaggy, white, and gray. SheepDogma |
| People ALWAYS ask me if I have one boy and one girl. I guess they assume the only reason to have a pair of the same breed of dog is to have litters. Everyone always seems so surprised when I tell them that they are sisters... |
| Mark mentioned that at sheepiepalooza he had no trouble telling his dog from another. I don't remember which one it was but at one, Wynette had a foster that looked exactly like Simon. I was calling him and he was ignoring me, like he didn't even know his name. Then Simon came running up behind me. I was calling the wrong dog. I was talking to Wynette about it and she had the same problem. Couldn't tell the dogs apart. |
| My all time favourite is "What kind of dog is that?" my reply "an Old ENGLISH Sheepdog"...her reply "oh yes, those are from Bulgaria"...huh???? We'd also get the assumption that one had to be a female...and they were shocked when they found ALL of our dogs (at the time) were MALE. The poor afghanhounds were always "girls"...fortunately they didn't ever notice the error. |
Those are pretty funny. I have had people ask me if they were bears and if they were sheep  ?? I felt that same way Saturday, Jill, when we took the wigglebums with us to Petco & Petsmart. Genny's birthday is tomorrow and I thought it'd be nice to take her shopping and let her pick out a present. It was one of those days when you couldn't walk two steps without people stopping you. MOST of the time, I'm cool with that and patiently answer all the questions. But, Saturday, I just wanted to be left alone and enjoy a little time with my dogs. I told Tim if I'd known before I left that I'd be in that mood, I'd have just left them at home that day. I hate to come across as rude to people who are asking questions about them. I do try to be nice.  This past summer my SIL went with us to the mountains for a hike and it was her first time going out with us and the dogs. It didn't take her long to say "You should just make up a card with all the FAQs and hand them out". |
| Yes, I've had the, is that a bear, question but my favorite is...don't they go blind if the hair is trimmed from their face???? |
| Sheepdogs do cause a scene just by showing up. We also have gotten the "Is that a bear?" They were completely serious. Of course the most common...how does he see? |
| I get the bear question a lot. weird. also was asked if they were poodles?! |
| The most common for me are: Is that a bear? Why doesn't she have a tail? How can she see? But the most favorite remark is: She's absolutely beautiful! |
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