Golden Retriever Complete Profile

Written by Dooziedog.com


Key Facts:

Size: Medium Height: 51 - 61 cm (20 - 24 inches) Weight: 27 - 37 kg (60 - 80 lb) Life Span: 12 years Grooming: Fairly demanding Exercise: Demanding Feeding: Demanding Temperament: Intelligent & caring Country of Origin: England AKC Group: Sporting

Physical Characteristics:

General Appearance: Solid, laid-back and gentle. Colour: Any shade of gold or cream. Coat: The outercoat is flat or wavy, waterproof with feathering. The undercoat is dense. Tail: Thick, well-feathered and never carried overrepparttar back. Ears: Medium size, set high and hanging close torepparttar 147968 cheek. Body: The ribs are deep and well-sprung. The topline is level with a strong, muscular loin. The shoulders are long, wide and well laid back.

Temperament: Gentle, intelligent, kind and loyal. Golden Retrievers are popular family dogs with their affectionate and caring nature. Unlike many other breeds they do not demand continuous attention from their family or handler. They are friendly with children, strangers and other dogs. They are easily trained and obedient. Some of these dogs make good watchdogs, others do not.

Grooming: These dogs can be trimmed occasionally for a well-groomed appearance and they need regular brushing and combing. The excess hair betweenrepparttar 147969 pads ofrepparttar 147970 feet also needs to be trimmed andrepparttar 147971 ears checked for dirt or wax build-up.

Hurricane Cats

Written by Michael LaRocca


HURRICANE CATS Copyright 2005, Michael LaRocca

You like cats, don't you?

Some people don't like cats.

Daddy doesn't like cats. Daddy's best friend, Bill Ball, loves his cats. Their names are Clipper and Keebles.

Clipper and Keebles are large cats, longhaired blurs of gray, ginger, white, brown, and maybe something else. Whenever Daddy visits Bill Ball, they sit onrepparttar porch and drink beer. (The humans, notrepparttar 147848 cats.) A cat always sits on Daddy's lap, purring, and Daddy rubs him.

But remember, Daddy doesn't like cats.

Daddy is 6'4" and around 280 pounds. Bill Ball is 5'9" and 180 pounds, I'd guess. He's about ten years younger than Daddy, and his beard is maybe a foot long. He raises cows. If you saw Daddy and Bill Ball together, you'd never guess you were looking at two millionaires. They like it that way.

When they went to their first Wild Turkey Federation Auction, together of course, Daddy wondered aboutrepparttar 147849 dress code. Suit and tie? He sure didn't want to wear a suit and tie.

"I tell ya, Jim," said Bill. "The last time I wore a tie was in 1964. It was about a foot wide, and it said George Wallace For President."

They wore jeans and T-shirts. They were correct to do so.

But remember, Bill loves his cats.

These cats are rather large, slug-like creatures. But one of them, probably Clipper, is quicker than he looks. The cat (Clipper?) once caught a hummingbird in his mouth. Bill yelled and ran over to Clipper and slapped him onrepparttar 147850 back. Clipper coughed up a single feather, just like in an old cartoon.

One evening, Daddy was patrolling his property. He saw two Mexicans on foot, trespassing. He grabbed his gun and fired at them, then chased them around in his truck shooting and cussing like only he can. They finally escaped throughrepparttar 147851 woods where a truck can't follow.

The next day, Daddy was visiting Bill Ball. One ofrepparttar 147852 cats purred peacefully on Daddy's lap.

"Jim," Bill drawled, "A funny thing happened last night. I was settin' out here onrepparttar 147853 porch, and these two Mexicans come runnin' outtarepparttar 147854 woods. They were scared to death, I tell ya, like they'd seen a ghost. I asked ‘em what was wrong, and they slowed down just long enough to yell at me, ‘El Diablo is after us. El Diablo is comin' to get us.'"

El Diablo is Spanish for "the devil."

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