which Mutt is she

So when we first got Ginny we were told that she was a Springer Spaniel/Chow mix. If a puppy is chow they will have a black tongue by 8 weeks of age. Ginny is now about 9-10 weeks old and no sign of a black tongue. Not even a spot. Also others have told me that she looks nothing like a chow. Phew! Chows are very temperamental if not socialized well. I found this out after we got her.

So I have been doing some research trying to determine what she is. Some of her litter mates defiantly looked Springer especially in the ears. Her Mom was all yellow. I am wondering if Her mom was a golden lab/ spaniel Mix. Sometimes Pure Labs will have black spots on their tongue (pigment) causing some people to assume Chow. Some of her other puppy litter mates looked like an Australian Shepherd mix. I have been told she looks like a German Shepherd and an Akita which would also have a black or spotted tongue.

She has a gray ring around her tail. Research on the internet tells me this is a mismark common in labs. She is really good at retrieving and is prooving easy to train. Usually labs are all one color, but some Labs have different coloring. Her coloring is mostly Red and Brown. So now I am back to, what is she? My best guess is that she is a Spaniel/Lab on her Mom's side and Australian Shepherd on her dad's. So a Mutt. What do you think? here are some pics from the web.

This one is a Lab. The web site said that it is showing the color of the St. John water dog (One of the first in labrador retrievers) coming though.
These ones are the German Shepherd Mixes. This one is the Austrailian Shepherd/Lab mix. Right now she is looking the most like this one. Even down to the freckles on her face.

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We have added a new subject to our sidebar. Look Who's Talking. A list of the words that Jayden can say. Also Alex has a New funny thing that we added to his Out of the Mouths of Babes
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Camping Trip and a Name

Here is the slide show for our camping trip. It was really fun. I haven't been camping with my family in ages. The last time I went camping with Stillman was when I was pregnant with Alex. We went to Bonneville Hot springs. It rained almost the whole time, but it was great anyway. Thank you Bio Trip for making us tough. The kids had a blast. The Dog was cold and wanted to spend most of her time in the tent in her crate. Oh by the way we named her. We asked Alex what he wanted to name her and he said how about Gwen Stacy, she's a girl. It was so cute. How do you say no. I wanted her name to have something to do with her color. Her ears are a Brown Red color so her full name is Ginger Gwen Stacy . Pretty long huh. So for short we call her "Ginny"

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$33.72

That's all it cost us to get all of this at Albertson's tonight! This would have cost us $121.94 even with the Albertson's preferred card savings, which would have been similar to buying it at Winco or Walmart. Call us if you want details on how you can do the same. I believe the sale lasts until next Tuesday, however they're restocking shelves tonight so tomorrow would be best! Wow 16 boxes of cereal. Its a good thing I like cereal.

p.s. Make sure they print the $10.00 Catalina coupon. Ours printed a $5.00 off but they just switched it out for the $10.00. Thanks Albies.

Dr. Sanders says.......

Our favorite Vet came over. His assessment. Jacob is a Girl!! That would have been an embarrassing trip to the vet. So we would now like some recommendations for girl names for brown/red dogs.

Meet Jacob! Sorry Ginny!

The newest member of our family! We have been wanting our own puppy for a while now. Alex looks over our fences and wonders why puppies don't ever come live at our house? Well now one has. Stillman was on his way home from work and saw a sign for puppies. So we got this little cutie for $20.00. Our own little discount puppy. Let's hope he is better behaved than Marley. He is an English Springer Spaniel-Chow mix. He was the runt of the litter. He is very cuddly and playful. He already loves to cuddle with Alex. We gave Alex a list of names we liked and he picked Jacob. Named after our favorite furry Twilight character. Alex already has plans for him to sleep in his bed. Jayden has his priorities as long as the puppy is inside he wants to pet him, but if we are outside he has better things to do.







The water bowl on the other hand................