Miss Chief is lovely, and with a pedigree I do so admire! I feel truly humbled and honored by your response to my post. Perhaps it *is* more of a combination of grooming and great lines than I allowed through my sarcasm. Thank you!
Robin McLeod Minnesota (& Teddy: Can you make my ears look like that with the wicked thing that blows warm air?) --- Annette Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin > I think it has to be said that some dogs and bitches > have what you term > "bell shaped ear feathering quite naturally without > any "outside assistance- > it depends to a certain extent on the shape of the > ear leather and also on > the skill of the groomer when drying the ears. > I am not a skilled groomer by any manner of means > but if you look at the > photo of Miss Chief on my webpage her ears looked > bell shaped and that is > totally natural! > Likewise feathering on feet can be worn down > naturally with road work and > running on gravel > I am not denying that trimming does not exist but > not all exhibitors resort > to enhancing their dogs in this manner. > > Annette > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robin McLeod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 5:49 PM > Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] N American dogs showing in the > UK > > > > --- Leanne Bertani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Although I'm sure there were probably trimmed > dogs > > > present, dogs with short > > > feathers are not always trimmed. People with > large > > > numbers of dogs often > > > have gravel paddocks to keep the mud out of > their > > > houses. The gravel trims > > > hair from the feet. > > > > Perhaps. However, that does not explain how VERY > many > > cavaliers there were with perfectly rounded ear > > feathers. This was my 4th CKCSC show. Maybe I > just > > didn't know what to look for before, or maybe I > was > > paying attention to other things, but I was > certainly > > amazed (and a wee bit chagrined) at how very many > > cavaliers had seemingly perfectly sculpted ear > > feathers at the old club show this weekend. And, > it > > didn't seem to me that these dogs were being > excluded > > from placing and winning classes (and more). > Maybe > > judges are looking at other things too. > > > > To an impressionable novice (like me), it was also > > interesting to see who was on the other end of the > > lead of the cavaliers with such ear feathering. > Does > > it grow that way? And on so many cavaliers? Or > is it > > just growing that way in some of the lines? Or > maybe > > it is a particular brand of kibble/diet? > Inquiring > > minds want to know... > > > > I didn't notice the feet or the v-shape. But I > have > > listened as many people tell me something like > > "So-and-so showed me how to trim feet so that it > looks > > natural." Very interesting. > > > > I think I'll stick with wash-and-wear-Teddy for > now. > > It's all I can do to keep up with trying to get > rid of > > the pee stains <grn>. It was a fun show, and > there > > were so very many absolutely GORGEOUS cavaliers in > > attendance -- trimmed or not. What a fun weekend. > > Even my kids had fun! Did you hear that there > were 9 > > kids in the junior children's handling class and 2 > in > > the senior class? Just makes me want to find the > > money to go again as soon as I can. > > > > Robin McLeod > > Minnesota > > (& Teddy who was very excited to get home and pee > on > > his favorite bush!) > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > > http://faith.yahoo.com > > > > > ========================================================= > > "Magic Commands": > > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and > send the email: > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > > to start it up gain click here: > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for > assistance. > > Search the Archives... > http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 > by its original author. > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and > send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for > assistance. > Search the Archives... > http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by > its original author. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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