MicroFarmer

The breeding was witnessed and the breeder is adamant that her female did not breed to another dog. My pup, at 4 1/2 months, has short hair (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches) and the coloring of a Red Malamute with the 'mask' pattern and all. The sire is supposed to be a black and white Landseer Newfoundland and the dam is a white half-Pyr, half-Golden Retriever. How is this possible? I thought longhair was recessive, and where did that pattern come from?

On a TV show a couple of days ago, a pet nutrition expert was interviewed. She mentioned that among the other food items which dogs should not eat were grapes and raisins. Why? Is it the sugar? I can't think of any other reason grapes would be bad, and my dachshund loves them (let's face it; he loves anything I give him, from lettuce to fruit; I let him have a little fruit or tomato, etc. as a treat, since they're low in fat).

Plastics are made from petrochemicals, meaning they're made from oil derivatives. Maybe we should stop burning oil and save it for constructive purposes. But if we can't, we need to find substitutes for plastics. Look around; most of the things you see are plastic--what will we use instead?