Pet Portraits

[Raj_55555]

Bill, the mother Great Dane looks amazingly fit for an age of 10 years. Great Danes hardly survive beyond 8 AFAIK.

Here's another one of gizmo I took yesterday, I have mixed feelings about the selective coloring. What do you guys think?

 

[jenko]

That's one sexy horse. Just look at the mane in #2, woah!

You men and your blondes!

p.s. pretty dog!!

 

[Braineack]

is she deaf?

 

[squishy]

A couple that my wife took a few weeks ago...

 

[jenko]

is she deaf?

Assuming you are asking me?

No, she's not deaf. She was used as a breeder and *good* breeders won't breed a deaf horse. Some overdo paints with blue eyes are deaf, and it's more common in pintos if they have those genes, but she is not deaf, thankfully!

 

[Raj_55555]

That's one sexy horse. Just look at the mane in #2, woah!

You men and your blondes!

p.s. pretty dog!!

lol... Thanks

it's more common in pintos if they have those genes, but she is not deaf, thankfully!

Deaf horses can be very very difficult, they bolt at the slightest of unseen touch, I had one where I used to ride. But I honestly didn't know that deafness can be genetic.

 

[Braineack]

is she deaf?

Assuming you are asking me?

No, she's not deaf. She was used as a breeder and *good* breeders won't breed a deaf horse. Some overdo paints with blue eyes are deaf, and it's more common in pintos if they have those genes, but she is not deaf, thankfully!

it's a thing with dogs and cats, in most cases, two different colored eyes means deaf.

just like calico cats are almost always female, and orange tabbies are almost always male.

and male tortoiseshells are usually sterile (when you get one--as they technically calicos).

science, genetics, chromosomes, and stuff.

 

[WardQ]

Bill, the mother Great Dane looks amazingly fit for an age of 10 years. Great Danes hardly survive beyond 8 AFAIK.

Here's another one of gizmo I took yesterday, I have mixed feelings about the selective coloring. What do you guys think?

The selective colouring does nothing for me. Is Gizmo a liver coloured Dal?

is she deaf?

Assuming you are asking me?

No, she's not deaf. She was used as a breeder and *good* breeders won't breed a deaf horse. Some overdo paints with blue eyes are deaf, and it's more common in pintos if they have those genes, but she is not deaf, thankfully!

it's a thing with dogs and cats, in most cases, two different colored eyes means deaf.

Not exactly. It actually has to do with the pigment on the hairs inside the ear, not the eye colour. I know plenty of dogs with one blue/one brown, or both blue (including my own Dane), who aren't deaf. In Great Danes (and some other breeds, like Australian Shepherds), the merle gene causes the blue eyes, and also affects the pigment in the ears.

With white cats, one blue eye usually means they're deaf on that side. So there is some truth to the eye colour thing.

 

[Raj_55555]

The selective colouring does nothing for me. Is Gizmo a liver coloured Dal?

Yup, how could you possibly know that from a B&W image? :scratch:

 

[WardQ]

The selective colouring does nothing for me. Is Gizmo a liver coloured Dal?

Yup, how could you possibly know that from a B&W image? :scratch:

His spots don't seem to have that crisp black colour. Plus, I'm a bit of a dog fanatic.

 

[jenko]

is she deaf?

Assuming you are asking me?

No, she's not deaf. She was used as a breeder and *good* breeders won't breed a deaf horse. Some overdo paints with blue eyes are deaf, and it's more common in pintos if they have those genes, but she is not deaf, thankfully!

it's a thing with dogs and cats, in most cases, two different colored eyes means deaf.

just like calico cats are almost always female, and orange tabbies are almost always male.

and male tortoiseshells are usually sterile (when you get one--as they technically calicos).

science, genetics, chromosomes, and stuff.

Hmm interesting. I asked a friend about it who knows more about horse genetics than I do, and she said it almost always occurs in female paints/pintos rather than males ... I do not plan on breeding her, but the possibility of her having a filly with one blue/brown eye is about 50%.

 

[Rosy]

I'm near Charlotte. I get to Raleigh a few times a year. Maybe we can meet up sometime for coffee!

Thanks, Bill!

Awesome!....
Congrats again on the mare. Keep the pictures coming

 

[Braineack]

Just a random shot:

Dog at a Car Show by The Braineack, on Flickr

 

[Rosy]

Bill, the mother Great Dane looks amazingly fit for an age of 10 years. Great Danes hardly survive beyond 8 AFAIK.

Here's another one of gizmo I took yesterday, I have mixed feelings about the selective coloring. What do you guys think?

Raj - I kinda like the selective coloring - something about BW with some Bold Red that makes me look twice

 

[Raj_55555]

Raj - I kinda like the selective coloring - something about BW with some Bold Red that makes me look twice

Thank you so much Rosy I'm gonna post that on my dalmatian forum