another cute cat breed

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On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:59:23 -0500, "Matt Ferrari"
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Ugly mutant.

And acts JUST like all other cats, while looking a bit strange.

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If I ever had a choice about what cat I would like to have,. I saw a
Havana at a cat show and wanted one. Just so beautiful.. but Boyfie is very
attractive too.

On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:21:52 -0000, "Christina Websell"
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If I ever had a choice about what cat I would like to have,. I saw a
Havana at a cat show and wanted one. Just so beautiful.. but Boyfie is very
attractive too.

Best cat I ever had was a tortie, but I really like the coloring
of Siamese (and similar) and Abyssinians.

On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 3:59:26 AM UTC, Matt Ferrari wrote:
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To be fair the "breed" are called Lylkoi and have been around a few years it's just a story too good for a lazy journalist not to use at Halloween

I am not in favour of these cross breeds that keep showing up especially in the dog world although I must confess my cousin has a Springador (springer spaniel/Labrador retriever cross) who is delightful. Apparently, they combine the good nature of both breeds but they're not as big as Labradors (and also less inclined to eat everything) and don't have the long coats of springer spaniels so easier to groom

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 12:56:23 AM UTC, jmcquown wrote:


I've never actually seen or read about anyone in the US having anything
against black cats. Certainly not never refusing to adopt one.


I didn't know about it myself until I got Sarsi and Dunzi and the lady I got them from apologised saying "I'm sorry they're only black"

This made sod all sense to me they needed a home I had a home that needed kittens so what difference did it make what colour they were?

Turns out in UK shelters its estimated black kittens on the whole take much longer to get adopted

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On 11/1/2015 1:50 PM, Lesley Madigan wrote:
On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 12:56:23 AM UTC, jmcquown wrote:


I've never actually seen or read about anyone in the US having anything
against black cats. Certainly not never refusing to adopt one.


I didn't know about it myself until I got Sarsi and Dunzi and the lady I got them from apologised saying "I'm sorry they're only black"

This made sod all sense to me they needed a home I had a home that needed kittens so what difference did it make what colour they were?

Turns out in UK shelters its estimated black kittens on the whole take much longer to get adopted

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

It takes much longer for a black cat in the U.S. to be adopted. That is
often associated with superstition ("bad luck"), but I don't even think
that is the entire picture. Shelters usually will not adopt out cats
shortly before Halloween (especially black cats) because of concerns
that they will be abused. I think talk about abuse at Halloween is often
exaggerated, but it certainly does exist.

I have had two black cats, and both were/are wonderful. Holly was my
first black cat. She was totally black with gorgeous golden eyes. She
never had a single white hair anywhere on her body, even when she died
at the age of 18.5. I changed her name as soon as I adopted her. She had
been named "Jinx" for "bad luck cat," and I absolutely did not want her
to be attached to a name like that. So I began to call her "Holly,"
which was short for "Holiday Cat." She was adopted in-between
Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now I have Nikki. Like Holly, she is totally
black and is a little sweetheart. Both of my black cats were rescue
cats. Nikki was rescued from a WalMart parking lot at a very young age.
She was only 14-16 weeks old when I got her. She had been
trapped/rescued by our local chapter of Ally Cats Allies. They do a
wonderful job of caring for homeless cats. They have feeding stations
for feral cats that are deemed unadoptable (the cats are spayed or
neutered, then returned--known as TNR). Cats that can be adopted--like
Nikki--are spayed or neutered, microchipped and receive vet care and
innoculations before adoption.

MaryL

"Lesley Madigan" wrote in message
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On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 3:59:26 AM UTC, Matt Ferrari wrote:
http://nextshark.com/theres-a-terrif...st-up-to-2500/

To be fair the "breed" are called Lylkoi and have been around a few years
it's just a story too good for a lazy journalist not to use at Halloween

I am not in favour of these cross breeds that keep showing up especially in
the dog world although I must confess my cousin has a Springador (springer
spaniel/Labrador retriever cross) who is delightful. Apparently, they
combine the good nature of both breeds but they're not as big as Labradors
(and also less inclined to eat everything) and don't have the long coats of
springer spaniels so easier to groom
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Labradoodles, a cross between Labradors and Standard
Poodles apparently make good guide dogs. The Guide dogs association did try
pure standard poodles some years ago, and very good they were too except for
one thing. They tried to jump over obstacles instead of taking their blind
owner round it as they are naturally nimble dogs, but crossing them with
Labradors seem to have sorted this out: plus no shed hair to clean up.
Cockapoos, cocker spaniel x miniature poodle are really popular here, but
I'm not so sure they are a good idea. Both can have hereditary eye problems
and golden cockers can have something called "cocker rage". One of my
neighbours has a cockerpoo called Nelly. Golden cocker spaniel x white
miniature poodle. Lovely to look at, a nightmare to own. Nelly is
terrified of her own shadow, I speak to her often when she is walking past
my house with her mum (5 years or so) and every time she wuffs at me like
she's never seen me before. Plus she costs her owner 160 pounds a month in
medication for her various ailments, one of which is grand mal epilepsy. So
that cross didn't work out.
I asked her mum where she got her from. . I pretty well know everyone in my
area who breeds any kind of pedigree dogs ethically, including cocker
spaniels and poodles, and it's none of them.
It's a backyard breeder jumping on the cockapoo bandwagon. Grrr.
whereas Lennie only apparently impregnated the most important poodle-girls
in the world according to Rita. Actually, it's true. Lennie was a big-shot
show dog stud dog once, but once the opportunity came up for his breeder to
let him go at 6 years old to a home like Rita's, of course she did. At the
time Rita could exercise him herself.
Being a Kennel Club approved judge, I can still see how lovely Lennie once
was. His movement is still perfect but he has been alllowed to get too fat.
working on this. He is out walking every day for a mile or more (myself or
Mary) and he gets 3 miles on Saturday (myself and Claire) but we can't keep
up with his treats :-(



Tweed

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:59:23 -0500, "Matt Ferrari"
wrote:

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Hmm... no thanks.