Tommiecr
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He is looking very good. Not at all like the stray you found. He just needed some tender loving cars.
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Dixie Flyer
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To answer Camper Carl's question about age. When you can really see his age is when you look at the skin and how it folds around his cheeks and the flabby skin around the neck. But like you say his eye are very clear, but they are glassy looking at times under certain light. Being around him all the time I think he is about 10 years old. As far as his breed, I know he is part Chow because of the black tongue and looking at his feet I believe he is part Lab.
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He is georgous![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
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This story is truly amazing. I've been away from rv.net for a few weeks and I missed seeing the wonderful story unfold. Old fella, as well as Izzie and Levi, are certainly blessed to have such wonderful 'parents'.
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CA POPPY
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Camper Carl wrote: Richard, are you sure of his age? He does not look the age that everyone had been giving him. I am only looking at pictures, but in the picture Old Fella looks like 5 to 7 years young.
I say the same thing, Carl. A dog of 10 or 11, especially a black dog, will usually have a graying muzzle and the beginning of cataracts. I think he's younger and his hard life made him look older when Rich first got him. He looks wonderful now!
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Dixie Flyer
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Old Fella loves his bed. When I washed the cover he waited at the washing machine and dryer until it was done and then followed me to put the padding back inside and once it was back on the floor, well you see where he went.
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Camper Carl
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Thanks for the answers. He is sure turning out to be a great pet no matter what his age is. Richard, Pattie has a suggestion for you. Why don't you make op a story board with your pictures and bring it to the rally. Have about 20 pictures of when you got him, and his progress until the rally. It is only a suggestion, but we hope you like it.
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Good idea, scrapbooking pages!!!
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Dixie Flyer
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Camper Carl wrote:Thanks for the answers. He is sure turning out to be a great pet no matter what his age is. Richard, Pattie has a suggestion for you. Why don't you make op a story board with your pictures and bring it to the rally. Have about 20 pictures of when you got him, and his progress until the rally. It is only a suggestion, but we hope you like it.
Carl & Pattie
That is a great idea! I will do that.
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CA POPPY
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Just FYI:
The Great Tongue Debate
There is a myth that chows are the only breeds with black tongues, and that if the tongue has black spots it must have chow heritage. This is not true. Everyone in chows knows the standard comment--if the dog has a black tongue, then it is a chow. We also hear the comment that if it has pink spots, then it is a mix. If only it were this simple! Black spots on the tongue in no way indicate whether the dog is a chow or a chow mix unless that tongue is attached to a dog that looks like a chow. There are many, many breeds that can have black pigment on the tongue. Some can have large spots of black pigment, and sometimes they may have almost solid black pigmentation on their tongues. So, if a black pigmented tongue is attached to a dog that does not look like a chow, then it is probably not a chow. Also true is that not all purebred chows will have solid pigment on their tongues. Even the best of show breedings can produce chows with incomplete pigment, so we certainly should not discount a rescued chow with a spot or two of pink.
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