I use mutt to refer to any sort of mix, whether it is identifiable or not. It's a nice vague catch-all. I mean, my childhood dog was clearly a golden retriever sawed off above the knees, but ....still a mutt.
Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Feb 05, 2007 9:46:22 am PST #8316 of 10001
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2007 9:48:31 am PST #8317 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
there are lots of mixes where one does know what goes into a specific pooch.
Yes--I was just saying that to me those weren't mutts.
Kat - Feb 05, 2007 9:48:50 am PST #8318 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Bear is a mutt in that she is vaguely a number of breeds with nothing strongly reminiscient of one.
Kuma is identifiably one breed. He is most likely a purebreed Jindo, but he is non-characteristic, in terms of behavior, to his breed.
shrift - Feb 05, 2007 9:50:38 am PST #8319 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Well, I am back from running errands. The only good thing about this weather is that I can ice my finger just by going outside.
msbelle - Feb 05, 2007 9:51:38 am PST #8320 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
NOTHING IS GETTING COMPLETED!
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Daisy Jane - Feb 05, 2007 9:54:44 am PST #8321 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Good afternoon!
Happy birthday to Victor and Adian! -I think that's all the enthusiasm I can muster today.
Going home next weekend for Mardi Gras.
§ ita § - Feb 05, 2007 9:56:58 am PST #8322 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Many of the breed descriptions I read these days are talking about dogs that live in closer quarters with people than I'm used to, so there are things I'm not sure our Dobie ever had a chance to react to. I'm sure there's a fancy pants purebreed market in Jamaica--I'm just as sure it's not large. Oh, they're animals all right.
Okay. Off to teach.
beekaytee - Feb 05, 2007 10:01:15 am PST #8323 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Ha. In the Fresh Air interview, they just talked about Shar Pei/Bassets = Sharp-assets.
I have no shame in the degree to which I love my dog. He represents the one thing I have loved most in my entire life. Sad or not, that is the case.
But I think I actually love him better (meaning being a more effective caretaker) because I acknowledge and respect the fact that he is an animal.
Pretending otherwise seems a disservice to us both.
Tom Scola - Feb 05, 2007 10:09:32 am PST #8324 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Connie Neil - Feb 05, 2007 10:11:03 am PST #8325 of 10001
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