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by kiwani » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:00 am
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by TXSusiQ » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:28 am
he is so cute!
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by Tovya » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:50 am
How adorable! But how does colouring like this happen? How unusual!
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by chris » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:56 am
I have that same question T...
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by Tovya » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:58 am
I'm thinking maybe some Akita somewhere in the bloodline.
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by Judy Fox » Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:09 am
Um! Is that genuine?
I am not sure that I like it.
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by redangie24 » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:50 am
I think he is kinda funny looking, but I am sure he will grow into something beautiful. I am interested to know what he will look like all grown up.
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by Tovya » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:54 am
The date on the magazine is "February 1985". I'm thinking this little chowkin passed quite a while ago. I guess the colouring either never caught on or never happened again.
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by Auddymay » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:01 am
Since it was a 'novelty' and couldn't be shown, I would think the $10,000 was just for headlines. Interesting coloring, though.
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by redangie24 » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:40 am
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by chris » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:46 am
so, the puppy didn't STAY that color. I wouldn't have sold him... LOL... I would have LOVED him for ever..
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by jerryo » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:50 am
So the whole thing is just an airbrushed version of Steel's baby pictures
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by chris » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:00 am
Steel didn't look like that... this is Steel as a baby...
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by Mandy » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:27 am
ok chris
don't lie.
you bought that 10,000 chow.
It is steel. I knew you were keeping secrets. I found this picture...
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yes... I know...
I really need a job.
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by Judy Fox » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:19 pm
Aaaw! Bless him - take it off - I love Steel better in his own proper coat!
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by chris » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:26 pm
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by Mandy » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:32 pm
Ha
as part of my job I do photo retouching. this is actually a 2 second easy sneezy thing if you have photo shop. I just used the "dodge" and "burn" tools. Dogding takes the color/saturation out so I just ran around with an airbrush and removed color and Burning darkens a color/saturation so I darked up the areas on the face a little. Thought it would be good for a laugh. If I was to do a "realistic" job it would take a little more pushing and pulling to make it right.
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by Yvonne » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:01 pm
Very unique color for a chow chow.
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by Auddymay » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:49 pm
That's funny, Mandy. I noticed in the photo of the original one, that he had some unusually thick ankles.
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by Sylvia » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:09 pm
Mandy, that was way too funny
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by chris » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:26 am
Auddymay wrote: That's funny, Mandy. I noticed in the photo of the original one, that he had some unusually thick ankles.
Are you calling Steel "thick ankled" ?
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by Roxana » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:32 am
Mandy,
That was too funny!!
And Auddymay, dont get down on Steel because of his "cankles", he can't help it. We love him anyway.
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by kiwani » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:36 am
Re: "But how does colouring like this happen?"
Possibly, a tyrosinase gene mutation affecting melanin, or a related gene mutation...
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by chris » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:35 am
HEY... watch it there lady... thats MY "cankles" your talking about there....