'Taibo' - $10,000 Chow Chow

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'Taibo' - $10,000 Chow Chow

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he is so cute!
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How adorable! But how does colouring like this happen? How unusual!
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I have that same question T...
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I'm thinking maybe some Akita somewhere in the bloodline. :?:
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Um! Is that genuine?

I am not sure that I like it.
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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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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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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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so, the puppy didn't STAY that color. I wouldn't have sold him... LOL... I would have LOVED him for ever.. :D
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So the whole thing is just an airbrushed version of Steel's baby pictures :?: :?:
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Steel didn't look like that... this is Steel as a baby...

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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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Aaaw! Bless him - take it off - I love Steel better in his own proper coat! :roll:
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LMAOROTF.... DAMN... how did you do that... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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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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Very unique color for a chow chow.
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That's funny, Mandy. I noticed in the photo of the original one, that he had some unusually thick ankles.
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Mandy, that was way too funny :lol: :lol:
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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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Mandy,

That was too funny!! :lol:

And Auddymay, dont get down on Steel because of his "cankles", he can't help it. We love him anyway.
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Re: "But how does colouring like this happen?"

Possibly, a tyrosinase gene mutation affecting melanin, or a related gene mutation...
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Oh Mandy, that was too funny!! :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm sitting here at my desk at work making a spectacle of myself laughing. There are actually tears running down my face! Very cute.
Don't all Chows have "cankles"? :lol:
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HEY... watch it there lady... thats MY "cankles" your talking about there.... :wink:
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