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Since the Scottie News first published its story on the Yorkshire Terrier Curse just over a week ago, things have gone from bad to worse. There’s been more horrible news almost every single day.
In a scene worthy of Edgar Allan Poe, a mummified Yorkie was found in a crawl space. An adopted Yorkie was returned to the shelter by his new family who no longer wanted him. A vicious pitbull mix attacked and killed a Yorkie sitting on its owner’s lap. And, today, a woman had her Yorkie dog stolen in broad daylight by three men who broke her ankle and filmed the attack on a mobile phone.
Luckily Bridget the Scottish Terrier is a creature of habit and tends to do her doody right near a trash can, but when I do have to carry poop, I feel very self conscious. Hmmm, maybe we’ve found a potential new use for that crystal Scottie dog bag.
This is a North Carolina breeder getting rid of a wheaten female so plenty of caveats, but since the Scottish Terrier and Dog News does get requests for Wheatens, we’re posting the link.
An article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch suggests several reasons people get their dogs DNA tested:
For Cindy and Rick Oleshak of Webster Groves, getting their mutt, Maizy, tested was a matter of scratching an itch. They were just curious.
Or, as Cindy Oleshak put it: “It’s something for people like us who have nothing better to do.”
Staff members at the Animal Protective Association, where the Oleshaks adopted Maizy, said she was a beagle-Labrador retreiver mix and estimated that she’d probably grow to 25 pounds.
“When she hit 40 pounds and didn’t look much like a beagle or a Lab, we were like, ‘All right, let’s figure this out,’” Cindy said. They thought for sure Maizy was predominantly Italian greyhound mixed with a barrel-chested breed.
Not so, said the Canine Heritage Breed Test. Her DNA indicates that she’s mostly boxer with some Scottish terrier and Belgian Tervuren mixed in.
“Rick and I got on Google right away. I knew what a boxer looked like but a Belgian Tervuren? What the heck is that?” Oleshak asked. “So we’re looking at the computer and looking at her and looking at the computer. Also I’m not really seeing Scottish terrier at all except they’re hyper and Maizy’s very hyper.”
The Scottie Dog News would not describe Scottish Terriers as hyper. We’re betting the hyper gene came from the Belgian Tervuren even if this is the first time we’ve even heard of them.
Mitch and Murray, two Scottie dogs, improvise a kind of “bobbing for apples” game. It’s a Scottish Terrier video double bill designed to help you start the week off all refreshed and cool.
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What would the Scottie News do without Lars Odemark and his great Scottish Terrier photos. This is the second of his shadow shots that we’ve shown and then, of course, he also took the picture that served as the basis of our photo caption contest.
And not only is the Scottie News impressed with the photography, we’re equally awed by Rasmus for staying put in his bike basket. Let’s just say that the first time I tried to put Bridget in my bike basket was also the last time.
There is just one small thing, though. Please tell us that the cyclist isn’t wearing socks and sandals. ——————–
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