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Loveable Puppy Needs A HomeView MessagesViewing posts 1 to 28 of 28 messages posted.
“My friend and his girlfriend are looking for a good home for one of their puppies his dog had. He said it's really lovable and friendly with kids, however, his girlfriend said the dog makes her nervous as it follows her everywhere and never stops staring at her. She insists that the dog has to leave as it creeps her out. I think it's a stupid reason but he does need a home ASAP. They're not sure what breed or who the father was but the puppy has a good heart. Can you help? ”3:08:02 PM 9/24/03 “that's just wrong!!” 3:09:12 PM 9/24/03 “who is it supposed to be?” 3:10:13 PM 9/24/03 “Is this Mutt? I knew he was creepy...........” 3:11:59 PM 9/24/03 “The local Korean restaurant will probably take it” 3:12:30 PM 9/24/03 “This is a GREAT thread WW!! LOL” 3:18:13 PM 9/24/03 “I should have named this thread "Micah's New Dog" LOL!” 3:18:26 PM 9/24/03 “LOL WW (but who's face is it)” 3:23:44 PM 9/24/03 “ROFFLMDAO.” 3:26:10 PM 9/24/03 “I dunno...my dad e-mailed it to me. The eyes remind me of Billy Bob Thorton(sp?)” 3:27:14 PM 9/24/03 “Would the GF be as nervous if the tongue was hanging out, I mean that would be more in keeping with normal dog behaviour. Now let see if we can get a set of Marty Feldman eyes in that mutt.” 3:29:05 PM 9/24/03 “Whoever adopts this dog should not take it into the backcountry, because dogs do not belong in the backcountry. LNT = LDH.” 3:30:54 PM 9/24/03 “MICAH oh I missed you. evrything ok??” 3:31:36 PM 9/24/03 “As OK as things can be when there are still some people who refuse to accept the fact that dogs do not belong in the backcountry. LNT = LDH.” 3:33:15 PM 9/24/03 “Come on Micah...addopt this little guy and take him hikin'!” 3:35:21 PM 9/24/03 “ok i got the point that your dog is not doing good, but what about YOU??? been out on the trail latley?” 3:35:58 PM 9/24/03 “Oh lord have mercy, my sides hurt from laughing. That ain't right!” 3:47:01 PM 9/24/03 Looks like Snoop... “"Sippin' on gin and juice, Laid back With my mind on my money and my money on my mind"” 6:53:03 PM 9/24/03 “No, Windwalker, I can't give you a home.” 7:22:51 PM 9/24/03 “That is funny as hell! 8)” 7:27:07 PM 9/24/03 “Nice floppers” 7:25:55 AM 9/25/03 “Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, LOL Yep. Either Snoop or OJ. Don't know which.” 7:31:05 AM 9/25/03 “i hope this picture doesn't give me nightmares.....” 8:18:05 AM 9/25/03 “I saw it yesturday and IT DID!!” 8:19:01 AM 9/25/03 “LOL maple! (it's gonna be a loooong night tonight, eh??)” 8:21:01 AM 9/25/03 “has it been neutered yet?” 11:58:46 AM 9/25/03 “If it likes peanut butter send it to Nigal” 1:28:05 PM 9/25/03 “WASHINGTON (AP) -- Man's best friend, in this case a male poodle, is genetically more similar to humans than is the mouse, a more commonly used laboratory animal, according to researchers who have completed the first rough draft sequence of the genes of a dog. Since the start in recent years of intense genetic sequencing, more than 150 species, mostly bacteria, have been completed, but the study appearing this week in the journal Science is the first for a companion animal. A standard size poodle named Shadow, the family pet of gene researcher J. Craig Venter, provided the specimen that researchers at The Institute for Genomic Research and the Center for Advancement of Genomics used to sequence the canine genes. "Shadow is now one of history's most valuable dogs," said Venter, founder of the both institutions and leader of one of the two teams that first sequenced the human genome. The rough draft shows dogs have about 2.4 billion base pairs of DNA, or about half a billion fewer than humans. Ewen F. Kirkness of the institute for Genomic Research, the first author of the study, said that genetic sequence is important for medical research because dogs share about 360 of the same genetic disorders that are known in humans. Dogs, he said, are second only to humans in the thoroughness of medical understanding and research. Also, Kirkness said the dog is much more genetically similar to humans than is the mouse, even though mice and humans are closer together on the tree of evolution. All mammals, at one point, had a common ancestor. But dogs are known to have diverged toward an independent species about 95 million years ago. The mouse and humans both diverged about 87 million years ago, making mice closer to humans in time. "We are much closer to the dog than to the mouse in terms of our gene content and structure," said Venter. "But if you do the evolutionary tree, we are on the same linage as the mouse. The mouse is evolving at a much faster rate."” 10:16:54 PM 9/25/03
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