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Am I in time? Foster girl Ice (now in her furever home being trained as a Support Dog - and loving it). Post-operative after her spay - my view first thing in the morning (stayed with her so she didn't need The Cone of Shame + she was so good + I've never seen such a small and neat operation site 😊)

Ah, the good old Apple vs PC debate. My background is computers (PCs and minis) with a heavy emphasis on interconnectivity. Well remember the days when Apple actually did produce something better, namely graphics but it didn't last long and they nearly went bust. But they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, spent heaps of money on marketing and maintained their tight grip on their closed system. Have to say that I'm impressed by their whole strategy which has got them where they are today: massive marketing budget, tight control on sytems, manufacture cheaply but sell expensively (see tight control) and avoid paying any tax ("All totally legal"). Even know a couple of people who work for them, though they're not allowed to admit it or discuss anything (see tight control). So, no, won't go near Apple products as I want the maximum out of my PCs: cost effectiveness, longevity, expansion, flexibility but above all just a tad more ethical - oh, and I loathe iTunes and Safari (I try them every now and then but their resource hogs with all kind of additional unrequired, unrequested baggage). All I need is just something to edit and maintain my 1m+ photos, edit videos, play my music, watch the occasional film, accounts, print/communicate with old systems/printers/screens, etc - and openness gives it all to me, concurrently 😀

German Shepherd Dog Forgot to add that we take the occasional lost soul that is an emergency foster (usually one that needs nursing of some sort - spaying or snipping)

In order of arrival: 1 x rescued cat, 18 yo 1 x GSD, 10 yo 1 x Husky, 10 yo 1 x Husky, rescued at 5 yo, now 13 yo 1 x rescued cat, 6 yo 1 x Husky, rescued at 1 yo, now 6 yo 1 x Husky, rescued at 3 yo, now 5 yo 1 x Husky, rescued at 2 yo, now 6 yo 2 x Gerbils, rescued a few months ago Cats have a bedroom upstairs, dogs have dining room downstairs, so they never meet. Gerbils in the living room - a couple of the dogs are a bit obsessed but we keep an eye on them and never had a problem (Gerbils are totally fearless and don't care at all!)

Conducting the choir These are our 3 "singers" (other 3 ignore/look confused when they start) - at the offlead for a bit of manic play/running around (and an occasional treat!)

The rescue had a dog come in who turned out to be pregnant and Sunday we had a walk to celebrate their third birthday. On the left, mum Dixie and on the right "puppy" Suki - both live together and are forever playing

The Birthday Boy, 5 years old (can't believe, our youngest!)

Our current foster boy, Hunter, who we're nut-nursing. Pic's after the indignity has been performed (as well as removing his not-too-common back leg dew claws). Such a truly wonderful nature and if we didn't have 6 dogs already........ (though he has a furever home sorted) No Cone of Shame as I'm not keen on them - so keep a 24hr watch

We use a Hatch Bag which is cut/fitted for the model of vehicle (thick vinyl over which we put an old blanket and bathroom mats to soak up the water/mud!) - not really much help as we've a 4x4 and they're a UK company (but maybe for someone else?). Deliberately made sure we had leather seats for easier cleaning - and then had to remove the rear seats to fit the 6 dogs!

Pokémon Go participants: excellent candidates for the Darwin Awards Darwin Awards - Chlorinating the Gene Pool

There are a couple of DNA organisations I know: Wisdom Panel are UK based http://www.wisdompanel.co.uk/ DNA my dog are Canadian based (so cost is CDN$) http://dnamydog.com/ We used DNA My Dog and got the results we expected - Wisdom Panel is said to be better. However, I would say that neither are absolutely accurate - they depend on determining specific markers which may exist across a number of breeds (and I've seen some results which just aren't credible at all - even if suggesting from a couple of generations back)

Favourite toys? Think bubbles has to be Mila's favourite Granite doesn't really play with toys - but he loved this frisbee (trying to find one online as it wasn't ours) I rather think this is Bolt's least favourite as it was quite a hard rubber ball! But he too doesn't really play with toys Oh, each of these are playing with their favourite toy! SkyeSkye and Luka'll play all day like this - not bad for an 11 year old boy And for the sake of completeness: the German, Neeka, with that frisbee (and I liked the panning shot!)

They say that Huskies have the largest breed diversity in size and coats - something borne out by the very large range you get. We have a larger-than-average and a smaller-than-average ( the two on the right)...... and she can walk under him! Both totally normal, both with papers and both rescues. Stepdaughter has a girl even smaller - again perfectly normal in all other respects. I'd definitely say your girl is on the heavy side - our SkyeSkye's about 35lbs and could do with losing a couple of pounds and stepdaughter's Lena is about 32lbs and is about right Lena with Skye

Mila and Luka thank you!