On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 12:12:04 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/8/2018 10:56 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:45:18 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 18:45:21 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/7/2018 4:03 PM, John H. wrote:
Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko', which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...and%20Dad.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!



John, it may be my computer or server but I can't view any of your
pictures. When I try it goes to "waiting for photobucket" for
a long time then the attempt times out. I've tried several times
with the same results.

Could be me.

Try this

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Koko1.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Koko2.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/koko3.jpg

Thanks, Greg. But how did you get to the pics?



Hey John, this morning I was able to see some of your pictures on
photobucket but they weren't the full sized images. I also saw other
pictures uploaded by someone other than you at the same links you
provided here. Weird.


I have quite a few pictures on Photobucket. Don't know how to suppress the access to all but the
ones I intend to display, but I've got nothing to hide.

If one of those pictures was of an ugly, bearded guy with a missing tooth, that's what I called my
'West Virginia Smile'.

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:57:51 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:56:41 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:45:18 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 18:45:21 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/7/2018 4:03 PM, John H. wrote:
Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko', which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...and%20Dad.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!



John, it may be my computer or server but I can't view any of your
pictures. When I try it goes to "waiting for photobucket" for
a long time then the attempt times out. I've tried several times
with the same results.

Could be me.

Try this

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Koko1.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Koko2.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/koko3.jpg

Thanks, Greg. But how did you get to the pics?

It was slow but it let me in. I was watching all the stuff that loads
on the way to getting there and it hit about 100 sites. I assume they
were trying to set cookies or sniffing mine. Since I have my browser
set up to erase cookies when I close the browser I doubt they got much
from me but I know some, like Amazon, are pretty persistent in spite
of my browser settings.
I could have clipped them from your facebook page but I got them from
the bucket.

I've tried posting the links from the Facebook page, but that doesn't work for anyone not on FB.

And by the way, tell that silly dog of yours that the guys pulling on the chain were posing!

On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 07:57:33 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:


11:49John H
- show quoted text -
"Absolutely. You wouldn't believe all the questions on the application. The home visit hasn't
occurred yet, but will be in the next week."


They don't mind placing a puppy with an old fart?
You'll be in your 90's by the time he matures into senior status.


Who said this?

"Y'all never miss a chance to wreck a pleasant thread, do you?"

On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:19:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:32:17 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:03:36 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko',
which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...and%20Dad.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!

===

Did you have to go through a home visitation and reference checks?
Some friends of ours in FL did all that.

Absolutely. You wouldn't believe all the questions on the application.
The home visit hasn't
occurred yet, but will be in the next week.


For a Redbone, you may need a falling down porch. ’

The doggie day care person and my vet both think the daddy may have been a bloodhound! I'm hoping
they're wrong.

On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 11:27:59 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote:

On Monday, October 8, 2018 at 2:14:34 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:19:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:32:17 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:03:36 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko',
which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...and%20Dad.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!

===

Did you have to go through a home visitation and reference checks?
Some friends of ours in FL did all that.

Absolutely. You wouldn't believe all the questions on the application.
The home visit hasn't
occurred yet, but will be in the next week.


For a Redbone, you may need a falling down porch. ’

With a broken refrigerator on it and a guy with a banjo ... but we
digress. ;-)
I suspect John's redbone has been gentrified somewhat. He will know
when the first raccoon walks through his yard.
I imagine "treeing" cats will be fun for her too.
Deuce is a retriever, he brings me stuff that is totally uninjured but
a redbone is a hunting dog. Critters may get a little more banged up
if Koko grabs them.

My black lab Buddy is like that. One of his toys a few years ago was a yellow soft rubber chicken that squeaked. When my wife brought it home I said that it wouldn't last 20 minutes. It finally fell apart from being baked in the sun. He could pick it up and bring it to you without it squeaking, and if I squeaked it he acted like I was hurting it. When I give him a treat or even a chunk of meat, he gently takes it in his mouth, walks out to the yard, spits it out unharmed, then looks around before he eats it.

He would have been a good bird dog, but he hates loud noises. I suspect that's why he was dumped in our neighborhood when he was about a year old.

The mother of Koko was dumped in NC. Could be for the same reason.

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:23:30 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:19:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:32:17 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:03:36 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko',
which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...and%20Dad.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!

===

Did you have to go through a home visitation and reference checks?
Some friends of ours in FL did all that.

Absolutely. You wouldn't believe all the questions on the application.
The home visit hasn't
occurred yet, but will be in the next week.


For a Redbone, you may need a falling down porch. ’

The doggie day care person and my vet both think the daddy may have been a bloodhound! I'm hoping
they're wrong.

Hmmm a coon hound and a bloodhound. I hope you like singing ;-)
That might end up being a pretty big dog too. At 11 weeks Deuce was 22
pounds. He is more like 108 now.

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:26:21 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 11:27:59 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote:

On Monday, October 8, 2018 at 2:14:34 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:19:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:32:17 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:03:36 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko',
which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...and%20Dad.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!

===

Did you have to go through a home visitation and reference checks?
Some friends of ours in FL did all that.

Absolutely. You wouldn't believe all the questions on the application.
The home visit hasn't
occurred yet, but will be in the next week.


For a Redbone, you may need a falling down porch. ’

With a broken refrigerator on it and a guy with a banjo ... but we
digress. ;-)
I suspect John's redbone has been gentrified somewhat. He will know
when the first raccoon walks through his yard.
I imagine "treeing" cats will be fun for her too.
Deuce is a retriever, he brings me stuff that is totally uninjured but
a redbone is a hunting dog. Critters may get a little more banged up
if Koko grabs them.

My black lab Buddy is like that. One of his toys a few years ago was a yellow soft rubber chicken that squeaked. When my wife brought it home I said that it wouldn't last 20 minutes. It finally fell apart from being baked in the sun. He could pick it up and bring it to you without it squeaking, and if I squeaked it he acted
like I was hurting it. When I give him a treat or even a chunk of meat, he gently takes it in his mouth, walks out to the yard, spits it out unharmed, then looks around before he eats it.

He would have been a good bird dog, but he hates loud noises. I suspect that's why he was dumped in our neighborhood when he was about a year old.

The mother of Koko was dumped in NC. Could be for the same reason.

I think Deuce comes from "gun dog" stock. When he hears fireworks, he
just looks around like "where did it land"?
Ed was the opposite. If he heard a bang he was standing right next to
you. That was how I called him when he wandered off in the scrub. One
of those tiny little bottle rockets that come in the 72 pack would
bring him back from wherever he wandered off too.
I think Ed might have been from the service dog side of the breed,
just based on how he acted.

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:46:14 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:23:30 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:19:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:32:17 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:03:36 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko',
which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...and%20Dad.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!

===

Did you have to go through a home visitation and reference checks?
Some friends of ours in FL did all that.

Absolutely. You wouldn't believe all the questions on the application.
The home visit hasn't
occurred yet, but will be in the next week.


For a Redbone, you may need a falling down porch. ’

The doggie day care person and my vet both think the daddy may have been a bloodhound! I'm hoping
they're wrong.

Hmmm a coon hound and a bloodhound. I hope you like singing ;-)
That might end up being a pretty big dog too. At 11 weeks Deuce was 22
pounds. He is more like 108 now.

Size is my major worry. This dog is 17.4 on the vet's scale yesterday at 11 weeks. I'd wanted a
medium, about 45 lbs dog. Large dogs don't live as long as smaller ones. I could be looking at 65-70
lbs when fully grown. Hope like hell they're wrong.

On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:29:45 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:46:14 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:23:30 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:19:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:32:17 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:03:36 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko',
which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...and%20Dad.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!

===

Did you have to go through a home visitation and reference checks?
Some friends of ours in FL did all that.

Absolutely. You wouldn't believe all the questions on the application.
The home visit hasn't
occurred yet, but will be in the next week.


For a Redbone, you may need a falling down porch. ’

The doggie day care person and my vet both think the daddy may have been a bloodhound! I'm hoping
they're wrong.

Hmmm a coon hound and a bloodhound. I hope you like singing ;-)
That might end up being a pretty big dog too. At 11 weeks Deuce was 22
pounds. He is more like 108 now.

Size is my major worry. This dog is 17.4 on the vet's scale yesterday at 11 weeks. I'd wanted a
medium, about 45 lbs dog. Large dogs don't live as long as smaller ones. I could be looking at 65-70
lbs when fully grown. Hope like hell they're wrong.

Plan on it.
The official breed standard is up to 75 pounds and if there is really
bloodhound in there they can be over 100. When I asked the vet whether
DNA test on Deuce was worth doing (since he is 20# over the breed
standard) he told me that is pretty common these days and the AKC is
looking at changing the standards.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 12:28:21 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 05:29:45 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:46:14 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:23:30 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:19:05 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 19:32:17 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:03:36 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Adopted yesterday. Cute little Redbone coonhound. Named her 'Koko',
which might be Navajo for
'coondog'.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...nd%20Dad..jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...d%20Sandy.jpeg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...o%20Sleeps.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ith%20Dad.jpeg

Adopting a dog is tiring work!

===

Did you have to go through a home visitation and reference checks?
Some friends of ours in FL did all that.

Absolutely. You wouldn't believe all the questions on the application.
The home visit hasn't
occurred yet, but will be in the next week.


For a Redbone, you may need a falling down porch. ’

The doggie day care person and my vet both think the daddy may have been a bloodhound! I'm hoping
they're wrong.

Hmmm a coon hound and a bloodhound. I hope you like singing ;-)
That might end up being a pretty big dog too. At 11 weeks Deuce was 22
pounds. He is more like 108 now.

Size is my major worry. This dog is 17.4 on the vet's scale yesterday at 11 weeks. I'd wanted a
medium, about 45 lbs dog. Large dogs don't live as long as smaller ones. I could be looking at 65-70
lbs when fully grown. Hope like hell they're wrong.

Plan on it.
The official breed standard is up to 75 pounds and if there is really
bloodhound in there they can be over 100. When I asked the vet whether
DNA test on Deuce was worth doing (since he is 20# over the breed
standard) he told me that is pretty common these days and the AKC is
looking at changing the standards.

Maybe that's why bred labs have a reputation for bad knees and hips. They've been bred over the years to be bigger and their joints can't take it?

I know Buddy came up limping twice in years 2-3, and the vet said his hips were good but the knees can be a problem. Anti-inflammatory meds got him through it, and he's calmed down enough now that it shouldn't be a problem again. He could get crazy playing fetch back in the day. After a couple of tosses he'd decide to do some full-speed figure 8's around the yard. That's what got him both times.