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(09-25-2017 03:00 PM)Gene C Wrote:  No DNA. I'm not of the same opinion as Melinda Merck. My tail is a bit bushy for a lab, and my coloring is more mixed than you see in most Labrador's today.
But that's as good a guess as any.
Unfortunately, my photographer had not quite developed the fine art of canine portraiture, so it's hard to tell from the photographic evidence.

It's been mentioned before, but here is the link to the fine LIFE Magazine article by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt
https://books.google.com/books?id=MkgEAA...og&f=false

Fido

[Image: fido.gif][Image: 08.jpg]

Fido, in your face-front photo, you look somewhat like a smaller version of Disney's Old Yeller. He was played by Spike, a 170+ pound Labrador Retriever/Mastiff cross. However, in the book, Old Yeller's breed is given as a "Black Mouth Cur."

Whatever your differences with Ms. Merck concerning your lineage, she is obviously an admirer. She said your "coat looks great, smooth, clean" and complimented you on your "bright eyes."
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Lincoln's Dog Fido - Steenbeb - 03-18-2013, 07:49 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-18-2013, 10:02 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-19-2013, 04:55 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 03-19-2013, 07:18 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Liz Rosenthal - 03-20-2013, 12:09 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-20-2013, 12:20 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Linda Anderson - 03-20-2013, 04:19 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Liz Rosenthal - 03-20-2013, 09:17 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 03-20-2013, 08:36 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-20-2013, 12:55 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-20-2013, 01:11 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Darrell - 09-25-2017, 01:58 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-20-2013, 01:51 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Liz Rosenthal - 03-20-2013, 01:51 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-20-2013, 02:00 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-20-2013, 02:42 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-20-2013, 04:44 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-20-2013, 05:26 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - L Verge - 03-20-2013, 06:30 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 03-21-2013, 08:48 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Hess1865 - 03-20-2013, 09:51 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Donna McCreary - 03-20-2013, 10:43 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Liz Rosenthal - 03-21-2013, 11:21 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-21-2013, 11:49 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Liz Rosenthal - 03-21-2013, 01:14 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-21-2013, 09:24 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 03-21-2013, 10:04 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Laurie Verge - 03-21-2013, 09:46 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-21-2013, 11:56 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-21-2013, 12:41 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - ReignetteC - 03-21-2013, 09:16 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Laurie Verge - 03-21-2013, 01:16 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Hess1865 - 03-21-2013, 08:53 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-21-2013, 01:21 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-21-2013, 02:09 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Linda Anderson - 03-21-2013, 02:27 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-21-2013, 09:38 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-22-2013, 08:47 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - L Verge - 03-22-2013, 12:42 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-22-2013, 12:54 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-22-2013, 01:51 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-22-2013, 02:17 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-22-2013, 02:49 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Joe Di Cola - 03-22-2013, 04:32 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 03-23-2013, 07:32 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - L Verge - 03-22-2013, 06:27 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Donna McCreary - 03-22-2013, 09:33 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-23-2013, 05:09 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Donna McCreary - 04-03-2013, 02:45 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-23-2013, 08:45 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 03-23-2013, 09:41 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-23-2013, 09:02 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-23-2013, 09:39 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-23-2013, 09:53 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - L Verge - 03-23-2013, 10:53 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-23-2013, 11:33 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Hess1865 - 03-23-2013, 11:59 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-23-2013, 01:35 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-23-2013, 01:56 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Hess1865 - 03-27-2013, 08:27 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - DanielC - 03-23-2013, 03:08 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 08-27-2013, 05:31 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 08-27-2013, 08:51 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 08-30-2013, 07:57 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 08-31-2013, 05:38 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 08-31-2013, 09:08 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - LincolnMan - 09-01-2013, 07:12 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Steenbeb - 09-09-2013, 08:21 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 09-09-2013, 10:05 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 09-10-2013, 05:38 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Donna McCreary - 03-04-2014, 01:01 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Eva Elisabeth - 03-04-2014, 04:53 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-04-2014, 06:03 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Donna McCreary - 03-04-2014, 11:07 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Eva Elisabeth - 03-04-2014, 11:12 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Donna McCreary - 03-04-2014, 01:11 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-05-2014, 06:09 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Donna McCreary - 03-24-2014, 01:57 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-24-2014, 02:33 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 12-17-2014, 06:37 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Eva Elisabeth - 12-18-2014, 09:14 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 12-18-2014, 02:01 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 03-24-2014, 02:46 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 03-24-2014, 02:50 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Eva Elisabeth - 03-24-2014, 07:44 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - HerbS - 12-17-2014, 08:17 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 12-18-2014, 02:15 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - RJNorton - 08-27-2017, 10:23 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - David Lockmiller - 08-27-2017, 01:20 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 09-25-2017, 03:00 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - L Verge - 09-25-2017, 06:53 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Darrell - 09-26-2017 11:00 AM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - L Verge - 09-26-2017, 02:39 PM
RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Darrell - 09-26-2017, 06:29 PM
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RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Eva Elisabeth - 09-25-2017, 06:13 PM
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RE: Lincoln's Dog Fido - Gene C - 09-26-2017, 05:28 PM
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