[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: In answer
- From: Linda H. <stjamesgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, showgsd list <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 21:08:49 -0400
When I started reading this, I said to myself that I remember having one whose
head smelled like maple syrup and then I read the whole post! So don't feel
like the Lone Ranger!
Linda Hendrix
> From: cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: In answer
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 12:42:23 -0400
>
> Evan writes: "Yes, we have 'Scented afghans" They are almost gone for some
> reason, It is an odor around the top of the head or around the ears..."
>
> Our 4 GSD's all live in the house, so we keep them pretty clean. They have no
> "doggie" odor. The only thing I use on them is a brush or rake.
>
> Anyhow, their heads all smell different. One smells like popcorn. One smells
> like maple syrup. One smells like a pine forest. (We don't have any pines
> near us.) The last dog's head has a nice clean scent that is hard to
> describe. Perhaps I can't recognize the scent because this dog is from
> Germany??? <G>
>
> Most of you will probably think I'm nuts, but have you smelled your dogs'
> heads lately? If so, what do they smell like?
>
>
>
> Paulette McGuirt, GSDCA Member
> Wellborn-Allemande German Shepherds
> Qui Me Amat, Amat et Canem Meam
>
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> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] In answer
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>
> I had asked about the scented noses of an Afghan. I relayed a story of a
> friend of mine who showed me one of her breeding over 30 years ago that
> had a flower like smell to the head. I got laughed at by some on the List.
> It was because we do tend to lose traits as they are bred out of the breed.
> But, then these traits come back later, (such as the white shepherd)
>
> This is the most interesting response I got from an Afghan breeder.
>
>
>
> Yes, we have 'Scented afghans" They are almost gone for some reason, It
> is an odor around the tthe top of the head or aroudn the ears... they are
> referred to as scented.. often it is described as Jasmine some call it
> sandalwood.....it has nothign to do with the noses...I have had some.. one
> thing
> I do fin that still lingers in the breed is the lovely smell some of them
> have...afghans rarely smell doggie.. but many of mine still linger in my
> mind by their particular smell...
> a peculiar breed to say the least... with the weird temperament and
> personalities, and the strange coat pattern... all of which is being bred
> right
> out them faster than we can hope to preserve it... but taht is why I do
> what I do with my lines.. it is a program of preservation...
>
>
> Nothing is more interesting than life and learning new things.
>
> Evan Ginsburg
> Asgard German Shepherds
> http://www.asgardgsd.com/
> Where Type Movement and Temperament come together
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