Hey--color coding is more than wise =--it is just the ONLY way to keep tack of these babes. HELLO! Rickrack(sp) used to be my way--yarn is good. All you have to do is remember is to check those little guys frequently for how tight the marker is geting---fast usually--renew frequently. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Cochran" <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx> To: <marhaven@xxxxxxx>; <Erynbrook@xxxxxxx>; <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>; <Elsyd1@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:19 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Pretty purple puppy ribbons > I am the no yarn club. I name them it is a lot easier :0) > Terry > Carolyn <marhaven@xxxxxxx> wrote: > HMMMMmmmm......maybe we could start a "Stupid Colored Yarn Club" and I could > be President. I can't imagine NOT having the pups "color coded"??? > Like Susan.....they still have the colored yarn on when we visit the Vet and that is > how they mark them in the record. It goes on their sale record. > Kids love it when they come to visit....and like Syd....Ya gotta have the "right" > colors for the right sex. Can't have a gorgeous male strutting around in pink... > The colors are part of our conversations about them as we constantly evaluate as > they grow. Didn't know there was any other way. Color me stupid too... { :o) > > Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx > www.marhaven.com > > To: ; from; <> > > > Interesting...basically, after 30 years and 18 champions, I still need to > >>put yarn on my puppies to tell them apart, and to refer to them to others. > >>"Blue did not gain today, Pink is already walking!" orange has diarrhea, > > and >>violet opened her eyes today". This info can all go into their record, and > > their >>chart. Non only yarn, but I am paranoid about the colors! Males are blues, > > >>greens, turquoises, and girls are pinks, reds, oranges, yellows... purple > > can >>swing either way. Their weight is easily tracked, etc, and I CANNOT TELL > > ALL >>LITTLE NEWBORNS APART! I must be really stupid. Syd > ************************************> > > Oh Syd, you sound just like me. Even when I take them in for their > > well-puppy check, the vet techs know that that each health record will say "pink" > > or > > "red" or whatever. They've all fallen into the habit with me -- "How's pink > > doing?" etc. It makes it much easier to comment on all kinds of things and when > > we do the great puppy evaluation day, it is far easier for my fellow > > evaluators to say "blue" rather than the black and tan male with the tiny white > > spot > > on his foot, and for me to know which puppy they see taking nice step.> > > Susan Casey > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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