Thread:Dino003/@comment-35594152-20181106201038/@comment-36857645-20181108100113

Yes, she was amazing. Flabbergastingly so at times. ^_^    She was a cocker-chow. Jet black everywhere except for teeth and whites of eyes. Her tongue was blackish blue, as was her gums. She had the thick, course undercoat of the chow, with the outer layer of long silky fur of the cocker spaniel. Her tail had the long fronds of the cocker in her, but had the thickness of the course undercoat too, of the chow in her. Bushy, long fronded tail, the undercoat being slightly kinky, which is a chow trait. Super soft and cuddly. Her feet were like the regular 'foot' of most dogs, not the flat footed, big paw of a cocker. The small feet of the chow in her, gave her regular feet. Boy could that girl run! None of the other dogs could catch her. She was swift in speed and changing direction and could do sudden fast spurts that kept her out of reach of all the rest. They'd be exhausted and she'd just be normal panting after a long chase with them. pffft    LOL

Vet said she had no chow in her. She raised cockers and said Bear was full cocker. ???!!!??? That vet was nuts. And blind. Cockers don't have 'short' flopped ears, thick curled tails, black tongues, small "regular" feet, a thick course/kinky undercoat and a "deep gruff woof" for a bark. She was in no way a full cocker like her sister Daisy was. People did not believe me that they were the same litter. Daisy had large, flat pad feet of a cocker, the silky, but slightly thin body fur of the full cocker, no undercoat. Daisy got cold like cockers will, because of no undercoat. Bear loved cold weather, and would lay outside at night with temps in the 40's and lay on the steps, enjoying the coolness. Took a half hour or so, for her to finally get cold enough to want to come in. Her thick fur insulated her.

No chow in her. pfffft   Everyone saw the chow in her. People would keep their distance from her, intimidated by her looks. Even the vets and their aids did too. Until they got to know her and realize she was as gentle as gentle can be. Would do everything they asked of her, never quibbled with them, even after her spay surgery and in pain. The vet could do nothing but keep praising her, how well behaved and well mannered she was. AND they could not get over her soft, thick fur and kept rubbing and petting her. (that Pantene that Bear liked so much.  *grin*  I washed her in Lavender puppy shampoo and before rinsing it out, would put some Pantene conditioner in my hand, rub them together to distribute it all over my hands and then "pat" her everywhere and then start to smooth it all over..... and then rub and scrub it in with the shampoo and then rinse and rinse and rinse and rinse and rinse and rinse and do rinse some more.   Took a ton of water to rinse that dog.  Her coat shed water, was very hard to penetrate and get it wet all over and then rinsed out after shampooing.    That's how chow's are.  Cockers  absorb water better.  Daisy was easy to wash and get rinsed out.  Not Bear.  She needed as much water to wash and rinse her as it took to wash my car twice and rinse well.  LOL   sheesh!   Drying her with the dryer, took a looooong time.   Her fur NOW finally being wet.... didn't dry easily. It stayed wet. Blow and brush for an hour or so on low fan and medium heat. She LOVED it though. As I've already mentioned. Lay on her back...... streeeetch her front legs straight up in the air, so you could do her 'pits' and chest and throat. Felt soooo good. Lay there with a happy look on her face, as dogs can do. That 'smile' they get.

OH my gosh. I miss her. Miss kissing her soft muzzle. She smelt and fetl so clean and cuddly soft.

Okay. I've said enough.