#cockalier

[wandapinkay]

Here you finally have my villagersona.. took me long enough- (even though she's just my truesona in the Animal Crossing universe but shh-) Now I can finally draw sappy scenarios with my husbies LETSGOOO

[awheckery]

Nola Rose's Big Birthday Poll

This is Nola Rose:

She is my best girl, my babylove, my beloved little butt and my most precious evil eel, and in one week, she will be one year old!

Recently, I ordered her an Embark test, in the hopes of one day reuniting her with one of her siblings or other family members, and to maybe get an idea of what other health problems I could expect in the future.

I was not expecting any surprises on the breed front, because the rescue had Nola's original paperwork from her "breeders," indicating her mama was a brown Cocker Spaniel named Spruce, and her daddy was a registered blenheim Cavalier King Charles named Fellow. AND YET.

...and 7.2% something I did not expect at all. Full honesty, I don't see it, but maybe it explains a few things about her?

ANYWAY. For Nola's impending birthday, I thought it might be fun to survey other people, to see their best guesses at the third breed in Nola's genetic cocktail. I've pulled all poll options from an article on the most common breeds for Cavalier crosses, and additional photos and possible clues to her ancestry below the read more.

Psst, for folks coming back for the answer, check the pinned reblog!

Starting from the top, BABY PHOTOS, of Nola Rose and the two sisters the rescue picked up from the puppy mill auction.

That photo of Nola on the left was the photo in her Petfinder listing, the one I saw by accident in the middle of the night that made me fall in love with her immediately. I honestly have no idea how she was the last of her siblings left to be adopted, but I will never not be desperately grateful.

Maybe it was because she had the dramatic eyebrows and mutton chops of a civil war general, I can't say. In more recent photos, you can see that the eyebrows and bushy cheeks have subsided, but the insanely luxurious eyelashes remain.

Her color has darkened immensely since I brought her home in August. She used to be a much lighter sable, and fully blonde on the top of her head.

Speaking of which, sable isn't a breed standard color in either Cavaliers or Cockers, and her ridiculously long chin beard (which you won't see in any of her photos because I have her groomer trim it off) doesn't appear in those breeds either. Coincidence?

At just shy of a year, she's hopefully maxed out at 18 pounds, and she's unbelievably leggy, with an outrageously long body and the deep chest of a racing dog. (She's also fast as hell, good god.)

Her fur is unbelievably silky, save for a coarser ruff over her shoulders and trailing down her spine, and her cocker-fluff booty feathers. Her back end was trimmed down substantially before the above photo. Her tail might be the softest part of her, and I love how it's both silky and curly.

Behaviorally... she's. Something.

Nola has the strongest prey drive of any dog I've ever met, including that time we babysat a rat terrier mix named Ella The Killer. Nola's little heart is so full of murder that I have to close curtains so she won't hurt herself trying to break through the windows to get at bunnies. She is a grand champion at "breaking the necks" of her toys by way of viciously shaking them.

Nola likes to burrow! She tunnels under blankets, rugs and throw pillows, and her favorite way to sit On A People is between our legs when we're in recliners. She likes to feel confined. She also deeply enjoys being held, and she asks to be picked up by my father at least once a day, even tho she's perfectly capable of jumping into his lap by herself now.

She LOVES to lie in the sun until her little body is radioactively hot and her mouth smells like hot rotting garbage, which is actually extremely weird, because she's our second sable dog in a row to have solar-powered halitosis and I'm not above begging people for answers. If you have a dog that has especially stinky breath after they've been in the sun, indoors or out, please talk to me because I'm dying for answers.

Ahem. What else.

Nola is disturbingly smart, and has no concept of obedience, but an excellent grasp of the concept of naughtiness. She knows exactly which items in the house are Forbidden, and which ones will get our attention the quickest if she takes or otherwise threatens them. She also knows the names of most of her toys and can distinguish between them when she's feeling cooperative.

Her favorite way to wake me up when it's time for work is to jump up on my bed, pounce on me, and oh-so-gently bite the tip of my nose. (I know I shouldn't encourage it but it's so sweet I may die.)

She investigates new people by aggressively sniffing their eyes.

She is my tiny daughter with every disease, but despite her allergies, and her asthma, and her megaesophagus, and her subluxated hip, she is the happiest, most delightful little being in all the world.

I lov her.

[wandapinkay]

I ALREADY DID HIHIHI

Make fursonas for you and your F/Os.

That’s it. :3 That’s the post.

[wutbju]

I've lost count. I really have. Here. I'll just list all the ones I found.

153Fishes.net

6Pens

ACS Building LLC

American Connector Supply

Angel Investments

AnimalArtworks.com

Apollos Trust

Backdrops, LLC

Belgian K. Rupel Boom Football club

BelieverYouth.org

Bengal Cat Breeding, LLC

Bernalier Pups

Best Cockalier Pups

Best Costume Rentals

Best Morkie Pups

Best Pomsky Pups

Bible2.org

BMX LLC

Canine Calligraphy, LLC

Carolina Preferred Properties. LLC

Castle Crates

Crockett Affiliate Marketing

Crockett Development Capital

Crockett Doodles

Crockett Pups

Dapper Dog Retail, LLC

DIY Stuffed Animals

Doggy.net

DogXT.com

Elijah's Harbor Retreat Center

EngardeAsia

FallsPark.net

Fountain Inn Land

Four Paws Café, LLC

Fragrant Flicker

FreeMastermind.com/net

Frenchton Pups

Geneva Books

Golden Rule Property Manager

Greenville Art Gallery, LLC

Hidden Creek Horse Farm

IdeaGearz.com

Italian Serie C team Fidelis Andria

IVO Limited

Joy of Tokyo

Junkyard Giants

Keychainz.com

Kidpreneurship

Lhasa Apso Pups

Local Humane

Locust Hill Venue, LLC

Love Pups

Mall Racer, LLC

Mega-Cards

MergersCorp

Mini Golden Pups

Monroeville Shopping Center

MS Electronix, Inc.

NGC Tech LLC

Old City of Jerusalem on the Via Dolorosa

Perfect Health

Pet Bengals

PetsUSA

Pink Hippo Media, LLC

RehomeRover.com

Royalty Income

Shepherd Mark

SmallestBest.com

Southern California Connector Corp.

Sports Management Holdings, LLC

Squeeshies.com

Stars Born Here European Football Academy

Sundek of East TN

Swamp Rabbit Land LLC

SWAN Stocks

Sylacauga Shopping Center

tarps.com LLC

Team Red Coatings

The Best Bibles

Thrifty Coaching

Urban Yap Pet Spa and Boutique

WordWiz

[thebabypumpkin]

Beware the liquidy gaze of the bwekfest 🦊 #bptmblr #bpfb | Follow @thebabypumpkin on Instagram | https://ift.tt/2oFCCL4

[awheckery]

behold

our much beloved, mostly toothless, poor deaf stinky old lady. our dearest darling crunchy-nosed cabinet-raiding snack terrorist

(miss chunker spaniel learned how to open cabinet doors at the age of 11 last year. she's very proud of herself)

also feat: Princess NoNo, the baby sister she never wanted

she is a Delight

I just saw Coop on my dash for the first time ever, and the scream I scrumpt, he's the only other chocolate tri cocker I've ever seen, besides our Maggie

please tell him I'm lov him

omg!!!! 😭 I would love to see pics of her if you have any

[ricadiazarts]

Just want to clarify if your commissions are still open? I just saw the post, but it says on the commissions page that they're closed.

oh sorry about that! i forgot to update it! yes commissions are still open! ^O^

[immalittlebifurious]

His name is Remington.

[acollectionofrandomdreams]

Waiting for "you"

[awheckery]

not MY tiny daughter mastering stairs within two days of seeing them for the first time

oh wait

yes she is

[archived-zombbean]

What kind of fur babies do you have?! I’ve got a pit bull and a cockalier!

There's SanSan my tortoise shell cat, Kojak my domestic short hair, and Octane my german Shepard! They're all very well behaved, but Octy has anxiety out the wazu and occasionally eats my roommates socks when he leaves his damn bedroom door open :\

Kojak is an old man. He's 12 and still kickin! And SanSan is the baby at about 4 years old, and she will paw at your leg and then touch her head when she wants you to pet her!

[wutbju]

Maybe you don't want a Doodle? Nate has you covered! He has registered sixteen other domain names.

Bengal Cat Breeding, LLC

Crockett Pups

Doggy.net

DogXT.com

Local Humane

Love Pups

Pet Bengals

PetsUSA

RehomeRover.com

Frenchton Pups

Best Cockalier Pups

Bernalier Pups

Best Pomsky Pups

Lhasa Apso Pups

Mini Golden Pups

Best Morkie Pups

This alone is a huge red flag. He clearly is only brokering puppies ... and Bengal cats.

[sidetongue]

Here's Walter the lil cockalier! And one of my cat's reactions to the second dog she's ever seen lmao

Y’all need to know Walter is my absolute weakness. I love him so much. I want ten of him. Please give him so many kisses for me and tell ur kitty it only goes downhill from here 😂😂

[thebabypumpkin]

Oh hai out there 👋👋👋 #bpfb #bptmblr | Follow @thebabypumpkin on Instagram | https://ift.tt/2ocCZfQ

[animalhumanemn]

We first saw our puppy on the WCCO noon weather broadcast. Lisa Meadows was holding him throughout her whole weather report promoting adoption at Animal Humane Society. We knew immediately we wanted him to be a part of our family. He was an adorable 5-pound ball of fur. 

It took many phone calls a a few visits to AHS to find him, but we did and were able to adopt him on May 5, 2019. His name is McKenzie, named after a favorite character in one of my books and we call him “Zee” for short. We even sent a picture of Zee and our granddaughter to Lisa Meadows at WCCO. She did a Pupdate and showed the picture on one of her weather broadcasts and said she was so happy he was adopted. He is a collie mix and and has gone from 5 pounds to 24 pounds in about 2.5 months. He makes us laugh every day and loves playing with his 3-year-old cockalier sister! We are so lucky to have found him. 

Thank you to Animal Humane Society for making that possible!

- Peggy