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The black and white landseer newfoundland above is her dad; the rest are her mom.
On adoption: Does it matter that kids look like their parents? Field Notes 2008
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The black and white landseer newfoundland above is her dad; the rest are her mom.
Archive 2008-02-01 Field Notes 2008
chained_bear commented on the word landseer
Dog breed; "a variety of Newfoundland named after Sir Edwin Landseer, the famous nineteenth-century animal painter. In the 1920s, the breed nearly disappeared, but German dog lovers 'reconstructed' it by crossing St. Bernards and Great Pyrenees." (Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs, 1980)
February 21, 2007