http://www.blueweimaranertoday.com/articles/the-blue-weimaraner-history-in-a-nutshell/ News, Articles, Photographs, Art, Links & More Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.blueweimaranertoday.com/articles/the-blue-weimaraner-history-in-a-nutshell/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Cheryce Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:04:28 +0000 http://www.blueweimaranertoday.com/?p=131#comment-37 I took in a Weim when an in-law's neice was tired of hers and wanted to give him away...he dug holes, ate tables, etc. (he still digs, and nothing is safe from is munching ways)...I didn't know they had blues and grays. I took him to the vet, registered him (his papers are from the Continental Dog Kennel Club) and did everything I was supposed to do. Then I started reading books and was shocked to learn that this absolutely gorgeous dog was considered an "undesirable" shade of gray. I have had so many people on the streets stop and comment on his shiny, healthy coat...they always want to know what he is and always tell me how beautiful he is. I for one, will look for another blue...when he passes on. He's only 16 months, so hopefully that will be years away (although, the vet said he most likely has what's closely related to hemophilia...and that is a disorder I understand "real" Weims have). If a genetics test will get them into the desired group of dogs...maybe they should look closely at the genes that bind this group, rather than the one mutation that doesn't . I took in a Weim when an in-law’s neice was tired of hers and wanted to give him away…he dug holes, ate tables, etc. (he still digs, and nothing is safe from is munching ways)…I didn’t know they had blues and grays. I took him to the vet, registered him (his papers are from the Continental Dog Kennel Club) and did everything I was supposed to do. Then I started reading books and was shocked to learn that this absolutely gorgeous dog was considered an “undesirable” shade of gray. I have had so many people on the streets stop and comment on his shiny, healthy coat…they always want to know what he is and always tell me how beautiful he is. I for one, will look for another blue…when he passes on. He’s only 16 months, so hopefully that will be years away (although, the vet said he most likely has what’s closely related to hemophilia…and that is a disorder I understand “real” Weims have). If a genetics test will get them into the desired group of dogs…maybe they should look closely at the genes that bind this group, rather than the one mutation that doesn’t .

]]> http://www.blueweimaranertoday.com/articles/the-blue-weimaraner-history-in-a-nutshell/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Anne Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:12:10 +0000 http://www.blueweimaranertoday.com/?p=131#comment-24 Thanks for this post. It's a shame that politics played such a huge role in the problem we have now with Blue Weims! Thanks for this post. It’s a shame that politics played such a huge role in the problem we have now with Blue Weims!

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