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heatherk said:
Hi Clare, I also love Brutus' coloring! I am not a big sports/football fan but from googling, (the original) Brutus Buckeye is the mascot for Ohio University's Football team ;). And apparently (I just googled this, again), "Ohio is historically known as the 'Buckeye State' (relating to the Ohio buckeye tree) and Ohioans are also known as 'Buckeyes'", according to Wikipedia. I love your post though - you have added quite a bit of history trivia to my limited set of history facts! LOL! (I know NOTHING about Ohio lol) I get that conkers are the seeds from chestnut trees. What, exactly, are 'conker fights'? Are they like snowball fights, except with conkers, i.e., seeds from Horse Chestnut trees?? (that would hurt, a lot more than a snowball fight IMO!) And I've never heard of people knowing what conkers are to begin with, let alone calling conkers buckeyes, maybe that is the basis for Ohio calling itself the Buckeye State???

...Inquiring minds want to know... lol :)
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Well what happens is the children gather the conkers in the fall,then they make a hole through the centre[using a drill or skewer],and thread a string through the conker, making a knot at the bottom,then they hold the string in one hand and the attached conker in the other,then they flick the conker at their opponents conker, who is holding their conker dangling from it's string,the idea being that you shatter your opponents conker,you have 3 goes and then the other person tries to smash your conker.If your conker breaks another conker it is called a oner, then if it smashes another it becomes a twoer,so on and so forth.Some people get carried away with it all and try to toughen their conkers by baking them in the oven or by rubbing vinegar and oil on them.There are also conker world champion ships,held in a village, but I can't remember where.[I shall have to google it]Oh what a mine of useless information I am!!
 
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clare said:
Well I don't know about all your American sports heroes, but I think the name Brutus is great fun for a little guy! And I am intrigued by his colouring,as with all Havs you never know how it will turn out eventually.Are buckeyes the things that grow on Horse Chestnut trees?we call them conkers here in England.And children have what is called conker fights with them in the Autumn.When we were on holiday in Newport New England we met a couple from Florida who told us that conkers were called buckeyes.
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Clare, supposedly conkers and buckeyes are in the same family. Buckeyes come from a buckeye tree not a horse chesnut tree, but the trees are in the same family and the nuts pretty much look exactly the same! Also buckeyes are poisonous unless they are cooked and leeched, not sure about conkers... :)
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5523161_difference-buckeye-nut-horse-chestnut.html
 
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klf0110 said:
Brutus is sooo cute, welcome. I use the fake grass tray with Huey when I leave him inside when I'm gone. He has not had any problems using it. Worked much better than pellets(dog litter) which he would not walk on and much better than pads which he learned to shred into a thousand little pieces. I get mine at Petedge-very good price. I have had to replace the grass though because even though I spay with a bacterial spray each time it is used after hosing it down it eventually gets an odor. Also I would recommend enclosing him in a confined space and not let him have the run of the house, I have had much more success this way.
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How long do your grass mats last before you need to toss them?
 
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And also, aren't buckeyes lucky? Like a rabbit's foot. I know I had one for a long time as a lucky charm-kinda thing. Wonder what ever happened to that thing? And I too feel so bad for Toto, being forced to wear yucky stuff....
 
#29 ·
Congrats - he is so CUTE!! I am so glad you found me on the other thread - I was hoping there would be another person with a pup around the same time I was getting mine so we could share development etc. Please post photos when you have him (when you have time). Congrats!!!!
 
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Yay! I am glad we can share in this experience! How old is your pup gonna be when you pick him up? Brutus is turning 10 weeks. It is also a complete surprise to my 3 girls, they have no idea that my husband and I are getting him!
 
#31 ·
I am going to make a bet right now. I bet Brutus is going to stay pure black and Tan his whole life! He is so cute!:whoo:
 
#32 ·
I keep looking at Brutus’s pictures - the breeder did a great job of catching his little facial expressions. So cute! Our pup will be 8 weeks old. I have a feeling we will have some long nights ahead of us - but we are expecting it.

That is so exciting you are surprising your kids!! You will have to tell us how they reacted. I too am a stay at home mom to 3. Two boys and a 2.8 yr old girl. Our daughter is pretty young so we purposely told all of the children about the puppy so we could start training the children on proper puppy handling/care.

This is going to be so exciting - tomorrow is the big day for both of us! Can’t wait to take and see pictures.
 
#35 ·
Suzi said:
I am going to make a bet right now. I bet Brutus is going to stay pure black and Tan his whole life! He is so cute!:whoo:
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Meee too Suzi. Snick's is still all black and tan --- Snoop's is turing more cream and brown from whitre and red....

Should be fun to see how he matures out.
 
#36 ·
Maddie has stayed black and tan although her coat was not as deep Black as Burtus's he looks jet black.
 
#38 ·
I work night shift and I couldn't wait to get home to see if there was any news on your new addition. We're waiting to see how Saturday went.
 
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We've had McGee for two weeks now and I can say from experience that I was worn out after we got him and I'm still tired!!! I think I will be so much more forgiving of new puppy owners now when they don't post pictures right away.......LOL
 
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