Socks' threads - Page 8

I think the breeders practice is appaling but I would not get too crazy about long term effects.

From  the MSDS for a common chemical.  http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/p3973.htm

Health Rating: 3 - Severe
Flammability Rating: 0 - None
Reactivity Rating: 2 - Moderate
Contact Rating: 4 - Extreme (Corrosive)
Lab Protective Equip: GOGGLES & SHIELD; LAB COAT & APRON; VENT HOOD; PROPER GLOVES
Storage Color Code: White (Corrosive)

Ok, this is Phosphoric acid, in the bottle of soda you might drink with dinner tonight. -- not really the best stuff for you but I don't think a bottle of coke ever killed anyone (long-term chronic use of sodas, not so good for your bone metabolism but.....)

We are surrounded by chemicals; I imagine she used a dilure solution - still - her ethics are apalling no argument there- but it is a common chemical used in even high school chemistry classes - and I have seen (I have a graduate degree in Chemistry, BTW) and Potassium Permanganate has bee n around for a long time used topically in humans to treat fungal and bacterial infections of the skin ....

 

 

Absolutely right, Nancy, not only unethical but plain silly in my view! Take oxygen, one of the most corrosive substances known, able to turn steel into red dust, in liquid form together with hydrogen it fuels rockets, yet it’s the same life-giving substance which sustains our very existence.

y	Sire - Rico vom Altenberger Dam - Jenske van de Lentfert Hoeve.  Jenske is for sale on her website the last time we "visited".

Only just 4 years old. Here's your opprotunity to produce your very own "Socks!" http://www.kennelgold-berg.com/german_shepherd_females.html

Anybody out there want to give an 8 yr. old female the loving "forever home" she deserves for $5500. + shipping? Here's your chance!   OR  How about a 7+ yr. old VA bitch?  Both ladies have produced admirably for their owner(s). Now available, priced "reasonably..." (?)  as they face their "golden years".  http://www.kennelgold-berg.com/german_shepherd_imports.html

Out with the old, in with the new. I wish my 12 yr. old Conni could read. Maybe she'd stop lifting her leg on my flowers.

SS

 

 

 

Speaknow, lets not forget water..........I used to do high purity water system qualification and 18 megohm type I water is very corrosive - all joints in stainless steel have to be passivated with an oxidation film so the water won't corrode the stainless (which is 314L stainless)

You drink that stuff and you are in some serious trouble....................

 

Shelly, absolutely amazing.........but  I think it is not uncommon .......... I can see finding a home for a retired breeder (I guess) but I think I would consider that taking on an old dog and the ensuing medical expenses is more than enough........................

Of course mostly it’s not the water but the impurities therein, Nancy. (Getting off topic here!) I’m intrigued – how does one passivate joints (welded non stainless steel?) in say stainless piping? Stainless steel’s passivity, as due to its oxide film, relies for its integrity on the presence of surface oxygen. And despite popular perception, stainless steel is often not the best material for immersion in water (fine if there’s a good oxygen-rich flow); in salty water even the pricey 316 suffers. Deprived of oxygen it’s subject to crevice corrosion, galvanically interacting pinpricks turning soon to serious pitting. To the more discerning, white socks represent the ultimate in GSD blueblood distinction, Shelley, and it was always thus. And who’d not provide idylls for such aristocrats’ closing halcyon days, and gladly pay for the privilege? For us empathizing dog lovers $5500 but a snap. Why, you yourself offered a trainload of gratis pups with eternal free pet food. Some children are just a bit slower than others ‿