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Pedigree dogs are dogs with a known documented ancestral lineage up to the fourth generation at least. These are the only kind of dogs that can be confirmed as pure breeds. You can only speculate the purity of non pedigree dogs based on genotype and immediate parents. If you have a disease, your physician might attempt to ascertain if that disease is common in your family. They can only go as far as grandparents, after which if they couldn't find, would have to conclude that the cause of the disease is environmental, or you are the very first carrier. For dogs, a disease, trait, temperament, structure, genotype, phenotype, etc can skip 6 generations and be passed to the 7th. Breeders with pedigree dogs to a very large degree can curtail this negative genes, through the study of the dogs in the pedigree of their dogs, informing them on how to get a near perfect breeding pair. The breeder with this pedigree can also work hard to improve and develop the good genes- good structure, hea

While it is true that a broken courtship is better than a broken marriage, courtship should be esteemed very highly, and never taken for granted. Matthew 5:33, 37 (ESV)  Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. In the time before Jesus, swearing was never to be joked with as the fellow was bound to his oath! Jephthah had to offer his daughter to the temple because of a vow he had made without knowing what it would cost him this much. Now in Matthew, Jesus is saying there's no need to swear again, let your affirmation carry that weight now. When we give our word on an issue, it ought to be our bond.    It would be wisdom to count the cost, and search your heart before making a commitment to someone. If however, after that commitment, you realise certain things you didn't factor into the equation,

I took a taxi from Bwari to Berger, Abuja at an agreed price of N250 with four other passengers. I indicated that I had N1,000 note with me. On getting to Berger I gave him the N1,000 and he exclaimed, saying he didn't have change with him. I mentioned that I had Indicated my lack of change earlier and he claimed not to have heard but he assured me that he believed me and asked me to go without paying..   I arrived late at my aunt's place in Lagos on a Friday, so I decided to buy Agbalumo(African cherry) from the shop very close to my aunt's house. She laughed and said I shouldn't bother that my aunt's had already gone to the market and bought half a basket. She witnessed as my aunt carried it into the house.. I was on the ATM queue yesterday, and the woman who was directly at the ATM requested help from one of us on the line. Someone, about two people behind me went to help the woman. After helping her, instead of using the opportunity to withdraw his money he