The Doodles Are Coming! The Doodles Are Coming! Mystery Cache
The Doodles Are Coming! The Doodles Are Coming!
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This cache is part of
the Snoopy Dog puzzle series. The cache is NOT at the posted
coordinates. (In fact, these given coords will put you in
the middle of Lake Winnipesaukee! Final coords are in Goffstown,
NH.) You will need to solve the 2-part puzzle in order to discover
the correct coordinates.
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It was a
wonderful day about seven years ago when a little web research
showed that there had been a new type of dog recently developed in
Australia and a similar type in the United States. They are
sometimes called Aussiedoodles. Since our kids were all married and
living out-of-state, I guess we just wanted the patter of little
feet around. Little did we realize that those adorable little puppy
feet would grow to belong to two 75-pound
Goldendoodles!
Labradoodles were first bred by the Australian
Guide Dog Association in 1989 as an allergy-friendly seeing-eye
dog. They get their name from their mixed heritage – Labrador
Retriever and Poodle. Their popularity as healthy family pets
spilled into North America during the late 1990s.
The
Goldendoodle also gets its name from its mixed heritage - Golden
Retriever and Poodle. Goldendoodles are hybrid dogs, a
first-generation-cross, and as such they exhibit "hybrid vigor",
the term used to describe the burst of fertility, good health and
growth that is seen in the progeny when two unrelated breeds are
mated.
The
hybrid-cross between these parent breeds are terrific family dogs,
friendly, intelligent, affectionate and easy to train. Many poodle
crosses inherit the fur/hair qualities of the poodle, but not the
texture. This means that most don't shed, or shed lightly, and may
not produce an allergic reaction. The Doodle can inherit fur/hair
which looks retriever-like, or poodle-like, but usually something
in-between.
The size of
the Dood depends on its parentage. Breeders often offer Standard
(45 lbs or more), Medium (30-45 lbs) and/or Miniature (15-30 lbs).
A general rule of thumb is to add both the parents’ weights
together and divide by 2 to get an average adult weight on the
puppies. Some Standards have grown to over 100 pounds. Doods come
in many colors, from white to black. Our two are
“champagne” colored.
Here’s your quiz:
1. Our favorite kind of dog is a _ _ _ _ _ _ doodle.
2. A similar type of dog is called a _ _ _ _ _ doodle.
3. This type of dog originated in Australia and is sometimes called
an
_ _ _ _ _ _ doodle.
4. Our favorite cookie is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ doodle.
5. Our two pups were born in New England so we call them true
_ _ _ _ _ _ doodles.
6. Some folks use the word _ _ _ _ when referring to their
doodle.
7. In an F1 (first generation) litter, a _ _ _ _ _ _ is one parent
of a Goldendoodle.
8. In an F1 litter, a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the other
parent of a Goldendoodle.
Your cache coords are represented as follows:
North AB CD.EFG and West 0HI JK.LMN
A = The letter A appears a total of ___ times in the answers to the
eight quiz questions?
B = Team McShea105 owns ___ doodles.
C = The last two letters in the answer to question #5 is what
numerical letter of the alphabet?
D = The number of questions in your doodle quiz is ___.
E = Of the quiz answers, which length word appears the most often?
(length = number of letters)
F = Doodles each have ___ little puppy feet.
G = Labradoodles were first bred in 19___9.
H = The McShea doodles are ___ years old (at the time of the
placing of this cache).
I = The larger doodles can weigh over ___ hundred pounds.
J = The answer to question three contains ___ vowels, MINUS
1.
K = The letter “S” occurs ___ times in the eight
answers to the quiz.
L = The last letter in the answer to question two is what numerical
letter of the alphabet?
M = Same answer as E (that is, E = M).
N = Doodles are pure bred dogs (1) or hybrid dogs (0).
Happy Caching!!
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
CONGRATS to Wemedge for FTF, and sismoon for STF!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Abar ng guvf gvzr.