tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41845408152659814062012-02-16T08:34:50.666-05:00thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-90306126910183123572009-12-18T11:20:00.002-05:002009-12-18T12:25:05.504-05:00

A few years ago, I had to move and had to choose new homes for my dogs.I didn't have a computer (and did NOT know all the things a computer could do), and had to use regular means to try to find them homes.I tried a shelter. Not great. I tried an ad in the paper - disaster. I tried a private rescue - maybe.Not too happy with what was going on in my area, I drove my favorite dog across country to

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-55946851138212183842009-12-18T09:25:00.000-05:002009-12-18T09:39:52.238-05:00

What is a weed?"Any plant growing where you don't want it, a carrot plant in a wheat field is a weed, a wheat plant in a carrot field is a weed." - quote from one of my teachers.What is a troll?"A person in the wrong group, a show dog breeder on a working dog site is a troll, a working dog breeder on a dog show site is a troll.Dog breeders are trolls on animal rights sites; animal rights people

Dog Path Pointernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-78835102471449783112009-12-16T19:13:00.002-05:002009-12-16T19:59:51.277-05:00

When Reality Seems Like Science Fiction to You, Maybe You Have Let Your Mind Get Too Narrow.We think of most living things as male or female. When a baby is born, what is the doctor expected to say? "It's a boy" or "It's a girl".One or the other, not both or neither, not 95% boy or 80% girl.Some languages go so far as to call all nouns "he" or "she", not because anyone thinks of them as having

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-27442591304223177192009-12-16T18:38:00.002-05:002009-12-16T19:08:04.721-05:00

I like the line in the comments about "God will understand".http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/16/how-shellfish-saved.htmlIt has been said that the best way to learn the sentence structure of your own language is to learn a second language.Learning about other religions can shine a light on your own religion.The secret is to approach the new religion with respect and an open mind.------Like "I

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-40433136094774644172009-12-15T08:45:00.005-05:002009-12-15T21:31:18.742-05:00

I am glad that the British care about their children, and about people out for a walk, but I hope they go the right way with their laws.Politicians and other lawmakers are not dog professionals, and again, I must point out that 'information' by people whose business involves dogs, is apt to be propaganda.(either intentional lies to deceive, or innocent people parroting those lies.)Where does one

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-89889102153219762712009-12-14T00:22:00.003-05:002009-12-14T00:45:11.938-05:00

I have been looking around the web, looking for other people like me.What I find a lot of, are followers of various doggie creeds.People who, you don't have to ask them their opinion to know what their opinion is, because they will parrot the club's opinion.Never mind the loss of genetic diversity, the amount of inbreeding and mis-breeding; they say they are improving the breed.Never mind that

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-43042862734319752372009-12-13T21:17:00.002-05:002009-12-13T22:01:44.574-05:00

I tried google's new personalize your news page - which is a good thing, if you don't have to keep re-personalizing it.But I can't quite personalize myself into any one herd type.I guess, if it were possible, I would tell the search engine:Find me something new, something I don't know already, some whole new topic, "Amaze me", show me something "Wow!"Don't show me more of what I've already read

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-39289149132693564422009-12-12T22:15:00.003-05:002009-12-12T22:33:27.510-05:00

After, supposedly reading about how purebred dogs are becoming more inbred and unhealthy, one person pointed out the the dogs she had as a child lived to an old age, and so did the next one, and . . . then she did get one that died young, and then . . . (sounds like she is an older woman)But puppies can have puppies when they are a year old. That dog she had as a child?He could be 70 dog

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-3768907980018475222009-12-12T21:53:00.002-05:002009-12-12T22:14:07.088-05:00

I went browsing around the internet - I might not get much exercise that way, but it is sure easier than going for a walk.I am amazed by the stupid things people say.Among the dumber points that some people try to make, is one that goes something like this:How can it be true that any purebred dog has health trouble, when I have owned 2 of them that didn't?Is that just too stupid to answer or not?

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-52180326773720318752009-12-12T19:45:00.003-05:002009-12-12T20:36:47.744-05:00

I never thought I say this, but I'm saying it now, IMO, terrierman is not quite harsh enough to be hitting the nail on the head.Terrierman's review of the film "Best in Show" ("BIS" in dog show lingo), is very good, but I would add this to it: not all that is wrong in dog shows is funny.I know that there are those in the mental field who believe that a person who does things not in their own

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-89585602258555062262009-12-12T01:13:00.002-05:002009-12-12T01:25:00.918-05:00

How are you going to eat it, if you don't kill it first?I don't understand. You can hunt kangaroo, but not kill a rat?Kangaroos are native marsupials not found elsewhere.Rats are rats. They are almost everywhere. And they are non-native to Australia.http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_ratI didn't watch the show. Don't care to watch rat eating.I am against torturing rats, but I am not against killing

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-33385870511057809052009-12-10T17:48:00.003-05:002009-12-10T18:47:09.560-05:00

If dogs were as smart as people, and could talk, a bird dog, with the instinct to point, could tell you how he felt when he smelled birds, but a greyhound would have to watch pointing dogs, and analyze how they must feel to freeze up like that.The pointing dog could "look within" his own 'heart', the greyhound would have observe, think, observe more, analyze, report.Instincts matter.Dogs that are

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-17878886217258815612009-12-10T17:19:00.003-05:002009-12-10T17:47:06.724-05:00

If you read the short bit on wikipedia about Scruffts, you will read that it is a show for crossbred dogs, which is put on by the British Kennel Club.I though what would a crossbred dog show in the US be called if it were modelled after Westminster? Wellminster! - a show for first generation hybrid breed dogs!Or a Westminster for all mix breeds? Mixminster!For mutts? Muttminster!How would

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-17572183127189175332009-12-10T15:59:00.006-05:002009-12-10T17:01:47.371-05:00

I found a link and followed it, to this article about growing 'meat' in a laboratory. This link is against the idea. But that is the logical direction for organ replacement, life extension and longevity, and animal rights.http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterwedderburn/100018298/anyone-for-pork-broth-served-by-the-man-in-a-white-coat-and-rubber-gloves/I love that photo, too bad it isn't a

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-59341610541376672992009-12-10T08:22:00.003-05:002009-12-10T08:55:15.231-05:00

The part you want to watch about pedigree dogs exposed, is at the beginning of of the today show on NBC. The today show starts at 7:30 AM here.Tonight is the whole show, but I don't know what channel in everybody's area. If you miss it, it is on video (6 parts) over on:http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/ps: I liked his article about networks pimping for they-who-we-don't-name, but I question

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-92247471399749372009-12-09T21:02:00.013-05:002009-12-09T21:31:48.363-05:00

Pedigree Dogs Exposed will be on TV, in some areas of the United States, Thursday, December 10, 2009. I don't know if it will be on in your area or not. I heard that it might be on twice in the evening but I don't know if that is correct. Look it up for your area.If not, you can watch it on your computer, in 6 parts, links are on terrieraman's blog today.http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/and

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-45456876908478576132009-12-08T20:22:00.002-05:002009-12-08T20:36:44.117-05:00

After all those years, where breeders (whose own dogs weren't spayed), made people sign legal contracts to buy a puppy from them - making them have the puppy spayed, now, finally, someone gets around to figuring out that it isn't just cutting out the dog's ovaries, it's cutting off years of her life.And those rescue people, and the 'humane' people? Chop it off and cut it out.In Europe, spaying

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-10552997420709969572009-12-08T19:45:00.006-05:002009-12-08T20:02:18.714-05:00

They lied with their voice, they lied with their pamphlets, they lied with their radio shows, they lied in the newspaper, they lied on TV, they lied on the web, they lied on the phone, their lies fill books.Look and read it on the web,If you want a healthy pet,Everyone spay, use your head,She'll be healthy, you can bet!Two independent research studies show that hysterectomies are NOT useful to

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-25150380736327516892009-12-08T19:25:00.004-05:002009-12-08T19:41:24.692-05:00

What part of "puppy mill" does the government not understand?100 dogs, in holes in the ground covered with planks, or tied to farm equipment?Were they fighting pit bulls or breeding purebreds for profit, or what?What were they doing with 100 dogs? And earlier this year, nearby 200 dogs were rescued?Oregon, listen, people don't need 100 dogs. Really.100 dogs are not pets. 200 dogs sounds like far

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-78480226016124852672009-12-08T18:42:00.004-05:002009-12-08T19:03:17.034-05:00

I was looking for more blogs to read, when I found one that had ads for sloped back ('banana back') show shepherds (GSD).The main arguement of the article seemed to me to be, "How dare Los Angeles treat us like everybody else!"Maybe my point of view was different because, I had been in a group where this was discussed, and nobody , NOBODY, ever, EVER, said "Those poor pet owners" or "What about

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-21325618488992962042009-12-08T17:21:00.006-05:002009-12-08T17:42:43.737-05:00

I have NOT read this book, but it looks good, maybe Santa will bring me a copy, if I leave him some hot chocolate and cake (because I'm not going to merit it from being good!) -just kidding.The author is an ex-veterinarian - Matthew Watkinson.I Quote from an article about the book:"What about a client who owns a purebred dog with a lot of inherited problems?""It's a potential gold mine." says

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-43717654666779194862009-12-07T23:53:00.002-05:002009-12-08T00:11:06.463-05:00

How did offering free spays and neuters for pit bulls work in San Francisco? Seems that the free, but mandatory, fixes have really brought down the number of pit bulls the shelters have to euthanize.Are there less pit bull puppies now, or just more careful breeders?http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/2008/09/flashback-sf-pit-bull-sterilization-law.html

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-64082639682667286552009-12-07T20:57:00.005-05:002009-12-07T21:12:43.329-05:00

Pit Bulls kill man out for a walk. West Virgina calls it a misdemeanor, but may soon change the penalties.At the least, it is negligent homicide. People know that pit bulls can kill, letting them run loose . . . what kind of careless is that?And a chained big mean dog in your yard? Like a swimming pool in your yard or worse. People can't always see a mean dog on a long chain. And, like a swimming

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-35363879977896113242009-12-07T17:41:00.002-05:002009-12-07T18:39:28.987-05:00

I was getting a bit tired of writing, and wanted to find more good blogs to read.My two favorite dog blogs are terriermandotcom.blogspot and retrieverman.wordpress.I wanted to find more blogs like those. I tried googling words that I thought people might use who wrote like I like. Needle in a haystack hunt.So I decided to look up the names of these two blogs and try to find blogs that mentioned

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Terrierman is right on the money again today! But don't quote him in front of your teachers, teachers don't like it when you outsmart them, and such things tend to rile up those who chant what they believe, instead of thinking about the problem.Back when I was in high school, several of the teachers liked to talk about social problems, and I generally liked that - not the "this is how it should

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How does a dog breeder, who sells litter after litter, convince people, who by a puppy from her, that they need to have their puppy operated on, while her own dogs keep churning out more puppies week after week?How can a person say "You need to have your pet fixed, but I am going to keep breeding it's parents (and grandparents, and siblings, and aunts, uncles, and cousins)?How can a dog breeder

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-55874947663583508812009-12-05T12:09:00.008-05:002009-12-05T13:02:03.903-05:00

Terrierman did a very good post on pit bulls today. Check it out. But here is a link to one of my favorite post he did on pit bulls, and it has a bunch of comments, which he replies to.http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2009/10/pit-bull-rights-verus-pit-bull.htmlA site with statistics on pit bulls, as well as information about people is:http://www.dogsbite.org/Myself, I have watched the

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-32218945548338598242009-12-05T11:43:00.006-05:002009-12-05T13:32:03.635-05:00

People sure say a lot of stuff about pit bulls, pro and con. Most of what you read about pit bulls are simple statements - but it is a complicated subject that can't be expressed in one post.Wolves do have instincts - inherited knowledge, drives.Dogs are modified wolves (modified ancient wolves). Different parts of the wolf's genetic code have been damped down, or turned up - with different

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-81048586809174522009-12-03T17:14:00.005-05:002009-12-03T17:35:54.789-05:00

In the news, you might have read that Wisconsin recently passed a puppy mill bill that requires people who sell more than 25 dogs to get a license.Here is another part of that adventure. One of the people at the signing ceremony by the governor, had a heart attack and died, her name was Joyce Kitsemble.http://www.wrn.com/2009/12/adovocate-for-puppy-mill-bill-diesJoyce, who had a lung problem, had

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-9993405387638521292009-12-02T13:11:00.005-05:002009-12-02T14:01:09.584-05:00

Wow. I repeat this under the theory that he who forgets history is apt to make those same mistakes again. I'm not sure that I believe that, but why take chances, when the cure is a short bit of reading?Have you read the wikipedia entry on Animal Rights? It is long. (wikipedia changes it's 'posts' with constant editing), so go, read, save.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_rightsScroll down, and

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-51815496067236841192009-12-02T12:52:00.004-05:002009-12-02T13:10:37.425-05:00

Are people basically good, nice, helpful, and loving, or are people basically selfish, cold-blooded, greedy, and mean?Are we basically nice but taught competition in our schools and taught mistrust and hatred in our churches?Are we basically born sinners, taught discipline in our schools and taught love and compassion in our churches?If we are all born good and taught good - then our society

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-84826409540669868642009-12-02T12:32:00.004-05:002009-12-02T16:18:33.682-05:00

Just another human? Or, Just another dog?I understand that in pre-Columbian Mexico, it was believed that God gave mankind 4 special animals. These 4 animals were not to help mankind with his work, or to be used by mankind, but to teach mankind.One of these 4 gifts, was the dog, whose role was to set an example of love. We are to learn about love from watching and mimicking the dog.Hmm, that may

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-54107490449644811252009-12-02T11:23:00.004-05:002009-12-02T11:49:12.960-05:00

The TV special, Pedigree Dogs Exposed, (which will be on TV in the US, Dec 10, 2009) really seems to have brought change into the way dog breeders are seen in the UK.Hopefully it will start those same changes here in the US.As much as I feel puppies are cute, they are also a product, and dog breeders should not be allowed to deliberately produce unhealthy animals with inherited diseases, and then

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-85398187893297467722009-12-02T10:09:00.011-05:002009-12-02T11:22:47.937-05:00

Social change is often hard on people. Technology is easier to accept - it is just a new toy, or is it?But are some changes needed, and are some other changes harmful?Many people like to pick and choose the changes that they want OTHER people to have.But life doesn't go smoothly that way - forcing OTHER people to live a life they aren't geared for.Today there is a 6 page article on "Women Who

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-14202841006836469242009-12-01T18:23:00.002-05:002009-12-01T18:44:48.876-05:00

. . . if you use a gun you go to jail, but if you use an attack dog . . .?The victim is in CRITICAL condition, and just what is the punishment for "failure to vaccinate" your dogs?If it is YOUR dog, it should be YOUR problem when it nearly kills someone.West Virgina, get your donkey out of the stop position. Even if dogs are vaccinated, they can be dangerous, make laws that make owners criminally

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-66810689068039578572009-12-01T17:57:00.003-05:002009-12-01T18:07:01.344-05:00

When I was a kid, there were ads about the dog show in Bermuda. The photos were always beautiful with ocean and people in tropical clothes.I think it was more common, but at least one woman who I spoke to, said that she and some of her friends continued to raise dogs just to go to the Bermuda dog show.Then there were people, more than I can re-count, who got into dogs as a tax shelter, so they

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-31865379113433456732009-12-01T17:47:00.002-05:002009-12-01T17:54:38.993-05:00

Ever hear " With friends like that, who needs enemies?"Michael Vick is going to schools and telling children that making dogs fight is an unwise idea.He would be the one to know about it, wouldn't he?Read and comment at the article itself:http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/national/south/wavy-local-newportnews-Vick-speaks-to-kids-about-dog-fighting1259686050188

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-1546155285540463552009-11-29T11:24:00.003-05:002009-11-29T11:44:55.012-05:00

For those of you who are tired of reading about yet another pit bull attacking people (http://www.dogsbite.org/) here is a read about someone being attack by a non-pit bull dog - but it was another molosser (parent category to which pit bulls belong).http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/11/colorado-sheepherder-guard-dogs-bicyclist.htmlFlockbonders are suppose to emotionally bond to the

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-60043735684445965252009-11-25T11:29:00.007-05:002009-11-25T12:52:41.002-05:00

I was browsing through retrieverman's blogroll, when I came to a link to something in terrierman's archives. I followed the link to this:http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2005/04/guide-to-breeding-old-fashioned.htmlWhy would anyone want to breed "old-fashioned html"?Jokes aside, this is a good article, although I haven't ordered the book.At first, I read it, thought it had good points, but was

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The web is a great strange thing. Before the web, one had to listen to the "authorities" on a subject - and often they said whatever was best FOR THEMSELVES.I like to read the points of view of regular people. So what, if they aren't perfect or always right?The authorities of the pre-internet era were often just as wrong, and the voices of the public, who were the true contact point between idea

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-9911553536453416592009-11-21T18:15:00.006-05:002009-11-21T18:29:22.156-05:00

A while back, I went to an amusement park (Disney) and there they had an actor in pirate costume who made the kids in the audience members of his crew - it was part of the show.At the end of it, all the kids went back to their parents happy to have been part of the crew for a the duration of the skit. All except one little boy. He insisted that he was now part of the pirate crew, and he was going

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-24683819132404809582009-11-21T01:03:00.002-05:002009-11-21T01:16:19.132-05:00

Show winning German Shepherd Dogs have been know to have white furred puppies in their litter (I know a funny/very sad case about this issue). These puppies are often killed at birth by the breeder - the white puppies can't be shown in dog shows.If you haven't hung around with the show shepherd breeders then maybe you have no idea just how much white people can hate white dogs.I'm not a shrink,

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-26287291198142883382009-11-21T00:23:00.003-05:002009-11-21T00:43:24.347-05:00

The (American version) Scottish Deerhound standard (if I remember right) says (or said) something about putting an upper limit on the size for males, because males could get too big to sprint after deer, but no upper limit was put on the female deerhounds because (the purebred) females did not grow too large to be clumsy and useless.This implies that there is an ideal height, a point where (like

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-32724870873181720662009-11-21T00:12:00.002-05:002009-11-21T00:23:07.424-05:00

IF eleven inches is the best size for a some kind of working terrier, . . .(I'm guessing, not my breed and I don't hunt - and I think they use chest girth, not wither height - but I need a number to use as an example). . . then the working terriermen are going to breed 11 inch dogs.So how are we going to display that our show dogs are not like those dogs who work?I will breed terriers over 12

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-48089524727895116962009-11-21T00:06:00.002-05:002009-11-21T00:12:53.447-05:00

"Why?" you might ask would we do something that sounds so wrong?I believe that, although it started as a way to create differences between basically alike breeds, we do it this way now out of tradition, and because the "desired type" has been codified into standards and therefor is harder to change because people often feel that if they improve something they are admitting that they weren't 100%

thepdkc.blogspotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184540815265981406.post-41556938839701878142009-11-20T23:57:00.003-05:002009-11-21T01:01:00.569-05:00

I keep meaning to put a link to retrieverman at the bottom of my posts, because it is his post that I am commenting on, and I keep hitting "publish" before I think of it, so let me start off with the link:http://www.retrieverman.wordpress.com/The historical cases where there is a gap right where the most desired size is, can be found in sighthounds and earth going terriers. If you read terrierman

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I believe you will find that the histories of many breeds started with culls that were given away, instead of killed, and then became the foundation of a new breed.The old breeders wouldn't let them in because they were what was considered culls, so they often had to start their own breed, and, in tit for tat fashion, they then rejected dogs who fit the original standard.It use to be common for

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Over on retrieverman today, you have probably read about early Golden Retriever Breeders rejecting the beautiful red-gold colored dogs, because they looked to much like the red setters (Irish Setters).This is NOT at all unusual. I would call it standard practice in starting a breed of show dogs.One group breeds the best dogs for some task, and this breed become popular.Then some rogue comes in

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I don't usually write about BREEDS of dogs. I write about dogs in general.But, this being a special case, with Uga the seventh dieing, I might add that usually Boxer dogs are good natured, and they have a bulldog face.Like many purebred dogs, they have their health problems. It might be possible to request a boxer mix from petfinders or a shelter. Make sure it is really a boxer mix, not a

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Uga VII, the mascot of U of Georgia, died today of heart problems. He was 4 years old, and a purebred English Bulldog.May I suggest that the Bulldogs get a bulldog mix? Like maybe a bulldog X beagle? Like perhaps a breed of dog that doesn't need a bag of ice in his doghouse?Georgia is a hot and humid place. Not a place for a flat faced dog.

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Actually, although there are good tidbits on the dog circle (click on this weeks site, above the archives on the left), Terrierman has the best post on pit bulls.Today, Nov 19, 2009, he writes about pit bulls that go pit bull, and what that really means.http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com

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Sometimes, a new law, or some article or post somewhere on the web, seems to start an avalanche of post all about the same topic.This week it seems to about Los Angeles and a few other cities in California rushing to ban cat declawing before the New Year 2010 dead line - after which only the state (not county or city) can regulate medical procedures in California.The state law which starts on Jan

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I think most people already know that dog fighting is a bad idea. It is cruel and a waste of time.I tend to join with those blogging about the problems that we don't see, like the inbreeding caused by competitive events, like dogs shows, where far too many people all want to have their female dog mated to the top winning stud dogs, or who all want to buy a puppy from the same winning kennel.I

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There's a word for that, and it isn't nice.Purebred dog breeders will sometimes post that they need to incestuously breed dogs to "fix type".You may ask "What was wrong with their dog's type that it got broke and needed to be fixed?"What the dog breeder is really saying is that they want to "fixate" type - they want all the dogs to have the same look; they want the puppies to look very much the

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Wow, British people have compared the big British Kennel Klub to the Nazi party, and earlier this year, Peta compared ours to the Klu Klux Klan.What would make people, looking at dog shows and purebred dog breeders, to think of extremist right wing groups?Maybe it is the idea that dogs should be assigned to a breed, and not allowed to mate with any dog not in their own breed?Maybe it is the whole

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I read, over on terrierman, the ruckus about the Nazi-eugenics tie. .How could anyone possibly think that there wasn't a connection? Especially, how could dog show people not see the connection?.It is quite possible to be too close to a subject to see it. Ever hear "Can't see the forest because of all the trees.".Hitler wanted to breed a pure race, didn't he? And what are dog shows about? .Hitler

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I heard that in France, the police dogs wear muzzles so that they don't bite anybody. Do you think that's true, or did they mean to say that privately owned guard dogs, who might bite, wear muzzles when in public?

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Dog breeders:Can you do this with your dogs?http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChevernyHounds_gobeirne.jpgIf not, what kind of dogs are you breeding?

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I guess, the rules vary from place to place in Europe. A guy from Germany said the rules for dogs over there are very strict, and the tax on dogs is so high that they pay it by the month. He also said that the dog pound kills all the dogs before they close at night.I would like to spend a summer in Europe, taking photos and blogging about their dogs. Especially the places that let your dogs go

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Did you know that things are done differently in Europe than in the US?I knew a woman who moved here from Europe. She took her big dog into the bank with her and was angry that the bank staff told her she had to leave.She thought that the bank was picking an her. She said her dog was big but well behaved, and was sitting at heel. She was shocked to find out that dogs weren't allowed in

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I grumble and laugh about dog shows.How can it NOT be laughable?The seriousness that dog show people put on about dog shows is funny to me.To listen to people quote their dog's great-great-great-grandpa's show history is funny to me. It's like that Mrs Bucket (I mean Bouquet).I want to say "Relax a little, your taking the dog's pedigree a bit too seriously".Sometimes I even want to say "Tell me

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Security DogsHow many companies would like a trained sniffer dog, like a nice friendly Beagle X (insert your dog's breed here) mix to sit by their security person to sniff for weapons as people come in?And where will they get those not- too- extreme- to- learn- anything- new dogs? One's that are healthy?From those purebred show dog breeders? Please, this isn't a funny moment, people have just

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We keep getting the same problems again and again.Why?Because we still haven't fixed the dam (dyke), so why should we expect the water to stop flowing out?As un-responsible dog breeders keep producing 'working' breeds that don't work, we should not be surprised that our country lacks useful working dogs.If German Shepherd Dog breeders were required to make sure that all breeding dogs, be healthy,

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I understand that police in Orlando are looking for a man named Jason Rodriguez, as a suspect in a mass shooting..Once again, a good tracking dog, ready for the police, would really help..A sniffer dog uses air scent.A tracking dog, like a bloodhound uses scent on the ground..Why don't the Orlando police have a tracking dog, after the suspect?.Why isn't a dog doing a building search? Aren't all

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Hoarding is only one of the problems.Our society has changed from one where the average person was free to let their dog have a litter of puppies, and where most people got their pet puppy from a mother dog who was a pet, to a society where dog breeding has largely become a business.To keep it a business, people in the business often think they have to prevent the people who buy one of their

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One of the problems with using other people to do your work for you, so that you can have more control over more dogs, is that it keeps you from facing the psychological problems that are developing - no I'm not a professional, it's just my opinion based on time spent at dog shows and with show dog breeders.But I believe that, except in strictly for profit commercial use, it should be obvious

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Of course there are selfish people, who get too clever for everyone's good.They come up with plans where they think they can have their cake and stay thin too.As you go through life, you often find ideas that seem like good ideas - but they are not.One such idea is co-ownership. Some people can make it work for them. But for every person who makes it work, there are all of those for whom it was

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Another way, is to breed an easier breed. But beware, all is not as easy as it seems.If you have big dogs, you might think they are more work than little dogs. But many breeds of little dogs yap, and yap, and yap. Some of the breeds are notorious for being hard to housebreak, and many of them don't take the cold well.Terriers often fight.If you can get a breed where they all run loose in a pack,

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Another way to limit yourself is to build runs, but only enough for Your Magic Number of dogs. Only keep enough crates for that many dogs. And stand firm.If you think you might be too temped to go over, then keep yourself at one less than your magic number.If you have already gone over Your Magic Number of dog, then you have a problem. If you are not emotionally attached to some of them you could

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Another way to limit yourself is to focus on training, instead of showing.You can do both - in that there are obedience shows where you show off your dog's training, not just his grooming, and conformation.Once you take a dog through basic obedience, you don't dump him, you go up to the next level, then the next level.Once you have gone through the levels you can focus on winning with the highest

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Photo:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bucovina_Sheepdog.jpg

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DAW: Developmental Arrestment in Wolves.A dog is basically a tampering of developmental stages in a wolf. That's what domestication often is. We did NOT create new genes for the dog. We tampered with what was already there. This is why most of the stages of dogs are all hunting stages of wolves.Change in animal species over time is NOT through mutations alone, (like you were taught in school),

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One way to help a person self limit, is to take a cue from the tribe of 99.(they lived on an island and self limited their human population number to 99 people - each with a different name, which must be one of the 99 allowed names).When you have fixed the maximum number of dogs, then fix the names too. One woman told me she called her 7 show dogs: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday . . .I look at her,

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Even in late fall when the trees are like leafless antlers,There is a beauty in nature that we can not match with our concrete towers,There is more music in the wolf's howl, the bird's song, and the wind whistling,Than in all of tunes blaring from the freeway radios or from all the syrupy songs,The invigorating hike, the blue sky, the unknowns of nature -these are Kings & Queens of a my heart,

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Photo source:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brazilian_terrier.JPG

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How do you know if your dog is an extrovert or an introvert? Your dog could also be an Ambivert, which is half way between an extrovert & an introvert.* Put your dog on this continuum, based on how much your dog likes meeting new people:EE = very extroverted/ ee = extroverted/ ei = ambiverted/ ii = introverted/ II = very introverted.EE - My dog loves everybody, he loves to meet new people.ee - My

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DAW - Are dogs proof of how epigenetics works in wolves?. . . continued from pit bull clan..2. EARTH TERRIERS:A) TRUE EARTH TERRIER CLAN:Hardware: small dogs, or sometimes the larger of the tiny dogs, who can fit into the burrow of their prey, without getting stuck or blocked by the twists of the tunnels..Software: no fear of dark dens, willingness the enter and scrap in total

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There are ways that some show dog breeders use to stifle the tendency to hoard. (Without giving up showing dogs).The best way is to have a good relationship with a spouse who is firm, sane, and not suckered in by the same things that lure you off the right path.Actually, the best way is to stay the Fig away from cults.But here are some ways that I have heard - hear ye and be yea wise, or wallow

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Oh quit crying just because somebody finally told the truth about your stupid sickly show dogs.You've been saying bad things about pet dogs for years and years.You've used the words "mutt" and "cur" like they were an insult: You've turned the very name of the people's dogs into an insult.You've been dishing out the dis for over 40 years, don't cry because the table has turned and what dishes you

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Those of you into Jung (I like him better than Frued) probably have heard of the Myer-Briggs personality test. (MBTI)You know the one, where it figures out where you are on 4 continuums:Extrovert or IntrovertiNtuitive or SensorThinker or FeelerPlayful Pack-rat or Judgeful Junk-tosser.Okay, that's NOT what the J and the P stand for, exactly, but it's certainly in the right ballpark."Please

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Still looking like they did?See:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wy%C5%9Bcigi_chart%C3%B3w_Szombierki_2009_azawakhi_8p.jpg

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DAW - does DAW go back to before there were dogs, to when wild canines began to radiate out after on ice age?.. . . continued from dash terriers..3) SPRINTHUNDSA) TRUE SPRINTHUND CLAN:Hardware: medium to bigger dogs.The hardware of sprinthunds is more important for them to succeed than with most other categories.The dogs must have good eyesight both to spot a moving rabbit at a distance, and to

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No matter how you cut it, if you breed and show, dogs for competitive victories, you often reach a point, where you have to make this choice:a) you get rid of losers before you replace them with another puppy.b) you periodically have "spring cleaning" or "get rid of the dead wood".c) you have kept so many animals to show, that you have more than you can take care of - you have become a

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What's a good temperament for a pet dog? Well if the breeder has to keep her dogs each in a separate cage or kennel, then her dogs don't have it.

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There are many things that need to be improved in several sections of dog breeding, I know that, but the one thing that seem to me to be such a no-brainer, that I just can't understand why everybody isn't working on it is - good temperament.Okay, if you want fighting dogs, then you want nasty dogs.But for all the other people out there, health & temperament are it. And temperament is numero uno.

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How are we going to know which dogs to breed if we don't have a show judge point out which of the dogs trotting around the ring would be the best working dog, hunting dog, or best pet?Answer will be posted later, but read below for hints.

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Having too many animals is not the same as having too many shoes, too many stacks of old newspapers, too many duplicate tools, too many clothes in your closet, too many cars, too many old letters, too much food saved up, or too much money in the bank.It's work. Not just clutter, work.Animals can be called "livestock", but having a 100 cats doesn't make you richer.Collecting is NOT abnormal.

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One show dog breeder said: Of course she had the losers 'put to sleep' (paid the veterinarian to kill them), because if she didn't, she'd have dogs stacked to the ceiling.The way she said it, and the way another person nodded as she said it, I think it was probably either a quote from somewhere, or something someone they knew had said. Sort of an in joke, that went over my head.But it brings out

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Of course people complain about what they believe are the worst breeders - those breeders who aren't like them.There's usually a big load of 'mud' to sling around when it hits the fan.Dog breeders in the smaller dog camps, (smaller cliques), get picked on enough to have to be more aware of the problems, but dog breeders that belong to more powerful dog camps are sometimes in a position where

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Terrierman mentioned that A&E (telly) is having a show on hoarders. It appears to be a seriers that starts Monday Nov 2, and will run on Monday nites for at least 7 weeks.Terrierman invited comments. We shall see if that was foolish or not. Most people, who recognise that they are hoarders, probably aren't going to gripe "What's wrong with being a hoarder"?But I've hung around enough dog show

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Phot Source:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bavarian_Mountain_Hound.jpg

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DAW.. . . continuing from sprinthounds..4) TRACKING HOUNDS CLAN:Hardware: small to bigger dogs, usually with short hair.Good hardware for all the groups within this family are the same - a well balanced dog not extreme in anyway - except the basset varieties which have shorter legs but should be otherwise the same..Use: tracking the trail left by an animal or person.Bio: starting with the

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How many breeds of bird dogs do we need, if each breed has several varieties?Suppose we use the pdkc method of grouping field bred bird dogs? What would we have?BIRD DOGS:1) Curly water dogs2) Rushers3) Pointing dogs4) Retrievers5) Bird TollersYou can change the breed names, a rose by any other name is still a rose.Why not "Spaniels" instead of "Rushers"? Yeah, people understand that better, but

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Photo Source:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bo_WC_.jpg

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DAW.. . . continuing from hound dogs..5) BIRD DOG CLAN:A) Curly Water Dogs:Hardware: usually medium to bigger dogs. They have curly coats which keep out the water, and keep them warm. Dogs naturally produce an oil, like the slick oil you wash off your own face.This oil on a dog's coat, helps repel the water - if you wash the oil off the dogs coat, the dog coat looses the ability to keep the water

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There are some basic common sense things that people sometimes get too into conforming to what everybody else is doing to bother to notice. Like:Dogs communicate with each other with their ears & tails. Dogs need their ears & tails. Do not hack off your puppy's body parts. How would you like it if you couldn't speak to other people?Besides that, we people rely on being able to read a dog's body

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Retrieverman (Golden Retriever blogger), said the horse has left the barn? Oh yeah, several horses have left their barns!See, if you really want to get into splitting, most breeds haven't spit into TWO camps, they have already split into several camps.It is just that some of the camps are smaller camps, but they have their ardent followers too.There are bird dog people who have split into:1) Show

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