tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post4903050220077340850..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Ruff DiamondsPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-1096819167126503312014-02-28T01:34:29.815-05:002014-02-28T01:34:29.815-05:00To Andrew:
But of course its all manner of thing...To Andrew: <br /><br />But of course its all manner of things but the most important thing is it is something. <br /><br />Even to be seen to be doing something is a positive.<br /><br />In fact some changes that have been made are good ones as pointed out in this article. These would have been seen as heresy a mere couple of years ago. Its enourmouse believe me, not even scratching the surface but big nonetheless.<br /><br />It's not very flattering to have to be overly cynical about everything. I think the four litter a year rule for example is extremely timely and will definately benift dogs. I believe this is the prime goal.<br /><br />We of course wait for "security registries" of all breeds, i.e. the opening of closed pedigrees. It will come. It just makes sense. For the cynical it can only mean even more registrations, but no it will improve the lives of millions of dogs.<br /><br />Complacency, lack of transparancy and straight authoritarianism is the evil but I have a feeling public pressure will not allow this to return, not in the UK, the horse has bolted.<br /><br />Breeders and the KC are under intense pressure to try and get it right, it's the very begining of the Arab Spring for many dog breeds.<br /><br />I think the AKC is still in denial and most of American breeders too outside of working dogs. They feel being American that they are perhaps "le exception", not from what Im reading they aren't not with their collapsing registration stats and labradoodle et al frenzies.<br /><br />I don't over estimate vanity and national sentiment in America or the world of dog showing when I say they will feel pressure too no doubt not only from home. <br /><br />Dog showing no matter how gruesome is not an island. It's pretty international. <br /><br />Already it's just for example considerd extremely foolish to buy an American French bulldog over one from the European continent or the UK. Because it simply wont win any shows outside of America at that small size with that size head and lack of lengh of back, colour and muzzle flatness. There are obvious health benefits of course to this for the dog. <br /><br />The arguably "greatest dog show" on our planet Crufts might just have it's uses after all, certainly where the welfare of the pedigree mutt is concerned everywhere. <br /><br />Lets hope so at least because I can't see any other positive reason for it to exist at all.Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041212020431214852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-84473315233360171812011-02-12T17:22:32.518-05:002011-02-12T17:22:32.518-05:00This mother-son incest ban makes me laugh.
Too ma...This mother-son incest ban makes me laugh.<br /><br />Too many breeds either started from a a handful of dogs (often snatched from a much larger population), survived some sort of war with only a handful of dogs, or through showring emphasis bottlenecked themselves.<br /><br />With such a limited genepool, mating father to daughter or great-grand-uncle to grand-niece you are going to have the same problem.<br /><br />The flip side of it is Joe-Bob the Hog Hunter out in the middle of Arkansas, whose hog hunting pack is made up of a Boxer-Wolfhound, a plothound mix, the-biggest-dog-at-the-pound-last-week, and some similar dogs from his neighbor Bubba 'three kricks over yonder' if HE does a father-daughter cross, it isn't going to be an issue.<br /><br />The issue isn't the 'incestuous' nature of child-parent or sibling crosses (indeed many plants self-fertilize and avoid 'degrading' due to incest) the issue is constantly crossing close relatives to close relatives. Do almost nothing but grand-uncle to great-niece crosses and you'll get yourself in a hole just as quick.<br /><br />This is a 'symbolic' change that is worse than 'too little too late'....it is a 'head-fake' a 'scape-goat'andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356901138260502070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-13386127963336276572011-01-30T18:28:04.398-05:002011-01-30T18:28:04.398-05:00Hi, Glad you posted. I kind of missed you.
By th...Hi, Glad you posted. I kind of missed you.<br /><br />By the way, my game camera caught its first fox. I put it on my blog: mythreepups.blogspot.comLiving the life in The Little Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13343589496230811737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-36263576757370866642011-01-27T07:49:30.553-05:002011-01-27T07:49:30.553-05:00Note to Lila: I agree, but don't limit it to &...Note to Lila: I agree, but don't limit it to "backyard breeders", big name breeders engage in unethical practices as well. Of course, they don't admit they are part of the problem, but they certainly not part of the solution.grapfhicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351840619814949772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-53922496666972658412011-01-27T07:48:53.854-05:002011-01-27T07:48:53.854-05:00Note to Lila: I agree, but don't limit it to &...Note to Lila: I agree, but don't limit it to "backyard breeders", big name breeders engage in unethical practices as well. Of course, they don't admit they are part of the problem, but they certainly not part of the solution.grapfhicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351840619814949772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-48783135273668075842011-01-26T16:54:33.702-05:002011-01-26T16:54:33.702-05:00Nice to get a little fix from you Patrick. I still...Nice to get a little fix from you Patrick. I still click on your link out of habit. It's like a twitch. Thanks.<br /><br />~ToddYardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550653944702095441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-47990557045896715712011-01-26T09:17:04.601-05:002011-01-26T09:17:04.601-05:00Due to so many backyard breeders using unethical p...Due to so many backyard breeders using unethical practices, there are a large number of deaf dogs in shelters in the US. I have adopted a deaf dog. While AKC continues to allow such breeding practices, they refuse to let deaf dogs in competition. All the myths about deaf dogs have been proven false. Proper training and socialization produce a well rounded dog-deaf or hearing. I whole heartedly believe all deaf dogs should be spayed or neutered but AKC continues to ban deaf dogs from companion events such as Rally and Agility. Yet AKC promotes breeding practices which produce dogs with underlying disease and disabilities. When will the AKC wake up to what the rest of the world it doing for the betterment of dogs?Lila Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091502087969875465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-14805131862588152002011-01-24T11:05:26.893-05:002011-01-24T11:05:26.893-05:00Got to subscribe to that magazine.Got to subscribe to that magazine.Water Over The Damhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14324927014335083214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-6491334586889995912011-01-24T09:32:39.220-05:002011-01-24T09:32:39.220-05:00So glad to have you back to read again, Patrick!
...So glad to have you back to read again, Patrick! <br />I just adopted 2 beagles that were sprung from a research lab. I've been amazed at their jolly temperament after all they've been through. I've been told the labs breed specifically for docile dogs that are easy to handle and won't bite. Oddly, this perverse corner of the dog community is probably producing better pets than the AKC, which breeds for all kinds of irrelevant physical demands.cvinzanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620037772224652175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-10171777489604267522011-01-23T08:23:59.158-05:002011-01-23T08:23:59.158-05:00Well good morning Patrick.
It's all marketing,...Well good morning Patrick.<br />It's all marketing, promoting what will best serve their interests. Things will change as they study the market "in depth" and adjust to the pressures from inside and outside the dog world.<br />But I am worried a bit that some of the phrases in the article and from the KC can be used by those who want to end pets as fodder for their agenda.grapfhicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351840619814949772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-39633161283910006552011-01-22T10:01:00.078-05:002011-01-22T10:01:00.078-05:00Years ago, I was given two Dobies, both from breed...Years ago, I was given two Dobies, both from breeder dogs. They had minor health issues, possibly the result of inbreeding, but nothing to complain about. After one of them died, I ended up with a rescue: a JRT/Dachsund mix I named Shorty. I realized then that the street would be my "pet store" from now on.<br /><br />Ten dogs later, Shorty reigns over several Pit mixes, a Greyhound mix, a couple of Chow mixes, and another Dachsund mix, this time with a Shih-Tzu. An AmStaff/"Elephant" mix named Taco is sprawled out on the floor right now, between me and the woodstove. She looks like a beached whale! I'll never go to a breeder again. Excuse me for a moment while I let Chulita, a Pit/Catahoula mix, go outside........<br /><br />I never intended to show my dogs, so the clubs never had any allure to me. With the pet overpopulation problem, it's easy to see the necessity of spay/neuter programs. But more important is the "widening" of the gene pool.<br /><br />Thanks, Patrick, for this surprise in my inbox this morning. But especially, thanks for hammering away at this topic. And my old girl Shorty, my JackWeeny, would love to go digging with your dogs, even if all she comes up with are moldy pecans. That's her idea of a truffle!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721130066588282491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-69745886402903231132011-01-21T11:07:34.129-05:002011-01-21T11:07:34.129-05:00This was a wonderful surprise, and as usual a pith...This was a wonderful surprise, and as usual a pithy commentary. The AKC needs to stop and look long and hard at what they are doing and why. Their dogs are problems waiting to happen or happening now. Their breed standards change at the drop of a hat and the dogs are not healthy. I wonder what the Parson Russell will look like in 10 years. My good collie of 40 years ago couldn't even pass the entrance gate. <br />So keep it up and hope to see your blog active again.<br /><br />Debi and the TX JRTsseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054814598250286797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-23500281166336419552011-01-21T08:51:06.902-05:002011-01-21T08:51:06.902-05:00You're back, Patrick! I was so happy to see th...You're back, Patrick! I was so happy to see this in my Inbox today. Great article. BTW I think--at least I hope--that another reason for the 4 litter limit is to put the brakes on the Popular Sire Effect, which is a prime cause of the true shrinking genome and super high levels of actual incest in many breeds--even if a 3 generation pedigree doesn't make that apparent. If those Crufts winners can only sire 4 litters, then I suppose those will be very expensive puppies but at least there will be fewer of them!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15837141927909794653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-17621952457825217532011-01-21T02:49:29.853-05:002011-01-21T02:49:29.853-05:00Thanks for the "fix" Patrick. What a nic...Thanks for the "fix" Patrick. What a nice surprise in my inbox this morning.Jonathan Setterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940807465021506097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-87395806485240100852011-01-20T19:00:55.337-05:002011-01-20T19:00:55.337-05:00In summer of 2008, I was planning to get another s...In summer of 2008, I was planning to get another small dog to be companion to my Jack Russell pup so she'd have a packmate. She came from the same breeder whence I acquired my previous JRT 17 years earlier. My vet, it so happened, had rescued a litter of pups from a local animal shelter and thought one of them would do quite nicely for my girl. Thus I got a chiweenie (one of each of the two breeds I swore I'd never own: never say never) who was obviously not planned or wanted, but he is the most superb little beast and is a perfect complement to my terrier. Conversely, I have a friend who made a down-payment on a labradoodle of $800-- heaven only knows what she paid in total. I think when I bring more dogs into our home in the future, we'll tend toward rescues, and most probably mutts. I agree there is a huge moral dilemma with regard to breeding standards and I think breeders should err on the side of restraint when questions of inbreeding may at issue. I think the quality or lack thereof in breeding will out, and ultimately, the price may be an unhappy pet and an unhappy household. Better to do one's homework when choosing a pet and moreso in choosing a breeder.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.com