There will be some interesting pups available later this year. But right now there is a wonderful rather young full grown dog available: Meshi. One of the difficulties among so- called “primitive” breeds is that they are– sometimes fiercely– hierarchical, especially the females. This is rarely a problem when they are raised together, as they …
Month: June 2015
Plans & Changes
I have signed a contract to do the so- called “Silk Road Dog Book”, The Hounds of Heaven, by September, and have a verbal agreement to continue on immediately with the contrarian Passenger pigeon book, A Feathered Tempest, on September second– see two articles online in Living Bird, “Superdoves” and “A Feathered Tempest”– and maybe …
Doggage
Unbelievably, the A-K litter, Ataika and Kyran’s, the first Almaty litter in the US, turned nine yesterday. Shiri sent these photos of her Larissa and Paul’s Zoltar, still in the field… Riss with housemates Tavi and Gaddi Here is their mother with them, the day after their birth, and two months ago, still hunting…
Birdage
Pigeons and Accips, of course… From Ava, who breeds from some of my best stock; first, a pic in defiance of the Islamic “State”, aka the Desert Plague, and its deranged fear of pigeon genitalia: And an even better photo of her with a favorite, a dark blue chequered “New Mexico Rafeno” of my breeding. …
Boone?
Lane Batot and Jim Cornelius seem to think my present blog photo resembles a portrait of Daniel Boone by Audubon. I am complimented, I think… UPDATE: Lane says it is this one by Chester Harding. While it is more complimentary, I think the first resembles me more!