Bouriy and Yantar

In a comment to Mark in the post on Lauren below, Constant Commenter and dog- in- law Lane Batot of North Carolina explains that he does not have a computer, but that “Mister Bodio recently got a whole bunch of photos of the pups from me that he perhaps can scan(?) and post(?)” Asked and …

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A little More from John Burchard

One of the wisest naturalists I know, Dr John Burchard, on the subjects below and more: I firmly support the right to keep “exotics” in captivity and/or partial or complete liberty (our wolf lived free in the desert on weekends, and our coatis mostly lived free in our very normal residential neighborhood, for example). Much …

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“In our time…”

“… which is a rather stupid time..” (Jose Ortega y Gasset): the latest on the California bill to ban hunting with hounds; and the possible loss of the historical and economically important Remington factory in Ilion New York. On the hound bill, the concern of the antis is touching. “”It’s typically a high-tech hunt that …

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Eastern Hounds

Another variation on the endless theme of our landrace, dogs that the conventional might immediately insist is another “breed”. Our Asia, mostly sighthound group knows better, and collectively provided some background. They were found by Mia who said, “These photos are taken in India… The photographer says they call them “Afghan fighter hounds”, because that’s …

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More Ink

My New Hampshire friend Dr Hypercube, who is a blogger, falconer, Steampunk dandy, fine shotgun nut*, breeder of tropical frogs, and fellow aficionado of Central Asian art, sent me another great tattoo, a tiger, from Rudenko’s Frozen Tombs of Siberia (anyone know where to get an affordable copy?) If I ever get a tattoo at …

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Trotting Rhymes & Old Languages

It seems to me that any culture that had horses has “trotting rhymes”, bits of doggerel chanted by parents as they bounce a toddler on their knees. My folks had one in English (“Trot trot to Boston, trot trot to Lynn..”), but the one my siblings and I remember was “Italian”. The quotes are because …

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On Her Way

Lauren, en route to the US from Kazakhstan, stopped at dog-in- law Mark McBride’s in Scotland to visit him and his accomplished working pack (he is also a Kazakhstan hand). Next Oklahoma, then Magdalena…