Courtesy of John Burchard, who bred them, and Daniela Imre, a co- “grandparent” of the human species: the wonderful rainbow litter of Tigger, bred here, and Prince. Multicolor, smooth and feathered, Kazakh & Arab; all progenitors hunters: the ultimate Silk Road US litter! I am tempted by the little brindle girl and the feathered tri(s?), …
Tag: Animal Breeding
Gratuitous Pigeon Photos
Handsome birds, “Lebanons”. I saw their like in Turkey a few years ago. Anyone know where I can find a pair or two for less than $250? Stupid regs make all imported birds impossibly expensive for all but the rich, and cause hoarding and inbreeding depression in the tiny gene pools that exist in the …
Pigeons vs Humaniacs
Chris Landauer of Border Wars sent me a note a couple of weeks ago on the ARista’s war on pigeon racing. Since then I have been roaming the Internet, too busy and too pissed off to to write a calm essay on the kind of people who would persecute old men, some of them who …
Minor announcement, and one more interesting…
I was bemused to see I was just declared to be in the top ten percent of people searched for at LinkedIn. This is only remarkable because (1) there are twenty MILLION people in that network; (2) I have never done much with it– I mean, I TWEET more; and (3) as my father used …
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 …
Next Time?
Tavi didn’t quite figure it out, yet…
Important Reminder
… for anyone who breeds dogs or cares about the Old Ways: please write to oppose the new federal APHIS regs! Jess sums it up well: “The comment period is to let APHIS know that there are problems with this new rule. It should be abandoned completely. Tell them. Do you plan to purchase a …
The Purebred Thing Again
Great post on the “Closed Studbook” debate on Jameson Parker’s Barking Backward blog here. I replied at length and thought it might be worth double posting here; this is an edited version so go to the original for more. Hear, hear! The closed studbook paradigm is a recipe for genetic impoverishment and disaster. I have …
“Dirtwinger” videos
Warren Spencer, seen here at the wedding below, has been putting up videos of our falcon- tazi- lurcher teams at “Dirtwinger”. Most if not all dogs here bred by us or “granddogs” of our stock… Here are two of them of Warren’s breeding (we own all grandparents) with Terence’s late Gyr- Prairie tiercel Cog on …
Occasional obligatory pigeon post
A pair of Cuban pouters I bred, at Mark’s in Iowa, tuning up for the season; a pair of old fashioned Scottish horsemen up a Tom’s on the Canadian prairie, strong enough to evade goshawks. Both are flying pouters, professional “thieves” and seducers; this video shows why, a bit (from Spain whence the game came).