HB 669 is one of the worst proposed laws yet against the ownership of animals, and would totally outlaw the breeding and transfer of ANY species deemed”exotic”. Ostensibly authored by representatives from Guam, whee they have a real problem with brown tree snakes, it would shut down the pet industry and much of falconry (NAFA …
Tag: Animal Breeding
Promised Puppy Pix
I didn’t get any of the girl this time, so just the three boys today (I think she was behind Lashyn). More to come.
Out of Date Puppy Pix
These are at two weeks and yesterday made three. Eyes open, wrestling now. I promise more soon!
New Pups!
I have hinted here and there but today our new pups arrived and are looking good.(At about 4 AM– we had to carry the doghouse inside and move the first pup to the whelping box, with all the other dogs leaping up to get a look and Lashyn growling through the door, because she wanted …
Dog News– Good
No links, but AB 1634, the California Mandatory Spay- Neuter Bill, has been roundly defeated, at least for now. Also just breaking: the AKC will allow basenji breeders to bring in new unregistered stock from its native regions–Northern Congo, Southern Benin, Southwestern Cameroon, and Central Congo, from 2009 to 2013. This is a GOOD precedent …
Exposed
John Burchard, Sir Terence Clark, some coursing salukis, and a falcon were filmed in a chase by the BBC for the show “Pedigree Dogs Exposed”, showing healthy alternatives to most purebred dogs. Most of their footage (all but a half minute I’m told) ended up cut, but what is left is more than valuable. Patrick …
Mongol Tazi
Andrew Campbell of The Regal Viszla just sent this ink drawing of a Mongolian hunter with a tazi– reinforcing once more that they are most anciently an Asian dog.
Domestic Animals: Diverse Phenotypes Imply Diverse genotypes
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I distrust the narrowing of the gene pool that comes from closed studbooks. Right now the Central Asian sighthound gene pool is vast and diverse; many want to cut it into several standardized breeds. One reason i fear regulation is because I work against this trend with dogs. …
More on Spaying
Dr John Burchard writes on mandatory spay neuter, resurrected in California. I had said: “Only Americans (and perhaps Canadians) have this neutering thing. I thinkEuropean members [ of our list– they did] will confirm that neutering of purebred dogs is much rarer there. He replied: “It is beginning to catch on there too … but …
Convergent Pigeons
Reader Mike Spies, who has a place in Jamaica, noticed that wild White- crowned pigeons (Columba leucocephala) resident there resembled some white- capped Catalonian tumblers he had seen on the blog. Of course, “Cats” are only one of the myriad breeds of Darwin’s pets, domestic pigeons descended from the Rock dove (Columba livia.) But the …