On the death of his beloved setter Brownie: “But listen to this, bitch, and you, Grim Powers, If any road ever leads up to heaven’s towers My bitch comes with me. When I come to die We go together, my bitch and I. Or, if you fear to let such love return Go to, and …
Tag: Dogs
RIP: Hawker’s Dachs Diamond Lil, 1996- 2012
Lily the wire- haired dachs, aka “Diamond Lil, Born to Kill”, whelped at Teddy Moritz’s place in New Jersey and a long- time resident at Casa Q in New Mexico, died in Libby’s arms yesterday at the ripe old age of 16. She had various cancers and a mouth infection and was losing weight and …
An Accidental Cowboy, Barking Backward
I have always found people with multiple passions more interesting than single- subject obsessives. I first became aware of Jameson Parker… well, a LONG time ago, when he starred in our generation’s finest California TV mystery series Simon and Simon, playing the preppier younger brother and partner in a PI business to Gerald McRaney’s Marine …
Raising babies
Retrieverman is raising a new pup, with a mirror for “company” when alone. I use an analogous technique with baby falcons. But with Post Office bears:I also feed them from a timed automatic cat feeder to eliminate begging, and keep them in that kid’s swimming pool in the living/ computer room 24- 7, with dogs, …
Baluchi Hounds
A collage of Baluchi hounds owned in Pakistan by Ali Hosnain, a member of my “extended dogfamily”; assembled by Jutta Rubesam in Germany. Call them tazis or Asian salukis or aboriginal Afghans or what you will; I’d own one, and breed from it.
Early Imports & Genetic Diversity
The Bell- Murray foundation “Afghans” (tazis, taigans) in the 20’s, c/o Jess: “All the innumerable ‘breeds’ of Oriental sighthounds can be found as coat variations in any good litter in northern Afghanistan…” –Steve Bodio The caption is unintentionally hilarious…
Tazi Stamp & Desert Windhounds Reboot
Jess of Desert Windhounds, the forthright defender of genetic diversity and our right to breed the dogs that please us, is back, under the equally forthright title of Bitter CynoAnarchist* here, still fighting the good fight (I may steal one of her images to pontificate on later). She also had some nice pics of tazis …
Dogs & age
An expansion from the comments below, from Chas’s staunch “8 is not old!” to Lane’s “8 is the new 4..” I think it depends on the breeding. Atai’s family is incredibly long lived– here is a pic of her at about 3 months with her 15 year old mom, who lived to nearly 20, the …
Good day
Tavo Cruz called us yesterday to meet him and other dog- in- laws and coursing friends for lunch at the Owl bar and a run down by White Sands missile range, where hares seem to thrive even in droughty years. I am gratified that old farts like me and Dutch Salmon are still walking, and …
Two different breeds
Ya think?Afghan, (real)Taigan