tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post7110174202224754168..comments2024-03-16T12:45:12.251-04:00Comments on Raised By Wolves: Whitney on Pip's AncestorsHeather Houlahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-79333680987617125572008-12-19T15:24:00.000-05:002008-12-19T15:24:00.000-05:00My first dog was a field-line golden retriever -- ...My first dog was a field-line golden retriever -- lithe, athletic, deep-copper-colored with a moderate coat and a sassy attitude. Shannon was born in 1974, before Gerry Ford popularized the breed. Shannon made me a dog trainer, and was everything a golden should be. She'd no more have bitten a person than she'd chew off her own feet.<BR/><BR/>I rend my clothing seeing what has become of my beloved goldens. Great Pyrenees? Kuvasz?<BR/><BR/>And I can no longer recommend them unreservedly as family dogs. Too many genetically unstable biters, including hands-down the most dangerous dog I ever worked with -- who specialized in nailing kids.<BR/><BR/>If you have a Rottweiler who has bitten a person, you most likely have a training and leadership problem. If you have a golden that has done so, you have a genetic mess.Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-28896045718519050632008-12-19T13:31:00.000-05:002008-12-19T13:31:00.000-05:00What was written about the American cocker is beco...What was written about the American cocker is becoming true fo the golden retriever. If you want to know what golden retriever looked and acted like in the early days, imagine a red-colored flat-coated retriever with or without a wavy coat. This breed is being destroyed through breeding excessive coat and excessive bone (which was always decried by the early breeders). Mr. Winifred Charlesworth, who wrote the first standard for the breed, intentionally refused to breed a cream colored blocky dog, even though he was a good worker, because she knew he would breed coarseness into the breed. She would be having a fit right now if she saw what was being shown today, especially in European lines!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-46319766897953554822008-12-09T18:35:00.000-05:002008-12-09T18:35:00.000-05:00Selma, I understood that the Canadian Pedigree Act...Selma, I understood that the Canadian Pedigree Act allowed only one registry for a breed, and that for the border collie, that registry was the CBCA.<BR/><BR/>After reading your comment, I googled around and found that the CKC was offering conformation classes for border collies as of 2007.<BR/><BR/>Howzitt, if they do not and legally cannot register them?<BR/><BR/>Yes, I'm <I>quite sure</I> that the top priority for all those Clan-Abby Gund plushy dog breeders is "working livestock."Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-8035020114578333472008-12-09T16:57:00.000-05:002008-12-09T16:57:00.000-05:00Hey H2, how about blogging your thoughts on these ...Hey H2, how about blogging your thoughts on these AVSAB statements? Please don't hold back, I'm looking for a place to send those are susceptible to the Kool-Aid, but can still be saved.<BR/><BR/>http://www.avsabonline.org/avsabonline/images/stories/Position_Statements/dominance%20statement.pdf<BR/><BR/>http://www.avsabonline.org/avsabonline/images/stories/Position_Statements/Combined_Punishment_Statements.pdfUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457430264922469110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-30074902928091210562008-12-04T18:28:00.000-05:002008-12-04T18:28:00.000-05:00Interesting. I remember when Cockers were pretty ...Interesting. I remember when Cockers were pretty cool dogs, I'm that old. No more.<BR/><BR/>I was at a show a couple of weeks ago and my friend was admiring a CKC Border Collie. Cute dog. I told her the herders call them Barbie Collies. She said "Oh, these dogs herd sheep, quite a few breeders work their dogs."<BR/><BR/>OK.Caveathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712858257904194590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-19052722286710269382008-12-03T17:52:00.000-05:002008-12-03T17:52:00.000-05:00Heather, I have the B.B. Titus article from "Field...Heather, I have the B.B. Titus article from "Field and Stream" if you want a copy.<BR/><BR/>janAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-37563705268056223522008-12-03T12:42:00.000-05:002008-12-03T12:42:00.000-05:00And yet, paradoxically, how seldom the converse is...And yet, paradoxically, how seldom the converse is true.Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-70709797989260752972008-12-03T11:59:00.000-05:002008-12-03T11:59:00.000-05:00Interesting, isn't it - how often brilliant people...Interesting, isn't it - how often brilliant people are also annoying people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-33904062180581352482008-12-03T10:09:00.000-05:002008-12-03T10:09:00.000-05:00And my personal favorite "The Truth About Dogs" c ...And my personal favorite "The Truth About Dogs" c 1959 in which Whitney describes all the genetic problems, etc. with purebred dogs. (This book predates Larry Shook's Puppy Report by 33 years.) - Jan GribbleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com