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To: HairOfTheDog
Look at it this way. When was the last time you saw a Cocker Spaniel used for a hunting dog?
8,129 posted on 01/05/2004 7:22:08 AM PST by Professional Engineer (3JAN ~ I SAW my unborn child move this morning!!)
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To: Professional Engineer
Look at it this way. When was the last time you saw a Cocker Spaniel used for a hunting dog?

My own! Zulu was the better half, the Lead Bird Finder and Primary Flusher, in my team. Logan was just the pack animal that could carry it back for her. For all his pedigree, he was never the hunter she was.... He needed her.

But good point. I do find the show concept of refining the breed to its highest standard to be a little lost when the highest purpose of the animal is to be a lap dog. It is easy to imagine why good conformation and breeding would improve a working dog.... but extrapolating that out to evaluating whether the legs are straight on the perfect Pomeranian gets a little too abstract to be a real functional need.

8,136 posted on 01/05/2004 7:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (There may come a time when the courage of men fails.... but it is not this day.)
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