Here is one of mine, Arielle:
And her half sister Gwendolyn (who is helping me type):
Posted on 01/21/2009 4:06:15 PM PST by JoeProBono
The Labrador Retriever certainly has a lock on the hearts of American dog lovers. For the eighteenth straight year, the Lab has topped the American Kennel Club's list of the nation's 10 most popular purebred dog breeds. The top 10 dogs are ranked as follows: Labrador Retriever, Yorkshire Terrier, German Shepherd Dog, Golden Retriever, Beagle, Boxer, Dachshund, Bulldog, Poodle and Shi Tzu.
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I read that same thing, did a massive google search to find out who wrote the standard, but no luck. If you will notice, that says the AKC adopted a standard, but does not say they wrote it. They may have, but I can find nothing that states such.
First, I know exactly what PETA says and your original quote sounds like things they have said. Part of their agenda is divide and conquer.
Second, AKC is not a threat to anyone who is breeding any breed. I don’t even understand the logic. Let me see. You breed your dogs but don’t show them or register them with AKC. What exact effect does AKC have on YOUR breeding program? Frankly, they have almost no impact on my breeding program either. They don’t tell me what or who to breed or to what purpose. There are breeds out there with breed wardens that do stipulate who breeds what, but AKC does not do that. BTW are you a breeder?
Here is one of mine, Arielle:
And her half sister Gwendolyn (who is helping me type):
I love cockers! We have 2 of our own, a blonde male and a black female.
I am also involved in rescue, so I am always glad when cockers don;t make the most popular dog list.
I have a monster 20 month old yellow lab. He has already destroyed a 11 x 30 ft. lanai carpet, pool equipment, furniture, door mldg., 2 doors, 3 pairs of shoes etc. Everyone tells me he will be a “sweetheart” when he gets to be 2. I hope I don’t do him in by that time. LOL
Our Katie used to sit and look at the tv when Lady and the Tramp was on. She would becom rather agitated and extremely curious at the scenes where Lady is howling in the kitchen the first night they have her. Katie would go over and smell the tv and and try to look behind it. She was sure there was a real puppy in distress somewhere in that area.
Sadly Katie is no longer with us and I still miss her! She is buried in the garden under the camellia just where she liked to lie when she was alive.
Worst call a rescue can get is “they have busted a puppy mill...how many do you have room to take in?”.
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Our 15 yr old black woman Katie has gotten a white face, deaf, bad hips but...
she still loves life and will bring a stone/rock/ball/anything for it to be thrown so she can go get it..
We don’t know how we’ll get along once she is gone...
I think you’re full of it. I’ve heard more than one dog training guru say that pugs are one of the least trainable breeds you can get.
If it was illegal to sell dogs out of a storefront it would essentially shut down a lot of puppy mills. Wouldn’t stop the internet, though... which makes the fly-by-nights look like legit breeders.
I had that same thought this afternoon when Fox was listing the most popular breeds... thank God the cocker is not on it.
They are beautiful.. Golden’s are so regal-looking.
After so many years of having dogs of the same breed, I can tell you as much as they share breed traits, each dog is individual in personality, it is not being unfaithful to the dog that died to replace it.
Some friends had to put their Standard Poodle down a year ago... she had cancer. Their breeder insisted they should have another dog right off and they got another. They love this dog, but they were still grieving the dog that died. She still cried regularly over the dog that died and I could see she never bonded with that dog in the same manner.
Last summer she found a goldendoodle at the local shelter. She fell in love with that dog at first site. Didn't want a male and didn't really want another dog, but the dog they had gotten after their dog died was/is more a dogs-dog and she came alive when she had another dog to play with.
They waited (not wanting a male and all) and finally 8 weeks later she called the shelter and that dog was still there! IT broke her heart, he was/is a wonderful dog and no one could figure why he wasn't adopted. Great disposition, didn't bark, etc... so she took her dog down to the shelter and they took to one-another right off and she brought him home.
They love both dogs, but I can tell you she is much more bonded to the shelter dog... perhaps they got the other dog too soon, or the personality being so different in that dog, from the dog that died, kept her from bonding as well... the shelter dog has more of the personanality traits of their original Standard Poodle... just looks a little goofier.
I guess the point of my post is, she needs to grieve, but perhaps you can gently get her out to meet other Bishon's either at a reputable breeder or the shelter.. we had 45 last year they placed locally -- some old woman who got carried away breeding and the city took them away and placed them for adoption.. some were newborn and up to several years of age.
Good luck, I know how you are feeling, it never gets easier to lose one, but I would not be without them and the pure joy they bring in their short time here.
Yep. Bring a puppy home. And refuse to “talk” about it. That usually works.
Feb and March are the worst months of the year as the delight in the Christmas puppies begins to wear thin. I wish “Santa” wouldn’t gift people with puppiess. I could tell stories that would curl your hair. I want to save them all and it’s painful to me to have to admit I can’t.
Dogs should never, ever, be given as a gift. Dogs at Christmas, ducks at Easter... and, of course, now that Marly and Me came out more people will want a lab with no clue what they are getting... thank God they are a mellow dog, but they are large and they have to eat! and food is another issue with me, I cringe at what some people feed their dogs.
No, I’m not a breeder. I don’t have the facilities to determine a Border Collie’s herding ability, style, etc. Without that, there is no basis for breeding them.
The AKC floods the gene pool with dogs that have lost the ability that should have made them special. Many of the sports-bred Border Collies (another oxymoron) are going that way, since the AKC has the resources to sponsor events & keep out non-AKC dogs.
Those who breed for conformation shows degrade breeds. The Aussies were good herd dogs once, but it is now quite hard to find one that knows what sheep or cattle are, let alone how to work them. Border Collies aren’t special because they are black and white fluffy dogs, but because of what they can do. It took over a hundred years to develop that instinct, but it can be lost in twenty. Australian Shepherds have proven that!
I wouldn’t mind if the AKC registered them as something other than Border Collies. The AKC can have as many breeds as they wish, but shouldn’t ruin the work of breeders that developed dogs with unique skills and instincts.
Years ago, when I was looking for a lab, I was told AKC registration meant nothing - you had to find someone who bred for work. However, there are far more who claim to than do. That makes it hard for the buyer. The same is partly true of Border Collies, except that you can usually assume an AKC Border Collie isn’t worth tits on a boar for work. The only exceptions are when they bring in ‘outside’ blood to improve their mess.
There is a reason why the AKC accepts Border Collies from other registries, but not the reverse.
I believe the AKC BOD wrote the original standard in Dec 94 for Border Collies. A few years later (Aug 96), they qualified a breed club, and have allowed it SOME input on the standard. It actually wouldn’t be too bad, except the show BCs are all rubber-stamped dogs regardless of the standard. That, and breeding for looks vs work impacts work. Imagine, for example, you were breeding race horses, but only allowed black ones with triangular heads. You would have a lot fewer horses to choose from in attaining your goal.
I’ve also known the AKC to view shelters and rescues as competition. Since most families needing a dog would do very well with a mutt, I resent that.
One of the great loves of my life was a Treeing Walker hound. He was hard headed, tenacious and SMART,SMART, SMART! As a dog groomer I’ve dealt with several afghan hounds. Not smart, yet all of the stubbornness of a scent hound (Afghans are sight hounds) and a very high prey drive. Not my idea of a good pet. But hey, if others want to own them, I just call that “job security” LOL!
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