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I’m going to be attending Big Regional Dog Show in a couple weeks, and I’ve learned that there is one (1) dog of the rare breed I’m currently fixated on that is entered in agility. I would like very much to see this dog. What are the odds if I’m only there for one day of a four day event? I’m almost tempted to try posting in Rare Breed Association FB group again but I don’t want to seem like a creepy stalker?

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also fwiw im not inherently anti doodle. if a doodle breeder health tests and is honest with their buyers i have no issue with them (personally I'd also prefer titles or just doing SOMETHING with the dog as well. i like to know that there are impartial third parties evaluating the dog in some way but I get that not everyone cares about that) but the fact is most doodle breeders don't do that so lol

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John Frederick Tayler, Two sheepdogs resting in the mountains next to a bag and a walking stick

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2010 Dog food companies: Grain will KILL your dog. Any grain-based carbohydrate will cause IMMEDIATE cancer. Wheat will show up at your door with a GUN.

1910 Dog food companies:

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I have been trying on-and-off to teach Acorn to back up on cue for about a year now. Tonight he seemed to finally understand what I was asking him 🥹

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do not raise a word against those crusty little white dogs in my presence. 1. they are some of the only breeds that were bred to live in a dumpy apartment not like a golden retriever who longs to swim and run and can’t even chill on your dumb couch cuz of the hair 2. You’ll be singing a different tune when the crusty little dog is a tiny little puppy and is the shade of a beautiful jasmine bloom… and you make fun of the old ladies for babying them when they’re crusty and old but someone will be taking care of YOU when you’re old and crusty and you will wish they love you as much as those old ladies love their crusty dogs….

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The owners of every puppy in Acorn’s litter have a fb group we post updates in. After some deliberation, I made a post about Acorn’s behavior and asked if any siblings had similarities. I was curious if anyone else had struggled with reactivity and if anyone had tried behavior meds.

The answers were interesting! I heard back from 7 of 10 siblings. Owner’s levels of dog-savvy range from professional trainers and sport hobbyists to pretty standard family dog-owners.

The responses: 3/7 reported some degree of leash reactivity. 3/7 report struggles with high arousal in general. 2/7 mentioned anxiety. one case of noise sensitivity. one that redirects onto another dog in the home when excited. 5/7 reported very high prey drive.

Interestingly the trainer/dog-sport set were all the people to mention high arousal and emotional regulation. The couple of people who mentioned anxiety are pet people. I’m wondering if we’re describing the same problems in different ways. Or if the same genetic traits are express as anxiety or high-arousal/emotional regulation problems depending on the how the dog is raised. Idk I’m probably vastly oversimplifying but it is interesting to me. Teeny tiny sample size of a random mixed breed litter.

At the very least it seems like the prey drive has a strong genetic component. Makes me feel better about the way that Acorn banshee shrieks if he sees a deer!

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anyone want a *checks notes* ....malidoodle?

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do not. blaze your hazbin hotel oc art onto my dashboard

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since we’re doing this, let’s add Hazard (a sort of domesticated demon)

Hazard is approximately half shar pei and half cattle dog, to everyone’s regret. he has strong prey drive through chasing but won’t kill an animal on purpose. he comes with herding instinct. stresses up very easily about anything. comes with separation anxiety, stranger danger, dog-dog reactivity, and body handling issues. very handler sensitive but not at all inclined to look to you for input.

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I have seen some terribly fitted equipment in my day but I’m working my side-gig and there is a dog here wearing a martingale that is so oversized and weighed down with so many pendulous tags that they drag on the ground when he lowers his head to sniff.

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The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (UK) posted this to their Facebook page today:

We are very excited to announce our NEW RECOGNISED BREED - The Transylvanian! 🤩

'Indigenous to the woodlands and forests around the Carpathian Mountain areas of Romania and Hungary, the Transylvanian cat is the most recently discovered natural breed in the world.

They have fascinating features such as the reverse Karparti coat, born white, over the first 12 months the kitten grows a black, blue or sometimes a red coat whilst leaving the points of the ears, nose and paws white. Basically a reverse point! The Transylvanian is thermal too, being lighter in summer and darker in winter.

The foundation breeders led by Beverly Elian (WCF Judge) are based in Romania, Hungary, Switzerland and in the UK with Stuart & Amanda Brass.

Extensive testing has occurred on all four generations supported by Leslie Lyons and it appears the breed is robust with no genetic or hereditary issues appearing in any of the litters.'

Not seen and heard enough? You can see our newly recognised Transylvanian at the Feline Fair! Buy your tickets here - https://tinyurl.com/5dm7kp9a! 🎟️

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We had a really good time at the corn maze yesterday 🌽 🍂 🍁

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paragraphs like this are why i read extended standards and judging guides

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Yesterday I was walking a vizsla and passed a couple of people on bikes. “Is that a vizsla?” said the first person. I said, “yes.” Then the second person said “a vizsla?” I said, “it is.”

“But why isn’t the tail docked?” said the second person. Friends. The tail WAS docked.

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THE LAST UNICORN 1982, dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass