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Penny Tose wrote: Robin said that she assumed I am a big hat. This is not the case although one of my dogs has placed in the National Finals in the top 20 and been Nursery Reserve and another was first out of 150 dogs the first day of the National Finals and has won many well known trials. I give the big hats a run for their money. Penny do you know Linda Bell by chance? I am just curious as she was the person who held the clinic or sort of clinic. It was a great experience. Her Aussies were quite awesome and her training skill with dogs was excellent. Gwen |
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Melanie L Chang wrote:
When you are working to improve a breed of dogs, it is important to preserve and improve type. Contradiction, here. One cannot "preserve and improve" any more than one can "stand still and move forward". "Type" is a word that encompasses those traits that are thought to distinguish the breed from others. That's one aspect of type, yes. "Type" can also be independent of breed, or distinguish subcategories within breed. What this means is that there are two important components to the definition of "breed": (1) commonality of ancestry and (2) distinguishing characteristics. You forgot the most significant component of the definition of "breed" - arbitrary human constructs. -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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Melanie L Chang wrote:
When you are working to improve a breed of dogs, it is important to preserve and improve type. Contradiction, here. One cannot "preserve and improve" any more than one can "stand still and move forward". "Type" is a word that encompasses those traits that are thought to distinguish the breed from others. That's one aspect of type, yes. "Type" can also be independent of breed, or distinguish subcategories within breed. What this means is that there are two important components to the definition of "breed": (1) commonality of ancestry and (2) distinguishing characteristics. You forgot the most significant component of the definition of "breed" - arbitrary human constructs. -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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Melanie L Chang wrote:
When you are working to improve a breed of dogs, it is important to preserve and improve type. Contradiction, here. One cannot "preserve and improve" any more than one can "stand still and move forward". "Type" is a word that encompasses those traits that are thought to distinguish the breed from others. That's one aspect of type, yes. "Type" can also be independent of breed, or distinguish subcategories within breed. What this means is that there are two important components to the definition of "breed": (1) commonality of ancestry and (2) distinguishing characteristics. You forgot the most significant component of the definition of "breed" - arbitrary human constructs. -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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Penny Tose wrote:
I am delighted the AKC has only 30,000 or so registrations of border collies. That shows that border collie breeders are avoiding the AKC, which is a good thing. Which is an arbitrary human thing. To define a breed by what it is not is capricious, not "good". -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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Penny Tose wrote:
I am delighted the AKC has only 30,000 or so registrations of border collies. That shows that border collie breeders are avoiding the AKC, which is a good thing. Which is an arbitrary human thing. To define a breed by what it is not is capricious, not "good". -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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Penny Tose wrote:
I am delighted the AKC has only 30,000 or so registrations of border collies. That shows that border collie breeders are avoiding the AKC, which is a good thing. Which is an arbitrary human thing. To define a breed by what it is not is capricious, not "good". -- Mary H. and the Ames National Zoo: Regis, Sam-I-Am, Noah (1992-2001), Ranger, Duke, felines, and finches |
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