silverdog

You probably have heaps of better things to do. I know that most people are not all and many people are not most and I know when I read a negative comment about a group of people. In the middle of justifying why you think its good to keep a severely disabled dog alive, you mention that some other people (many breeders in fact) would euthanise a healthy dog for what seems like a frivolous reason. Is there some sort of implied logic there that I am missing? What does killing healthy pups have to do with this topic? What does it have to do with you? Why bring up an apalling practice in the same post that you try to justify your own practice? Your comment upset people, and it doesn't put breeders in a good light. When you say that 'many' people do something, you imply that it is not uncommon. Now you back down and say 'some'. Which is probably more accurate than 'many', but still a very harsh and irrelevant criticism. Your sly dig has been called out for what it is. If the offense you caused was truly unintentional, you wouldn't be back here calling other people sad or pathetic.

Excellent post!

Oh please! What has the Harp Seal hunt got to do with this thread? And what "mentality" are you talking about? Agree with you 100% on this one. It is very disturbing to me, as a Canadian.

I agree that the news is pretty horrific. I happen to live not far from Vancouver, which is the major news hub for Whistler and the rest BC, and it is all over the news right now - it's a HUGE deal here, running as the lead story on all of the TV and radio stations. And everyone is just as outraged by the slaughter as here on DOL. But, in saying that, why would you feel sick to your stomach for paying for a tour in Alaska???? Assuming that all sled dog tour operators are killing off their dogs in such a gruesome fashion, simply because one did, is pretty silly. I think that is reasonably safe to say that the majority of sled dog tour operators are reeling in horror at the news right now, just like the rest of us. Not to mention the economic impact they now face as people react by assuming that ALL dog tour businesses are bad because this one is. (Definite parallel here to blame the deed, not the breed, don't you think?... only in this case, it should read "blame the company, not the whole industry")

Ah yes.. the old "buy a dog from a breeder = kill a shelter dog" gem. Hmmm... maybe we should use PETA's own argument against them: For every dog you adopt from shelter "A", you kill a dog from shelter "B". Let them spin around in circles on that one for a while. :D

Luath was a lab. Tao a seal point Siamese. Bodger a bull terrier. This was one of my favourite books when I was growing up.

Weimaraner Noel

Good one, RuralPug!

If it's extinct then I wouldn't that call a distinguishing "feature" Yeah.. good point. Um.. it can close its nostrils like a camel?

What clues, what clues..? This is so hard without google. Ok. Let's see. Old dog book, published ages ago.. umm.. is it an extinct breed?

Ok.. how about a breed that has six toes?

Kerry Blue Terriers are born black. Don't know a second breed though.

I think it was a black poodle.. (nope... brown, apparently, and there were two.. both named Rufus? )