PossumCorner Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Yeah Grizabella, I know, I know. One of my most favourite books here is Innocent Killers (Hugo and Jane van Lawick-Goodall) - her studies and photography of them just marvellous. I was lucky enough to work for 2-3 years in Kenya/Tanzania/Nigeria and spent every moment I could in the bush it was living the dream in every sense. Unfortunately the downside is that it's given me a horror of zoos, I realise it is irrational and I know all the plusses and logic and arguments and benefits: but if I go to a zoo I have to leave in a mess, and I can't even much look at zoo photography which is my loss but how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkycat Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Silken Windhound 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappi&Monty Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) 23 hours ago, PossumCorner said: Ha ha, good grief, wash your mouth (or keyboard). Hunting Dogs are everything beautiful, flowing action. Hyaenas are a touch ugly, something like an imaginary cross between a small bear and one of the gone-in-the-hocks badly bred German Shepherds. They are just grotesquely ungainly but super strong. They can bite an adult person's arm off at the shoulder. No saving graces in appearance or habits. Ren that's a lovely shot of the pups. Ahhh oh no! Sorry! Oh god I was so mistaken I always thought those were hyenas! Edited June 29, 2018 by Scrappi&Monty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappi&Monty Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 20 minutes ago, sparkycat said: Silken Windhound So pretty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 How wonderful LOVE the African wild dogs ... (also have grown to admire and see the beauty in Hyaenas...more closely related to meerkats than dogs ;) ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizabella Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 How did Silkens slip my mind? I have no doubt I'm someday, somehow have one of those little beauties in my life! There's something so charmingly pixie-like about them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poochmad Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) Oh! Bags joining! There are so many fantastic breeds that aren’t in Australia... *hold please* black and tan coonhound - https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/black-and-tan-coonhound/ otterhound: https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/otterhound/ greater swiss mountain dog: https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ Edited June 30, 2018 by poochmad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal House Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 The Otterhound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) There were a couple of otterhounds being shown here, but that goes back a couple of decades. None now. Even in the UK they are an endangered breed with critically low numbers Edited June 30, 2018 by Diva 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaznHotAussies Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) Misread OP Edited July 1, 2018 by BlaznHotAussies Delete please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 On 6/30/2018 at 9:05 AM, poochmad said: greater swiss mountain dog: https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ Ohhhh lovely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumCorner Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 They are lovely - For a couple of years I worked in Switzerland, and thought they were just a short-haired version of the Bernese. Hadn't realised they were a separate breed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-j Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 The Silken Windhound is lovely. These dogs arent the prettiest but their circumstances makes me want to aquire some but unless we win lotto I cant see that happening http://www.galgopodencosupport.org/galgos-podencos/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizabella Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 4 hours ago, m-j said: The Silken Windhound is lovely. These dogs arent the prettiest but their circumstances makes me want to aquire some but unless we win lotto I cant see that happening http://www.galgopodencosupport.org/galgos-podencos/ Gosh, yes. I was in Spain for a few months, and the amount of galgos and podencos (and Ibizan hounds) in desperate need was heartbreaking. We actually had a beautiful galgo found roaming on the grounds of the wildlife sanctuary I was at, presumed abandoned (the amount of dogs being dumped is devastating). She was captured and fostered by one of our primate carers before finding a new home in Germany. Prima galgo was just the most beautiful dog, sweet and sensitive. I can tell you, I was wishing I had the unlimited funds to take a couple of Spanish hounds home with me. Prima by Amy Atherton, on Flickr Prima by Amy Atherton, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-j Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 She looks like a real sweetie, Im glad she found a home. The way they are treated is so barbaric. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 @grizabella what beautiful portraits of such a sweet- looking dog who now will never again be neglected & confused & unwanted . That second photo seems to show her thinking 'oh My ..just WHAT is all this wonderfulness ? ' ( though it was more likely a pant-hoot ! LOL ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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