Posted in Absolute Piffle, golden retriever, Politics, tagged golden retriever, Yellow Dog Democrat on October 29, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Posted in Absolute Piffle on October 29, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Posted in dog breeds, tagged English setter, gordon setter, irish red and white setter, Irish setter, setter on October 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This 1805 depiction appears in the Cynographia Britannica.
Black and tan setters are not necessarily Gordon setters, and red setters are not necessarily Irish. However, the red and white dog does fit with our understanding of the history of Irish setter in which red and whites were the original dog. But unlike the various Irish setter breeds, this dog is either a brown-skinned red or a rusty liver. I’m not willing to come down on either side because it’s hard to tell.
The white dog is most interesting.
It lacks the ticking or Belton markings one typically sees on modern English setters. It appears to almost solid white except for what appear to be some light lemon markings.
It is also a brown-skinned red and is quite similar to the red dog. Perhaps they are littermates.
Posted in Absolute Piffle, wildlife, tagged Frank Buck, reticulated python, reticulated python, tiger on October 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
This is from one of those Frank Buck films about collecting animals for zoos:
I guarantee you that this footage was contrived.
And it wouldn’t pass any kind of animal cruelty standards for “animal actors.”
I’ve seen most of these Frank Buck films. They were once on AMC or TMC one day in the summer several years ago.
Don’t watch the orangutan footage if you find it. It will make you very upset that anyone could treat an orangutan in that manner.
Posted in Absolute Piffle on October 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
LOL
Posted in Identify the species on October 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Posted in Identify the species, working dogs on October 28, 2010 | 10 Comments »
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