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Footage of a St. John’s water dog

Posted in great books, Retriever history, St. John's Water Dog, tagged farley mowat, retriever, Retriever history, St. John's Water Dog, water dog on February 10, 2011 |

I know that I have posted a link to this video before, but there is a CBC interview with Farley Mowat in which Albert, his St. John’s water dog, is featured. There is another similar dog in the film named Vickie.  (Get it? Victoria and Albert?) I think she may have been nothing more than a Labrador mix that happened to look like a St. John’s water dog.

http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/literature/clips/14934/

This is what the ancestral retriever looked like.

Beware of alligators in the Limpopo River!

 

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Ted Kerasote’s website

Posted in dog behavior, great books, working retrievers, tagged Labrador retriever, Merle's Door, Pukka, Ted Kerasote on November 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »

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Ted Kerasote’s website has been updated. Well, I got the e-mail a while ago, but I’m only now getting around to tell you about it.

He has a new book out about his new Labrador named Pukka.

 

The narrative is told from Pukka’s perspective, and the photos are stunning!

 

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention again that Merle’s Door is my favorite dog book. Not only do I love the story about a wild retriever living in the Wyoming wilderness, but I often reference the science in the book whenever I am looking into such diverse topics as dog domestication and dominance theory.


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Short Farley Mowat Documentary

Posted in great books, St. John's Water Dog, tagged Albert the St. John's water dog, farley mowat, Mutt, St. John's Water Dog, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be on November 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »

By short, I mean 25 minutes.

I’m sure the stats have changed, but this is called Ten Million Books.

It is sorrowfully moving to listen that passage about Mutt’s death read aloud. (The dog who portrays him is a springer/BC cross.)

Those black dogs with short hair are St. John’s water dogs– among the last of their breed.

I don’t know what the long-haired black dogs are.

This documentary is well worth watching.  In it, you learn many things– what subjective nonfiction is, why Mowat started writing about his childhood dog, and Mowat’s enchantment and later disenchantment with Newfoundland.

It’s worth your 25 minutes.

Trust me.

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Peter Matthiessen

Posted in great books, tagged Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard, Wildlife in America on May 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

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I have not read The Snow Leopard, but I do have an ancient copy of Wildlife in America sitting just across the room from me.

I read it with great interest when it arrived as a Christmas present a few years ago.

It’s quite a gem.

And he’s not a bad storyteller either, as you’ll see in this clip.

Never trust a writer who is pretentious. Pretense is a cover for lack of talent.

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Happy Birthday, Farley Mowat!

Posted in great books, tagged farley mowat on May 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Today is Farley Mowat’s birthday. If my math is any good, he is 89 years old.

So I think I’ll post this video where he discusses many things:

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Oh and I just realized it is one week from my birthday.

Damn, I’m getting old.

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Ted Kerasote Interview

Posted in dog behavior, good dog advice, great books on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Boy, this is good!

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This looks like an interesting book

Posted in golden retriever, great books, working dogs, working retrievers on April 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Trailer.

It is about a golden retriever SAR dog named Puzzle, who looks a lot like a dog I’ve seen before.

Apparently, the author gets Puzzle in hopes of turning her into an SAR dog. However, she isn’t used to a dog with a lot of drive.

But that drive is what makes her a useful SAR dog.

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