tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423815608168342684.post3991641921609732079..comments2024-03-13T02:57:59.591-07:00Comments on Pointing Dog Blog: Winter BluesCraig Koshykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551849205683278959noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423815608168342684.post-59071802934225157652010-02-25T04:04:42.701-08:002010-02-25T04:04:42.701-08:00I loved this post, thanks for writing it :)Here we...I loved this post, thanks for writing it :)<br>Here we don't discuss the blues at all because to my knowledge there are no blues in Finland (and I don't know if there are any in the Nordic countries at all). But I guess it is only a question of time when we get the first one since it appears breeding them is popular in contintal Europe. It will be interesting to follow the discussion here and reflect over some things you wrote :)Emmahttp://www.karvaisetkaverit.finoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423815608168342684.post-42347286626780290672010-01-09T06:48:58.448-08:002010-01-09T06:48:58.448-08:00Craig: thanks for this. At least in the vizsla wo...Craig: thanks for this. At least in the vizsla world, the two debates that seem to rankle people are the allowable amount of white on their coats, and size. In the latter case, there is a movement afoot to extend the upper range of the breed's size qualifications. In the former, white is often used as a means for some faction to scream miscegenation and claim a pointer back there in the pedigree.<br><br>I am not sure what the thinking behind a bigger vizsla is -- if I was being snarky I'd say it's so a show judge doesn't have to lean down so far -- but I don't actually think it's any of the field trial folks, ie. looking for a bigger boned dog that might keep up with the bigger GSPs.<br><br>The whole argument about white is just a dud. While historians of the breed can cite medieval texts of white on vizslas, the fact remains that the vizsla as a breed was largely preserved by the importation of dogs to the US. It doesn't take a microscope to see that the first brood bitch to arrive in the US in 1950, Sari, had white on her chest.<br><br>I just checked the Wikipedia page and whoever wrote it communicates their own version of this color issue: "Small areas of white on the fore-chest and on the toes are permissible but not preferred." While the author is careful to footnote that only the first part of the sentence correlates with the breed standard, he/she still relates 'but not preferred.'<br><br>All the best<br>AndrewAndrew Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00204944202954520498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423815608168342684.post-78448466022069234562010-01-07T20:30:54.197-08:002010-01-07T20:30:54.197-08:00Petri talked about color controvery (in grays) ear...Petri talked about color controvery (in grays) early in Weim history... "Even at that time (1899), agreement could not be reached about either description of colour or desired colour" (Petri 7) and "There are silver-gray and mousey-gray Weimaraners...and there is heated argument between opponents" (qtd. in Petri 8)."<br><br>Certainly the gray color, whatever the shade, could be considered a hallmark of the breed; but in the US, it is an established unofficial "variety." There's no "getting rid of" Blues at this point.<br><br>And having spent far more time and energy arguing the issue than I care to admit back when I was more naive, I have come to realize that Option #4 is the best approach. A good hunting Weim is a good hunting Weim no matter the color.Annehttp://blueweimaraner.comnoreply@blogger.com