Cathy Moon
Well-known member
I just read a very interesting article in the Bark magazine. It's issue #48 June 2008, and the article is The Future of Dogs by Alston Chase. Using the Jack Russell terrier as an example, Chase explains the past of this little crossbred dog used for sporting, which was not a 'breed' as we know it today. There was no studbook, no kennel club affiliation; rather it was a type of dog used for specific purposes. Then the article explains what happened to other 'breeds' when the Kennel Club formed in 1873, and what has happened to the Jack Russell since 1974 when the JRT club was formed, and now the Parson Russell breed since acceptance into the kennel club.
To put it mildly, this article gave me a banquet of food for thought. There is nothing I love more than learning about all the dog breeds, and the CKCS breed in books with photographs of past dogs, etc. This article begins to give me a different understanding of dog breeds than I had ever imagined. It makes me want to delve deeper into the actual history of dogs and how the breeds came to be.
There is also a book by Alston Chase:
http://www.transactionpub.com/cgi-b...c0a80aa5079c/Product/View/1&2D4128&2D0779&2D4
To put it mildly, this article gave me a banquet of food for thought. There is nothing I love more than learning about all the dog breeds, and the CKCS breed in books with photographs of past dogs, etc. This article begins to give me a different understanding of dog breeds than I had ever imagined. It makes me want to delve deeper into the actual history of dogs and how the breeds came to be.
There is also a book by Alston Chase:
http://www.transactionpub.com/cgi-b...c0a80aa5079c/Product/View/1&2D4128&2D0779&2D4