ANBI 360.3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: German Wirehaired Pointer, German Shorthaired Pointer, Gordon Setter
20 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 15
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development of guns changed the uses of dogs!
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at least two main sources for pointing dogs!
a hound type:!•
selected and trained for tracking/ searching/ leading!◦
german shorthaired pointer and?!◦
a spaniel typer!•
before guns used in falconry!◦
selected for and trained to point or "sett"!◦
apparent foundation for europe`s long-haired pointing or versatile dogs!◦
"spainel" is one possible derivation of the work spaniel!◦
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both the hound and flushing origin we have versible dogs!
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why so many hunting breeds- in summary, what factors were involved?!
1.new uses emerged!
#with different kinds of guns came around different uses of the dogs were needed!
2. political conditions !
#new owner of versatile dogs were more sedentary, less time/money for transport/ import!
3. specific/ separate breeds created!
#example: gordon setter, pudelpointer, german wire-haired pointer!
#strategic cross!
4. breeds & pure-breeding!
#splitting by colour!
5. splitting by nationality!
#examples: wire-haired pointing griffon, german rough-haired pointer, pesky fousek!
#similar dogs but then they diverged because of cultural areas!
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future changes? a shifting human-animal boundary!
changing conditions can cause a decline in these hunting breeds!•
example to maintain breed: use a fake fox skin...!•
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compare and contrast the development of dog breed/ types between first nation and 20th
century europeans ( give 3 ideas!
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FILL IN THE BLANK!
breeds whose development was highly influenced by one person,........ gordon is a good example!
rise of versatile breeds after..... revolution!
breed threatened by changing game laws......hounds or partridge dog!
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Review dog origins:!
first nation dogs were just about as well defined as the european breeds!•
can mix up breeds very easily!•
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north america didn't develop very many dogs!
4 from canada!•
