It's About Time

The American Kennel Club has announced that it will allow mutts to compete in certain AKC competitions. Mixed breed dogs will be allowed to compete in agility, obedience and rally events. This won't start until April 2010 and mutts will only be able to compete against other mutts.

It's a start. Only 2 of my 6 dogs are purebred. They are not better or more deserving than the mixed. I'm glad to see this start and hope that it continues as even the most purebred of dogs has in its lineage- a mutt.

Dog Log Cafe Volume 3 Ryuu (Part 1)

Ryuu is our Beagle, the fourth in the pack. One evening I came home from work, said hello to the dogs, plopped down on the couch and was immediately pounced on by a strange dog. A puppy- a beagle puppy. A real cute little guy. My son had 'his own place' along with several roommates and one of them had bought this little guy. They were going on a long day trip and wanted to know if they could drop Ryuu off to stay and play. Of course we said yes. Later that night he was picked up and that was the end of dog number four- for a while.

Several months later the roommates broke up- many moving back home. The young man who owned Ryuu though had no real stable place to return to and after a couple weeks living in a hotel he asked if he could leave Ryuu with us until his situation got better. No way we could say no so we took him in- for a short time or so we thought. Before he left we got the spelling of the dogs name (It's pronounced like Re-You) and it means (supposedly) dragon in Japanese.

Within 24 hours I was desparate to find this kid who left his beagle on my door step and in my house. No way- again I say there was no way I was prepared for the noise, the sound, the volume, this little dog was able to generate. We finally tracked this kid down and gave one command, come pick up your damn dog. He showed up a little while later asking, "What's up"?
(to be continued)