Read article V. Maslikova published in “the HORN” No. 30 for the year 2016, about dogs, and I started to feel a little sorry for himself, and for Legion hunting experts as well.
I don’t think that just become an expert-the cynologist in hunting dogs “to be able to read, write and add numbers up to one hundred”. And, after graduating from the biological faculty of Moscow state University. M. V. Lomonosov, another 9 years went to the interns before have received lower then the second category, breed and test the huskies, considering that the examination at the shows such a unique and crucial activity that I was not worthy of it. However, the second category, I was still two years before he defended his thesis on raptors of Western Siberia (not the dogs).
And then “blew” another 17 years, having walked hundreds of kilometers on the tests and competitions of cops, huskies, spaniels. Conducted the examination of these dogs at exhibitions not only in Moscow but also in many other cities (Leningrad, Kalinin, Kirov, Gorky, Yaroslavl, etc.). And it had to be earned then the highest category, “Union”, issued in the USSR Ministry of agriculture. Get me well, and it was necessary to earn a NAME to maintain at the time a small but unique hunting huskies Karelia Karelian. Maybe that’s what prevented me from finishing the Moscow state University and a Ph. D. in the field of population ecology of small mammals (I say this so as not to attribute “selfish” interest — not the dogs).
And now the author of the article. He does not understand what “appraisal”, why it is needed, although the points considered. That’s his problem. And it is a pity that there was no person who would explain to him that the appraisal is the highest region in the breeding of hunting dogs in Russia, as well as in animal husbandry at all. Read the literature on animal breeding, apparently he did not bother, and if held in the hands, you did not understand. However, correctly interprets the specific value of the appraisal is to obtain higher breeding class must: correctly tie a dog (this requires a “thoroughbred”), to puppies, to find their owners, to help in learning to hunt, to make the show the exhibition to the mother of the puppies got scores “for posterity”. The dog is not necessary, but also good — with her more engaged.
It is the essence of the Russian integrated breeding of hunting dogs, each of which belongs to an individual owner, who often may not know the details. It would be the all-Russian breeding kennel of breeds of hunting dogs under the leadership of ROS-okhotrybolovsoyuz — know-how of Russian dog breeding.
What nephews? They do a great job in the Societies of hunters, and totally free, on enthusiasm. Fight with the wrong bindings, explain, prove, that everything should be done to improve the hunting dog population on the exterior and hunting qualities.
And what we have in the country, experts-cynologists? This, above all, enthusiasts. To the detriment of their business (family, work, household and even your dog) they use personal time to work with other people’s dogs in the field and at exhibitions, getting work for meager rewards, which is sometimes not enough to travel to this event. (In Moscow the expert of the ring only after passing the written comprehensive report receives for a day’s work for 500 rubles!)
The expert in the show ring must be a true artist, a connoisseur of beauty, perfectly knowing the standard of the evaluated dogs, and testing — thorough knowledge of working dogs. And all this for a pittance.
Of course, as in any other activity, “the family has its black sheep.” There are also “clumsy”, and is simply incapable, especially at exhibitions. But in individual cases (which, incidentally, should help identify, absolutely can not offend the majority of canine enthusiasts who have a common thing — the Russian hunting dog breeding and rooting for him.
