Everybody has a notion of acquired sainthood by keeping and breeding an Indigenous dog. Irrespective of unraveling the facts or choosing cautiously to ignore them. Everyone has been new to something once, that doesn’t mean their credibility reduces though. I am new to the shows, not dogs. I state in bold, I am learning and hardly acquired enough knowledge of the subject; yet I see some significant blunders disturbing the constitution of the indigenous breeds. One can learn with a few efforts and a humble, unprejudiced mind.
To initiate the trend, I publicly agree to disagree with the concepts of the famed, legendary associates of the breed but in a CIVILIZED manner and exhibit in their show. Not to win but for everyone to see the aboriginal caravan type.[ If I am allowed of course since the court is literally theirs]. I don’t have 100+ dogs but a humble few specimens. I might not succeed there as I am not a butter knife doing every club authority or overly polite .But I will do well before my friends from the natives who know and use these hounds. A coursing challenge combined with the visual breed characteristic confirmation would have been a better measure of the dog. I wish to see how the bulky tall dogs would suffer through fatal heat strokes. Only then the clubs would realize that how the over angulated rear awarded for flashy gaits and theoretical speed increment doesn’t really increase the speed actually reduces it and the agility. These infused angulation, heights, extravagant gaits aren’t really ‘improvements’ but proving to be corrupting the perfect time tested working and beautiful Indian breeds. We have seen the improved cases of the punch face Rottweiler, roaching German shepherd and numerous other breeds whose improvements have proven to be deformities and diseases in the long run. No passive viewer at least at this instance can study and decide for himself weather the dog being shown is authentic or not. Thanks to the grand confusion created between the aboriginal and the show hounds. The previous Club breed standards sounded like reading a fairy tale portrayal of a painted knight hound and not a simple sight hound as it is. So one has to depend on show titles and club records to find a dog and believe in it. Another blunder for the new enthusiast. Outsiders couldn’t learn anything unless they try to penetrate in the source areas of these hounds, make contacts and most importantly approach with the motive of preserving the breed and not to crack a cheap deal. My respect is towards such people who paid me for the puppies and put their money where their mouth is. All your money goes into this conservation program and you actually helped the breed not only by owning an authentic native pup and showing it but bearing a part of my expense. There will always be a set of those who are talking on social network and the show fraternity about all randomness but the exact specs of one. Only talking.
I wish to defog some facts about dog game everybody knows. Shows are decided by judges [non native] who have no access to genuine knowledge and the wins are glorified upon to sell pups, not for the breed conservation in its true aboriginal form. It is the need of the hour. I hold nothing remotely personal against any one at the organization. I certainly will not do well at the shows pertaining to my bold remarks taken personally. Yet why am I ready to risk it?
I accept in assertive speech that the efforts and continuous showing and humongous breeding that Caravan has acquired the fame on an International or national front even. I wish to congratulate the Club for that effort even if I do not agree with their show dog.
If the source or the recipient of knowledge was limited to a few, the results won’t be satisfactory. I got serious about caravans when I heard caravans; Mudhols and Pashmis are claimed the same since this is the knowledge passed to the committee. Now I find it my responsibility to bridge the gap and propagate what I am learning. Every knowledge source should be appreciated weather 5 year old or 50. How many times did the leading club authorities confront the natives and hear from them about their breed? Is it too much for the Natives to ask for an audience when their own breed is being involved? Was it so difficult to send a couple of hound specialists from the club to discuss it out with the natives?
I got into dogs for my passion towards conserving the breeds and I had to pay the cost. I can be diplomatic in business not my passion. I am writing this because I felt engaged somewhere. I will always feel so when a Mudhol, Caravan, Pashmi or an Alaknoor is concerned…..Not to pick fights, just to stand my ground positively with my fellow natives. Someone yet interested picking fights, welcome.