Coolies

[PWCorgi]

Originally Posted by SpringerLover

Have you ever met Jane's Finn? He's a Britta kid... and looks quite a bit like the second from the left (BC-like) dog. For that matter, all of Jane's dogs are related and if you stand them next to one another, I'd never be able to tell!

No! I've seen pictures of Finn, but I've only ever my Ryder.

[Fran101]

Originally Posted by PWCorgi

No! I've seen pictures of Finn, but I've only ever my Ryder.

was this a tangled themed litter? lol

[LostAndConfused]

Poor Hudson gets BC all the time. Poor kid, he has an identity problem.

[SpringerLover]

Originally Posted by Fran101

was this a tangled themed litter? lol

I don't watch movies... :P

Ryder is Finn's dad and Taigh's grandpa. (They're all Diamond Aire dogs, like the dogs in the photo posted.)

[Fran101]

Originally Posted by SpringerLover

I don't watch movies... :P

Ryder is Finn's dad and Taigh's grandpa. (They're all Diamond Aire dogs, like the dogs in the photo posted.)

Oh lol Flynn rider is the guy from Tangled prince charming kinda dude

[AdrianneIsabel]

So, is producing a great inconsistent variety in a litter and a line a good thing or a bad thing?

Avalon has made the case it is not desirable and her coolies have a consistent type that possibly our eyes are not educated to see at this point but many other posters are saying their own breeders lack consistencies in litters in an effort to rationalize the differences they may see within the coolie breed as "no more drastic than this litter".

Would you prefect to have an expectant type from your breed/breeder or do you enjoy the variety gamble?

[AdrianneIsabel]

Originally Posted by LostAndConfused

Poor Hudson gets BC all the time. Poor kid, he has an identity problem.

Shamoo gets Boston, Arnold gets ridgeback, Sloan gets coyote, and Backup gets GSD. I think of this as uneducated onlookers with a less common breed (or so common but so misunderstood) than an issue of inconsistency amongst a breed.

[Red Chrome]

Originally Posted by AdrianneIsabel

So, is producing a great inconsistent variety in a litter and a line a good thing or a bad thing?

Avalon has made the case it is not desirable and her coolies have a consistent type that possibly our eyes are not educated to see at this point but many other posters are saying their own breeders lack consistencies in litters in an effort to rationalize the differences they may see within the coolie breed as "no more drastic than this litter".

Would you prefect to have an expectant type from your breed/breeder or do you enjoy the variety gamble?

I prefer to know the type being produced or close to it. I do not like to see much variety in my breed and chosen lines.

[Dizzy]

I think variety comes with dogs where working is the desirable trait, then looks. Look at any working dog breed.... It's only when conformation becomes the desired trait that its becomes uniform for a few people.

Personally..... I think it's a bit of a moot point. There's ALWAYS going to be variations, and it's individual interpretation of one standard, never mind individual uses and wants in those dogs. That is good or bad or both, it's not going to change.

I think coolies are no exception to that, and seeing as they haven't had the sport or confo input yet, they're just more varied than others who have had that treatment. Not a bad thing... Or good.

[AdrianneIsabel]

Originally Posted by avaloncoolies

You all can confidently spell Avalon Coolies with a C, no K needed on my part. We have German Coolies...and we are pretty confident with what we would like to call our dogs so please dont feel you have to K/C anything for me, for some others I think there is confusion as to what they own...I mean even Toolalla refers to his as Aus.Coolies with a C...

Are Australian C/Koolie and German Coolies interbred? Here you have made a distinct claim that your dogs are German coolies, how does one signify that if they still interbreed? What says they are German coolies and not Aus C/Koolies?

This is something the American pit bull terrier and American Stafforshire Terrier (and American Bully) have run into and it is, to this day, a constant argument. These questions I pose are not new, they come from years of being in the pit bull type world where definitions of why a dog is what changes from breeder to breeder.