Ref to Dog Fancy, Breed names (was New(?) Observations)

[KLMF at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 57756

Sorry if I'm behind the times in the posts...I'm on Digest.

In a message dated 5/12/03 6:53:41 PM, HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com writes:

<< But, perhaps that's because I'm American and I'm confusing what 

Americans call English Bulldogs with what the English actually 

consider a true Bulldog? Perhaps it's a different breed entirely? 

Maybe somebody could clear this up for me? >>

The English Bulldog and the Bulldog are the same breed and the term "English" 
is not actually part of the name according to AKC.  It's like calling Poodles 
"French" Poodles (they aren't French, BTW, they're a German breed).  They are 
just "Poodles."  There are, though, several breeds of Bulldog....the AKC 
recognizes only 2---the English (which is just called the "Bulldog") and the 
French Bulldog (the actual name of the breed).  I, myself, breed English 
Cockers, which are only called Cockers in any other part of the world....the 
breed we in the US call Cockers are called American Cockers by the rest of 
the world.......but I digress.....

By the "dog fancy" I am speaking specifically about the references to the 
breeding and showing of dogs (Aunt Marge who is a breeder, and Parvati 
leading Harry around "like a show dog").  That's the "dog fancy".  

References to dogs in literature are not in themselves unusual. References to 
the breeding and showing of dogs *is*.  I found it peculiar that two 
references have been made in the series that refer directly to the breeding 
and showing of dogs (that is, the dog fancy)

Karen