[HPforGrownups] Ref to Dog Fancy, Breed names

[Coble, Katherine]

No: HPFGUIDX 57767

KLMF writes:



> 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)
> 
Mycropht responds:

I found it interesting, too.  I have a breeder-quality Bernese Mt. Dog
(Sennunhund) that I've not shown.  

Perhaps JKR is just exploiting the Lincoln's Dr.'s Dog myth from publishing.
In short, the three best selling types of books in the U.S. are books about
-Lincoln
-Doctors
-Dogs

The irony of which is that no one will read a book about Lincoln's Doctor's
Dog.

Sorry.  Brain hemmorage.

Back to topic:
I wonder if JKR even likes dogs.  She certainly made the Dog Fanciers to be
a minor villain in Book 3.  

Mycropht