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- Subject: rec.pets.dogs: Introduction FAQ
- Summary: This introduces the reader to the various faqs for this
- newsgroup. Also contains: acronyms, abbreviations, a
- glossary, and a summary of the major kennel clubs around the world.
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- There are many FAQ's available for this group. For a complete
- listing of these, get the "Complete List of RPD FAQs". This article
- is posted bimonthly in rec.pets.dogs, and is available via anonymous ftp
- to rtfm.mit.edu under pub/usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/faq-list, via
- the Web at http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/lists/faq-list.html, or
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- This article is Copyright 1997 by the Author(s) listed below.
- It may be freely distributed on the Internet in its entirety without
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- It may NOT reside at another website (use links, please) other
- than the URL listed above without the permission of the Author(s).
- This article may not be sold for profit nor incorporated in other
- documents without he Author(s)'s permission and is provided "as is"
- without express or implied warranty.
- ==========
-
-
- Introduction to rec.pets.dogs.*
-
- Author
-
- Cindy Tittle Moore, cindy@k9web.com
- Copyright 1995-1997.
-
- Table of Contents
-
- * History of rec.pets.dogs.*
- * Current Groups And Charters
- * Acknowledgements
- * History of the FAQ's
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- History of rec.pets.dogs.*
-
- Prior to the summer of 1991, there was a single newsgroup for
- discussing issues of interest to pet owners. This was rec.pets, and
- this group still exists for those pets that don't have their own
- newsgroups.
-
- Rec.pets.dogs (and rec.pets.cats) was formed in the summer of 1991.
- Joe DiBenedetto proposed the split and collected the votes, which
- proved more than enough for its official creation.
-
- In the late summer of 1994, another discussion on splitting
- rec.pets.dogs itself started up, due to the hundreds of daily messages
- on the group. This split was proposed by Cindy Tittle Moore, and
- Ronald Dippold collected the overwhelmingly positive vote. The new
- splinter groups were created on November 9th, and rec.pets.dogs
- removed two months later.
-
- Original Charter for RPD
-
- Rec.pets.dogs is a newsgroup devoted to domestic canine issues. This
- group can be friendly and helpful. Flamewars are generally limited to
- several topics: crating dogs, training by the Koheler method, docking
- and cropping, animal rights activism, wolf hybrids and pit-bull (or
- other breed) dog bans. New readers are advised against starting these
- topics up on the newsgroup as long, protracted, and inflammatory
- discussions often ensue. The facts pertaining to these controversial
- topics are covered in the FAQ's. This is not to say that these topics
- are forbidden from discussion on rec.pets.dogs, but that regular
- readers would greatly appreciate it if you checked out what the FAQ
- had to say on them to make sure you have something new to contribute.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Current Groups And Charters
-
- Quick Summary
-
- rec.pets.dogs.activities
- Dog events: showing, obed, agility, etc.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.behavior
- Behaviors and problems: housetraining, chewing, etc.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.breeds
- Breed specific -- breed traits, finding breeders, etc.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.health
- Info about health problems & how to care for dogs
-
- rec.pets.dogs.info
- General information and FAQs posted here. (Moderated)
-
- rec.pets.dogs.misc
- All other topics, chat, humor, etc.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.rescue
- Information about breed rescue, placing and adopting
-
- The groups were created on 11/9/94.
-
- Charters For rec.pets.dogs.*
-
- rec.pets.dogs.activities
- This group is for the discussion of activities involving dogs.
- Examples include but are not limited to conformation,
- obedience, field trials, herding trials, frisbee/disc
- competition, flyball, hunting, sledding, backpacking/camping
- and hiking. Other appropriate topics include discussion of
- training for the particular activity, physical conditioning,
- how to hook up with activities available in your area, etc.
- Sportsmanlike conduct is expected; in particular, derogatory
- comments about activities you don't care for are frowned upon.
- Use of keywords in the subject line to clearly identify your
- activity is encouraged.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.behavior
- This group is for the discussion of typical behavioral problems
- with dogs. Examples include but are not limited to: digging,
- barking, aggressive behavior, housetraining, crate training,
- etc. Also appropriate is discussion of "why" dogs behave as
- they do and how to work with that to eliminate some behaviors
- and reinforce others.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.breeds
- This group is for extensive breed specific discussion. Topics
- may include breed specific health problems, locating breeders
- of particular breeds, discussing breed specific abilities and
- characteristics, asking about what breeds make appropriate pets
- under what circumstances. Clearly identifying the breed you are
- discussing in the subject line is encouraged.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.health
- This group is for health and medical questions related to dogs.
- This includes, but certainly is not limited to, questions on
- hip dysplasia, epilepsy, eye problems, diabetes, bloat,
- allergies and skin problems, etc. Hereditary and acquired
- diseases may be discussed, as well as traumatic disorders.
- Questions about nutrition and feeding are also appropriate
- here. This newsgroup is not intended to replace veterinary care
- in any way, but is to help inform the dog owner about canine
- health.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.info, moderated
- This is a moderated group and only posts faqs and informational
- files relevant to rec.pets.dogs.*. The moderator is Cindy
- Tittle Moore (rpd-info@iname.com) Appropriate faqs that are
- already cleared for posting to news.answers are automatically
- eligible to be posted here. Others that are regularly posted
- (and listed in "Complete List of RPD.* FAQ's") are also
- eligible for posting here. No discussion is permitted on this
- group. This group is intended to make the faqs and artictles
- with useful information for RPD more visible and easier to
- find, especially for newcomers.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.misc
- This group is for miscellaneous questions that are not more
- appropriate for one of the other groups. This includes chat,
- humor, anything pertaining to canines not explicitly covered
- elsewhere. This group replaces the original rec.pets.dogs
- group.
-
- rec.pets.dogs.rescue
- This unmoderated newsgroup proposed as rec.pets.dogs.rescue
- will be used for the discussion of all aspects of dog rescue.
- Topics appropriate to this newsgroup will include, but are not
- limited to:
-
- + General questions and answers on dog rescue.
- + General announcements relative to various rescue groups.
- + General discussion of methods to use in helping a rescue dog
- adjust to its new home.
- + Idiosyncrasies found in rescue dogs, i.e., fears, aggression,
- etc., and how to handle same.
- + Training or re-training the rescue dog.
- + Breed specific rescue group information.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- History of the FAQ's
-
- Michael Mahler attempted a FAQ in 1991 that consisted of compiled but
- unedited articles saved from the net. Due to time constraints, he gave
- up the project, and I received copies of the articles that he had
- saved and incorporated much of them in here from other readers. I have
- heard of other attempts at FAQ's well, but no real details.
-
- The current suite of RPD FAQ's started out as eight articles,
- patterned largely after the RPC FAQ's the author had just completed.
- These were put out publicly in the summer of 1992, and have since
- grown to over 20 FAQs and some 80 breed specific FAQ's. Many of the
- breed FAQ's are written by volunteers familiar with or researching the
- breed.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Acknowledgements
-
- First and foremost, I would like to thank the posters of RPD.* over
- the years. Many of them contributed substantial material for this FAQ.
- A good number have pointed out errors and corrections, keeping the
- FAQ's wonderfully up-to-date. Some contributed unknowingly, as I
- lifted their posts directly from the newsgroup, obtained them from
- summaries kept by other people, or lifted them out of mailing lists.
- Without this body of knowledge and contribution, these FAQ's would not
- exist. A complete list of the faqs may be found in the regularly
- posted "Complete List of rec.pets.dogs.* FAQs" on rec.pets.dogs.info.
-
- To thank every contributor has proven increasingly impossible over the
- years as the numbers have swelled beyond counting or listing. But a
- few I would like to thank in particular are:
-
- Marla Belzowski (for her initial encouragement and Collie FAQ),
- Stephen R. Lee (for the Mushing section and Mal/Sib FAQ's), Liza
- Miller (for her extensive contributions to the Puppy FAQ and the Lab
- FAQ), Lily Mummert (for her extensive comments on herding), Michael
- Sierchio (overall comments, feedback), Charlie Sorsby (information on
- hunting tests), and Rusty Wright (for much of the original material on
- Guide Dogs).
-
- I'd like to thank Michael Buening for the creation of the Rescue FAQ
- and Janice Ritter for its current maintenance. Kathryn Hogg wrote the
- Flyball FAQ and Jeff Parke has commented on different sections in the
- Medical Info FAQs. Bonnie Dalzell generously contributed the
- Lurecoursing FAQ, and Amy Hendrix the Selecting A Dog FAQ.
-
- Finally, I'd especially like to thank all the authors of the Breed
- FAQ's who contributed their time and expertise to write the documents.
- _________________________________________________________________
-
-
- Introduction to rec.pets.dogs.*
- Cindy Tittle Moore, cindy@k9web.com
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