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Himmies, as fanciers call them, are perfect indoor cat companions.
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Dove fanciers have bred them in a great variety of colours ; the number of colours available has increased dramatically in the latter half of the twentieth century, and it is thought that this has been achieved by interbreeding with S. roseogrisea.
) A competing monument to the Rhode Island Red, claiming its creation not for the poultry fanciers, but for the farmers who grew them commercially in great numbers in Little Compton, was erected by the state in 1954 a mile or so ( about two kilometers ) south of Adamsville.
In addition to the millions of children and Rottweiler fanciers who have enjoyed them, the books have been found useful in teaching English as a second language, with Alzheimer's patients, and with children who are having difficulty learning to read.
Home aviaries are popular with bird fanciers who have the space for them.
These genes are carefully tracked by fanciers of the breeds who show them ; just as dog fanciers carefully check for hip / eye and heart problems, rabbit fanciers extensively follow their own lines to remove unwanted defects.
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Cavy fanciers then began acquiring hairless breeds, and the pet hairless varieties are referred to as " skinny pigs ".
While the hunting versatility of the breed has served it well in the field, it has caused much confusion and contention among Ridgeback fanciers about what these dogs are, and are not, as hunting companions.
Members of this genus are considered highly collectible by orchid fanciers due to the curious and unusual form of their flowers.
Today both of these roses are still widely grown by antique rose fanciers in mild winter regions.
Various polygenes ( sets of related genes ), epigenetic factors, or modifier genes, as yet unidentified, are believed to result in different phenotypes of coloration, some deemed more desirable than others by fanciers.
Javanese cats are referred to by show cat fanciers as colourpoint cats: showing odd or " rare " colors ; such as red or white, or patternation ; tabby and tortie.
Definitions which are open to human interpretation cause much ill-will at conformation shows when exhibitors disagree with the decision of the judge, despite the fact that the fanciers hire the judges and pay entry fees for the judge's opinion of their breeding stock.
Sometimes even minute details are argued over by fanciers and breeders to a degree that would astound the average pet owner who never plans on breeding his or her pet.
* The American Buttercup Club defines its goal as connecting fanciers of the chicken breed so that they are " able to share stock and valuable information about the breed.
Fliers are occasionally kept in aquaria by North American native-fish fanciers.
Cactus fanciers can assist conservation of these rare plants by choosing nursery-bred specimens ( wild-collected ones are illegal to possess for the rarest species ).
To insure against this, some strains of pariah dogs are becoming formally recognized, registered, and pedigreed breeds as their fanciers attempt to preserve the pure type.
Though they are outcasts in the social sense, and thus may still be called pariahs by observers who are not dog fanciers, feral dogs may be of any breed or mix of breeds.
They are bred by pigeon fanciers for various traits relating to size, shape, color, and behavior.
Dog fanciers generally believe that such ill-bred dogs are the reason for the bad reputation of some breeds in the public perception, and the resulting breed-specific legislation.
Lauren Brooke is the author of two series of books targeted at pre-adolescent girls who are horse fanciers, the Heartland and Chestnut Hill series.
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By the late 1970s, the Russian White and Russian Black colors were accepted by cat fanciers in Australia as Russian cats ( in different classes ).
It was not until the post World War II era that cat fanciers renewed their breeding efforts.
In the early 1950s a group of English cat fanciers began working together to restore the breed.
The Javanese is a breed of domestic cat recognized by cat fanciers as a show cat, more specifically an oriental longhair.
* Dog and cat fanciers may coordinate a breeding program to raise the probability of an animal's litter producing a championship-caliber animal.
It was formerly known as the British Angora before being renamed in 2002 by British cat fanciers in order to avoid confusion with the Turkish Angora.
With no globally recognized naming convention, other cat fanciers may refer to this type as Foreign Longhair or Mandarin.
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Early specimens were taken from the race track by dog fanciers of the time and exported all over the world.
Cher Ami ( French for " dear friend ", in the masculine ) was a registered Black Check Cock homing pigeon which had been donated by the pigeon fanciers of Britain for use by the U. S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I and had been trained by American pigeoneers.
Some fanciers feel this size difference is merely physiological, due to the smaller size of the donkey dam, as compared with a much larger mare.
) had been on the decline for some time, and, of course, the serial appealed heavily to fanciers of those genres, people who usually thumbed their noses at the often sentimental domestic or romantic themes that traditional soaps had relied on since their inception on radio in the 1930s.
Some people, called rabbit fanciers, practice cuniculture predominantly for show or hobby.
-There is also a group of Ridgeback fanciers who believe Rhodesian Ridgebacks should be thought of in terms of the FCI's group 5. 8.
In 1876 a trial was organized in Alexandra Park by the sheepman as a challenge to the show fanciers to demonstrate that show collies could still work.
The result was a disaster for the show fanciers.
In 1990, when the Boerboel breed was in danger of becoming extinct, a group of fanciers, the South African Boerboel Breeders ’ Association ( SABT ), started looking for eligible South African dogs to use as a breeding base.
The pigeon fanciers of Belgium were so taken with the hobby that they began to develop pigeons specially cultivated for fast flight and long endurance called Voyageurs.
From Belgium the modern version of the sport and the Voyageurs which the Flemish fanciers developed spread to most parts of the world.
Once quite popular, the sport has experienced a downturn in participants in some parts of the world in recent years, possibly due to the rising cost of living, aging fanciers, and a severe lack of public interest.
A British MP is supporting fanciers to have the ban lifted.
Labour's MEP Brian Simpson, from Golborne, believes that it is unfair to allow concerns about avian flu to throttle the fanciers ' sport.
A high collaboration with pigeon fanciers from Belgium, Holland, Germany and so forth is also observed.
The trial, which cost £ 25, 000, was supported by the Scottish Homing Union, representing the country's 3, 500 pigeon fanciers.
The National Fancy Rat Society ( NFRS ), founded in 1976, is a UK-based club for rat fanciers that promotes fancy rats exhibitions, as well as the study and breeding of these rats.
Publicity in Fur & Feather magazine had increased interest in the fledgling fancy and caused an increase in entries in the rat sections of mouse shows during 1974 and 1975 to the point that after cajoling from the mouse fanciers it was decided to form a club or society purely for rat fanciers.
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