rec.pets.dogs.* Complete FAQ List

This compilation is Copyright 1997-2000 by Cindy Moore.

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Note About rec.pets.dogs.*

First, please note that all the groups under rec.pets.dogs.* are PUBLIC, with the exception of rec.pets.dogs.info, which is reserved for posting RPD's many FAQ's. Anyone may freely post to any of the other groups. If you're confused about which groups are for what, there is also a weekly posted list of charters, which you should look at.

If a file is listed here, it may be posted to rec.pets.dogs.info. If it is not posted, you can contact me for information on how to do so. If you have something that you regularly post to the other rec.pets.dogs.* groups not listed here, and you think it should be, again, please contact me. You can do so by simply replying to this message.

Official FAQ's for rec.pets.dogs.*

("Official" simply means that the faqs are crossposted to news.answers and automatically archived at rtfm.mit.edu.)

There are a number of monthly posted FAQ files that deal with dogs in general. There are, in addition, many breed specific FAQs, and one on fleas and ticks and another on dealing with the loss of a pet. I maintain all of these FAQ's except for the two FAQ's on Rescue organizations, and some of the breed faqs. For questions on the latter two, contact Janice Ritter at ritter@aolnorth.com who currently maintains them.

INTRODUCTION
Gives a brief description of this group, details common acronyms, includes a glossary, describes several national kennel clubs, and thanks the people who made this all possible.

FAQ LIST
This file.

EMAIL LIST
Lists all the publicly accessible canine related mailing lists.

WWW LIST
Lists all the current World Wide Web sites about dogs.

SELECTING A DOG
Should you get a dog? How do you go about selecting what sort of dog you would like? This article helps you get started.

GETTING A DOG
Details how to go about getting a dog and lists the things you will need to get started. Covers where to get dogs, where not to get dogs, what questions to ask. Covers what you will need in the way of food/leashes/collars, etc.

YOUR NEW PUPPY
Aimed at new dog owners and puppies. Thus it contains information on the needs of puppies and helps the new or inexperienced owner get started.

YOUR NEW DOG
Helps the new owner who has just gotten an adult dog. It discusses issues pertinent to this situation, such as readjustment, bonding, retraining, etc.

HEALTH CARE ISSUES
An overview of the sort of health issues every dog owner should know about: basic information on vaccinations, how to tell when something is wrong, etc.

BREEDING YOUR DOG
An overview of what is involved when breeding your dog. Issues to consider *before* breeding, how to get the bitch and dog ready (health checks, examinations, etc), and other information. Strongly discourages careless or unplanned breeding.

CANINE MEDICAL INFORMATION, I and II
Gives detailed information on a number of diseases and other problems that dogs can have.

JUVENILE RENAL DISEASE
An overview of juvenile renal disease in dogs, written by Susan L Fleisher, 74723.1637@CompuServe.COM.

CANINE EPILEPSY
An overview of canine epilepsy, written by Alicia Marcinczyk, aliciam@maine.maine.edu.

CANINE GENETICS
Discusses how to eliminate canine genetic diseases, from a buyer's perspective. By Gary Mason, gmason@ileaf.com.

WHELPING
Discusses breeding, whelping and rearing puppies. Written by Liza Lee Miller, lizalee@stanford.edu.

TRAINING YOUR DOG
Supplies tips, hints, and references to training your dog. Discusses the variety of methods used to train dogs.

BEHAVIOR
Outlines the way dogs think and presents common behavioral problems along with suggested constructive solutions. Barking, digging, aggression, dominance/submission, etc.

CANINE ACTIVITIES: OBEDIENCE TRIALS
Describes in detail how to start in the sport of obedience trials. Coevers required exercises for a variety of kennel clubs and gives several tips for successful participation. Prepared with the help of the OBED-L mailing list.

CANINE ACTIVITIES: FLYBALL
Describes the sport of flyball.

CANINE ACTIVITIES: LURECOURSING
Describes the sport of lurecoursing in detail.

CANINE ACTIVITIES: CAMPING AND BACKPACKING
Discusses what you will need to know and do when camping and backpacking with your dog.

CANINE ACTIVITIES: CAMPING WITH YOUR DOG
Discusses what you will need to know and do when camping and backpacking with your dog. Companion to the above faq.

WORKING DOGS
Covers the amazing variety of ways dogs can be put to work: search and rescue, police work, narcotics work, sledding, Schutzhund, etc.

SERVICE DOGS
Describes the ways dogs assist handicapped people directly. Covers guide dogs for the blind, signal dogs for the deaf, companion dogs for the disabled, and therapy dogs.

KENNEL CLUBS: AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB
Covers AKC test requirements and discusses showing. It also briefly discusses breed clubs associated with the AKC and titles obtainable through those clubs.

KENNEL CLUBS: UNITED KENNEL CLUB
Covers UKC show, test, and trial requirements.

ORGANIZATIONS: NORTH AMERICAN HUNTING RETRIEVER ASSOCIATION
Information about the North American Hunting Retreiver Association.

ASSORTED TOPICS, I and II
Contains a variety of topics in two parts that did not fit any particular theme, such as wolf-hybrids, owner allergies, cleaning up urine & vomit, docking and cropping, a new baby, invisible fences, pet doors, travel, vicious dogs, etc.

PUBLICATIONS
Contains all the book and article references in the other faqs (breed specific ones excepted). Additional publications listed as well. Sorted by topic.

RESOURCES
A compilation of canine related magazines, catalogues, organizations and kennel club addresses.

RESCUE, I, II, III, IV
Lists contacts for breed rescue clubs around the country. Kept by Janice Ritter.
The multiple parts of the FAQ are also archived at rtfm.mit.edu (18.181.0.24) in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq. This is useful if you do not have web access: the rtfm.mit.edu archival site permits both ftp and email retrieval of these files. To obtain the files, first try ftp to rtfm.mit.edu and look under that directory. If ftp does not work from your site, then try the mail server: send email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with any or all of:
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/introduction
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/email-lists
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/faq-list
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/www-list
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/getting-a-dog
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/new-puppy
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/new-dog
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/health-care
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeding
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/medical-info/JRD
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/medical-info/part1
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/medical-info/part2
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/medical-info/epilepsy
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/medical-info/genetic-diseases
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/medical-info/whelping
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/training
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/behavior
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/activities/obedience
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/activities/flyball
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/activities/lurecoursing
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/activities/backpacking
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/activities/camping
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/working
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/service
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/kennel-clubs/AKC
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/kennel-clubs/UKC
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/orgs/ACA
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/orgs/NAHRA
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/misc/part1
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/misc/part2
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/publications
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/resources
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/rescue/part1
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/rescue/part2
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/rescue/part3
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/rescue/part4
in the body of the message (leave the subject line empty). If you don't want all of them, include only the lines of the ones you want. You do have to repeat the path information for each file.

Official Breed-specific FAQs

While not all breeds are covered, new ones are added from time to time as readers contribute them. They are available via anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu under pub/usenet/news,answers/dogs-faq/breeds. You can obtain any or all of the official breed faqs via email from rtfm's mail server (as above) with the following commands . There are usually a few unofficial faqs that cover more breeds, please see below.
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/acd
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/affenpinschers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/afghans
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/airedales
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/akitas
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/apbt/part1
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/apbt/part2
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/apbt/part3
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/aus-terriers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/austshepherds
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/aws
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/basenjis
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/bassets
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/beagles
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/beardies
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/berners
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/bichon-frise
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/bloodhounds
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/bordercollies
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/bostonterriers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/bulldogs
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/bullmastiffs
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/cairns
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/cardigans
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/caucasians
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/cavaliers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/chessies
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/chihuahuas
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/chinooks
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/chows
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/collies
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/curlycoats
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/dachshunds
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/dalmatians
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/dobermans
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/englishcockers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/ess
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/flatcoats
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/fldspaniels
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/frenchbulldogs
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/glen-imaals
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/goldens
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/greatdanes
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/greyhounds
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/gsd
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/harriers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/havanese
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/huskies
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/irishsetters
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/jackrussells
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/keeshonden
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/kerryblues
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/klee-kai
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/komondors
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/kuvaszok
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/labradors
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/leonbergers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/malamutes
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/malinois
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/neapolitans
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/newfies
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/norfolks
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/oes
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/ovtcharkas
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/papillons
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/pembrokes
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/pharoahs
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/ridgebacks
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/rottweilers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/salukis
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/samoyeds
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/scotties
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/sharpeis
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/shelties
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/shibas
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/shih-tzus
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/staffords
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/stbernard
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/tibetan-t
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/tollers
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/vizslas
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/wetterhounen
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/wheatens
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/whippets
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/breeds/yorkies
These faqs are written by different readers of RPD who have experience with the breed in question. While in many cases (not all!) I post them. you should direct any questions to the authors of the FAQ rather than automatically to me.

You are encouraged to volunteer to write new breed faqs, please contact me at rpd-info@netcom.com for details. I am happy to help you archive the faqs properly; however, you may decide to do it yourself or keep them offical; whatever. Please do let me know about it, though, so I can list it here.

Assorted Other Official FAQs

These faqs are more generalized for pet owners of all types. These include: Enjoy!
Complete List of rec.pets.dogs.* FAQs
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