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William Killian - Zen and the Art of Ferrets <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Skip the stud books and the FURO rules. Get "The FURO book of Ferrets"
>that you didn't mention. And "Tao Full of Detours: The Behavior of the
>Domestic Ferret" that is the best of the bunch.
Well I didn't mention them as I *can* get ahold of them easily ... it was
the others I couldn't...
>The stud books are just lists of ferrets that by now are deceased. The
>information is rigidly and copyrighted so it can't even be used to build a
>database of ancestry - that is specifically disallowed. FURO is gone as
>far as shows go and they had an overgenerous allocation of different
>colors that are not realistic. Lilac? If you want to do something about
>starting up shows down under, then work with groups whose systems have
>succeeded.
Well - they are not too keen on having conformation shows here. I was
mainly interested in them as a reference for the club here - htey have a
wonderful library and I have finally seen Furo's "Weasel Help" magazine
years 1991 - 1995. Really interesting articles and concepts in there. I
understand about the colors and that there are still some breeders that
stick to those color standards. I also was interested in seeing what sort
of judging standards they had. I have seen the GLFA's, but not the AFA's
of LIFE's (hint hint - if anybody would like to donate them incase they
*did* accept conformation shows . . . please contact me!). As for the
stud books it was just for pure curiosity! Just wondered what information
they had and how it was presented.
>The Reproduction book is very interesting but wrong in many cases. Get it
>anyway!
Hmm ... really? What exactly were those? (You may mail me privatly if you
wish)
Thanks to all that have pointed me in Hildy's directions! I have sent her
off an e-mail and am looking forward to finding out if she will ship to
Australia!
[Posted in FML issue 2834]
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