Dog people vs. cat people

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The Washington Post recently published an interesting story, “What our cats and dogs say about our politics,” by Aaron Blake. Together with The Post’s Graphics Editor Christopher Ingraham and data from the American Veterinary Medical Association, Blake discovered a remarkable similarity between dog vs. cat states and conservative vs. liberal states.

In other words, the dog vs. cat map of the country looks much like the red vs. blue map of the 2012 election.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/07/28/what-our-cats-and-dogs-say-about-our-politics/

In a related piece on Wonkblog, Roberto A. Ferdman and Ingraham (who also previously worked at the Brookings Institution and the Pew Research Center) extrapolate further:

“We all know there are only two types of people in the world: cat people and dog people. But data from market research firm Euromonitor suggest that these differences extend beyond individual preferences and to the realm of geopolitics: it turns out there are cat countries and dog countries, too.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/28/where-cats-are-more-popular-than-dogs-in-the-u-s-and-all-over-the-world/

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I don’t know the political leanings of many of our clients but, obviously, I do know that all are dog people. Further, a large percentage live with multiple numbers of dogs. While the initial intent was upland bird hunting, these dogs of our clients live, for the most of the year, as beloved pets.

Many thanks to my friend Jan Streiff for telling me about this story. She is a cat person but has grown quite fond of our dogs.

English setter awards announced

Houston’s Blue Diamond (Houston x Forest Ridge Jewel, 2006)

Houston’s Blue Diamond (Houston x Forest Ridge Jewel, 2006)

The standings for the national English setter awards for all field trial venues were recently announced in The American Field. It was nice to see every dog honored but especially gratifying for Jerry and me was the inclusion of dogs that we bred. In addition, one dog Paul Hauge bred out of his Houston and one dog of Sean Derrig’s were honored.

2X CH Houston’s Blue Diamond, owned and handled by Ross Leonard, won the John S. O’Neall, Jr., English Setter Amateur Shooting Dog Award. Placing fifth in the standings was CH/RU-CH Houston’s Blackjack. He is owned by Frank LaNasa and Leroy Peterson, both of Minnesota, and handled by Frank.

Houston’s Blackjack (CH Can’t Go Wrong x CH Houston’s Belle, 2008)

Houston’s Blackjack (CH Can’t Go Wrong x CH Houston’s Belle, 2008)

For the fourth year in a row, Shadow Oak Bo won the John S. O’Neall, Sr., award in the open all-age category. Bo is the setter that famously won the National Championship in 2013 and 2014. Bo is owned by N.G. Houston and Dr. John Dorminy and campaigned by Robin Gates. Blackjack was high in that category also, listed seventh in point totals.

3X CH/RU-CH Ridge Creek Cody was the sixth highest point earner for the Elwin G Smith award. Cody is owned by Larry Brutger of St. Cloud, Minnesota, and handled on the circuit by pro Shawn Kinkelaar. Cody and Blackjack were littermates.

Ridge Creek Cody (CH Can’t Go Wrong x CH Houston’s Belle, 2008)

Ridge Creek Cody (CH Can’t Go Wrong x CH Houston’s Belle, 2008)

In addition, Sean Derrig had bred his dam Erin’s Skydancer to Ridge Creek Cody in 2012. A male he kept, Erin’s Hidden Shamrock, earned points in two derby categories.

Congratulations to dogs, owners and handlers. Perhaps, most especially, congratulations to Paul, who started it all with Houston more than 30 years ago.

John S. O’Neall, Jr., English Setter Amateur Shooting Dog Award
1st    Houston’s Blue Diamond
5th    Houston’s Blackjack

John S. O’Neall, Sr., English Setter All-Age Award
1st    Shadow Oak Bo
7th    Houston’s Blackjack

Elwin G. Smith English Setter Open Shooting Dog Award
6th    Ridge Creek Cody

Herman Smith English Setter Open All-age Derby Award
7th    Erin’s Hidden Shamrock

Bill Conlin English Setter Open Shooting Dog Derby Award
9th    Erin’s Hidden Shamrock

Erin’s Hidden Shamrock (CH Ridge Creek Cody x Erin’s Skydancer, 2012)

Erin’s Hidden Shamrock (CH Ridge Creek Cody x Erin’s Skydancer, 2012)

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