User talk:Collieuk

English Mastiff question

I am a prospective owner of an American Mastiff, and I am curious if you can tell me why there is such a debate over the AM being a purebred. It seems to me most owners, like myself, care more about have a great family dog then having a showdog, etc. Why do others feel it so important to point out that they are not members of recognized kennels?

I am not yet au fait with the processes of User talk, but since you have created this page, then I presume you have access to it, so I will reply to you here. It's only fair to tell you my perspective on this matter. I am involved with the purebred dog world, and specifically with the breed usually known as English Mastiffs, as an exhibitor and judge. I very rarely breed, my last litter having just had their eighth birthday, so at least you know that the existence of American Mastiffs is not taking food out of my family's mouths. The problem with recently created breeds is that they inevitably exhibit an unpredictable combination of the characteristics of the purebred breeds involved. Two such crossbreds can differ wildly from each other, and even if they have been bred crossbred to crossbred for several generations, recessive genes can appear that make the offspring of similar parents very different from either parent, both physically and temperamentally. After a number of generations, when the breed has established a consistent, predictable type (if it ever does), established kennel clubs will start to consider it for inclusion in their registry. This is how the Bullmastiff came into being, and a number of other breeds. When you cross a truly giant breed like the Mastiff with a very large aggressive guard breed like the Anatolian Shepherd, you cannot be sure what you will get, other than it will be big. To quote from the Anatolian Shepherd article, "this is not a dog for a beginning or shy owner". If you get a recognized breed, then you will know, within reasonable bounds, what a puppy will grow up to be; if you don't, you are taking a shot in the dark. Collieuk (talk) 08:39, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

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Bandog correction

At Bandog, the translation by Abraham Fleming should have been dated 1576. Charles Matthews (talk) 06:56, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

St. Bernard (dog)

Someone's now trying to force this "Benedictine" claim onto the St. Bernard page. While it is notable enough to be included, it also doesn't (in its current form) state that this claim is entirely unsubstantiated by any organization; apparently the link to the Guinness records wasn't enough to prove Zorba the mastiff was the largest dog on record. Since you seem to be more familiar with the subject than I, your input may be helpful. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:02, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Update; there's some discussion on Talk:English Mastiff concerning this issue that you may be interested in. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:20, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

English Mastiff

Good morning!

In the spirit of not agitating the waters, I rolled back your most recent edit, marking it 'in good faith', because (a) the talk page hadn't been updated and (b) it wasn't clear if you intended to reedit the original, which I believe you contributed to. Mind that I'm not disagreeing, but seeking an equitable solution.

Best regards, --UnicornTapestry (talk) 08:16, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:RSN

Per the comments on the Talk:St. Bernard (dog), I've started a thread at the Reliable Sources noticeboard at WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#St. Bernard (dog). I thought this thread might interest you. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:55, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

WP:Content noticeboard

There's a discussion at the content noticeboard about the St. Bernard page that you may be interested in. The thread is here. I have notified Mastiffkennel as well; your input on this would be much appreciated. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:48, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

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FYI, I put your User Box on the English Mastiff talk page. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:07, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

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I don't understand why the ISP I have always used to edit Wikipedia should have suddenly fallen under this classification: please explain.Collieuk (talk) 23:36, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Without the IP address that will be shown when you try to edit, we cannot answer your question. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:24, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

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I don't understand why the ISP I have always used to edit Wikipedia (BT HomeHub) should has suddenly fallen under this classification The message says "Editing from 207.244.64.0/18 has been blocked (disabled) by Materialscientist" Please explain. Collieuk (talk) 18:28, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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Please follow the instructions, we can not unblock you unless we know your IP. If you don't want to disclose your IP publicly, see here. Max Semenik (talk) 22:55, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

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