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Subject: rec.pets.dogs:  Introduction FAQ
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                       Introduction to rec.pets.dogs.*

Author

  Cindy Tittle Moore, [email protected]
  Copyright 1995-1997.

Table of Contents

    * History of rec.pets.dogs.*
    * Current Groups And Charters
    * Acknowledgements
    * History of the FAQ's
    _________________________________________________________________

History of rec.pets.dogs.*

  Prior to the summer of 1991, there was a single newsgroup for
  discussing issues of interest to pet owners. This was rec.pets, and
  this group still exists for those pets that don't have their own
  newsgroups.

  Rec.pets.dogs (and rec.pets.cats) was formed in the summer of 1991.
  Joe DiBenedetto proposed the split and collected the votes, which
  proved more than enough for its official creation.

  In the late summer of 1994, another discussion on splitting
  rec.pets.dogs itself started up, due to the hundreds of daily messages
  on the group. This split was proposed by Cindy Tittle Moore, and
  Ronald Dippold collected the overwhelmingly positive vote. The new
  splinter groups were created on November 9th, and rec.pets.dogs
  removed two months later.

 Original Charter for RPD

  Rec.pets.dogs is a newsgroup devoted to domestic canine issues. This
  group can be friendly and helpful. Flamewars are generally limited to
  several topics: crating dogs, training by the Koheler method, docking
  and cropping, animal rights activism, wolf hybrids and pit-bull (or
  other breed) dog bans. New readers are advised against starting these
  topics up on the newsgroup as long, protracted, and inflammatory
  discussions often ensue. The facts pertaining to these controversial
  topics are covered in the FAQ's. This is not to say that these topics
  are forbidden from discussion on rec.pets.dogs, but that regular
  readers would greatly appreciate it if you checked out what the FAQ
  had to say on them to make sure you have something new to contribute.
    _________________________________________________________________

Current Groups And Charters

 Quick Summary

  rec.pets.dogs.activities
         Dog events: showing, obed, agility, etc.

  rec.pets.dogs.behavior
         Behaviors and problems: housetraining, chewing, etc.

  rec.pets.dogs.breeds
         Breed specific -- breed traits, finding breeders, etc.

  rec.pets.dogs.health
         Info about health problems & how to care for dogs

  rec.pets.dogs.info
         General information and FAQs posted here. (Moderated)

  rec.pets.dogs.misc
         All other topics, chat, humor, etc.

  rec.pets.dogs.rescue
         Information about breed rescue, placing and adopting

  The groups were created on 11/9/94.

 Charters For rec.pets.dogs.*

  rec.pets.dogs.activities
         This group is for the discussion of activities involving dogs.
         Examples include but are not limited to conformation,
         obedience, field trials, herding trials, frisbee/disc
         competition, flyball, hunting, sledding, backpacking/camping
         and hiking. Other appropriate topics include discussion of
         training for the particular activity, physical conditioning,
         how to hook up with activities available in your area, etc.
         Sportsmanlike conduct is expected; in particular, derogatory
         comments about activities you don't care for are frowned upon.
         Use of keywords in the subject line to clearly identify your
         activity is encouraged.

  rec.pets.dogs.behavior
         This group is for the discussion of typical behavioral problems
         with dogs. Examples include but are not limited to: digging,
         barking, aggressive behavior, housetraining, crate training,
         etc. Also appropriate is discussion of "why" dogs behave as
         they do and how to work with that to eliminate some behaviors
         and reinforce others.

  rec.pets.dogs.breeds
         This group is for extensive breed specific discussion. Topics
         may include breed specific health problems, locating breeders
         of particular breeds, discussing breed specific abilities and
         characteristics, asking about what breeds make appropriate pets
         under what circumstances. Clearly identifying the breed you are
         discussing in the subject line is encouraged.

  rec.pets.dogs.health
         This group is for health and medical questions related to dogs.
         This includes, but certainly is not limited to, questions on
         hip dysplasia, epilepsy, eye problems, diabetes, bloat,
         allergies and skin problems, etc. Hereditary and acquired
         diseases may be discussed, as well as traumatic disorders.
         Questions about nutrition and feeding are also appropriate
         here. This newsgroup is not intended to replace veterinary care
         in any way, but is to help inform the dog owner about canine
         health.

  rec.pets.dogs.info, moderated
         This is a moderated group and only posts faqs and informational
         files relevant to rec.pets.dogs.*. The moderator is Cindy
         Tittle Moore ([email protected]) Appropriate faqs that are
         already cleared for posting to news.answers are automatically
         eligible to be posted here. Others that are regularly posted
         (and listed in "Complete List of RPD.* FAQ's") are also
         eligible for posting here. No discussion is permitted on this
         group. This group is intended to make the faqs and artictles
         with useful information for RPD more visible and easier to
         find, especially for newcomers.

  rec.pets.dogs.misc
         This group is for miscellaneous questions that are not more
         appropriate for one of the other groups. This includes chat,
         humor, anything pertaining to canines not explicitly covered
         elsewhere. This group replaces the original rec.pets.dogs
         group.

  rec.pets.dogs.rescue
         This unmoderated newsgroup proposed as rec.pets.dogs.rescue
         will be used for the discussion of all aspects of dog rescue.
         Topics appropriate to this newsgroup will include, but are not
         limited to:

         + General questions and answers on dog rescue.
         + General announcements relative to various rescue groups.
         + General discussion of methods to use in helping a rescue dog
           adjust to its new home.
         + Idiosyncrasies found in rescue dogs, i.e., fears, aggression,
           etc., and how to handle same.
         + Training or re-training the rescue dog.
         + Breed specific rescue group information.
    _________________________________________________________________

History of the FAQ's

  Michael Mahler attempted a FAQ in 1991 that consisted of compiled but
  unedited articles saved from the net. Due to time constraints, he gave
  up the project, and I received copies of the articles that he had
  saved and incorporated much of them in here from other readers. I have
  heard of other attempts at FAQ's well, but no real details.

  The current suite of RPD FAQ's started out as eight articles,
  patterned largely after the RPC FAQ's the author had just completed.
  These were put out publicly in the summer of 1992, and have since
  grown to over 20 FAQs and some 80 breed specific FAQ's. Many of the
  breed FAQ's are written by volunteers familiar with or researching the
  breed.
    _________________________________________________________________

Acknowledgements

  First and foremost, I would like to thank the posters of RPD.* over
  the years. Many of them contributed substantial material for this FAQ.
  A good number have pointed out errors and corrections, keeping the
  FAQ's wonderfully up-to-date. Some contributed unknowingly, as I
  lifted their posts directly from the newsgroup, obtained them from
  summaries kept by other people, or lifted them out of mailing lists.
  Without this body of knowledge and contribution, these FAQ's would not
  exist. A complete list of the faqs may be found in the regularly
  posted "Complete List of rec.pets.dogs.* FAQs" on rec.pets.dogs.info.

  To thank every contributor has proven increasingly impossible over the
  years as the numbers have swelled beyond counting or listing. But a
  few I would like to thank in particular are:

  Marla Belzowski (for her initial encouragement and Collie FAQ),
  Stephen R. Lee (for the Mushing section and Mal/Sib FAQ's), Liza
  Miller (for her extensive contributions to the Puppy FAQ and the Lab
  FAQ), Lily Mummert (for her extensive comments on herding), Michael
  Sierchio (overall comments, feedback), Charlie Sorsby (information on
  hunting tests), and Rusty Wright (for much of the original material on
  Guide Dogs).

  I'd like to thank Michael Buening for the creation of the Rescue FAQ
  and Janice Ritter for its current maintenance. Kathryn Hogg wrote the
  Flyball FAQ and Jeff Parke has commented on different sections in the
  Medical Info FAQs. Bonnie Dalzell generously contributed the
  Lurecoursing FAQ, and Amy Hendrix the Selecting A Dog FAQ.

  Finally, I'd especially like to thank all the authors of the Breed
  FAQ's who contributed their time and expertise to write the documents.
    _________________________________________________________________


   Introduction to rec.pets.dogs.*
   Cindy Tittle Moore, [email protected]

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