#coursing

Coursing From Homestuck Vol. 9 By Alex Rosetti Propaganda: None submitted

Heir Conditioning From Strife! By Tensei Propaganda: "I LOVE YOU HEIR CONDITIONING" "love this song sm. heir of grief for when you want to not sob your eyes out" "banger-and-a-half power anthem type shit"

Reading this book and forming some Thoughts I wanna wait on sharing to fb until after ive finished reading the book to see if it gets answered later on in the book.

Books on sighthounds in my collection.

The Hounds of Heaven, by Stephen Bodio in 2016, covers mainly Saluki and the broader Tazi landrace. It was my first book about sighthounds, and one of the first hunting related books I bought as well. While it's fairly specific in scope, just speaking of the authors experience, it drew me in and sparked an interest in hunting sighthounds. Saluki still seem the most gorgeous of the sighthound breeds to me, and I adore the photos and descriptions of them in this book.

Dog's Best Friend, by Ursula Birr, Gerald Krakauer, and Daniela Osiander in 1996, is about a collection of different historic and ancient dog types. While not strictly about sighthounds, it has some relevant chapters about Sloughi and Idii 'n Illeli (also called the azawakh). I'm still hopscotching my way through this book, but I'm enjoying the look into a variety of dog breeds and cultures.

Hounds, Hares, and Other Creatures, by Steve Copold in 1977, covers a rather broad spectrum of information about hunting with sighthounds. I'm currently reading it still and am quite enjoying the balance of personal stories used to underline the principles covered in it. It was recommended to me recently and while it was pricey, I believe it very worthwhile in both contents and to add to my collection of hunting and dog books.

Gazehounds and Coursing, by M. H. "Dutch" Salmon in 1977, was also recommended to me by the same person who recommended Steve Copold's book, and I bought it immediately as it was far less expensive lol. I haven't done more than skimmed the chapters and photos so far, but another sighthound friend vouched for it being a good book as well, so I'm excited to read it when I finish Copold's book!

This isn't including the blurbs included in the various breed encyclopedia type books I have, and is surely just the start of my collection. I'm very open to more hunting sighthound book recommendations, and broader sighthound and hunting dog books! I'm forever envious of the breeds with good books that are written or translated in English, I've got a singular English book on the hunting Laiki, and two that are in Russian so I can only blunder through with translation apps right now. Individual covers and tables of content below the cut

Koyo got the two runs he needed for his first coursing title!

I’m finding out that he and I much prefer the 600m CATs compared to fast CATs since he can run his heart out and be tired enough to be caught. The last few fast cats have been humiliating for me because he just won’t stop running after. He already has his DCat so we will probably take a break from that sport until his recall is more reliable.