Talk:Huddersfield Ben

Prepotency

I see that this article refers to prepotency (prepotent), a widely used term in animal breeding. Dog and horse breeders especially believe in the concept, which is that a particular sire or dam will reproduce its phenotype at a much higher rate than other breeding animals of the breed or type. There is no mention of prepotency in genetics, but it is so commonly used that it probably should have an article or a section in another related article.

Agreed. I've placed the term in brackets, leaving it a red link. Please do click it and find instructions how to create the article. If you have any questions, let me know. Chrisrus (talk) 02:46, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

No rats, please

It is pretty hard for me to believe that affluent dog fancier Mrs. Mary Ann Foster would risk the fur and life of her prize winning, nationally famous, extremely valuable stud showdog Huddersfield Ben in the illegal common man's sport of ratting -- especially after reading about the endless care given to the coat of winning showdogs, then and now. I have not been able to find any reliable information that he ever was used that way -- just websites and pet books, quoting each other.--Hafwyn (talk) 04:03, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I tried to but can't find the reference. If it were uncited, I'd remove it right away. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Please if anyone reading these words knows whether he was a champion ratter, let us know. The fact has been challenged above and I can't check the reference. Otherwise, that fact may be deleted. Chrisrus (talk) 02:54, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

"He was even said to have been hunted." --!!??!!

I'm terribly sorry if this is they way experts refer to using a dog to hunt in some dialect, but in North America, to say "He was even said to have been hunted" is just wrong. There's no way to parse it other than the dog was the quarry. Perhaps there is another grammatical construction that would be correct on both sides or the Atlantic? I would edit it myself but I'm not even sure that my understanding of the intended meaning is even correct, so I'm just deleting the sentence in order to improve the article. Chrisrus (talk) 02:27, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Let's have a proper dog infobox, shall we?

Huddersfield Ben

Ch. Huddersfield Ben, foundation sire of the Yorkshire Terrier.
Species	Dog
Breed	Yorkshire Terrier
Sex	Male
Born	1865 Huddersfield, England
Died	23 September 1871
Nation from	United Kingdom
Occupation	Show dog
Known for	Foundation sire of the Yorkshire Terrier breed
Owner	Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Foster
Parent(s)	Lady and Mr. Boscovitch's Dog