#coursing

[bones-n-bookles]

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

[sonjatwogreyhounds]

CHARLES TOWNE

[homestuck-music-tournament]

Coursing

Album: Homestuck Vol. 9 Composer: Alex Rosetti Leitmotifs: Courser Characters: GCat, Green Sun, Becquerel

You may know this from:

Of Affection, Unwanted or Untrue (Polypa Goezee's Friendsim chapter)

[meaganthepagan]

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.

[whippetcrimes]

Misty did a QC run with her mama, Zelda! Misty is in the pink vest

[weirdness2020]

Fractured, coursing, glimmering

No clue what that should mean

Congratulations, youre body has taken on a new form! Spin this wheel three times. These words describe your new body

[podcastwizard]

my most toxic trait is i fucking love work gossip. i play neutral not to be the bigger person or take the high road but to hear slander and hearsay from every side. two coworkers complained about each other to me in the same afternoon and i nearly blacked out from the rush

[homuraham]

Hamster Escapes the Most Dangerous Prison Maze 🐹

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

This song has single-handedly taken over my life and it’s only been like a week

[saywhat-politics]

Harvard University

launched a free college course online that covers basic U.S. Government, understanding the constitution and how to recognize a dictatorship takeover.

Here is the link to the free course "We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy"

https://pll.harvard.edu/course/we-people-civic-engagement-constitutional-democracy.

We understand that the current catalog of FREE COURSES at Harvard is being EXTENSIVELY EXPANDED, so you'll want to check their website from time to time to see which new courses are being added.

Government Courses | Harvard University

[climbingthefloors]

the us banning tiktok over fears of chinese influence prompting americans to flee to xiaohongshu (which translates to little red book - the same name as the famous red book of mao zedong quotations) and form instant connections with the chinese… you can't make this kind of irony up

[sonjatwogreyhounds]

Frederic Whiting Greyhound in Leash

[snowspot]

hecate 🔪

[kenapiece-main]

Can you believe I'm having to make this meme even after successfully finishing up taxes and applying to job

[mikelogan]

told my parents robert de niro's daughter came out as trans and he's being cool and supportive and my dad, in a terrible robert de niro impression, says, "you talkin' to they/them?" which like. not entirely accurate but he got the spirit lol