Welcome to Pet Friday. Yes we made it to Friday! Today's pet is the Shar Peis from justfunfacts.com.
"The Shar Pei is breed of dog noted for its loose skin and wrinkles.
Once considered one of the rarest dog breeds, the Chinese shar-pei has enjoyed great popularity beginning in the late 20th century, and its numbers have grown significantly.
These very intelligent dogs are known for being independent, aloof and guarded with strangers.
With their families, while not known for wanting to snuggle on your lap, they can be fiercely loyal and protective.
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The Shar Pei is breed of dog noted for its loose skin and wrinkles.
Once considered one of the rarest dog breeds, the Chinese shar-pei has enjoyed great popularity beginning in the late 20th century, and its numbers have grown significantly.
These very intelligent dogs are known for being independent, aloof and guarded with strangers.
With their families, while not known for wanting to snuggle on your lap, they can be fiercely loyal and protective.
The average lifespan of the Shar Pei is 9 to 11 years.
Of medium size, the Shar Pei stands 45 to 50 cm (18 to 20 inches) and weighs 21 to 28 kg (45 to 60 pounds).
The compact, medium-sized Chinese Shar-Pei is an amalgam of odd physical traits: a broad ‘hippopotamus’ muzzle – a blue-black tongue; small, sunken eyes with a scowling expression – tiny triangular ears – abundant folds of loose skin about the head, neck, and shoulders – the tapered high-set tail’all blanketed by a harsh, sandpapery coat.
Shar Peis have a short, very harsh coat that can be any solid color except white, although black, red, fawn and cream are the most common.
The breed resembles many dog breeds from the mastiff family – however, it is most closely related to spitz breeds, with the Chow Chow being its closest relative.
The breed’s name shar-pei meaning “sand-skin” – refers to the short, rough coat, which appears in a number of colours, including cream, red, or chocolate.
There are no records indicating the origins of the Shar Pei, although it closely resembles effigies of an un-wrinkled type of guard dog kept in southern China during the Han dynasty – some believe the modern breed, along with the Chow Chow, descends from these dogs.
It was believed to have been a peasant’s dog, and in the manner of peasant’s dogs in all times and places, the Shar-Pei was expected to be versatile. Chinese farmers employed these rugged, intelligent dogs as hunters, herders, and guardians of livestock against predators and rustlers.
They were also bred for their fighting prowess, and the wrinkles in their skin and roughness of their coat would have helped to prevent their opponents from getting a grip.
The Shar Pei first came to the attention of Western travelers in the 19th century, who called the breed the “Chinese fighting dog” – these dogs were not nearly as wrinkled as the modern breed and it was used by locals for dog fighting.
The breed has been identified as a basal breed that predates the emergence of the modern breeds in the 19th century.
During the communist revolution in China in the mid 20th century, their numbers dwindled so drastically that they almost became extinct.
In 1973 a Hong Kong businessman named Matgo Law appealed to the international community, in particular the American Kennel Club, to help save the breed – by 1978 the breed was named by The Guinness Book of Records as the world’s rarest breed, with only 60 remaining.
They also featured on the cover of LIFE magazine and were involved in a number of high profile ad campaigns.
The resultant publicity led to great demand in the United States for examples of the breed, and unscrupulous breeders in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan took to crossing their remaining purebred animals with other breeds including the Bull Terrier, Pug and Bulldog, and selling the offspring to unwitting American buyers. The results of the crossings led to a dog with a much fleshier mouth than the original breed, these dogs became known as “meat-mouth” Shar Peis, whilst the original dogs are called “bone-mouth” Shar Peis.
The breed was officially recognized by the American Kennel Club in the late ’80s. Since then, while still cherished by enthusiasts, their popularity has waned somewhat and this has been of benefit to the breed in terms of responsible breeding programs being more common, but the fallout from that time is still apparent.
In the United States, a number of breeders have selectively bred Shar Peis for a smaller size, creating what they call the Miniature Shar Pei, much to the opposition of many breeders of traditionally sized Shar Peis. Standing to a maximum 40 centimetres (16 inche), the Miniature Shar Pei is bred for both for its smaller size and increased wrinkles.
Usually, the average price of an Chinese Shar-Pei puppy from a reputable breeder is between $1,000 and $1,500, while a top-quality Shar-Pei puppy can cost as high as $2,500."
Reference: http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-shar-peis/
I have lost a lot of faith with the Medical Community and the Governments over the last several years, but there are a few good things that can raise above the corruption and the pushing of drugs a new approach to heal people. The following is from www.gaia.com and written by Hunter Parsons that does not involve any drug or pushing an ineffective so called vaccine that the drug company is not held accountable in any way but they use sound! The use of sound can regrow bone tissue! Here is the story:
"The future of regenerative medicine could be found within sound healing by regrowing bone cells with sound waves.
The use of sound as a healing modality has an ancient tradition all over the world. The ancient Greeks used sound to cure mental disorders; Australian Aborigines reportedly use the didgeridoo to heal; and Tibetan or Himalayan singing bowls were, and still are, used for spiritual healing ceremonies.
Recently, a study showed an hour-long sound bowl meditation reduced anger, fatigue, anxiety, and ...
Not a fan of a Defense Agency studying Anti-Gravity and other Exotic Tech, but if the commercial world and make this technology cheap that will change our world yet again. The following is about three minute read and from www.gaia.com. The below was written by Hunter Parsons:
"Wormholes, invisibility cloaks, and anti-gravity — it’s not science fiction, it’s just some of the exotic things the U.S. government has been researching.
A massive document dump by the Defense Intelligence Agency shows some of the wild research projects the United States government was, at least, funding through the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program known as AATIP.
And another lesser-known entity called the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program or AAWSAP
The Defense Intelligence Agency has recently released a large number of documents to different news outlets and individuals who have filed Freedom of Information Act requests.
Of particular interest are some 1,600 pages released to Vice News, which ...
As our technology gets better we are discovering more about the history of mankind and pushing the timeline back further and further. The following article is from www.gaia.com and written by Michael Chary that discusses this new find that changes the historical timeline:
"Over the past decade, there have been a number of archeological revelations pushing back the timeline of human evolution and our ancient ancestors’ various diasporas. Initially, these discoveries elicit some resistance as archeologists bemoan the daunting prospect of rewriting the history books, though once enough evidence is presented to established institutions, a new chronology becomes accepted.
But this really only pertains to the era of human development that predates civilization — the epochs of our past in which we were merely hunter-gatherers and nomads roaming the savannahs. Try challenging the consensus timeline of human civilization and it’s likely you’ll be met with derision and rigidity.
Conversely, someone of an alternative...
Not sure if you have heard of a show on YouTube called "The Why Files". If not you should check it out it is interesting and has some humor with it on different subjects. Last weeks was on a different theory how the Universe works and how main stream Science is attempting to shut it down like is always seems to do if it goes aguest some special interest. Today it is akin to what happened to those who questioned the Earth was the Center of the Universe that main stream so called Science all believed during the Renaissance period, They called any theory that the Earth was not the Center of the Universe misinformation. Does this sound familiar today? People laughed and mocked people like Leonardo da Vinci, Nicolaus Copernicus, Georg Purbach as crack-pots, conspiracy theorists, nut-jobs and they were suppressed and even imprisoned for their radical thoughts and observations. Again it sounds like today in so many ways. In any event this is a good one to ponder and see even if a bad idea ...
Seemingly chaotic systems like the weather and the financial markets are governed by the laws of chaos theory.
We all have heard about chaos theory, but if you have not or have forgotten what chaos theory is well here you go from interestingengineering.com:
"Chaos theory deals with dynamic systems, which are highly sensitive to initial conditions, making it almost impossible to track the resulting unpredictable behavior. Chaos theory seeks to find patterns in systems that appear random, such as weather, fluid turbulence, and the stock market.
Since the smallest of changes can lead to vastly different outcomes, the long-term behavior of chaotic systems is difficult to predict despite their inherently deterministic nature.
As Edward Lorenz, who first proposed what became commonly known as the Butterfly Effect, eloquently said, "Chaos: When the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.""
You may have heard the term about chaos theory as a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil,...
I for one have lost trust in Medical Doctors due to COVID and reflection that they seem to push pills for everything and untested so called vaccines that is using a unproven technology because the Government and the Medical Boards of the State told them to. There are a very few exceptions. Thus they do not address the key problem just prescribe more and more pills to keep you alive an sick longer for them and Big Phama to profit from you. Will AI do any better? Well that depends on what was used for the training of AI. If it also pushes pills and vaccines without question then you have the same problems noted above. However, if the AI Training includes all possible forms of treatment and they zero in on the right issues for the true problem then there is possibilities they would be way better than most of the current Medical Doctors today.
The following is from an article from interestingengineering.com and written by Paul Ratner:
"A new study looks at how accurately AI can diagnose patients. We interview the researcher, who weighs in on AI's role ...
