Our Latest Gin Rin

[Ruben Miranda]

Hello
Wow that is one pretty Koi.
Love the color and markings.

Ruben

 

[Dave 54]

The plot thickens according to Glenn the husband of Vals Cousin Maggie did a little digging into what this Gin Rin in reality is .
He has checked up via his mobile notebook abt and has come back with this if it was red in colour it would be an utsuri but because its orange in colour it is infact a Gen Rin AKa Bekko.
Personally I think he may well be right on this but it will be down to the judge as to what it really is on show day .
Capewind sadly alott of what you were discribing happens which is really sad because we as the breeders have brought this about.
But in saying this this practice goes on in the world of koi and we dont blink an eye lid do we but when it comes to our cats and dogs people are prone to becoming very upset .
Crufts for many years was the main problem when it came to dog breeds with all the bad things being bred in as beauty but now they are the movers and shakers in reversing this bad traibts in dogs but the breeders are a different kettle of fish in they refuse to see that they are doing wrong.
Under the new Animal Welfare act a number were taken to court and find hefty sums for animal cruelty sadly however they cant see what they are doing wrong and a prison sentence may well be the next step in forcing them to see what they are doing wrong docking of tails is now banned but the practice stil goes on admittedly far fewer are doing this but you can see what the RSPCA is up against (years of belief they were doing right as breeders) so it is an uphill struggle .

rgrds

Dave

 

[capewind]

Our stay in the cat world was short as I would not intentionally reproduce an animal I knew in my heart could have serious issues. In our breed of dogs (Mastiffs), we did well regardless of the trends. The biggest challenge for Mastiffs is still in the fact that they are the "heaviest" breed, and people want to make them even bigger. Come on, we already have the "bragging rights" to the heaviest breed, what goal is reached in breeding for bigger? I find people as a whole too self serving without regards to others.

Back to fish... I keep forgetting Aka Bekko even exists ... I know Aka stands for "red" and "bekko" for black ... I need to go and better read the two color descriptions better. I have an orange and black pond spawn butterfly that we let loose in the pond yesterday (from the 600). Wishing now I had taken a picture to ask you what you think its color is. I was calling it an Utsuri ... base color of the fish is orange (including belly), and the back has black "blotches" ... It is still quite small, maybe 6", but as a butterfly, with such long fins, it really doesnt look that big .. When it was half the size, the entire back looked like one big black blotch, but is now seperating into blurred stepping stones ... the way the orange is coming in, I think the stepping stones are going to seperate yet.