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Tom Verbeeck
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 Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: Raccoon dogs |
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Hi, I promised you guys a couple of pics of our raccoon dogs, so here they are  :
In these pictures they were 6 weeks old:
Summer coat:
Winter coat:
Some details:
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stubeanz
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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wow they are beautiful especialy like the winter coats  is there any restrictions on keeping these in belgium such as licences?
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice little things. I like the white coat. |
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reeve105a
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice!
Are they killed for there fur? I think I've seen videos of them being killed and skinned. 
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Lovely Tom thanks for posting the pics, do they live inside or out? i can imagine they are full of trouble and get up to all kinds
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Geordiegirl
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| reeve105a wrote: | Very nice!
Are they killed for there fur? I think I've seen videos of them being killed and skinned. |
I found a horrendous site showing the stages of skinning these poor things alive. I just hope it was an old site and that kind of thing has stopped. They are gorgeous looking little creatures, I just don't understand how anyone could be so cruel in the name of fashion. 
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Stuart
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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 Very cute!..nice teeth too 
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Tom Verbeeck
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
yes, you need a license in Belgium to keep this animals. In fact, you need a license for almost any animal you would to keep...
These animals are bred in Russian and China for many years, just for their coat. I've also seen some videos about how they kill them and remove their fur and it's not a nice thing to look at...
We've tried to keep them indoors, butt that didn't worked out. Some of our dogs were scared of them and the cat's weren't... If they can catch a cat, I'm afraid there won't be much left of the cat... So now we have created a nice place in our garden for them (100mē).
These are beautiful little creatures and I enjoy watching them every day. They hate being handled, butt we can play with them, pet them,... |
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Peter Parrot
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Great pictures, very interesting , thanks for sharing.
Are the white animals fairly common? Were they originally bred for the fur trade? I notice that they aren`t albino.
The winter coat is very impressive.
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