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~ a basenji, a shiba, and their human companions

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PRINT: Congolese hunting dogs (1978, 1983, 1990)

28 Friday Jun 2013

Posted by M.C. in Digging in the Libraries

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african dogs, aka, basenji, congo, democratic republic of the congo, dog photography, hunting, hunting dogs, mbuti

I was flipping through Inu no Nihon shi : ningen to tomoni ayunda ichimannen no monogatari [犬 の 本 史 : 人間 と ともに 步んだ 一万年 の 物語] (Ed. Taniguchi Kengo 谷口 研語, Tokyo: PHP Kenkyūjo, 2000), a special volume on the working relationships between dogs and people, put out by the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples. Contained within was relatively little on Japanese people and any of the Nihon ken. What was included, however, was a broad span of material on working and hunting relationships between humans and dogs from indigenous cultures of other continents.

This series of photos caught my eye.

Hunting dogs of the Mbuti

Hunting dogs of the Mbuti

Hunting dogs of the Aka

Hunting dogs of the Aka

Photographs 8 and 9 (from 1990) were contributed by ICHIKAWA Mitsuko 市川光雄, 11 and 12 by TERASHIMA Hideaki 寺島秀明 (from 1978), 13 and 14 (from 1983) by 丹野正 TADASHI Tanno. They are researchers whose work concentrates on the Mbuti (p. 28), the Aka (p. 29) and other hunter-gatherer cultures of the Congo Basin.

The dogs are not identified as “Basenji,” but as hunting dogs. Function, not breed, is the focus of this monograph. The diagram on page 29 depicts how Central African net hunters use their dogs and beaters (helpers who make loud noises, always women) to drive game into nets. And yes, the dogs wear absurdly large bells so that they can be heard (and not harmed!) in the thick of the action, since they don’t bark.

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My favorite shot is P13, not for the naked natives but the plump, arch-necked basenji who can’t help but be included as an underfoot critter in this utterly domestic campsite scene. While the humans look self-consciously at the camera, the dog knows only to heed the shins of her people. Similarly, P14 is a nice shot, too. Perhaps the photographers had not intended to specifically capture the dogs in those photos — but they were there, a constant presence and ineradicable part of life.

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P9 is a very close runner-up for favorite shot. Most powerful to me is the juxtaposition of the hunter’s muscular forearm, as well-toned as his dog’s. In this moment of sinew and flesh and the promise of meat, a snapshot conveys the very essence and history of action, with all its chronology and fluidity. And that is a dog whose alert posture, erect ears, and abundant figure commands a central place in the photographic composition. All this is counterbalanced by the child in the back right. The boy’s grip on his bow suggests that he’s no anomaly; he has full claim to this hunt, despite his youth. Yet, I suspect the dog has already seen more of the world than the boy has dared to dream…

Anyway, sorry for the low-quality scans… but not really. Alas, stuff has a tendency to circulate without credit on the internet. These photos should definitely be traced back to the source, so here’s hoping that my low resolution scans just might encourage someone to do so.

If you found us searching for Taiwan dog adoptions and animal rescues…

11 Wednesday Jul 2012

Posted by M.C. in Links, Taiwan reminiscences

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AHAN, animal rescue, animal shelters, animals taiwan, asians for humans animals and nature, buddhism, dog adoption, dog photography, photography, rescue, shelter animals, spaying and neutering, taiwan, taiwan dogs, tou chih-kang, tou yun-fei, tugou

The Associated Press picked up an evocative story about a photographer of Taiwan shelter animals, Tou Yun-fei 杜韻飛 (real name Tou Chih-kang 杜志剛). Tou’s basic mission is to photograph austere, noble portraits of shelter dogs that force a confrontation between their animality and the viewer’s humanity, moments before he or she is taken away to be killed. Since last week, the story has been getting a lot of traction on major news sites, from ABC to the Daily Mail to Yahoo News to Huffpo to Dogster. If you haven’t read the story yet, go ahead and click on any of those links… they’re mostly the same content from AP writer Tassanee Vejpongsa.

Tou is working on a better online collection of his photos, but for now, he has a small gallery here.

original photo by Tou Yun-Fei

Starkly composed and tightly framed, each portrait leaves you with no other option but to look back into the eyes of the already dead. The photos shared are not gory or grisly. They are haunting, pathetic, dignified, somber… necessary. I am glad to see Tou’s work getting such wide exposure from international media outlets, though the accompanying article itself is pithy with history and context, leaving many questions and open-ended generalizations.

Oddly enough, many well-meaning internet wanderers have found their way to the House of Two Bows, apparently attracted to a few stray articles I have written about Taiwan animal rescues. Instead of answering every e-mail individually, I thought I’d try to contribute a more streamlined response via blog.

One message reads:

I am an American who is just learning about the animal crisis in Taiwan from Tou Yun-fei’s photojournalism. Although animal abuse and maltreatment is a problem globally, it seems as if the issue in Taiwan is more than a problem. From my reading, I am learning that part of the issue is that many practicing Buddhists believe that dogs are humans with negative karma reborn… is that true? Does Taiwan have spay/neuter clinics for animals or is that part of the problem? Overpopulation?

Additionally, my most important question is how can I (someone so far away) help build awareness and education of the issues facing animals (predominantly dogs) in Taiwan? How I can help you?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

I leave my hasty, poorly-researched response here. Keep in mind that I write NOT as an expert, not truly an “insider,” and currently geographically distanced by an entire ocean from the island.

But I know the problem is multifaceted, systematic, leviathan as it is here in the US. It’s impossible to reduce the problem to religion. I’m not even convinced this explains the magnitude of the issue (though I’ve heard similar analyses from Taiwanese people), though it might contribute significantly to solutions. Buddhist non-interference is one of an array of responses which could include Buddhist activism, as well. There’s certainly an argument to be made that you can’t stare suffering in the face and not act if it is in your power to do so, since we are, after all, blind to how our own karmic scales will tip at journey’s end. Anyway, not everyone in Taiwan is a practicing Buddhist. This is to say very little of how Taiwanese Buddhism is a syncretic amalgamation of Taoist and Neo-Confucian influences as well, and there are many Christians, other religions, and non-religious citizens on the island too… but that’s getting a bit off topic.

6 July 2008 Longshan Temple
Local temples get a lot of traffic. Not everyone who passes through is there to pray or to worship. In more rural areas, stray dogs are more likely to congregate, as monks and temple keepers provide leftovers for them.

Though there are many spay-neuter options, I still found quite a bit of reluctance from pet owners to desex their pets. When Bowdu was neutered at six months, even our vet commented that it was a “pity” to neuter a purebred because we would miss the opportunity to breed “valuable” puppies. This sentiment would be repeated by numerous strangers and familiars. Perhaps pet owners found it illogical to spend money to deny oneself an opportunity to make money, and the greater social benefits of spaying and neutering had not yet caught up to the rise of pet owner conceit.

Cost and convenience was really not much of an excuse. The regular price we paid for neutering was about $60 US dollars, and we were literally in and out of the clinic in an hour. Furthermore, the Taipei county government reimbursed vets about 1600NT for every spay/neuter they perform, in the hopes that this would encourage vets to perform more spays and neuters, as well as extend discounts to rescue, animal welfare organizations, and other well-meaning citizens (not sure if they still do this — will need to follow up). My family in central, more rural Taiwan was either more progressive in that they willingly spayed all their tugou, or perhaps just more practical about the matter since Grandpa, at least, still permitted his bitch to roam, like in the old days.

Yet, I think the vast majority of pets in Taiwan remain unspayed and unneutered, though I don’t doubt that this is changing — I don’t have the statistics right now though. There are also more mobile rescue groups who will catch, neuter, and release packs of stray dogs (more common in non-urban areas) and sponsor spay/neuter campaigns. The abundant pet stores and individual breeders, however, do nothing to educate on appropriate spaying and neutering (and they really could take the initiative on advocacy, by raising the standards amongst breeders — whom we’re not opposed to), let alone the government shelters. A lot of city shelter “services” are outsourced with the goal of eliminating immediate problems (mass round-ups and extermination) instead of long-term welfare.

Overly familiar with the sordid practices of government bureaucracy, a lot of people refuse to bring stray or unwanted dogs directly to the slaughterhouse, as it were. Leaving dogs to fend for themselves on the street seems like a more humane option to those who can’t feed or take them in. Strangely enough, I can understand that perspective. What I (and more and more Taiwanese people) can’t condone is the choice made by those who buy puppies when they are little and cute, grow tired of the commitment, then release and abandon their pet thinking it a “kinder” fate than a shelter death. And of course, their dog is most likely not spayed or neutered… and so they mate with other street dogs, more dogs are born… and the problem regenerates.

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Somewhere in the Eighteen Levels of Hell, there must be a special place of punishment for those who abandon their dogs without trying AT ALL to properly rehome the animal through a trusted friend or responsible rescue. Maybe instead of being sawed in half, like this adulterer, night after night they are torn apart by Poochie and her progeny?

There’s a lot more going on, of course, but this is what I thought to fill in “behind the pictures,” for the time being. Meanwhile, you ask how you can help?

If you live in or near San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, or Toronto, it’s very likely that you have a rescue organization near you that works directly with animal welfare groups in Taiwan, as these are the major North American destinations accessible by China Airlines and EVA Airlines, Taiwan’s two main commercial air carriers. Volunteer passengers typically get the dogs out of Taiwan by “sponsoring” flights for the animals, since it is prohibitively expensive for them to be shipped alone as cargo. The volunteers get no compensation other than the satisfaction of escorting great dogs to a better life and better chances of adoption on this side of the Pacific.

If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, I know these rescue groups work with Taiwan animal welfare organizations:

  • Asians for Humans, Animals, and Nature (AHAN)
  • Northern California Shiba Inu Rescue (plenty of purebreds in Taiwan shelters as well as mixes)
  • Rocket Dog Rescue
  • Doggie Protective Services (DPS)
  • Walkin’ the Bark
  • Norcal Golden Retriever Rescue – Taiwan Gold Project [Edit: rumor has it that this project has been disbanded…]
  • Love and Second Chances (San Ramon, CA)
  • Homeward Bound Golden Retriever rescue (Elverta, CA)

If readers are aware of any that I have missed, please let me know so I can update appropriately.

Here are other rescues in North America that network with Taiwan groups (not a full list):

  • Dogway Dog (Vancouver, BC)
  • Ocean Dog Rescue (Vancouver, BC)
  • Salty Dog Rescue (Seattle, WA)
  • Motley Zoo Animal rescue (Redmond WA)
  • Sweet Home Rescue (Irvine, SoCal)
  • Collar Scholar (Poway, CA)
  • Dogs Without Borders (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue (SoCal)
  • Hopeful Hearts (Wilmington, DE)
  • Paws on the Go (Durham, ON)
  • Paws United (London, ON)

And of course, there can only be progress with the efforts of those working in Taiwan itself. Here is a list of some groups that I know of — you can research each organization, reach out, and donate if you are so motivated. Be forewarned that the Taiwanese are not reticent about exhibiting more graphic pictures of sick, deformed, mutilated, and abused animals:

  • Animals Taiwan (Taipei)
  • Taiwan Animal S.O.S. (Taipei)
  • Taichung Universal Animal Protection Association (TUAPA), also on FB
  • Animal Rescue Team Taiwan (Taichung / Kaohsiung)
  • Taichung PAWS (Taichung)
  • Stray Dogs Rescue (Taoyuan, currently inactive)

Finally, I acknowledge there is controversy over how much foreigners should invest in other countries’ humanitarian efforts when we already have plenty to deal with on home turf. I’ve briefly addressed this in previous posts, and don’t have much to add at this point. My life is lived in multiple Heres and Theres, so my considerations perpetually flit between. But this mobility and transnational traffic of physical bodies isn’t uncommon now. Perhaps the same will eventually be said for concepts like compassion, respect and responsibility towards animals. If not your dollars, your attention, or your adoptions, create a world that fosters and rewards empathy, from wherever you might make yourself at home. I think that’s the best I can really suggest for anyone who wants to know how they can help there from here.

10 July 2005: Here, there, and all points inbetween

Some days, it’s all a blur…

25 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by M.C. in Bowpi the basenji, Sightings

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basenji, dog photography, italian greyhounds, scottish deerhound, sighthounds, silken windhound, sloughi, whippets

Bowpi always seems to know “her kind” …

6 December 2011 Bowpi scopes out the sighthounds

From the way she gravitates towards other sighthounds, I can start to understand why so many sighthound packs spotted at the park come in multiples — you can’t just have one. It’s captivating to watch all their lithe forms, simultaneously sinuous and angular. When sighthounds congregate and play, every movement expresses an artistry akin to dance, with a deeper physical vocabulary beyond the comprehension of other dogs.

7 December 2011 Shall we dance?

We’ve met some really nice packs at the park, like the Iggy+Iggy+Whippet in the early afternoon crew and the Deerhound+Iggy+Iggy trio that Bowpi has flirted with in the past. One of the most exciting, and difficult groups to photograph (to me) is the Whippet+Whippet+(+Whippet?)+Iggy+Iggy+Iggy+Silken Windhound pack that I have tried so often to capture, all in vain.

20 April 2012 Sighthound blur

Okay, there’s an extra Sloughi up there, but — my goodness. I can’t even count them properly, let alone photograph them. I think anytime the number of dogs you’re trying to capture within a frame increases beyond three, the difficulty of getting a good shot increases exponentially. These guys in particular move with such delicacy and speed, they really expose me for the amateur dog photographer that I am.

20 April 2012 Standing blur

They must have magical powers. Even when they’re standing relatively still, taking a drink of water, I can’t get them in focus.

I had the camera on a small aperture with a low ISO because I had been trying to snap a panorama of them all playing in the open, sunny field. Unfortunately this setting didn’t work for either distance or proximity shots.

2 February 2012 Scamper

With a larger aperture and fast shutter speed, I can strike at least one dog with clarity, but it’s a pity to lose the rest to a shallow depth of field. This inevitably happens when dogs are in action and I can’t predict which way they’re moving.

6 December 2011: I lost count

In general, I count on sheer luck to get good action shots. I’m still getting a sense of the results that I like. The motion blur on the shot below, for example, is perfectly fine with me.

20 April 2012 Baiting

Yet there’s something I see in my mind’s eye that is unmatched by the photos, and I’m still not sure what it is. So I’ll keep trying, keep practicing… As long as the dogs are having fun, it’s all good.

Laying low

Eyeshadow

14 Tuesday Jun 2011

Posted by M.C. in Bowdu the shiba inu, Bowpi the basenji, Sightings

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basenji, bouvier des flandres, deerhound, dog photography, golden retriever, irish terrier, italian greyhound, shiba inu, sighthounds

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Photo taken 7 June 2011

Speaking of eyes…

I think one of the most difficult things about photographing dogs in action is lighting their eyes. Unless they’re looking up at me with full sun on their face, I find it hard to keep shadows from obscuring facial details. Or perhaps it’s something about the time of day when I happen to take many of my dog photos. I’ve noticed that dark Nosferatu-esque eye sockets seem to haunt many of my outdoor dog pictures, and because I’m an amateur, I have no idea how to go about correcting that.

The long and the short of it
30 March 2011. Are deerhounds supposed to have raccoon masks? I didn’t think so. For starters, I need to figure out how to work with backlighting.

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29 May 2011. Serious Dannii from the Troublemaker pack.

May we walk together?
10 May 2011. May we walk together? If only I could read your expression…

Irish Terriers
29 May 2011. Two Irish Terriers go wagwagwag. Okay, this one has focus issues in addition to lighting, but I like the composition.

And then there are some examples where I just have to admit defeat, like this Bouvier des Flandres.

Bouvier pup
5 May 2011

Click shy

26 Tuesday Apr 2011

Posted by M.C. in Bowpi the basenji

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dog photography, quirks

Test portrait
Photo taken 16 April 2011

My primary challenge so far with the DSLR is acclimating the Bows to its bulk and its noise. I thought they were so used to being photographed that it would not make such a difference, but their reactions to this machine are markedly different. When I’m shooting at home, they often stare back with apprehensive bug eyes because the zoom lens is such an alien invasion of their domestic space. The fact that I’m actually looking through the viewfinder instead of an LED screen to compose my shots must seem strange too, since my face is almost entirely obscured and replaced instead by a big black facehugger.

… It’s a THING.

And it CLICKS. Sometimes it CLICKCLICKCLICKs. And Bowpi just about exploded like popcorn the first time she saw the flash. I did not expect the flash to automatically flip up, myself. I had not considered that I should have slowly introduced the skittish basenji to the DSLR.

Bowpi loathes the DSLR, and is maybe even a little afraid of it. Remember, she has a quirk — she’s extremely sensitive to certain sounds, like clicks and rapping and hitting sounds. We don’t know where this came from, we just know she refuses to be in the same room as anyone clipping their toenails, clapping their hands, swatting flies, tenderizing meat, massage-pummeling body parts, etc. She doesn’t exactly flee the room in terror, but she’s out of there fast, and will not return until long after the coast is clear.

So for now, the sound of the camera is still too much for her unless we’re outside in the open, which is a pity. This is exactly the tool that’s needed to capture her delicate movements! In the above portrait, one of the first indoor practice shots I managed to capture of her, what you don’t see is that she is already starting to push herself up off the futon.

She was gone before I could focus another shot.

We’ll have to work on this.

Slowly, with treats.

New banner, new icon… “new” camera!

12 Tuesday Apr 2011

Posted by M.C. in Bowdu the shiba inu, Bowpi the basenji

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canon digital ixus, canon eos 20d, dog photography

Perfect spring
Photo taken 9 April 2011

Even simple point-and-shoot cameras can take pretty good pictures sometimes.

The above and below were taken with a Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS, as were most of my pictures and videos featured on this blog. I got the camera in the Summer of 2008 to replace a Casio EXILIM whose telescoping lens and automatic lens cap had started to fail after about three years of use. The Digital IXUS was a step down, I’d say, though I’ve been quite happy with many of the 12,000 pictures and videos I’ve taken with it.

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And having simple tools has forced me to keep my own aesthetic principles simple. I’m no professional photographer and have no aspirations to invest the amount of time, money, and labor to become one, though I’m definitely in awe of the pros (hi Lily!). When taking pictures of dogs, I’ve long followed these simple guidelines:

  • Because I don’t know enough about lighting, natural light is best. I almost never use flash, even indoors at night, which is sometimes a problem…
  • Front, back, side, top down, bottom up, near, far, eye to eye, nose to nose… Photograph your pet like the three-dimensional, moving creature that he is, not like a mural painted on a wall.
  • Pets are naturally photogenic when they’re at ease and doing their own thing. I’d rather not keep a record of posed shots, but lived moments with my dogs.

That’s about it for me.

New possibilities, old packaging
Bowdu appears miffed that this box does not contain food, unlike the previous box.

Today, I inherited my first Digital SLR. I have never played with one before, and it’s been over a decade since I’ve toyed seriously with a “real” camera. This is a hand-me-down gift from my dad, whose ability to purchase tech toys that are typically out of my price range means that I eventually benefit, even if it’s years after the fact.

I’m absolutely not snubbing a used camera! I have much to learn, so this is more than enough to get me started.

The Digital IXUS will still be around, as it’s got portability, unobtrusiveness, and video-making capabilities in its favor. And it’s going to take me some time to get through the instruction manual.

But for now, we welcome this new toy with an exuberant YODEL OF JOY!

What about you? Do you have any special equipment or personal aesthetic principles to help you take pictures of your pets?

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