One kennel's drafts, measured against the standard.
The Kennel Bench
An independent reading of the public record of a Greek bulldog kennel, 2010-2013: the dogs as annotated drafts, the litters as works in progress, the standard as the rule they were measured against.
measured against the standard · BOOK
BOOK-003BOOK
The guestbook, the links, the door
A guestbook under `gb/`, a links page, a contact page, a news page and an export page: the kennel's site machinery for visitors who wrote back.
Open the sheetLatest entries
7 / 14 sheets pinned
LITTER-003LITTER
The available puppies page
The puppies offered, and the page's four addresses
· 3 min
The bench's ledger
Every sheet, in filing order.
LITTER-003LITTER
The available puppies page
The puppies offered, and the page's four addresses
· 3 min
The four files
How the bench keeps its records.
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DOGSThe Dogs5
The named bulldogs of the kennel, each kept as a draft measured against the standard.
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LITTERThe Litters3
The planned, bred and available litters: the bench's works in progress.
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RULEThe Standard3
The breed rule, the show circuit, and the measurements the drafts were judged against.
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BOOKThe Kennel Book3
The guestbook, the other animals, the in-memory page: the kennel's paper record.
A note from the bench
Every sheet on this wall once lived on a breeder's website in Greece, between 2010 and 2013. The kennel measured its dogs against a written standard; this bench measures the record itself, sheet by sheet.
From the same bench
Other desks in the network keep their own records, on their own subjects.
A bulldog club's own bench keeps the same standard this kennel measured against, on the other side of the Atlantic and a few years later. a bulldog club's own bench
A register of one cat breed keeps the same devoted, single-subject bookkeeping this bench keeps for one kennel of bulldogs. a register of one cat breed
A working dog's training record measures dogs against a different rule than the show standard, and keeps the results just as carefully. a working dog's training record
A homepage hung like an exhibition reads a personal site the way this bench reads a breeder's site: as a wall of small, dated pieces. a homepage hung like an exhibition
A marquee file of seasons files a presenter's announcements as dispatches, the same dated paperwork this bench keeps for litters and shows. a marquee file of seasons