British Cavy Council British Cavy Council as the ultimate authority, in the sense given below. Given that most cavy activity is in the "local", "regional", and "breed" clubs, and that the large "regional" clubs are also the governing authorities for show rules, appeals, and judging (including the training of judges), the precise role of the British Cavy Council is sometimes misunderstood. It may, however, be summarised as follows. The Council has sole responsibility as: British Cavy Council The British Cavy Council is the governing body in the United Kingdom for national, regional, and local cavy (guinea pig) clubs, and also for the wide
Rock cavy and the mediodorsal nucleus, a large nucleus in the thalamus, which may provide the rock cavy with strong emotional learning, visual recognition, and object-reward association memory. This may explain why the animals are found to live in large groups. They can sometimes display homosexual behavior, with males courting males. Some paedophilical behavior has also been displayed, with adult males courting juvenile males. Each group has an alpha or dominant male and several females. The males are territorial, defending rock pile shelters against other adult males. These rock piles are built to impress the females. Once a females chooses a rock