Archive for October, 2007

  • It’s Hard To Be Humble

    It’s Hard To Be Humble

    I just ran across this hilarious take on an unnamed Canadian sheeple (or would the singular be sheeperson?) and their bumper stickers. The full post is here. R-rated excerpt below. I’m in my car, sitting in traffic, and I notice the rig in front of...

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  • Photo of the Day: Dublin

    Photo of the Day: Dublin

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  • Siding with the AKC

    Siding with the AKC

    Faced with the undeniable history of ruining numerous other purebred dog breeds by facilitating and encouraging countless breeders to breed stupidly, why would any circumspect Border Collie owner or breeder side with the AKC over a registry that is 100% Border Collie focused, that owns...

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  • Versatility "Dangerous" to the ABCA?

    Versatility "Dangerous" to the ABCA?

    I’d like to bring your attention to the report presented to ABCA members in 2002 when a committee was formed to assess the AKC/ABCA Dual Registration “problem” and advise options for the membership to vote on. In the report, the authors (Denise Wall, Candy Kennedy,...

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  • Capturing the Spoils

    Capturing the Spoils

    Although the Border Wars are appropriately framed as a fight between the ABCA and the AKC, the Wars are wrongly categorized as a fight over Border Collies or “the future of the breed.” The true spoils of war aren’t dogs, but people. The numerous people...

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  • The Spoils of the Dog War

    The Spoils of the Dog War

    The small elite group of conformation breeders are Platonists; they believe that the substantive reality of Border Collies is only a reflection of a higher truth, and their activity is the key to divining that perfect essence. The small elite group of trial breeders also...

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  • How David Slew Goliath, or GO STANFORD!

    How David Slew Goliath, or GO STANFORD!

    STANFORD! STANFORD! STANFORD! STANFORD! The pundits gave us a 0.0457 chance to beat the number one ranked USC, who hasn’t lost at home since the September 2001 (also STANFORD!!!!) and whose coach had only lost 12 total games at USC. Make that un-Lucky 13 now....

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  • McCaig’s Dog Wars: The Bad

    McCaig’s Dog Wars: The Bad

    Donald McCaig’s The Dog Wars is an important book to me, and it should be to anyone who reads this blog as well. I mean, come on, the Dog Wars and the Border Wars…. both about Border Collies… McCaig and I are soooo clever. The...

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  • Photo of the Day: Dublin Puppy

    Photo of the Day: Dublin Puppy

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  • McCaig’s Dog Wars: The Good

    McCaig’s Dog Wars: The Good

    With a name like “The Dog Wars” and content that documents the battle between the First Estate and the AKC, how could I not immediately order, devour, excrete and then roll in it over and over and over again like my Border Collies do with...

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