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Archive for November, 2007
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Waterboarding Our Border Collies
Posted on November 30, 2007 | No CommentsExtended metaphor is a difficult device to execute well. Very few things are so like another as to speak to each other’s situation, while at the same time one of... -
Breeding Ethics 2
Posted on November 30, 2007 | No CommentsIn my last post, I started to analyze the common breeder commandments that are so popular in the show community and in the nannying matron dog world in general. I... -
Breeding Ethics 1
Posted on November 30, 2007 | 4 CommentsFor some in the dog world, “breeding ethics” is an oxymoron. Such people are consumed by the myth of overpopulation, or enamored with the reality. It’s a cause they can... -
Progressive Now Covers Pets Too
Posted on November 29, 2007 | No CommentsProgressive Auto Insurance has added an incentive perk to all of their car coverage policies: Pet Injury Coverage. They pay up to $500 in vet bills if your dog or... -
Bring Military Mascots Home
Posted on November 28, 2007 | No CommentsOne of the laws of nature is that big things generally move slower than small things. So, you know that by the time a big group like SPCA International gets... -
No Border Collie Left Behind
Posted on November 25, 2007 | 3 CommentsYou know I jest with my “Border Wars” rhetoric, but there is a real war going on with real guns and grenades and casualties, and apparently there are real Border... -
Sheeple Admit They're Hobbyists
Posted on November 23, 2007 | 1 CommentWed Aug 22, 2007 12:15 am But on the serious side of all af this, if mr kensmuir will allow, my take on all of this point earning, title seeking,... -
Sheeple Admit They’re Hobbyists
Posted on November 23, 2007 | 1 CommentWed Aug 22, 2007 12:15 am But on the serious side of all af this, if mr kensmuir will allow, my take on all of this point earning, title seeking,... -
Too many working dogs, too little work
Posted on November 23, 2007 | No CommentsFrom Donald McCaig’s The Dog Wars, you’d swear that there were too few working dogs and too much work to do, thus the dire need to “save” the entire breed... -
McCaig Visits Border Wars
Posted on November 23, 2007 | No CommentsDonald McCaig paid Border Wars a visit recently, but he left his comment on my very first post where no one is likely to read it. So here it is:...
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