Comments on: No Border Collie Left Behind http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2007/11/no-border-collie-left-behind.html A Border Collie Manifesto Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2007/11/no-border-collie-left-behind.html#comment-3195 Christopher Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:47:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2007/11/no-border-collie-left-behind.html#comment-3195 I don't know that the SPCA or anyone else actually identified the dogs by breed. If there's a misidentification, it's certainly mine.<br/><br/>Charlie looks like a Border Collie to me (and oh the horror of that statement, given that the Sheeple are adamant that a BC is not what it looks like but what it does). So do the other dogs saved through the Military Mascots program.<br/><br/>Here's a picture of a similarly coated Canaan dog:<br/>http://www.dog.co.il/Bazak2.jpg<br/><br/>I just don't think that these dogs have the same thick course hair, the round face, prick ears, and more robust frame of the Canaan dog. The look like Collies to me, not Spitz. <br/><br/>Take a look at the images of "Border Collies" that I will post later today, dogs saved through the Military Mascots program. They all look much more BC than Canaan dog to me. I don’t know that the SPCA or anyone else actually identified the dogs by breed. If there’s a misidentification, it’s certainly mine.

Charlie looks like a Border Collie to me (and oh the horror of that statement, given that the Sheeple are adamant that a BC is not what it looks like but what it does). So do the other dogs saved through the Military Mascots program.

Here’s a picture of a similarly coated Canaan dog:
http://www.dog.co.il/Bazak2.jpg

I just don’t think that these dogs have the same thick course hair, the round face, prick ears, and more robust frame of the Canaan dog. The look like Collies to me, not Spitz.

Take a look at the images of “Border Collies” that I will post later today, dogs saved through the Military Mascots program. They all look much more BC than Canaan dog to me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2007/11/no-border-collie-left-behind.html#comment-3194 Anonymous Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:48:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2007/11/no-border-collie-left-behind.html#comment-3194 Charlie from Iraq is not a border collie, he is a canaan dog cross, which is the one of the largest breeds of dog roaming in large packs over there. It's a shame the SPCA did not do their home-work better before they started flapping their jaws about saving border collies in Iraq! Charlie from Iraq is not a border collie, he is a canaan dog cross, which is the one of the largest breeds of dog roaming in large packs over there. It’s a shame the SPCA did not do their home-work better before they started flapping their jaws about saving border collies in Iraq!

]]> By: Johann The Dog http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2007/11/no-border-collie-left-behind.html#comment-3193 Johann The Dog Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:22:00 +0000 http://astraean.com/borderwars/2007/11/no-border-collie-left-behind.html#comment-3193 Good for you Christopher! Thanks for getting the word out. I hope it helps get the pups back here safe and sound! <br/><br/>The pic of the BC - really is haunting, what a cute pup!<br/><br/>Woofs, Johann Good for you Christopher! Thanks for getting the word out. I hope it helps get the pups back here safe and sound!

The pic of the BC – really is haunting, what a cute pup!

Woofs, Johann

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