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Recent Battles
Queen Victoria
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Juicing The Sheep
09 April 2009 11:11 AM | No CommentsThe Journal of Queen Victoria Thursday, October 21, 1868 “Juicing the Sheep“ At a quarter to twelve I drove off with Louise and Leopold in the waggonette up to near the “Bush” (the residence of William Brown, the farmer) to see them “juice the sheep.”...
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Queen Victoria’s Border Collies
26 January 2009 4:40 AM | 18 CommentsFor well over a century the “Collie” name has been co-opted by show breeders who have created a monster whose face looks like a door stop with beady eyes set in triangular slits. These same people have co-opted the notion that Queen Victoria was deeply...
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Show Me the Collie
22 January 2009 3:38 AM | 1 CommentHaving established that Queen Victoria’s direct influence on the proliferation of the show Collie is insubstantial at best, let’s explore what impact the Monarchy may have, in fact, had on the culture of dogs during her reign. Five. If the show Collie owes more to...
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The Queen and the Collie
20 January 2009 2:57 AM | 2 CommentsThe old wisdom on the rise of the show Collie is that Queen Victoria met them on a trip to Scotland in the 1860s, became infatuated, acquired them, sponsored them in shows, bred them, and her abundant trend-setting prowess lead to their bountiful rise to...
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The Victorian Collie Myth
19 January 2009 8:03 PM | 5 CommentsThe prevailing creation myth among show Collie enthusiasts is that Queen Victoria’s infatuation with the breed set the ball in motion, elevating the humble farm dog to aristocratic splendor. Queen Victoria saw her first Collies in the 1860′s, and she enthusiastically began to sponsor them,...
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Juicing The Sheep
Archive for January, 2008
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Rabies: Blame Canada
Posted on January 25, 2008 | 1 CommentMere months after Canine Rabies has been declared defeated in America, the Canadians have to crash the Rabies Epidemic After-Party. Officials believe at least 60 people came into contact with a rabid dog on Jan. 3. The infected puppy was being held with 10 to... -
Heath Ledger, Human Border Collie, Dead
Posted on January 22, 2008 | 5 CommentsAustralian actor (in America) Heath Ledger was found dead today in Mary-Kate Olsen’s New York apartment. And why, you ask, would a blog about Border Collie controversy and news be covering the death of an actor? Well, because Heath Ledger is a border collie, of... -
Grizzly Man Mockumentary
Posted on January 20, 2008 | 7 CommentsAnimal Planet ran a marathon of the Werner Herzog documentary “Grizzly Man” today against the AFC and NFC championship games. I assume most of you watched football. So did I. But seeing the movie on the small screen once again was a sign that I... -
Anarchists of Puppy-dom
Posted on January 15, 2008 | 1 CommentRaising a Border Collie puppy is a true joy, or perhaps a true terror, depending on your perspective. Chuck Terzella of Unconfirmed Sources falls into the later camp: I know, I know, the first thing people think when they see a little puppy, Border Collies... -
Photo of the Day: Me at Three
Posted on January 14, 2008 | 3 CommentsHere’s a shot of me at three years old, giving authority all the respect it deserves, while strawberry popsicle runs down my chin onto my turtleneck shirt. -
PeTA Desperate for Attention
Posted on January 14, 2008 | 1 CommentIn an attempt to deflect attention from recent news reports that they kill over 97% of the pet animals they get their hands on, PeTA is floundering around trying to make other news by latching on to any and every story that is making headlines.... -
Purina Incredible Dog Challenge 2007
Posted on January 13, 2008 | 1 CommentThe finals of the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge is on TV today and tomorrow. ABC is airing it at 3:00 Mountain in a few minutes and ESPN 2 has it tomorrow at Noon. Scheduled Air TimesIf you miss the full program, Purina as some select... -
PeTA’s Deadliest Year
Posted on January 11, 2008 | 2 CommentsI told you before about Adopt A PeTA Pet = Kill 9 More, and that was only a month ago based upon then current data documenting PeTA killings up through 2005. Now I’d have to revise that title to read “Adopt A PeTA Pet =... -
The Myth of Christmas Puppies
Posted on January 9, 2008 | 1 CommentThe second most popular Christmas meme in the dogblogosphere was discussing Saturnalia and the pagan roots of the holiday celebration; I wrote one, Terrierman wrote two, and Christie kicked off the trend last year with hers. The common message was to expose the weak foundations... -
Final Words of a Dead Soldier
Posted on January 4, 2008 | No CommentsA soldier and a blogger died yesterday in Iraq. Months ago he prepared for this day by writing his final blog post, to be published only on the event of his death. Few of us think of such things and even fewer prepare. Hardly anyone...
Queen Victoria's Border Collies