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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 October, 2008
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Happy Halloween!
Posted on October 31, 2008 | 3 CommentsGemma the Princess Mercury the Pirate -
It’s Not Rocket Science
Posted on October 19, 2008 | No CommentsRocket Scientists have come to represent the most brilliant among us, even more so than brain surgeons, at least in cliche. But brilliance is not perfection and arrogance leads to complacency. If you get all the answers right in middle school, are you as careful... -
What McCain Should Say, But Won’t.
Posted on October 15, 2008 | 8 CommentsMr. Obama, congratulations on being the first Affirmative Action candidate for President; wholly under qualified for the job but buoyed by politically correct feel good notions of social engineering. Your resume is tissue thin and note card short. Your only accomplishments involve being elected to... -
A Hero’s Welcome
Posted on October 5, 2008 | 3 CommentsFourteen months serving your nation and the greater good of mankind in a desolate, sandy hellhole half way across the world; putting your life on the line every day, all day, making decisions most others couldn’t or wouldn’t make; a freely chosen commitment of sacrifice...
Queen Victoria's Border Collies